PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Parks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Delgado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Parks
vs
Delgado

173 cm
29
159 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

168 cm
30
156 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyoto Parks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Esteban Delgado!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Parks scores with a four punch combination!
Parks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Parks falls off balance throwing a combination
and Delgado counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Parks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lyoto Parks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parks takes a swing at Delgado's ribcage but misses.
Parks blocks a low kick nicely.
Delgado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Parks.
Parks swinging wildly here.
Delgado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Parks checks a leg kick.
Parks lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parks misses with a hook
and Delgado counters with a good low kick that Parks was not able to check.
Parks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Delgado has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Delgado, right into the meat.
Both fighters circling a little - Delgado finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Parks fails to land with a series of punches.
Delgado tries a head kick but it misses.
Parks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Delgado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Parks on the side of the head.
Parks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Parks stuns Delgado with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Parks moves into range and clinches up with Delgado.
We've been hearing reports that Parks has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Parks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Parks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parks blocks an uppercut.
Parks working aggressively here.
Delgado prevents a body shot from Parks.
Parks throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Delgado tries to throw a body punch but Parks avoids it by throwing Delgado back against the cage.
Parks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Delgado misses with a body punch.
Delgado lands a right hand that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
A short right from Parks.
Parks wants to stall.
Delgado lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Delgado lands with a light punch inside.
Delgado dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Delgado tries a body shot but Parks blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Parks on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parks.
Delgado presses Parks against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Delgado makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Delgado blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Parks fails to land.
Delgado swings wildly with an uppercut but Parks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delgado pushes Parks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parks takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Delgado as the two fighters clinch.
The referee calls for Delgado to work.
Delgado is working for takedown but Parks is calmly controlling the position for now.
Parks blocks a body shot from Delgado.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Delgado's elbow.
Parks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Delgado.
Parks swings wildly with an uppercut but Delgado uses good head movement to avoid it.
Delgado's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delgado lands a right hand that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Delgado.
Parks misses with a body punch.
Parks drops down looking for an ankle pick but Delgado pulls his leg out and moves away.
Parks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Delgado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parks misses with a two punch combination.
Delgado tries to clinch there but Parks circles away.
Parks swings for the body but Delgado moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Delgado blocks a body shot from Parks.
Parks misses with some punches.
Delgado tries to work over Parks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lyoto Parks will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Delgado shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Parks cracks a nice hook into Delgado's ribs.
Delgado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Parks tries to clinch up but Delgado circles away and keeps his distance.

Parks clinches with his opponent.
Parks changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Delgado fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Delgado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Parks throws a body punch but Delgado moves out of range.
Parks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parks misses with a two punch combination.
Delgado tried to score with a low kick but Parks checks it.
Delgado throws a leg kick but Parks sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delgado is looking to score with low kicks.
Parks thuds a left hand into Delgado's body.
Delgado is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Parks shoots in but no luck this time.
Parks looks to score with a jab to the body but Delgado is just out of range.
Delgado misses with a hook.
Parks lands with a good body shot.
Parks throws a lazy right hand but Delgado sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Parks connects with a looping right hand.
Parks throws a jab when Delgado was well out of range.
Lyoto Parks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delgado keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Delgado takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Delgado.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Delgado's waist but Delgado gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Parks off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyoto Parks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Parks. Those never looked like landing.
Parks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Delgado swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Delgado moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delgado lands a nice hook to Parks's body. Parks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Delgado steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Delgado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parks.
Parks swings for the body but Delgado moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Parks. Those never looked like landing.
Parks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fight stays on the outside here - Parks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Parks lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delgado comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Parks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Delgado counters with a leg kick.

Delgado shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Delgado showed some decent athleticism there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Delgado thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Parks's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Delgado wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parks keeps working.
Delgado with the ground and pound but Parks uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Delgado trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delgado makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Delgado throwing strikes from guard but Parks blocks nicely.
Delgado throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Delgado wants to control from the top but Parks keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delgado controls from within his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delgado's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Esteban Delgado will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Parks avoids the head kick by Delgado.
Parks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Parks ducks right into an uppercut from Delgado.
Parks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Parks tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Delgado counters with a body kick that stops Parks in his tracks momentarily.
Parks cracks Delgado with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Parks takes a swing at Delgado's ribcage but misses.
Parks throws a combination that misses
and Delgado counters with a nice body shot.
Delgado lands a nice looking body shot.
Delgado bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Delgado.

