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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Parslow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Damme comes into the arena with Fight to Survive blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!
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182 cm
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190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
22
190 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jean Claude Van Damme! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Parslow! The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Parslow checks a leg kick nicely. Parslow tries to score with a low kick but Van Damme moves his leg out of the way. Parslow keeps the fight on the outside. A slapping leg kick lands for Van Damme.
Van Damme lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parslow circles away quickly and effectively. Van Damme forces Parslow back against the cage and clinches. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Parslow as Van Damme tries to tie him up. Van Damme wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parslow has him pressed against the cage. Van Damme misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parslow breaks from the clinch.
Van Damme moves in looking to clinch but Parslow pushes him off. Parslow misses with a wild body shot. Parslow throws a leg kick but Van Damme checks it. Van Damme misses with the combination.
Parslow looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Parslow trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Van Damme looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Van Damme wants to sweep here but Parslow controlling him for the moment. Parslow throwing strikes from guard but Van Damme blocks nicely. Parslow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Parslow wants to pass the guard but Van Damme is keeping the position. Van Damme wants to get back to his feet but Parslow is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Van Damme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Van Damme will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Damme wants to clinch up but Parslow keeps it at a distance. Parslow ducks under a wild hook from Van Damme.
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. A shot to the body from Van Damme misses and Parslow counters with a nice double leg into guard. Van Damme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Parslow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Van Damme is looking to stand up but Parslow isn't so interested in that idea. Parslow drops back looking for a leg! Van Damme is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Van Damme manages to kick Parslow off! Parslow jumps back into Van Damme's guard. Parslow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Van Damme is controlling Parslow's posture. Van Damme preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Parslow stops Van Damme from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Van Damme takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Parslow feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Parslow trying to control the position from guard on top but Van Damme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Parslow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van Damme is keeping the position for now. Van Damme wants to sweep but no luck. Parslow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Damme swivels though and keeps the full guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Parslow is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Damme has wrist control. Parslow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Van Damme keeping moving, preventing Parslow from controlling successfully. Parslow with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Parslow misses with an uppercut. Van Damme misses with a two punch combination.
Van Damme darts in trying to clinch enabling Parslow to counter with a crisp jab. Parslow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parslow throws and low kick but Van Damme moves out of range easily. Van Damme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Claude Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Parslow throws the kick towards the body but Van Damme avoids it. Van Damme tries to clinch up and Parslow counters with a nice double leg into side control. Van Damme won't be happy with that. Parslow tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Parslow has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Van Damme tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Parslow dominated that round. That's time! Van Damme's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Parslow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Parslow just content to control the position. Van Damme is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Parslow scores with a couple of short elbows. The strikes coming from Parslow are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Van Damme is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Parslow working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Van Damme tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Parslow wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Parslow misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Parslow in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Van Damme wants to get back to his feet but Parslow drags him back down. Van Damme is trying to get back to half guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Van Damme wants to get back to his feet but Parslow drags him back down. Parslow wants to control but Van Damme is keeping him busy. Van Damme knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Parslow on the ground. Parslow lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Parslow cracks Van Damme with a big right hand but Van Damme just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Van Damme avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Parslow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Parslow scoring with punches and elbows. Parslow is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Van Damme looks calm but he's in trouble here. Parslow gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Van Damme is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Parslow lets go of the hold and Van Damme can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Scott Parslow!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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