PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Clarence Parish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Clarence Parish has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Parish
vs
Payne

178 cm
21
158 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

165 cm
22
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clarence Parish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Payne!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne avoids the body shot from Parish.
Payne blocks a jab.
Parish throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Payne counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Payne defending well as Parish loads up on a big left hand.
Payne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parish was well out of range. Poor timing from Payne.
Parish just misses with a punch to the body.
Parish cracks Payne with a good jab.
Parish gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Parish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Payne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Payne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parish.
Payne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parish.
Payne slips a straight right by Parish.
Clarence Parish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Payne. Parish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Payne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Payne on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Payne manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Parish on his heels. He'll look to pass Parish's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Payne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parish swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Payne trying to control the position from guard on top but Parish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parish on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Parish tries to get out of the position.
Payne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parish swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne won't allow Parish to get back to his feet.
Payne throwing strikes from guard but Parish blocks nicely.

Payne drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Payne jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Payne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Payne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Payne throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Payne working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Payne controlling from the top position.
Payne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Parish is keeping the position for now.

Payne drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Payne as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Parish screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Payne! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Curtis Payne!