PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cappie Ragnard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayde Parcins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ragnard
vs
Parcins

170 cm
24
141 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

159 cm
31
142 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cappie Ragnard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wayde Parcins!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parcins throws a lazy right hand but Ragnard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Parcins stuffs the takedown.
Parcins thows a left - swing and a miss!

Parcins clinches up with Ragnard and pushes him back against the cage.
Ragnard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ragnard breaks the clinch.

Parcins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ragnard, pushing him back against the cage.
Parcins lands an elbow inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ragnard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ragnard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Parcins lands an elbow just above Ragnard 's eye.
Parcins keeps control of Ragnard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ragnard wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnard takes an elbow to the temple.

Ragnard manages to break the clinch.
Ragnard tries a low kick but Parcins avoids it.

Parcins clinches up against the cage.
Ragnard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cappie Ragnard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ragnard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ragnard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Parcins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ragnard is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
Ragnard avoids the elbow strike from Parcins, against the cage.
Parcins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Parcins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ragnard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnard working hard to break the clinch.
Ragnard is working for takedown but Parcins is calmly controlling the position for now.
Parcins lands a nice shot to the body.
Parcins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ragnard's defenses.
Ragnard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Parcins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ragnard tries to circle away but Parcins has him pinned against the cage.
Ragnard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ragnard is trying to break the clinch but Parcins is controlling him.
Parcins lands an elbow that stopped Ragnard in his tracks for a moment.
Parcins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ragnard tries to circle away but Parcins has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ragnard misses with a punch on the inside.
Parcins prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ragnard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ragnard tries to circle away but Parcins has him pinned against the cage.
Parcins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parcins.
Parcins has Ragnard pressed against the cage, preventing Ragnard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parcins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ragnard takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ragnard scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parcins lands a nice elbow.
Parcins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Parcins is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Parcins lands an elbow inside that Ragnard shrugs off.
Ragnard is looking for a takedown.
Parcins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parcins prevents the takedown attempt.
Ragnard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parcins prevents Ragnard from breaking the clinch.
Parcins lands an elbow that stopped Ragnard in his tracks for a moment.
Parcins lands an elbow inside that Ragnard shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayde Parcins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Parcins is looking to clinch but Ragnard is avoiding it.
Parcins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ragnard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parcins.

Ragnard pushes Parcins up against the cage in a clinch.
Ragnard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parcins should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ragnard has a couple of punches blocked by Parcins.
Parcins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Parcins prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ragnard is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parcins gets through Ragnard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ragnard takes an elbow to the temple.
Parcins lands an elbow that stopped Ragnard in his tracks for a moment.
Parcins lands an elbow inside that Ragnard shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ragnard is trying to break free.

Ragnard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wayde Parcins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ragnard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parcins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Ragnard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Parcins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Parcins.
Ragnard avoids a wild elbow strike from Parcins.
Parcins lands an elbow that stopped Ragnard in his tracks for a moment.
Ragnard is trying to break free.
Parcins lands an elbow inside.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ragnard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Parcins after a bit of a struggle.
Wayde Parcins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ragnard is trying to break the clinch but Parcins is controlling him.
Parcins working aggressively here.
Ragnard tries to pull guard but Parcins won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cappie Ragnard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parcins keeps control of Ragnard as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ragnard misses with a punch to the body.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Parcins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parcins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ragnard's brow.
Parcins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ragnard working hard to break the clinch.
Ragnard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ragnard takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parcins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ragnard's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parcins.
Ragnard tries to break free but Parcins pushes him back against the cage.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ragnard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ragnard shoots in but Parcins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Parcins throws a lazy right hand but Ragnard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ragnard is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Parcins.
Parcins tries to clinch but Ragnard is having none of it.
Ragnard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parcins was well out of range. Poor timing from Ragnard.
Parcins wants to counter the offense by Ragnard and move into the clinch position.
Ragnard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parcins throws out the jab.
Ragnard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parcins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Parcins loads up on a big right hand but Ragnard slips the punch.
Parcins misses the jab.
Parcins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ragnard fails to land the takedown.
Parcins tries to clinch but Ragnard moves out of range.
Parcins avoids the body shot from Ragnard.
Ragnard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Parcins misses.
Parcins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ragnard moves away.
Parcins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ragnard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parcins is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Parcins misses with an uppercut. Ragnard saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayde Parcins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ragnard goes for a double leg but Parcins avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Parcins continues to drive forward.

Parcins moves into the clinch.

Ragnard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parcins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ragnard.

Ragnard clinches up against the cage.
Ragnard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cappie Ragnard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parcins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parcins is leaning against Ragnard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ragnard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parcins lands a nice elbow.
Parcins lands an elbow just above Ragnard 's eye.
Parcins misses with an elbow over the top.
Ragnard tries to break free but Parcins pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Parcins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ragnard fails to land.
Parcins lands a damaging elbow.
Ragnard misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Parcins.
Ragnard can't break the clinch.
Ragnard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parcins creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Parcins lands an elbow that stopped Ragnard in his tracks for a moment.
Ragnard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ragnard struggles to land a body shot inside as Parcins controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parcins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ragnard's brow.
Cappie Ragnard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ragnard trying to land knees to the body.
Ragnard is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
Ragnard taking a breather.
Ragnard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Parcins smiles and moves away.
Ragnard feints a jab promting Parcins to slip. Ragnard then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Parcins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Parcins moves in looking to clinch but Ragnard pushes him off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Parcins clinches with his opponent.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch but Parcins keeps him there for the moment.
Ragnard wants to get back to striking at distance but Parcins won't allow it.
Ragnard wants to get back to striking at distance but Parcins won't allow it.
Ragnard is trying to force a seperation but Parcins has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parcins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ragnard wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ragnard has had enough of the clinch but Parcins keeps him there for the moment.
Ragnard is trying to pull guard but Parcins has him pressed against the cage.
Parcins is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ragnard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Parcins after a bit of a struggle.
Ragnard dodges an elbow strike from Parcins.
Ragnard changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Parcins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Parcins swings for the body but Ragnard moves out of range.
Ragnard half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Parcins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ragnard throws a series of punches but Parcins avoids them all with ease.
Parcins checks the leg kick.
Ragnard takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ragnard misses.
Ragnard moves forwards but Parcins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ragnard swats away the attempt to clinch by Parcins.
Parcins wants to clinch.
Parcins slips a jab from Ragnard.
Ragnard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parcins was well out of range. Poor timing from Ragnard.

Parcins pushes Ragnard up against the cage in a clinch.
Parcins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ragnard is looking to break free of the clinch but Parcins has double underhooks.
Ragnard dodges an elbow strike from Parcins.
A left hand lands to the body for Parcins.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayde Parcins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Parcins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayde Parcins!
Wayde Parcins got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'