PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between craig parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Koi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koi has chosen Cross Out the Eyes as his entrance music. craig parsons is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

parsons
vs
Koi

172 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
186 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, craig parsons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Koi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Koi or perhaps it was just good defense by parsons which made him look bad.
Koi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Koi.

parsons shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Koi working for a triangle but parsons defends it easily.
parsons is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
parsons could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Koi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Koi had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. parsons is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Koi Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take parsons's back instead.
Koi looks gassed!
parsons wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.
parsons manages to reverse the position and now he's in Koi's guard. Nice work there by parsons.
parsons stays in close to Koi's body and controls the position.

Koi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
parsons slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
parsons perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

The referee stands the fighters back up. craig parsons just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
parsons scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
parsons tests Koi's chin there with a solid looking shot.

parsons clinches up with Koi and pushes him back against the cage.

parsons pulls guard.
Koi stopping the sweep attempt from parsons.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
parsons pulls Koi in close to prevent any damage.
Koi trying to control the position from guard on top but parsons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koi won't allow parsons to sweep him here.
parsons is working hard here to advance position.
parsons is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Koi trying to control but parsons is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
parsons seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
parsons connects with a high kick.

parsons shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
parsons slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Koi working a defensive guard but parsons passes into half guard.
Koi trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with parsons in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

craig parsons 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.

Koi with a poor takedown

and parsons counters with a shoot takedown. Koi fights it but they end up in guard.

parsons stands and steps away. Koi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Koi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and parsons counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Koi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Koi tries for a takedown but parsons circles away easily

and parsons counters with a takedown into side control.
craig parsons has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Koi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
parsons taking a breather here.
parsons moves into full mount!
parsons content just to control the position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koi tries to hold on but parsons pushes him away.
parsons looking to control and managing it successfully.
Koi is desperately trying to improve his position but parsons has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Koi tries to hold on but parsons postures up.
Koi is trying to escape the mount.

parsons has hold of Koi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Koi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Koi gets back to half guard.
parsons not doing much here.

Koi looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koi is trying to maintain the position but parsons is very close to passing his half guard.
Koi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Koi looking for a sweep. Not yet Koi, not yet.
parsons not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Koi is looking for a triangle but parsons pushes his legs off easily.
parsons slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Koi has an active guard here but parsons has managed to pass into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

parsons gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Koi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and parsons counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Koi's guard now.
parsons wants to control from the top but Koi keeps moving.
Koi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
parsons preventing the sweep.
parsons has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Koi looking for a guillotine here but parsons defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

craig parsons dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Koi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and parsons counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
parsons fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koi swinging wilding here.
Koi with a lazy takedown attempt

and parsons counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by parsons.

parsons stands up and waves to Koi to follow him.
Koi throws a left and a right that both miss
and parsons counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Koi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Koi wants to clinch
and parsons counters with a straight right hand.
Koi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by parsons.
Koi closes the distance looking to clinch

and parsons counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
parsons controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Koi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst parsons is controlling him.

Koi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koi controls parsons momentarily but parsons frees himself.

Koi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Koi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
parsons is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Koi keeping moving, preventing parsons from controlling successfully.
parsons trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
parsons controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
parsons sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Koi's guard.
parsons is thwarting Koi's attempts to control the position.
parsons is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rob Koi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. craig parsons just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

parsons looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Koi!
parsons sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Koi is looking to improve his position but parsons isn't that keen on the idea.
craig parsons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Koi throwing hammer fists to the chest of parsons. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
craig parsons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well parsons has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... craig parsons!