PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Feucht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Parsons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Feucht comes to the cage accompanied by Wherever I May Roam. John Parsons is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Feucht
vs
Parsons

185 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Feucht!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Parsons!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parsons misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Parsons keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Feucht.

Feucht shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Feucht is pressing down on Parsons's thigh, looking to free his foot. Parsons is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Feucht looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parsons with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parsons trying to hold on to Feucht's head to control him but Feucht postures up.
Feucht thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Feucht throwing shots but Parsons is blocking nicely.
Parsons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Feucht tries to pass the half guard into mount. Parsons knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Feucht working Parsons over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parsons is not content to let Feucht control the position.

Parsons looking for submissions off his back.
Feucht takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Parsons trying to control from the bottom.
Feucht lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Feucht lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Parsons blocking the ground and pound attempt from Feucht.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Feucht looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Parsons with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Feucht wants to take a breather but Parsons is having none of it.
Parsons has hold of Feucht's hands but Feucht slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Parsons moves into full guard.
Feucht trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Feucht postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Parsons escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Feucht gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Parsons is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Feucht defends well.
Feucht has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Parsons is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parsons lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Feucht!
Poor strikes thrown by Parsons there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Parsons working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Feucht on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Feucht tries to get out of the position.

Parsons has control of Feucht's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Feucht regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Parsons looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Feucht wants to get back to his feet.

Parsons moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Feucht has worked his arm free - good work by Feucht!
Feucht is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Parsons is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Feucht dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Parsons has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Parsons there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like John Parsons has been cut.
Feucht throws a hook to the side of Parsons's head but Parsons sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Feucht fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Parsons sprawls well initially but Feucht persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Parsons gets full guard.
Feucht tries to free his leg and advance position but Parsons is retaining full guard.
Parsons keeping moving, preventing Feucht from controlling successfully.
Feucht throws a big right hand that misses.
Parsons lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Feucht!

Parsons is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Feucht to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Feucht shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parsons wants to take Feucht's back here but Feucht is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parsons working for a submission but Feucht is keeping him at bay.

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

Parsons moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Feucht has worked his arm free - good work by Feucht!

Parsons working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Parsons looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Parsons goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Feucht has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Parsons but great work by Feucht.
Parsons is working to avoid the ground and pound but Feucht connects with a decent elbow.
Feucht working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Feucht crashes against the mat.
Parsons wants to control but Feucht postures up.
Parsons tries to improve position but can't.
Feucht grinds an elbow into Parsons's temple.
Parsons is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Parsons is looking to improve his position.
Feucht trying to mount his opponent but Parsons defends it.
Feucht seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Parsons does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parsons moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Parsons looking for a guillotine here but Feucht defends easily.
Feucht scoring with some ground and pound.
Parsons preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Parsons looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Feucht throws a strike but Parsons rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Feucht wants to get back to his feet but Parsons is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alexander Feucht will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Parsons'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. This is the final round!

Feucht closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Feucht lands in his opponent's guard.
Parsons keeping moving, preventing Feucht from controlling successfully.

Feucht got a little sloppy there for a moment and Parsons has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Feucht has managed to get both his arms back between Parsons's legs - danger averted.
Feucht wants to control from the top but Parsons keeps moving.
Feucht postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Parsons looking to hit a scissor sweep but Feucht is one step ahead there.
Feucht throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Feucht is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Feucht stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parsons swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parsons looking to control.
Feucht scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Parsons is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Feucht is aware though and is defending well.

Parsons is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Feucht missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alexander Feucht is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parsons is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Feucht not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Feucht looking to pass the guard.
Parsons looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parsons working a defensive guard here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Feucht controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Parsons shoots for a takedown but Feucht saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Alexander Feucht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Feucht darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Feucht takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Parsons wants to improve his position but Feucht is controlling well.
Feucht content to control rather than advance.
Feucht is trying to control the action in half guard but Parsons is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alexander Feucht has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Feucht changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Parsons looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Feucht moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Feucht looking to control but instead Parsons has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Feucht stalling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Feucht seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Parsons does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
John Parsons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Parsons actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Feucht showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Feucht 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Feucht!
A very excited looking Alexander Feucht made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.