PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Warren Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cholo Van Gaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Parker
vs
Van Gaal

175 cm
31
159 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

177 cm
26
162 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Highland Clothing

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Warren Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Cholo Van Gaal!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Gaal fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parker, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Gaal lands with a short shot to the head.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Gaal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Parker misses with the head strike.
Van Gaal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Gaal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Van Gaal tries a body shot but Parker blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Van Gaal.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parker.
Van Gaal misses with some punches.
Van Gaal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Van Gaal misses with the head strike.
Van Gaal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Gaal lands with a right to the head.

Parker is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Gaal.
Oh Parker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Gaal blocks an uppercut.

Parker breaks from the clinch.

Parker gets tackled into the cage by Van Gaal. Van Gaal maintains the clinch.
Parker seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Gaal lands a right hand.
Van Gaal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Parker or not.
Van Gaal unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Parker! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Van Gaal is unloading with more strikes now! Parker drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cholo Van Gaal!
After winning the bout, Cholo Van Gaal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.