PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ace Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pharoah Parisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Black Keys - Breaks. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Darko
vs
Parisyan

178 cm
31
180 lbs
30 - 11 - 0

178 cm
26
181 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

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 30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ace Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pharoah Parisyan!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parisyan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Parisyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darko's calf.
Darko just misses with a punch to the body.
Darko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darko just misses with a punch to the body.
Parisyan throws a looping overhand right but Darko ducks down to avoid it.
Darko slips a jab and a cross from Parisyan.
Darko chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Parisyan can pounce on him.
Darko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Darko lands a lovely overhand right.
Darko tests Parisyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Parisyan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Darko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Parisyan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darko looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko wants to control from the top but Parisyan keeps moving.
Darko 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.
Parisyan wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Darko is now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parisyan defending well though.
Darko wants to free his trapped foot but Parisyan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Parisyan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Darko.
Darko has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Darko thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan working to try and regain half guard.
Parisyan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Darko. What's that going to do exactly?
Parisyan is looking to improve his position but Darko isn't that keen on the idea.
Darko putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Darko raining down hammerfists from mount.
Darko throwing strikes here but Parisyan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darko throws some wild stikes that Parisyan manages to avoid easily.
Darko wants to control the pace but Parisyan is squirming around nicely.
Darko lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Darko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Parisyan?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Darko throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Darko unloading with bombs!
Darko with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parisyan is looking to get to half guard.
Parisyan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Parisyan tries to hold on but Darko pushes him away.
Darko has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Parisyan's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darko unloads with some shots from mount but Parisyan bucks and avoids them well.
Darko lands a big shot there that rocks Parisyan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like Pharoah Parisyan has been cut.
Darko lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Parisyan hang on?
Parisyan is bucking up trying to escape but Darko cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Darko looking to control and managing it successfully.
Darko lands a big elbow.
Darko lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Darko connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Darko thowing shots but they're missing.
Darko connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That has opened up Pharoah Parisyan's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parisyan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Parisyan tries to hold on but Darko postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Darko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pharoah Parisyan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parisyan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Parisyan swings for the body but Darko moves out of range.
Parisyan misses with a hook. Darko ducked under it nicely.
Parisyan looks to land a left hand but Darko moved out of range nicely.
Darko wants to slow Parisyan down by chopping away at his legs.
Darko swings for the body but Parisyan moves out of range.
Darko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parisyan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Parisyan misses with a hook.
Darko misses the jab.
Parisyan tries to score with a low kick but Darko moves his leg out of the way.
A low kick from Darko is predictable there
and Parisyan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darko tries to land a leg kick but Parisyan saw it coming and moves away.
A left lands for Parisyan.
Darko with a hook.
Darko throws a chopping leg kick but Parisyan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Darko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Parisyan.
Parisyan misses with a looping right.
Parisyan lands a really nice looking cross but Darko seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darko shoots in for a double leg but Parisyan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Parisyan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Parisyan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Darko.
Parisyan delivers a nice body kick.
Darko feints and then cracks Parisyan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Parisyan down.
Darko chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darko checks a leg kick nicely.
Parisyan defending well as Darko loads up on a big left hand.
Darko ducks under a wild hook from Parisyan.
A slow jab from Parisyan misses its intended target.

Darko dives in and scores a takedown into Parisyan's guard.
Darko wants to control from the top but Parisyan keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan is holding on to half guard well.
Darko working the head and body with strikes.
Darko throwing shots but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Darko sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parisyan defending well though.
Parisyan is trying to control but Darko manages to pass to mount!
Darko wants to control the pace but Parisyan is squirming around nicely.
Parisyan taking shots to the head.
Darko sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko unloading with bombs!

Pharoah Parisyan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pharoah Parisyan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ace Darko!
A relieved looking Ace Darko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.