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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 11, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
Murray drives through and clinches with Parsons against the cage.
Parsons tries to pull guard but Murray forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#BC#
Parsons pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murray scores with a shot to the body.
Murray throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
#TD#
and Parsons counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Parsons working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Murray manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Murray is trying to control the position but Parsons postures up.
Parsons throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murray works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Parsons missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Parsons throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murray works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Parsons's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Parsons loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. #T1#
Parsons cracks Murray with a solid left hand.
Parsons postures up.
Parsons postures up in Murray's guard and throws a big left but Murray blocks it.
Parsons is looking to stand up but Murray won't let him.
Parsons missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murray controls Parsons momentarily but Parsons frees himself.
Parsons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murray looking for a sweep. Not yet Murray, not yet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Parsons with a nice head shot there.
Parsons missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murray not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T2#
Parsons postures up in Murray's guard and throws a big left but Murray blocks it. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL#
Parsons fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murray, pushing him back against the cage.
Murray lands a knee to the head.
Murray is trying to maintain a safe position but Parsons gets an underhook and turns Murray into the cage.#BC#
Parsons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Murray duly obliges.
Murray fails with the takedown#TD#
and Parsons counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parsons throwing strikes from guard but Murray blocks nicely.
Parsons is in close to Murray's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parsons throwing strikes from guard but Murray blocks nicely. #T3#
Parsons trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parsons working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #SU#
Parsons stands up from Murray's guard - Parsons perhaps looking for a knockout. #CL2#
Murray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murray is trying to maintain a safe position but Parsons gets an underhook and turns Murray into the cage.
Parsons has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murray avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Parsons is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armand Parsons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murray controlling the action here for a moment.
#T4#
Murray lands an elbow just above Parsons 's eye.
Murray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Parsons in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murray trying to stall but Parsons improves his position.
Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murray crunches a lovely knee into Parsons's ribcage.
Murray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murray looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.#TD#
Parsons has hold of one of Murray's legs. Murray is fighting the takedown attempt but Parsons gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Parsons is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parsons wanted to stand there but Murray had control of the position. #SU#
Parsons stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Armand Parsons will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Murray throws a sloppy head kick #TD#
and Parsons counters with a shoot takedown. Murray fights it but they end up in guard.
Murray controls Parsons momentarily but Parsons frees himself.
Parsons is standing up over Murray. Murray looks to escape but Parsons dives into side control.
Parsons creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Parsons creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. #SUB#
Parsons tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parsons creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. #T1#
Parsons sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Murray is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Murray parries the strikes from Parsons easily there. Parsons is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Murray to escape.
#SUB#
Parsons is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Murray has escaped the position, nice work there. #SUB#
Parsons is trying to get an arm triangle but Murray is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murray tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Parsons wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ground and pound from Parsons seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Murray is trying to improve his position.
Parsons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murray can do to turn this around?#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Parsons grinds an elbow into Murray's temple.
Parsons throws an elbow but Murray slips to the side and avoids it well.#SUB#
Parsons tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Parsons has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Parsons fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Murray is looking to regain half guard here but Parsons keeps moving and retains side control.
Murray wants to control but Parsons postures up.#SUB#
Parsons tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Parsons throwing strikes but missing, from side control. #T3##SUB#
Parsons thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Murray is trying to control Parsons's posture but Parsons avoids it. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murray misses with a hook to the ribs.
#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murray trying to control the position but instead, Parsons has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murray into the cage.
Murray trying to stall but Parsons improves his position.
Murray seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Murray trying to control the position but instead, Parsons has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murray into the cage.
Parsons tries to pull guard but Murray forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Parsons tries to score a body lock takedown but Murray shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murray has Parsons pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Parsons manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Murray wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Armand Parsons dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Murray tries to bum rush Parsons with a series of wild strikes but Parsons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray shoots for a double leg takedown but Parsons sprawls well. He's pushed Murray's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Parsons takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Murray throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Parsons.
A head kick misses from Murray. #TD#
Parsons closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Murray to the mat! Murray manages to get full guard.
Parsons throwing strikes from guard but Murray blocks nicely.
Parsons lands a couple of digs.
Murray is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Parsons is controlling him.
Murray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murray working a defensive guard here.
#T1#
Parsons trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parsons working some strikes from top position.
Parsons throwing strikes but missing.
Parsons trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parsons loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parsons might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parsons accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Parsons throws a big elbow that misses. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Parsons with a flurry of punches that miss. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#CL#
Parsons moves into range and clinches up with Murray.
Parsons is trying to push Murray away but Murray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Parsons is trying to drag Murray to the mat but Murray just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.#BC#
Parsons breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Murray moves into the clinch.
Murray keeps control of Parsons as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parsons has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murray avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Parsons controls his hands.
Parsons wants to break free but Murray has control.
Milton Murray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T3#
Parsons is working for takedown but Murray is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armand Parsons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parsons's face.
Murray wants to get back to striking at distance but Parsons won't allow it.
Murray prevents a takedown attempt there.
Murray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Milton Murray seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murray is trying to stall.
Murray stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Parsons backwards.
Murray makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T4#
Murray stalling in the clinch but Parsons improves position.
Murray connects with a knee to the head.
Murray stops a takedown attempt from Parsons.
Murray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parsons's face.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murray landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parsons wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murray is trying to stall.
Murray crunches a lovely knee into Parsons's ribcage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murray stalling in the clinch but Parsons improves position.
Armand Parsons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice body punch from Murray.
And that's the end of the fight!
Milton Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Parsons has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Armand Parsons!
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