PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Jewels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jewels
vs
Parker

193 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Donnie Jewels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Parker!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jewels shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Parker as he jumps to the side.
Jewels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parker scores with a nice right hand.

Parker closes the distance and pushes Jewels back into the cage.
Jewels is looking to break free of the clinch but Parker has double underhooks.
Jewels avoiding damage.
Parker lands with a right to the head.
Jewels trying to land knees to the body.
Parker has Jewels pressed against the cage.
Jewels has had enough of the clinch but Parker keeps him there for the moment.
Parker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jewels blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jewels up against the cage.
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parker misses with a knee to the head.
Parker tries to land knees in the clinch but Jewels avoids the damage to the body.
Parker stalls.
Parker stops a takedown attempt from Jewels.
Parker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jewels is trying to break free.
Parker lands an elbow just above Jewels 's eye.
Parker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jewels or not.
Jewels takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parker.
Parker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Parker effectively controlling the action here.
Parker lands an elbow inside that Jewels shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Parker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Parker is stalling here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Parker obliges.
Parker lands an elbow just above Jewels 's eye.
Parker taking a breather.
Parker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Parker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parker.
Jewels fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donnie Jewels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker prevents Jewels from breaking the clinch.
Jewels wants to break free but Parker has control.
Jewels looking to slow down the pace here.
Parker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jewels letting Parker take a breather here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Parker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parker fakes the leg kick and cracks Jewels in the body.

Parker forces Jewels back against the cage and clinches.
Parker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jewels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jewels tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jewels blocking some punches.
Parker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parker pushes off an throws an elbow but Jewels leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker lands an elbow that stopped Jewels in his tracks for a moment.
Parker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jewels's defenses.
Parker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parker is working Jewels over against the cage.
Parker stalling the fight.
Parker digs a right hand into Jewels's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jewels's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker misses with an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Parker.
The referee calls for Parker to work.
Jewels tries to break the clinch but Parker is controlling the position.
Parker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Parker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jewels's face.
Parker lands an elbow inside that Jewels shrugs off.
Parker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice right hand lands inside from Parker.
Jewels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parker has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Parker trying to land knees to the body.
Parker lands an elbow inside.
Jewels is trying to push Parker away but Parker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Parker is pushing Jewels up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Parker tries a knee to the head but Jewels blocks it.
Jewels tries to break free but Parker pushes him back against the cage.
Parker is pushing Jewels up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A body shot lands from Parker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker scores with a shoulder strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jewels takes a shot to the head.
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Parker.
Jewels fails to pull guard.
Jewels is trying to break free.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian 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. This is the final round!

Parker closes the distance and pushes Jewels back into the cage.
Parker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Parker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jewels's brow.
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parker lands a nice elbow.
Parker lands an elbow that stopped Jewels in his tracks for a moment.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Jewels tries to pull guard but Parker holds him up against the cage and eventually Jewels drops back down to his feet.
Jewels looking for a takedown.
Parker lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Parker continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Parker gets through Jewels's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Parker missing with knees to the body.
Parker prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donnie Jewels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker lands a damaging elbow.
Parker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jewels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jewels takes an elbow to the temple.
Jewels is trying to maintain a safe position but Parker gets an underhook and turns Jewels into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The referee is keeping an eye on Parker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jewels drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Parker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker stalls.
Parker keeps control of Jewels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Parker cracks Jewels with a nice body shot.
Come on Parker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Jewels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parker.
Brian Parker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jewels is trying to break free.
Parker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Parker throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

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