PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Deviant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Parker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Parker
vs
Deviant

178 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bas Deviant!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Deviant tries to keep at a distance but Parker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Deviant is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Parker misses with a knee to the head.
Deviant is pushing Parker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Deviant has hold of one of Parker's legs. Parker is fighting the takedown attempt but Deviant gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Parker is pulling down on Deviant's head. It's preventing any offense from Deviant, at least for the moment.
Parker has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Deviant passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deviant fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Deviant thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Deviant decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Deviant tries a low kick but Parker avoids it.

Parker shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Parker showed some decent athleticism there.
Deviant keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Deviant is trying to stand up here but Parker is controlling him well.
Parker working the head and body with strikes.
Parker prevents Deviant from improving his position.
Deviant trying to control here.
Deviant blocking the ground and pound attempt from Parker.
Parker lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Deviant trying to control but Parker postures up.
Parker lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker is thwarting Deviant's attempts to control the position.
Deviant manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deviant manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Deviant looking to control but Parker is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Deviant controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Deviant unloads with some shots from mount but Parker bucks and avoids them well.
Deviant tries to control but Parker wriggling away.
Parker is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sean Parker will probably get the nod.
That's time! Parker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Deviant with a poor takedown

and Parker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Parker thows a huge punch but Deviant dodges it nicely.
Parker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Deviant defending well though.
Parker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Deviant with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Parker is thwarting Deviant's attempts to control the position.
Parker winds up and cracks Deviant with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Deviant is pressing down on Parker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Deviant is trying to keep Parker in close.
Parker tries to free his leg and advance position but Deviant is retaining full guard.

Parker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Deviant keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Deviant is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker throwing strikes from guard but Deviant blocks nicely.
Parker trying to control but Deviant is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Deviant avoids a punch combination nicely.

Deviant gets a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Deviant's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Parker breaks the clinch.
Parker misses with a series of wild punches.

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.
Deviant fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Parker has a takedown stuffed.

Parker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Parker looking to stall.
A short right from Deviant on the inside.
Deviant lands a nice shot to the body.

Deviant manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Deviant trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Parker landing with the ground and pound.
Parker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Deviant on the ground.
Parker is pushing down on Deviant's leg trying to pass to half guard. Deviant is fighting to maintain full guard but Parker has managed to sneak the leg through.
Parker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Parker is trying to control the action in half guard but Deviant is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Parker throws a strike but Deviant avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Parker prevents Deviant from getting back to his feet.
Deviant throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Parker cracks Deviant with a solid left hand.

Deviant looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Parker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Parker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Parker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Parker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Deviant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deviant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Deviant throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Parker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Deviant keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Sean Parker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Parker landing with the ground and pound.
Parker throws and elbow that misses. Deviant uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Parker's guard. Nice move by Deviant!
Deviant wants to control from the top but Parker keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Parker dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A cross from Parker lands.
Parker slaps away a takedown attempt from Deviant, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Parker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Deviant!
Parker landing strikes from the mount.
Deviant bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Deviant gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Deviant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parker misses with a two punch combination.

Parker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Parker trying to control but Deviant is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deviant working a defensive guard here.
Parker lands a couple of digs.
Parker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parker throws a strike but Deviant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Deviant looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Deviant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sean Parker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Parker might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Deviant gets to his feet - Parker follows without any prompting.
Parker throws a sloppy head kick and Deviant moves out of range easily.

Parker scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Parker is keen to just control but Deviant is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Deviant looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Deviant keeps working.
Parker is thwarting Deviant's attempts to control the position.
Deviant makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Deviant.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Deviant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Deviant wants to sweep here but Parker controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Parker controlling from the top position.
Deviant wants to sweep here but Parker controlling him for the moment.
Deviant not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Parker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Deviant has his feet on Parker's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Parker tries to clinch up

and Deviant counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Parker!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bas Deviant.
Well Parker 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sean Parker!