PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pharoah Parisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Riseman
vs
Parisyan

189 cm
30
186 lbs
11 - 10 - 1

178 cm
25
181 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Riseman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pharoah Parisyan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riseman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Parisyan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Riseman pushes Parisyan up against the cage in a clinch.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parisyan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman avoiding damage.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Parisyan tries to work over Riseman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Parisyan is blocking nicely.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Riseman is looking to control Parisyan's arms but Parisyan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riseman has his back to the cage.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Pharoah Parisyan has been cut.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan scores with a hook to the body.
Riseman lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parisyan.
Riseman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan blocks an elbow strike from Riseman.
Riseman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parisyan avoids it.
Parisyan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on Riseman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Parisyan lands with a right to the head.
Parisyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parisyan is defending well for now.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parisyan.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Parisyan.
A knee to the head by Riseman.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Parisyan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Parisyan effectively controlling the action here.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman is stalling here.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parisyan lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Parisyan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Riseman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pharoah Parisyan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Riseman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Parisyan finds it's way round the side to connect with Riseman's head.
Riseman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Parisyan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riseman is looking to clinch but Parisyan is avoiding it.

Parisyan tries to keep at a distance but Riseman has taken the fight into the clinch.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan looking for a takedown.
Parisyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parisyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Jonathan Riseman has been cut.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
Parisyan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parisyan.
Riseman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Parisyan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman has Parisyan pressed against the cage.
Parisyan managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman misses with a knee to the head.
Riseman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Parisyan avoids the damage to the body.
Parisyan stalling in the clinch but Riseman improves position.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jonathan Riseman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Parisyan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Risemans head.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parisyan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parisyan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Parisyan gets through Riseman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riseman.
Parisyan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riseman backwards.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parisyan blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Parisyan.
Parisyan misses with the head strike.
Parisyan avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parisyan avoids it.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Parisyan has a couple of punches blocked by Riseman.
Parisyan lands a left hand.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Parisyan blocks it.
Parisyan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Riseman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Parisyan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Riseman working Parisyan over with knees to the body.
Parisyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Riseman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riseman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parisyan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riseman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parisyan's face.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Riseman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Parisyan.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parisyan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parisyan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parisyan lands an elbow inside that Riseman shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riseman tries to stall but Parisyan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Riseman dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Riseman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Parisyan finds it's way round the side to connect with Riseman's head.
Parisyan connects with a body shot that sends Riseman's belly button to the back.
Parisyan throws out a loose jab but Riseman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Parisyan.
Riseman looks to score with a jab to the body but Parisyan is just out of range.
Parisyan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Riseman tries to close the distance and clinch but Parisyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Parisyan.
Riseman is looking to clinch.
A big left from Parisyan misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Parisyan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Riseman!
Riseman is in a horrible position here. Parisyan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Parisyan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Parisyan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parisyan controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Parisyan scoring with strikes but Riseman is staying in there.
Parisyan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Parisyan breaks from Riseman's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Jonathan Riseman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
You get the feeling that Riseman really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Parisyan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Parisyan content just to control the position here.
Parisyan cracks Riseman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parisyan controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parisyan avoids the attempt from Riseman to control.
Parisyan lands a big shot there that rocks Riseman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Riseman is rocked!

Jeez, Jonathan Riseman's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonathan Riseman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pharoah Parisyan!
Pharoah Parisyan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.