That's one minute gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Delgado enables Parks to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Delgado manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Parks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Delgado looking for a sweep. Not yet Delgado, not yet.
Parks is fighting to break Delgado's control of his arms but Delgado is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Parks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parks content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Parks working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Parks is working Delgado over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Delgado trying to control the position here.
Delgado manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parks manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delgado is looking to work some ground and pound but Parks has wrist control.
Parks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Delgado is stalling in the full guard.
Delgado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Delgado stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parks is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Lyoto Parks.
Parks lands a jab-cross combination.
Delgado ducks under a wild hook from Parks.
Delgado goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Parks tries to close the distance and clinch but Delgado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Delgado listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Parks tries to clinch there but Delgado circles away.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Delgado misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Delgado misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the body from Parks misses

and Delgado counters by moving into the clinch.
Parks avoiding damage.
Delgado has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Parks is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Parks tries to work over Delgado's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parks cracks Delgado with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Delgado lands a left hand.
Delgado lands an uppercut.
Delgado lands a hook that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Parks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parks is defending well against a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Esteban Delgado just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Delgado throws a body kick that misses.
Delgado is looking to slow Parks down with leg kicks.
Parks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Parks.

It looks like Esteban Delgado has been cut.
Parks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Delgado.
Delgado throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Parks looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Delgado.
Delgado cracks the inside of Parks's front leg.
Parks tries to clinch up.
Parks misses the jab.
Delgado digs a good hook to Parks's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Delgado.
Delgado walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Delgado on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Delgado lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Delgado uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parks.
Parks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Parks tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Delgado defends well and Parks ends up having to push Delgado into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Parks tries a body shot but Delgado blocks it.

Delgado wants the takedown. Parks is fighting it off but Delgado persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Parks's guard against the cage.
Delgado stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Parks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Parks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Delgado controls the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks is pulling down on Delgado's head to control his posture.
Delgado tries to free his leg and advance position but Parks is retaining full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Delgado tries to clinch but Parks moves out of range.
Delgado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lyoto Parks is winning the standup battle so far.
Parks shoots in for a double leg but Delgado sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Delgado darts in and clinches Parks up against the cage.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Delgado's elbow.
Delgado is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parks is defending well for now.

Delgado gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Delgado is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Parks defends it well.
Delgado thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Delgado with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Delgado lands with a punch from half guard.
Parks regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Delgado.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Delgado's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Parks utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delgado postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parks looking for a sweep. Not yet Parks, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parks keeping moving, preventing Delgado from controlling successfully.
Delgado looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Delgado throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delgado accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esteban Delgado dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Esteban Delgado'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Parks lands a glancing blow to the side of Delgado's head.
Parks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Delgado swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parks moves in looking to clinch but Delgado pushes him off.
Delgado connects with an inside leg kick.
Delgado throws a jab but it's blocked by Parks.
Parks throws a jab when Delgado was well out of range.
Parks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Parks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Delgado scores with a leg kick.
Delgado throws a big shot that misses.
Delgado fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Parks checks it well.
Delgado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Parks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Parks.
Delgado scoring well with a low kick there.
Parks looks to clinch
and Delgado counters with a leg kick.
Parks checks a leg kick.
Parks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Delgado moves away.
Parks doesn't manage to clinch there - Delgado circles away.
Delgado scores with a nice right hand.
Parks throws a shot from downtown. Delgado moves away and avoids it.
Delgado is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Parks rather than just go for the knockout.
Parks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Parks is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Delgado's half guard.
Delgado trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delgado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Parks is thwarting Delgado's attempts to control the position.
Parks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Delgado defending well though.
Parks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Parks passes to side control.
Delgado can't do much from the bottom here.
Parks working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Parks landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delgado is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Delgado struggling a bit here.
Delgado gets back to half guard.
Delgado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Esteban Delgado is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Parks has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Delgado is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Delgado avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parks.
Delgado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Parks working the head and body with strikes.
Delgado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Esteban Delgado has got the better of the ground game so far.
Delgado gets full guard.
Delgado manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Delgado tries to control but Parks wriggling away.
Lyoto Parks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delgado fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Delgado throwing strikes but Parks recovers to half guard. A much better position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Delgado is working away from the top position though.
Delgado misses with a head shot. Parks uses the momentum to regain guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Delgado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Esteban Delgado.
I think Delgado has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 46:49
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esteban Delgado!
Esteban Delgado is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Esteban Delgado 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.