|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Will Parish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mehmet Muhammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
 |
|
 |
| 188 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
|
188 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
|
Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Will Parish!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mehmet Muhammad!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhammad misses with a body shot.
Parish seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Muhammad misses with an uppercut.
Muhammad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muhammad let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Parish lands with a right hand.
Parish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Parish falls off balance throwing a combination
and Muhammad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Muhammad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Muhammad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muhammad lands a body punch.
Muhammad's coach down at Highland Brawl Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Muhammad's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Muhammad lands a hook that snaps the head of Parish backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parish.
Parish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Muhammad throws a head punch that misses.
Muhammad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muhammad's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammad softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Muhammad lands a nice uppercut.
Parish wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Muhammad has him pressed against the cage.
Muhammad pressing his opponent against the cage.
Muhammad is pushing Parish up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Parish prevents a body shot from Muhammad.
Muhammad lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Muhammad - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Muhammad pressing his opponent against the cage.
Parish tries to stall but Muhammad uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Muhammad.
Muhammad stalling in the clinch.
Parish is trying to break the clinch but Muhammad is controlling him.
Parish wants to get back to striking at distance but Muhammad won't allow it.
Muhammad taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Muhammad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Muhammad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Muhammad scores with a shot to the side of Parish's head.
Parish breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muhammad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parish.
Parish slips a jab from Muhammad.
Parish doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muhammad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muhammad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Muhammad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Muhammad throws a jab when Parish was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad missing with a left hand there. Parish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Parish swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Muhammad counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parish takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Parish lands a jab to the nose.
Parish throws a big shot that misses.
Muhammad throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Parish misses its intended target.
Muhammad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Muhammad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Parish counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Will Parish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parish cracks Muhammad with a good jab.
Muhammad just misses with a punch to the body.
Parish lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Parish on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Muhammad looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Parish throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Muhammad on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parish misses with a left hand
letting Muhammad counter with a right hand.
Parish throws out a loose jab but Muhammad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parish misses with a straight left.
Muhammad looks to land a right hand but Parish moved out of range.
Parish lands a glancing blow to the side of Muhammad's head.
Parish misses with an uppercut. Muhammad saw that one coming.
Muhammad ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muhammad steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Parish.
Parish swings widly with a right hand
and Parish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Muhammad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parish moves out of range as Muhammad strikes.
Parish was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A slow jab from Muhammad misses its intended target.
Muhammad slips a straight right by Parish.
Muhammad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parish manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mehmet Muhammad dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Parish slips under a jab from Muhammad.
Parish looks to land a left hand but Muhammad moved out of range nicely.
Muhammad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Muhammad throws a hook but Parish avoids it easily.
It looked like Parish wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Muhammad's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Parish connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muhammad scrambles back to his feet.
Muhammad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parish throws out the jab.
Parish looks to score with a jab to the body but Muhammad is just out of range.
Parish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Muhammad.
Parish connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Muhammad momentarily.
Parish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muhammad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sloppy strikes from Parish. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muhammad misses with a left hand
letting Parish counter with a right hand.
Parish slips under a jab from Muhammad.
Muhammad misses with a lunging right hand
and Parish counters with a right hand to the body.
Muhammad throws a hook but Parish avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parish paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Muhammad.
Muhammad uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parish.
Parish throws a shot from downtown. Muhammad moves away and avoids it.
Parish dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Parish throws a jab but it's blocked by Muhammad.
Muhammad doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Muhammad slips under a jab from Parish.
The fight stays on the outside here - Muhammad looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muhammad lands a nice looking body shot.
Muhammad misses with a hook
and Parish counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Parish throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parish makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Parish throws a lazy uppercut
and Muhammad counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muhammad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Muhammad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muhammad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muhammad lands a nice uppercut.
Parish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muhammad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Muhammad lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Muhammad.
Muhammad throws a head punch that misses.
Parish misses with a punch on the inside.
Muhammad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Parish backwards.
Parish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parish is trying to break the clinch but Muhammad has him pressed against the cage.
Muhammad lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad lands a right hand.
Muhammad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Muhammad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parish is rocked!
Parish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Parish is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parish throws a punch but it's blocked by Muhammad.
Parish seems to have got his legs back now.
Muhammad lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mehmet Muhammad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from Muhammad on the inside.
Muhammad lands a hook that snaps the head of Parish backwards.
Muhammad creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Parish with a big uppercut! Parish tries to clinch up but Muhammad pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Parish to the mat! Parish covers up and Muhammad unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mehmet Muhammad! Mehmet Muhammad retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Mehmet Muhammad thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
51% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
