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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Parlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza has chosen 50 cent and Lloyd banks - Victory freestyle as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Parlow!
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, Pedro Souza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parlow closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Souza wants to control but Parlow is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parlow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Souza is trying to maintain the position but Parlow is very close to passing his half guard.
Souza tries to kick Parlow off but Parlow keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Parlow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Parlow is looking for a kimura here.
Parlow tries to pass the half guard into mount. Souza knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Parlow is looking for a kimura but Souza is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Parlow to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parlow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Souza throws a nice looking combination but Parlow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Souza misses.
Pedro Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Parlow blocks the low kick.
Souza throws a nice looking combination but Parlow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parlow circles away quickly and effectively.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Souza scores with a three punch combo!
Souza stuns Parlow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parlow misses with a takedown attempt - Souza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Parlow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Souza as he avoids it easily.
Souza throws a series of punches but Parlow moves out of range.
Parlow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Souza as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Parlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parlow dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza gets a takedown into half guard.
Souza is trying to control. Parlow wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Parlow looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza wants to stand but Parlow has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Parlow looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Parlow is breathing heavily.
Souza is looking for a kimura but Parlow is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Souza to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Parlow 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.
Souza trying to control the action but Parlow is working from the bottom.
Parlow wants to improve his position but Souza is controlling well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Parlow has his takedown stuffed
and Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Parlow tries for a takedown but Souza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza misses with a wild combination.
Souza tries to clinch but Parlow moves out of range.
Souza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Parlow blocks a head kick by Souza.
Souza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Parlow gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Parlow changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Souza tries to avoid it but Parlow manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Souza to the ground. Souza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Souza scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Souza misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Parlow gets back to half guard.
Souza tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Souza not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Parlow wants to improve his position but Souza is controlling well.
Parlow makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Parlow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Souza dominated that round.
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.
Parlow shoots in looking for a takedown. Souza tries to sprawl out of it but Parlow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Souza manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Souza throws a combination. Parlow tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Souza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parlow.
Parlow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Souza as he jumps to the side.
Souza tries to bum rush Parlow with a series of wild strikes but Parlow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parlow dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Parlow.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Parlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza thuds a left hand into Parlow's body.
Parlow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Souza.
Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parlow.
Souza throws a low kick but Parlow avoids it.
Souza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Parlow has his takedown stuffed
and Souza counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parlow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Souza wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Parlow can't do much from the bottom here.
Parlow is trying to improve his position.
Souza stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Parlow dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza throws a nice looking combination but Parlow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Souza throws and low kick but Parlow moves out of range easily.
Chris Parlow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Parlow shoots in for a takedown but Souza shows good takedown defense.
Parlow shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Souza counters with a single leg into guard. Parlow didn't expect that.
Souza gets to his feet. Parlow looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Souza misses with a low kick.
Souza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Souza scores a takedown into full mount!
Parlow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Parlow is squirming around, avoiding Souza's attempts to control the action.
Souza might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Parlow kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parlow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Souza looking to control but Parlow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Parlow tries to reverse the position but Souza maintains control.
Parlow is squirming around, avoiding Souza's attempts to control the action.
Parlow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four 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.
Parlow throwing hammer fists to the chest of Souza. What's that going to do exactly?
Parlow wants to control but Souza is having none of it.
Parlow is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Souza wants to control the pace but Parlow is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Souza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Souza scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Parlow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Souza.
Parlow with a lazy takedown attempt
and Souza counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Parlow's guard now.
Parlow has his foot on Souza's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Souza works his way back into a safe position though.
Souza gets to his feet. Parlow looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Parlow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Parlow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Souza.
Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Souza clinches with his opponent.
Souza wants to break free but Parlow has control.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Parlow has him pressed against the cage.
Souza has had enough of the clinch but Parlow keeps him there for the moment.
Souza wants to break free but Parlow has control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parlow jumps into guard, dragging Souza to the mat.
Souza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Parlow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Souza wanted to stand there but Parlow had control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza preventing the sweep.
Souza wants to get up but he can't break Parlow's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Parlow looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Souza passes into half guard.
Parlow is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Souza pulls his head out easily.
Souza wants to stand but Parlow has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Parlow looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parlow looking for a kimura from the bottom but Souza passes into side control!
Parlow wants to control but Souza postures up.
Parlow is looking for a sweep.
Parlow is not content to let Souza control the position.
Parlow is looking to regain half guard here but Souza keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parlow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Souza.
Parlow dodges the punch combination from Souza.
Souza misses with a kick to the body.
Souza throws a nice looking combination but Parlow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Souza looks to land a combination but Parlow avoids it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Parlow.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Parlow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parlow fails with the takedown
and Souza counters with a nice body shot.
Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Parlow. That did some damage!
Souza stalks Parlow and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Parlow's face. Parlow staggers backwards, shaken.
Souza lands with a straight right. Parlow didn't see that one coming.
Parlow blocks a leg kick.
Souza shoots in and bounces Parlow off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Souza looking to sit in guard and control but Parlow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Chris Parlow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parlow drops back, looking for a kneebar! Souza looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Souza looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Souza!
Parlow tries to improve position but can't.
Souza decides to stand up, so the ref orders Parlow to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Souza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Souza!
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