PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Pardi (ranked 2057 p4p, 1516 weight class) and Groundskeeper Willie (ranked 217 p4p, 159 weight class). Pardi comes to the cage accompanied by Party Boy Theme. Kristof Pardi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Groundskeeper Willie's chin.

Pardi
vs
Willie

172 cm
21
154
6 - 3 - 0

163 cm
21
139
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kristof Pardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Groundskeeper Willie!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willie wants to clinch.
Pardi throwing a counter right hand but Willie manages to avoid it.
Pardi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Willie moves away.
Pardi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pardi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willie throws a hook to the side of Pardi's head but Pardi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pardi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Willie.
Pardi slips a jab from Willie.
Pardi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willie misses with an uppercut.
Pardi throws out a powerful jab.
Willie lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pardi digs a good hook to Willie's body.
Pardi thuds a left hand into Willie's body.
Pardi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willie scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pardi swings widly with a right hand
and Willie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi defending well as Willie loads up on a big left hand.
Pardi fails in his attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Willie! But no joy.
Pardi lands with a right hand.

It looks like Groundskeeper Willie has been cut.
Willie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Willie gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pardi to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Willie is trying to hold Pardi in close to prevent damage but Pardi has managed to pass into half guard.
Pardi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pardi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pardi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Willie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Pardi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Willie keeps working.

Willie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pardi pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardi wants to take a breather but Willie is having none of it.
Pardi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Willie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Pardi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Willie has managed to free his arm - good work.

Willie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pardi pulls his head out easily.
Pardi controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Willie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pardi pulls his head out easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pardi is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Willie might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pardi haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardi scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Willie actively working from the bottom here.
Willie is in trouble now - Pardi has advanced to mount!
Willie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pardi with shots to the head and body - Willie looks very uncomfortable down there.
Willie tries to hold on but Pardi pushes him away.
Pardi landing strikes from the mount.

Willie is rocked!
Willie is squirming around, avoiding Pardi's attempts to control the action.
Pardi moves to the back position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willie is trying to remain composed but Pardi is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

Willie defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Pardi is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Willie defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willie tries to escape the position.
Willie covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Willie is trying to stand back up.
Pardi lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Pardi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Groundskeeper Willie'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.

Pardi moves away from the strike by Willie.
Pardi missing with a left hand there. Willie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pardi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Willie.
A swing and a miss from Pardi.
Pardi looks to throw the jab but Willie is out of range.
Pardi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willie can do to turn this around?
Pardi lands with a hook. Willie tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Willie is still on wobbly legs! Can Pardi finish him?
Willie misses with a straight left.
Willie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Willie seems to have recovered his senses.
Willie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Pardi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Willie manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Willie looking for a guillotine here but Pardi defends easily.
Pardi passes Willie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've been hearing that Pardi has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willie is trying to maintain the position but Pardi is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pardi lands strikes from half guard.
Willie is trying to maintain the position but Pardi is very close to passing his half guard.
Pardi works his way into side control.
Willie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Willie can't do much from the bottom here.

Pardi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pardi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pardi trying to control the action but Willie is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kristof Pardi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willie struggling a bit here.
Willie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Willie is looking to reverse the position.
Willie is not content to let Pardi control the position.
Pardi working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pardi wants to control but Willie is keeping him busy.

Pardi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pardi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Pardi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Willie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Willie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pardi lands a nice forearm strike.

Willie throws Pardi to one side and escapes!
Groundskeeper Willie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good exchange - Willie coming out on top.
Willie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Willie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Willie lands a glancing blow to the side of Pardi's head.
Willie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pardi as he avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardi misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Willie misses.
Pardi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Willie manages to avoid it.
Willie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Willie shoots in but Pardi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pardi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Willie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pardi.

Pardi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Willie is trying to force a seperation but Pardi has the dominant position.
Willie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pardi.
Willie throws a punch but it's blocked by Pardi.
Willie throws a punch but it's blocked by Pardi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pardi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kristof Pardi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Groundskeeper Willie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Pardi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pardi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willie throws a hook to the side of Pardi's head but Pardi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Willie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pardi misses with a wild combination.
Willie misses with a left hand
and Pardi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pardi lands a jab to Willie's midsection.
Willie with a nice cross.
Willie shoots in for a takedown but Pardi shows good takedown defense.
Pardi throwing a counter right hand but Willie manages to avoid it.
Pardi ducks under a wild hook from Willie.
Willie throws a jab when Pardi was well out of range.
Pardi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Willie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pardi.
Willie misses with an uppercut. Pardi saw that one coming.
Pardi takes a swing at Willie's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pardi is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Willie's half guard.
Pardi is keen to just control but Willie is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pardi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Willie defends it well.

Pardi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Willie defends it well.
Pardi prevents Willie from improving his position.
Willie is trying to control but can't.
Pardi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pardi working Willie over with strikes.

Willie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pardi pulls his head out easily.
Pardi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Willie is looking to escape.
Pardi unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Willie wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Pardi celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kristof Pardi!