PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Sam
vs
Parker

195 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 New York, Samuel Sam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Parker!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker misses with a straight left.
Parker tries to clinch up but Sam circles away and keeps his distance.
Parker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Parker misses with a hook. Sam ducked under it nicely.
Sam closes this distance looking for a takedown but Parker circles away.
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Sam pushes him off.

Sam gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Parker throws a big right hand that misses.
Parker passes Sam's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Parker wants to take a breather but Sam is having none of it.
Sam gets back to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Parker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Parkeris looking to pass into half guard but Sam pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sam is in guard.
Parker keeping full guard, as Sam tries to pass.
Sam trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sam is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Parker is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Parker wants to stand but Sam is controlling the position.
Parker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sam manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Parker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

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.
Sam is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Parker looking to sit in guard and control but Sam gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sam stays in close to Parker's body and controls the position.
Sam stopping the sweep attempt from Parker.
Samis looking to pass into half guard but Parker pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Parker is in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Sam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Parker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sam is breathing heavily.
Sam is trying to control the position but Parker postures up.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sam bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Parker's guard.
Parker has his hands on Sam's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Parker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parker has control of Sam's left arm, preventing Sam from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sam 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.

Tyrone Parker dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Sam.
Parker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Parker decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sam keeps working.
Sam tries to roll over but Parker keeps him under control.
Parker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Parker wants to free his trapped foot but Sam is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Parker missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Parker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sam taking some punishment here, with Parker in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sam manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker trying to control but Sam is working from the bottom.
Sam is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Parker cracks Sam with a solid left hand.
Sam keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker scoring with some ground and pound.
Parker advances position into side control!
Parker cracks Sam with a big right hand but Sam just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sam wants to control but Parker postures up.
Parker cracks Sam with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Parker scores with punches from side control.
Sam is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sam takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Parker tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Parker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sam down.
You can see the frustration on Sam's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Parker lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Parker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sam keeps working.
Parker working the head with strikes.
Parker throwing shots but missing, from side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parker misses with a few strikes there.
Sam swats away the attempt to clinch by Parker.
Parker leaves Sam with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Parker shoots in and bounces Sam off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Parker won't allow Sam to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker distracts Sam with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sam is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sam keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker passes Sam's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sam tries to roll over but Parker keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sam with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Parker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Parker shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sam is looking to control Parker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sam avoid being mounted?
Parker 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.
Sam has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Parker is working away from the top position though.
Sam tries to get to full guard but Parker has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Parker there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sam is doing well to control the position and prevent Parker from advancing to side control.
Sam is in trouble now - Parker has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Parker cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Parker working Sam over with strikes here.
Parker landing punches.
Parker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sam tries to reverse the position but Parker maintains control.
Parker is landing with some decent strikes but Sam is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Parker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sam tries to lock up and control but Parker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Parker looking to finish Sam with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sam!
Parker breaks from Sam's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A nice elbow there by Parker.
Parker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sam really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sam is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Parker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Parker with shots to the head and body - Sam looks very uncomfortable down there.
Parker prevents Sam from getting the reversal.
Parker looking to finish Sam with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sam!
Sam really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Parker lands a big elbow.

Sam defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Parker.
A nice elbow there by Parker.
The referee warns Sam that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Parker cracks Sam with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Parker landing punches.
Sam regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam is trying to get back to full guard.
Sam has hold of Parker's hands but Parker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Parker throwing shots but Sam is blocking nicely.
Parker is trying to control. Sam wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Parker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Parker slips a nice elbow through Sam's hands, connecting with Sam's forehead.
Parker is looking to advance position but Sam won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker uses his free foot to push down on Sam's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sam.
Samuel Sam has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyrone Parker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sam is in a horrible position here. Parker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Parker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Parker has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyrone Parker!