PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Parga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Kekoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kekoa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boom by P.O.D. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Parga
vs
Kekoa

188 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
22
188 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Parga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Kekoa!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Parga shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Parga slows the pace down in half guard.
Parga seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kekoa for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parga is looking for a kimura here.

Parga seems to be looking for submissions.
Parga is figuring out what he wants to do next.

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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Rodrigo Parga just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Parga with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Parga is defended easily by Kekoa.
Parga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jay Kekoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parga looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kekoa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Parga thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kekoa stuffs the takedown attempt from Parga. Parga gets slowly back to his feet.
Parga takes a swing at Kekoa's ribcage but misses.
Parga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parga tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kekoa swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Parga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kekoa was well out of range. Poor timing from Parga.
Kekoa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Parga misses with a two punch combination.
Parga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Parga fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Kekoa scores with a four punch combination!
Kekoa walks into a straight right hand from Parga.
Kekoa throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Rodrigo Parga has been cut.
Kekoa moves in looking to clinch but Parga pushes him off.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Parga is defended easily by Kekoa.
Parga is breathing heavily.
Kekoa throws a right and a left that Parga avoids nicely.
Kekoa swinging wilding here.
Kekoa misses with a head kick.
Kekoa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Parga fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kekoa sprawls well initially but Parga persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Parga stops Kekoa from getting back to his feet.
Parga content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Parga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Parga's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Parga avoids the head kick by Kekoa.
Parga uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kekoa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Parga counters with a big right hand! Oh Kekoa is in trouble here! Parga follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Parga!