PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Parent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Curran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Curran has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Parent
vs
Curran

169 cm
32
150 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

169 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Parent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Curran!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Curran misses.
Curran throws a lazy right hand but Parent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curran walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Curran moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Curran jabs Parent right on the nose. Parent blinks but takes it well.
Curran thumps Parent with a low kick.
Parent lands with a nice combination. Curran backs away looking to recover.
Sloppy strikes from Parent. Those never looked like landing.
Curran connects with an inside leg kick.
Curran moves out of range as Parent strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curran swats away the attempt to clinch by Parent.
Parent walks into a straight right hand from Curran.
Curran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Parent lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Curran throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran lands a slapping body shot.
Parent throws a low kick but it's checked well by Curran.
Curran throws a leg kick but Parent sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Curran does it's job there.

Parent is rocked!

It looks like Bobby Parent has been cut.
Parent has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Death Valley Training Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Curran works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oh Parent is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Curran.
Curran scoring well with a low kick there.
A punch combination from Curran misses.
Curran walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Parent drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Curran swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Parent's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Curran!
An out of breath Mario Curran thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.