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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Passel (ranked 696 p4p, 970 weight class) and Barry Parrish (ranked 81 p4p, 102 weight class). Barry Parrish acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Passel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Parrish!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parrish misses the jab.
Passel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Parrish lands with a cross.
Parrish looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Parrish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Passel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab from Passel.
Passel defending well as Parrish loads up on a big left hand.
Jab by Passel.
Parrish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Passel.
Passel looks for a takedown but Parrish sprawls well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Parrish! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Parrish throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Passel drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parrish has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Passel can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Passel landing with the ground and pound.
Passel stopping the sweep attempt from Parrish.
Passel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parrish looking for a sweep. Not yet Parrish, not yet.
Passel distracts Parrish with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Parrish is controlling Passel's posture.
Passel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Parrish is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Passel tries to free his leg and advance position but Parrish is retaining full guard.
Passel won't allow Parrish to sweep him here.
Parrish working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Passel.
Parrish wants to sweep here but Passel controlling him for the moment.
Parrish working a defensive guard here.
Passel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Parrish is pulling down on Passel's head to control his posture.
Passel with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Passel cracks Parrish with a solid left hand.
Passel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Passel working some strikes from top position.
Passel works over Parrish with some ground and pound from guard.
Passel throws an elbow that misses. Parrish uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Passel's guard. Nice move by Parrish!
Parrish tries to stand but Passel is controlling from the bottom.
Parrish got a little sloppy there for a moment and Passel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Parrish has managed to get both his arms back between Passel's legs - danger averted.
Parrish won't allow Passel to sweep him here.
Passel working for a triangle but Parrish defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Parrish gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Parrish controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Parrish pushing down on Passel's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Passel wants to control but Parrish is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Passel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Parrish pulls his head out easily.
Well, if Parrish is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Passel is looking to improve his position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Passel manages to get to full guard.
Parrish avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Parrish must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Parrish decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's six 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.
Passel lands with a shot to the body.
Passel doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Parrish counter with a right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Passel there.
We've been told by Passel's head coaches at Bronk´s GYM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Passel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parrish was well out of range. Poor timing from Passel.
Passel throws a hook to the side of Parrish's head but Parrish sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Parrish was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Passel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Parrish in his tracks.
Parrish throws a lazy right hand but Passel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Passel appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Passel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Parrish connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Passel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parrish.
Parrish misses with a straight left.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Passel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Parrish defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Passel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Passel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parrish looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Parrish works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Parrish throws a looping overhand right but Passel ducks down to avoid it.
Barry Parrish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Passel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parrish.
Ben Passel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parrish misses with a hook.
Passel slips under a jab from Parrish.
Passel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Passel swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parrish counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Passel misses with a straight right.
Passel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Parrish avoids the body shot from Passel.
Parrish is looking for the big counter here.
Parrish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Passel shoots in and gets a takedown into Parrish's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Passel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Passel 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.
Parrish trying to control the position here.
Parrish keeping moving, preventing Passel from controlling successfully.
Passel stands up over Parrish, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Parrish trying to keep a closed guard but Passel is proving a slippery customer.
Passel postures up in Parrish's guard and throws a big left but Parrish blocks it.
Parrish is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Passel throwing strikes but missing.
Parrish really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Passel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Passel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Passel thows a huge punch but Parrish dodges it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parrish trying to control from the bottom.
Parrish is holding on to half guard well.
Parrish is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Passel's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Passel's back!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ben Passel will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Passel gets the takedown into side control.
Passel in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Parrish is trying to control Passel's posture but Passel avoids it.
Parrish is looking to reverse the position.
Parrish is trying to control Passel's posture but Passel avoids it.
Parrish is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Passel scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parrish struggling a bit here.
Parrish might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Passel haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Passel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Parrish is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Passel cracks Parrish with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Passel working the ground and pound but Parrish is defending the strikes.
Passel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Parrish to see if he's OK.
Passel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Passel fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Parrish is trying to control Passel's posture but Passel avoids it.
Parrish sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passel passes to side control.
Passel landing strikes.
Passel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parrish keeps working.
Parrish tries to improve position but can't.
Parrish can't do much from the bottom here.
Sloppy strikes there by Passel.
