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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrus Laane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parsons comes to the cage accompanied by Rev Theory - Dead in a Grave. Laane has chosen Meek Mill - Lord Knows as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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213 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Parsons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrus Laane!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Parsons in his tracks.
Laane gets tackled into the cage by Parsons. Parsons maintains the clinch.
Laane blocks an uppercut.
Parsons lands with a left to the head.
Laane tries to land a knee to the head but Parsons blocks with his arms.
Parsons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Parsons has a couple of punches blocked by Laane.
Laane tries to circle away but Parsons has him pinned against the cage.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Laane.
Parsons lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Parsons on the inside.
Laane looking to throw knees to the head but Parsons is blocking nicely.
Parsons misses with a punch on the inside.
Parsons pushes off an throws an elbow but Laane leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parsons throws a punch but it's blocked by Laane.
Laane trying to land knees to the body.
Parsons lands a shoulder strike.
Parsons avoids a wild elbow strike from Laane.
Laane manages to break the clinch.
Parsons shoots and misses
and Laane counters with a nice body shot.
Laane throws a head kick but Parsons moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons misses with a takedown attempt - Laane sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Laane lands a head kick!
Andrus Laane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good exchange - Laane coming out on top.
Laane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laane is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Laane throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Parsons to counter with a crisp jab.
Laane misses with a series of wild punches.
Laane has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Parsons clinches up against the cage.
Parsons lands an elbow that stopped Laane in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Parsons.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parsons.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parsons lands an uppercut.
Laane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Laane trying to land knees to the body.
Parsons throws a punch but it's blocked by Laane.
Laane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parsons misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parsons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Laane's brow.
Parsons scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Parsons's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Laane tries a knee to the head but Parsons blocks it.
Parsons throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parsons.
Parsons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laane stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Laane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Parsons throws a punch but it's blocked by Laane.
Laane lands a body punch in the clinch.
Laane misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laane lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jack Parsons has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laane.
Parsons lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laane tries a knee to the head but Parsons blocks it.
Parsons misses with some punches.
Parsons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Laane blocks it with crossed arms.
Laane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Parsons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laane looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Parsons.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laane.
Parsons lands with a left to the head.
Laane lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laane tries a knee to the head but Parsons blocks it.
Parsons scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laane is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parsons blocking some punches.
Laane is still on wobbly legs! Can Parsons finish him?
Parsons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Laane blocking some punches.
Laane trying to control the position but instead, Parsons has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laane into the cage.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laane seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parsons has Laane pressed against the cage, preventing Laane from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parsons lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Laane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Parsons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laane.
Some wild striking there from Parsons.
Laane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parsons manages to avoid it.
Parsons cracks Laane with an uppercut from hell and Laane crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Parsons's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Parsons postures up in Laane's guard and throws a big left but Laane blocks it.
Laane looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parsons loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laane has control of Parsons's left arm, preventing Parsons from doing any damage.
Parsons content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Parsons dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Parsons's cut.
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.
Laane slips under a jab.
Laane throws a shot from downtown. Parsons moves away and avoids it.
Parsons clobbers Laane with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Laane looks to land a combination. Parsons sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Parsons throws a head kick but Laane moves out of range.
Laane throws a right and a left that Parsons avoids nicely.
Parsons shoots in for a takedown but Laane shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice side step and Laane releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Parsons pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andrus Laane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laane slips under a jab from Parsons.
Parsons shoots and misses
and Laane counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Parsons misses with a hook.
A little jabbing left from Laane on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Laane misses with a head kick.
Laane fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laane feints a jab promting Parsons to slip. Laane then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Parsons slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Laane tries to clinch but Parsons moves out of range.
Parsons slips a jab and a cross from Laane.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Parsons connects with the punch.
Parsons clinches up with Laane and pushes him back against the cage.
Parsons lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parsons throws a head punch that misses.
Laane with a knee to the head.
Laane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laane lands a nice knee to the body.
Parsons working aggressively here.
Parsons lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parsons is defending well for now.
Parsons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parsons misses with the head strike.
Parsons misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parsons swings wildly with an uppercut but Laane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parsons swings wildly with an uppercut but Laane uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laane obliges.
Parsons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Parsons lands with a light punch inside.
Laane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laane blocks an uppercut.
Parsons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laane can do to turn this around?
Laane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jack Parsons has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Laane looking to slow down the pace here.
Parsons swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parsons misses with a knee strike.
Parsons working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Parsons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Laane tries a knee to the head but Parsons blocks it.
Parsons fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parsons blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laane lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laane.
Laane blocking some punches.
Parsons blocks an uppercut.
Laane lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laane breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parsons lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Laane avoids the body shot from Parsons.
Parsons fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Parsons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parsons looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Parsons throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laane kicks Parsons off and gets back to his feet.
Parsons tries to clinch up but Laane circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parsons keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laane.
Laane throws a right hand that Parsons ducks under and follows up with a left that Parsons also avoids with ease.
Laane throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Laane walks into a left hand.
Nice jab there from Laane.
Parsons tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Laane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laane lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Parsons misses with a kick to the body.
Laane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Laane forces Parsons back against the cage and clinches.
Parsons misses with the head strike.
Parsons gets through Laane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Parsons controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Jack Parsons!
Jack Parsons spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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