PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Everett Parrish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Davis has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Everett Parrish's chin.

Parrish
vs
Davis

171 cm
23
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Everett Parrish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Davis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parrish closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Davis pushes Parrish off and gets back to his feet.
Parrish misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Davis shoots in but Parrish avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Parrish shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ryan Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Parrish tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Parrish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Everett Parrish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Davis.
Horrible takedown attempt by Davis or perhaps it was just good defense by Parrish, which made it look bad.
Parrish looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis clinches up against the cage.

Davis pulls Parrish into guard.
Parrish slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Davis is working an open guard so Parrish takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Parrish fails with the takedown.
Parrish fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Davis moves into the clinch successfully.
Davis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Parrish walks away with a smile on his face. Davis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Davis tries for a takedown but Parrish circles away easily

and Parrish counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Parrish tries for a takedown but Davis manages to get underhooks.

Parrish gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Davis regains guard.
Davis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Parrish postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Davis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Parrish is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Parrish wanted to stand there but Davis had control of the position.
Parrish controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Parrish wants to get up but he can't break Davis's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Parrish shoots in for a takedown but Davis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davis throws a counter combo.
Davis shoots in for a takedown but Parrish shows good takedown defense.
Parrish could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's four 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.
Davis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Davis looks winded!
A looping hook to the body misses from Parrish. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Parrish sprawls well. Parrish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davis gets slowly back to his feet.
Parrish tries to counter with a takedown but Davis is quick to defend against it.
Davis with a poor takedown

and Parrish counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Parrish.
Davis throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parrish goes for a takedown in the clinch but Davis prevents it.
Davis fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryan Davis will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davis misses with a double jab

and Parrish counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Parrish is controlling the pace.

Parrish is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Davis sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis is trying to control but Parrish manages to pass to mount!
Parrish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parrish controlling from the full mount.

Parrish goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Davis is on top in guard.
Davis is fighting to break Parrish's control of his arms but Parrish is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Parrish's guard.
Davis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parrish keeps working.
Parrish trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parrish preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Davis prevents Parrish from improving his position.
Parrish trying to control but Davis postures up.
Parrish is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Davis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Davis thows a huge punch but Parrish dodges it nicely.
Davis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parrish keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parrish keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Parrish is trying to control but can't.
Parrish is positioning himself well to prevent Davis advancing to mount.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown but Parrish manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Davis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Parrish was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Davis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Parrish circles away.
Davis is breathing heavily.

Parrish gets a clinch.

Davis is fighting off a takedown attempt but Parrish is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Davis to the mat. Davis regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Davis is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Parrish dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Parrish is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Davis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Everett Parrish overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Parrish has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davis is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Everett Parrish dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Davis darts in and clinches Parrish up against the cage.
Davis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Parrish gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
Everett Parrish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parrish circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Everett Parrish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Davis.
Parrish gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Davis counters with a series of strikes. Parrish will be more careful next time no doubt.
Davis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Davis moves into range and clinches up with Parrish.

Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis takes a swing at Parrish's ribcage but misses.
Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davis shoots in looking for a takedown. Parrish tries to sprawl out of it but Davis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Parrish manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Parrish looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parrish trying to control the pace.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Parrish.
Davis trying to control from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Parrish in particular looking to stall.
Parrish wants to stand up but Davis is controlling the position.
Parrish is taking a breather. Davis says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis missing with punches from the bottom.

Parrish is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Parrish is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Davis trying to control here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Parrish rushes Davis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Parrish has clasped his hands together around Davis's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Parrish stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Davis dives in for a single leg takedown but Parrish sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ryan Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Davis takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis stalling in the clinch but Parrish improves position.
Parrish is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Davis is pressed up against the cage. Parrish has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Davis down to the mat. Davis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jab by Davis.
Parrish shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Davis counters with a big head kick but Parrish shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Davis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!