PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between craig parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Utah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). craig parsons has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

parsons
vs
Utah

172 cm
23
190 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, craig parsons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Utah!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Utah dips to his left and cracks parsons with an uppercut!
Utah scores with a jab. parsons acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Utah fails to land with a series of punches.
parsons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
parsons fails to land with a series of punches.
Utah misses with the combination.
A punch lands to the side of parsons 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Utah connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Utah showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from parsons.
parsons fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
parsons throws a low kick but it's checked well by Utah.
parsons fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for craig parsons. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Utah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jonny Utah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Utah scores with a jab. parsons acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
parsons looks to land a combination but Utah avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Utah misses with a series of wild punches.
Utah misses with a combination
and parsons counters with a head kick. That will keep Utah thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Utah drives through and clinches with parsons against the cage.
Utah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Utah is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
parsons unloads a knee to the mid-section. Utah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Utah has had enough of the clinch but parsons keeps him there for the moment.
Utah has had enough of the clinch but parsons keeps him there for the moment.
Utah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A left hand lands to the body for parsons.
This has been an exciting period of action!

parsons jumps guard.
parsons is trying to control the position but Utah postures up.
parsons wants to sweep here but Utah controlling him for the moment.
Utah must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
parsons is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Utah tries to stand but parsons is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Utah wants to control from the top but parsons keeps moving.
Utah wants to stand but parsons is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Utah falls off balance throwing a combination

and parsons counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Utah's guard now.
Utah looks gassed!
Utah manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
parsons really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Utah looking to control but parsons is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that parsons really doesn't like being in this position too much.
parsons manages to regain half guard. Good work.
parsons flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
parsons is not content to let Utah control the position.
Utah slows the pace down in half guard.
parsons is looking to escape.
parsons trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
parsons wants to hold on but Utah pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
parsons is looking to improve his position but Utah isn't that keen on the idea.
parsons is working hard here to advance position.
parsons is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Utah controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
parsons is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

craig parsons dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Left hook, right uppercut from Utah.
Utah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and parsons counters with a series of strikes. Utah will be more careful next time no doubt.
parsons tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
craig parsons is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Utah tries to clinch but fails miserably

and parsons counters with a single leg into guard. Utah didn't expect that.
parsons trying to control but Utah is working from the bottom.
parsons is looking to stand up but Utah won't let him.
Utah keeping moving, preventing parsons from controlling successfully.

parsons decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Utah, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from parsons.
parsons gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Utah throws a right and a left that parsons avoids nicely.
parsons throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Utah's waist but Utah gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing parsons off to one side.
Utah wants to clinch

and parsons counters with a shoot takedown. Utah fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
parsons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Utah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Utah has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
parsons trying to control the position from guard on top but Utah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
parsons tries to stand but Utah is controlling from the bottom.
Utah is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Utah can do anything to dispel that myth.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
parsons closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Utah moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Utah gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Utah won't allow parsons to sweep him here.
parsons is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
parsons is trying to keep Utah in close.
parsons is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Utah is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Utah wants to pass the guard but parsons is keeping the position.
Utah preventing the sweep.

Utah decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on parsons, up you get!
parsons keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Utah.
A good leg kick by parsons.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Utah tries to clinch but fails miserably
and parsons counters with a right hand to the body.

Utah gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
parsons stands and throws Utah's legs to the side, diving into side control.
parsons trying to control the position but Utah is working away.
Utah being controlled for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Utah trying to control but parsons flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

craig parsons dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Utah throws a combination that misses

and parsons counters by moving into the clinch.
Utah tries to circle away but parsons has him pinned against the cage.

parsons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Utah is looking to clinch.
Utah falls off balance throwing a combination
letting parsons counter with a right hand.
parsons closes this distance looking for a takedown but Utah circles away.
Utah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and parsons counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
parsons fails to land the takedown.
Utah misses with a double jab

and parsons counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Utah!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Utah wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by parsons.
parsons looking to control and managing it successfully.
Utah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Utah manages to control the position for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
parsons wants to control the pace but Utah is squirming around nicely.
parsons content just to control the position here.

parsons with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Utah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Utah trying desperately to get to his feet.
Utah is trying desperately to improve position.
Utah wants to control but parsons is having none of it.
Utah is squirming around, avoiding parsons's attempts to control the action.
parsons controlling the pace for now.
parsons seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Utah for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
parsons's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Utah tries to hold on but parsons pushes him away.
parsons working the ground and pound effectively.
Utah tries to hold on but parsons postures up.
Jonny Utah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
parsons can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Utah is looking to escape.
parsons lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Utah hang on?
parsons trying to control but Utah is having none of it.
parsons tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
craig parsons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

The referee stands the fighters back up. craig parsons just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A punch combination from Utah misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for parsons.

parsons clinches up against the cage.
Utah is looking to break free of the clinch but parsons has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
craig parsons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well parsons has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... craig parsons!