PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jd Almanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Parcaut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almanez's entrance music is A Warrior's Call by Volbeat. A fine choice. Parcaut has chosen Maniac as his entrance music. Jd Almanez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Almanez
vs
Parcaut

190 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

180 cm
27
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jd Almanez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Parcaut!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Parcaut misses.
Almanez dives in and grabs Parcaut's left leg, looking for a takedown. Parcaut pushes down on Almanez's head and hops out.
Almanez takes one to the side of the head.
Almanez tries to clinch up.
Jd Almanez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almanez scores with a decent looking hook.
Almanez stuns Parcaut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Parcaut has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Almanez finds it's way round the side to connect with Parcaut's head.
Parcaut comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Almanez lunges at Parcaut with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Parcaut's hand.
Parcaut takes one to the side of the head.
Parcaut drops his hands momentarily and Almanez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Almanez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Almanez looks to land a left hand but Parcaut moved out of range nicely.
Almanez connects with a crisp jab.
Parcaut looks to throw the jab but Almanez is out of range.
Almanez cracks Parcaut with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Almanez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Parcaut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parcaut blocks a head kick by Almanez.
Almanez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A combination from Almanez does no damage.
Almanez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Almanez lands a nice hook to Parcaut's body. Parcaut takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Almanez scores with a jab.
Almanez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Parcaut. That did some damage!
Almanez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Parcaut takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Almanez lands with a nice combination. Parcaut backs away looking to recover.

Parcaut is rocked!

It looks like Ralph Parcaut has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Almanez, as that shot connected.
Parcaut is still on wobbly legs! Can Almanez finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Parcaut darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Almanez kicks off Parcaut and gets to his feet.
Parcaut seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almanez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Almanez misses with a body shot.
Almanez throws a hook but Parcaut avoids it easily.
Almanez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parcaut paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parcaut slips a straight right by Almanez.
Almanez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Parcaut.
Parcaut is trying hard to land a takedown here. Almanez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Almanez moves in looking to clinch but Parcaut pushes him off.
Almanez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parcaut.
Almanez blocks a jab.
Almanez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Parcaut ducks under a wild hook from Almanez.
Parcaut takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Parcaut connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almanez loads up on a big right hand but Parcaut slips the punch.
Parcaut throws a looping overhand right but Almanez ducks down to avoid it.
Almanez with a nice cross.
A jab from Almanez finds it's way through Parcaut's defenses.
Parcaut misses with a straight right.
Parcaut ducks right into an uppercut from Almanez.
Parcaut shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almanez defends it nicely.
Almanez throws out a leg kick but Parcaut moves out of range and Almanez only half commits.
Almanez fakes the leg kick and cracks Parcaut in the body.
Almanez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Parcaut.
Almanez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Parcaut throws a lazy right hand but Almanez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Almanez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almanez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Almanez scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Almanez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Parcaut takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Almanez misses with the combination.
Almanez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Parcaut swats away the attempt to clinch by Almanez.
Almanez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almanez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parcaut keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jd Almanez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parcaut takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jd Almanez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ralph Parcaut's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Almanez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parcaut.
Parcaut has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Parcaut there as he acknowledges the shot.
Parcaut has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Almanez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Parcaut counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Almanez!
Parcaut thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Almanez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Parcaut.
Parcaut throwing strikes here but Almanez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Parcaut lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parcaut raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almanez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Parcaut with a couple of short strikes.
Parcaut scoring with strikes but Almanez is staying in there.
Almanez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Parcaut lands a nice shot to the head.
Almanez is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Parcaut lands a big shot there that rocks Almanez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
You get the feeling that Almanez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Parcaut cracks Almanez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Parcaut scoring with strikes but Almanez is staying in there.
Parcaut breaks from Almanez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parcaut raining down hammerfists from mount.
Parcaut pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Parcaut dominating with strikes here.

Almanez is rocked!
Almanez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Almanez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parcaut connects with a bit shot that sees Almanez covering up! More strikes from Parcaut and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Parcaut is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralph Parcaut!
Ralph Parcaut looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Just like I told you, the first fight was a fluke! I'm the real champion of this division and everyone knows it.'.