PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johny Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Pardell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Palhares
vs
Pardell

173 cm
22
171 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
19
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johny Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Pardell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pardell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pardell ducks under a wild hook from Palhares.
Palhares misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pardell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pardell throws a front kick aimed at Palhares's knee but Palhares avoids it well.
Pardell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palhares throws a hook but Pardell blocks it.
Pardell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Pardell.
Horrible takedown attempt by Palhares or perhaps it was just good defense by Pardell, which made it look bad.
Pardell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pardell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pardell looks to land a combination but Palhares avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palhares throws a series of punches but Pardell avoids them all with ease.
Pardell shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Palhares but Palhares pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardell lands a jab to Palhares's midsection.
Palhares throws a hook to the side of Pardell's head but Pardell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Palhares tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pardell defends well and Palhares ends up having to push Pardell into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pardell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pardell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palhares.
As Palhares backs off Pardell throws a huge counter combo but Palhares manages to avoid it all.
Pardell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pardell wants it to stay on the feet.
Palhares takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pardell throws a right and a left that Palhares avoids nicely.
Pardell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pardell moves in looking to clinch but Palhares pushes him off.
Pardell stuffs the takedown attempt from Palhares. Palhares gets slowly back to his feet.
Pardell lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pardell lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palhares slips a jab and a cross from Pardell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pardell looks to land a combination but Palhares avoids it well.
Pardell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pardell throws a series of punches but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares lands the left hand.
Pardell swings for the body but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A punch combination from Palhares misses.
Pardell throws a counter combo.
Pardell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Palhares.
Palhares throws a hook but Pardell avoids it easily.
Johnny Pardell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palhares misses with a straight right.
Palhares misses with a looping left.
Pardell lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Palhares looks to land a right hand but Pardell moved out of range.
Palhares is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pardell's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pardell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Palhares paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pardell misses with a double jab.
Palhares is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Palhares darts in and clinches Pardell up against the cage.
Palhares fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pardell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pardell scores with a shot to the side of Palhares's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares prevents a body shot from Pardell.
Pardell is trying to force a seperation but Palhares has the dominant position.
Palhares tries to pull guard but Pardell forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pardell gets underhooks to prevent Palhares's takedown attempt.
Pardell avoids the elbow strike from Palhares, against the cage.

Palhares's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palhares fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Palhares is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pardell.
Pardell throws a nice looking combination but Palhares bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pardell has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Pardell misses with a wild combination.
Palhares shoots for a double leg takedown but Pardell sprawls well. He's pushed Palhares's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pardell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palhares throws out the jab.
Pardell throws a series of punches but Palhares avoids them all with ease.
Palhares is looking to counter punch.
Pardell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Palhares wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardell fails to land with a series of punches.
Palhares showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pardell.
Palhares misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pardell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Palhares misses with a straight left.
Palhares throws a hook but Pardell blocks it.
Pardell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palhares was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pardell misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Palhares misses.
Pardell tries to close the distance and clinch but Palhares swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Palhares stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Palhares wants it to stay on the feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Palhares misses the target.
Pardell moves out of range of the strikes.
Palhares looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pardell is fending him off so far but Palhares persists. Nope, Pardell circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Pardell dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Palhares waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pardell.
Pardell lands with a good body shot.
Pardell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pardell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Palhares loads up on a big right hand but Pardell slips the punch.
Palhares dodges the punch combination from Pardell.
A little feinted left hand from Palhares on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Palhares scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Palhares misses.
Pardell throws a series of punches but Palhares avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Pardell does no damage.
Pardell fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnny Pardell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares throws out a loose jab but Pardell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pardell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Palhares misses with a straight left.
Pardell misses with a double jab.
Palhares dodges the punch combination from Pardell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares throws a body punch but Pardell moves out of range.
Pardell unleashes a big counter combination but Palhares bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Palhares misses with a looping left.
Palhares shoots in looking for a takedown. Pardell tries to sprawl out of it but Palhares keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pardell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnny Pardell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pardell throws a series of punches but Palhares moves out of range.
Palhares doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pardell counters with a left and a right that stings Palhares.

Palhares is rocked!

It looks like Johny Palhares has been cut.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Pardell moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Palhares! Pardell continues to tee off on Palhares, landing with a left and a right! Pardell connects with a right hand that leaves Palhares sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Pardell!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Johnny Pardell!