Parrish is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Passel lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Parrish's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Parrish is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Passel wants to pass to mount but Parrish is defending the position.
Passel lands with a punch from half guard.
Passel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Parrish moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Parrish has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parrish keeping moving, preventing Passel from controlling successfully.
Parrish trying to control the position.
Passel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Passel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Parrish is trying to keep Passel in close.
Passel works over Parrish with some ground and pound from guard.
Passel postures up and lands a big shot to Parrish's brow.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Parrish working a defensive guard here.
Parrish wriggles free and stands up.
Passel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parrish.
Passel half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Passel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parrish.
Parrish cracks Passel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barry Parrish seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Passel, as that shot connected.
Passel fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Parrish to the ground. Passel is now in Parrish's guard.
Passel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Passel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Passel working some strikes from top position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Parrish seems keen to control Passel's posture.
Passel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parrish working a defensive guard here.
Parrish trying to control the position here.
Parrish is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Passel is refusing to be controlled, as Parrish sits in half guard.
Passel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Parrish wants to take a breather but Passel is having none of it.
Passel moves into full guard.
Parrish wants to control from the top but Passel keeps moving.
Parrish is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Passel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Parrish can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Passel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parrish defends well.
That's eight 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.
Passel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Parrish controls the pace.
Parrish stopping the sweep attempt from Passel.
Parrish is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ben Passel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Passel looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Passel has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Parrish can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Parrish is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Passel keeping full guard, as Parrish tries to pass.
Passel lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Passel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Passel throws a big right hand that misses.
Parrish trying to keep a closed guard but Passel is proving a slippery customer.
Passel working some strikes from top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Passel dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Passel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parrish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Passel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Parrish jabs Passel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parrish avoids the body shot from Passel.
Passel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parrish throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parrish slips a jab from Passel.
Parrish is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Passel with a body shot.
Parrish throws a poor cross that misses
and Passel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Passel throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Parrish to regain full guard.
Parrish is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Passel landing with the ground and pound.
Passel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Parrish is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Parrish avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Passel postures up.
Passel looking to pass the guard.
Parrish working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Passel.
That's two 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.
Parrish working a defensive guard here.
Parrish is pulling down on Passel's head to control his posture.
Parrish is looking to stand up but Passel isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Passel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Parrish thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parrish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Passel lands a glancing blow to the side of Parrish's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parrish. Passel does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passel shoots in and drives through. Parrish sprawls well.
A shot to the liver by Parrish. Beautiful body shot.
Passel moves out of range of the strikes.
Passel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Parrish at a distance.
Passel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Parrish.
Parrish defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Passel.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Passel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Passel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Parrish misses with a straight right.
Parrish throws a hook but Passel avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Passel lands a jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Passel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Parrish's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Parrish takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Parrish tries to bench press Passel off him but Passel keeps the position.
Barry Parrish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Passel working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Parrish is trying to get back to half guard.
Passel landing a few strikes.
Parrish is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Passel landing strikes.
Parrish wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Parrish can't do much from the bottom here.
Passel landing a few strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Passel scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Parrish to see if he's OK.
Parrish struggling a bit here.
The strikes coming from Passel are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Parrish is looking for a sweep.
Passel scores with punches from side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Passel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Parrish is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Parrish tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Parrish sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Passel slips a nice elbow through Parrish's hands, connecting with Parrish's forehead.
Passel working the head and body with strikes.
Passel looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Parrish gets full guard.
Passel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Parrish can do to turn this around?
Parrish controls Passel momentarily but Passel frees himself.
Ben Passel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Parrish has his foot on Passel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Passel works his way back into a safe position though.
Parrish takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Passel stopping the sweep attempt from Parrish.
Passel slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Parrish not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Passel seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Parrish throws the left hand but Passel avoids the punch easily.
Passel tries to counter with a takedown but Parrish is quick to defend against it.
Passel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parrish.
Parrish displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Passel.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Parrish stuffs the takedown attempt from Passel. Passel gets slowly back to his feet.
Parrish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Passel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Parrish makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Passel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parrish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parrish moves out of range as Passel strikes.
Passel shoots in for a double leg but Parrish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Passel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Passel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Passel!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Passel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Barry Parrish spoke after the fight, saying 'No worries, I just wanted to see what showed up in my TOTT!'.
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