PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Parham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandr Suvorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parham comes to the cage accompanied by None. Suvorov has chosen World in Conflict - Polyushko-Pole. as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Parham
vs
Suvorov

187 cm
24
193 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

[JMFC] Less Than Legal Supplements

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doug Parham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandr Suvorov!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suvorov throws a shot from downtown. Parham moves away and avoids it.
Parham takes a jab right on the kisser.
Suvorov works over Parham's head and body with a nice combination.
Suvorov swings for the body but Parham moves out of range.
Suvorov takes a swing at Parham's ribcage but misses.
Suvorov looks to throw the jab but Parham is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Parham.
Suvorov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parham throws a nice looking combination but Suvorov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Parham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suvorov with a hook.
Parham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Suvorov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suvorov catches Parham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Alexandr Suvorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suvorov throws a body punch but Parham moves out of range.
Suvorov throws out a powerful jab.
Parham misses with a wild body shot.
Suvorov misses the shot to the body.
Parham throws a jab but it's blocked by Suvorov.
Parham misses with a double jab.
Suvorov punishes Parham's body with a nice straight punch.
Parham misses with a jab to the body
and Suvorov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Parham throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suvorov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov is looking to clinch.
Suvorov throws a lazy right hand but Parham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Suvorov misses with a straight right.
Suvorov misses with an uppercut. Parham saw that one coming.
Suvorov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parham counters with a two punch combo.
Alexandr Suvorov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parham throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suvorov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Parham throws a series of punches but Suvorov moves out of range.
Parham misses with a combination
and Suvorov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Suvorov looks to land a left hand but Parham moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov blocks a jab.
Parham takes one on the button.
Parham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suvorov.
Suvorov misses with a hook to the body
and Parham counters with a series of strikes. Suvorov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Suvorov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Parham throws a jab when Suvorov was well out of range.
Parham slips under a jab from Suvorov.
Nice defenses there by Parham.
Suvorov moves away from the strike by Parham.
Parham throws a series of strikes that have Suvorov backpedaling.
Parham punishes Suvorov's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov looks to score with a jab to the body but Parham is just out of range.
Parham throws a sloppy body shot
and Suvorov counters with a left to the body.
Suvorov lands a nice shot that snaps Parham's head back.
Parham throws a series of punches but Suvorov avoids them all with ease.
Parham slips under a jab from Suvorov.
Parham closes the distance and clinches up with Suvorov, looking for a takedown. Parham pushes Suvorov against the cage but Suvorov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parham lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suvorov moves in looking to clinch but Parham pushes him off.
Suvorov avoids the body shot from Parham.
Parham throws a combination that misses
and Suvorov counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandr Suvorov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Suvorov scores with a decent looking hook.
Parham misses with a wild combination.
Suvorov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Parham on the side of the head.
A combination from Suvorov does no damage.
Suvorov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Parham throws a right hand that Suvorov ducks under and follows up with a left that Suvorov also avoids with ease.
A combination from Parham does no damage.
A combination from Parham does no damage.
Parham takes a swing at Suvorov's ribcage but misses.
Suvorov misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Suvorov.
Suvorov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parham counters with a right hand to the body.
Suvorov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parham misses with a wild combination.
Suvorov misses with a body shot.
A combination from Parham does no damage.
Parham misses the shot to the body.
Parham scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parham throws a left and a right that both miss
and Suvorov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov misses with a hook.
Parham throws a series of punches but Suvorov moves out of range.
Suvorov throws a hook to the side of Parham's head but Parham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Suvorov misses its intended target.
Parham looks to score with a jab to the body but Suvorov is just out of range.
Suvorov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Suvorov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Suvorov misses with a double jab
and Parham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Doug Parham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parham misses with a combination
and Suvorov counters with a stiff right hand.
Parham throws a nice looking combination but Suvorov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Parham misses with a straight left.
Parham misses with a combination
and Suvorov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Parham moves away from the strike by Suvorov.
Parham lands a nice shot to the body.
Suvorov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Parham closes the distance and clinches up with Suvorov, looking for a takedown. Parham pushes Suvorov against the cage but Suvorov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Suvorov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Suvorov scores with the left hand. Parham knows he should have avoided that one.
Suvorov scores with a nice head shot.
Suvorov lands a slapping body shot.
Parham falls off balance throwing a combination
and Suvorov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parham shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Suvorov as he jumps to the side.
A telegraphed right hand from Suvorov misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandr Suvorov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Parham with a jab.
Suvorov closes the distance but Parham moves to the side
and Suvorov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Suvorov misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Suvorov misses the target.
Suvorov loads up on a big right hand but Parham slips the punch.
Parham fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parham lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Parham takes a swing at Suvorov's ribcage but misses.
Parham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Suvorov to score with a decent uppercut.
Parham looks to score with a jab to the body but Suvorov is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parham misses with a wild body shot.
Suvorov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Parham momentarily.
Parham ducks under a wild hook from Suvorov.

Parham gets the takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Parham.
Parham fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Suvorov tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Suvorov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Suvorov winds up and cracks Parham with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Suvorov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Parham does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Suvorov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Parham kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Suvorov is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Suvorov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parham slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suvorov wants to control from the top but Parham keeps moving.
Suvorov preventing the sweep.
Parham manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Suvorov manages to get himself to full guard.
Parham slips nicely into half guard.
Parham trying to pass the guard but Suvorov defending well.
Parham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suvorov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Parham is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parham tries to pass to full mount but Suvorov defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suvorov is in trouble now - Parham has advanced to mount!
Suvorov tries to reverse the position but Parham maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Parham looking for a guillotine from mount but Suvorov is having none of it.
Parham throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Suvorov because Parham loaded up on that one.
Parham punching from mount but Suvorov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Suvorov is trying to escape the mount.
Parham punching from mount but Suvorov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Parham thowing shots but they're missing.
Suvorov is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Parham throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Suvorov wants to hold on but Parham pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Suvorov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Suvorov flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Parham misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Alexandr Suvorov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Parham with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Parham avoids the attempt from Suvorov to control.

Parham wants to finish this one by submission but Suvorov is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Parham.
Suvorov tries to hold on but Parham pushes him away.

Suvorov defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Parham.
Suvorov is desperately trying to improve his position but Parham has a good base and remains in mount.
Doug Parham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parham avoids the attempt from Suvorov to control.
Suvorov bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Parham throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Doug Parham showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Suvorov 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 Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandr Suvorov!