PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Boris The Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiri Parata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Blade comes to the ring accompanied by Kosha Nostra Theme. Parata is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rumplestiltskin. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

The Blade
vs
Parata

188 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Boris The Blade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiri Parata!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Blade sizes up Parata with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Blade needs to keep his hands up - Parata had a free shot at his head there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Parata.
The Blade takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Parata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Parata! But no joy.
The Blade scores with a one two! Parata had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Parata waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Blade.
Parata takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Blade lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

The Blade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parata, pushing him back against the ropes.
A short right from Parata on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The Blade is looking to control Parata's arms but Parata gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Blade has his back to the ropes.
Parata dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
The Blade misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Blade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Parata - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Parata will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Blade up against the ropes.
Parata is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kiri Parata.
The Blade takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Blade lands a lovely overhand right.
Parata dodges the punch combination from The Blade.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Blade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parata counters with a nice uppercut.
Parata misses with a straight left.
The Blade misses with a straight right.
The Blade chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Parata can pounce on him.
The Blade misses with a right hand
and Parata counters with a thumping low kick.
A shot to the body from The Blade misses
and Parata counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Blade connects with a right hand. Parata shakes it off.
The Blade looks to throw the jab but Parata is out of range.
Parata has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The Blade misses with a right hand
and Parata counters with a low kick, right behind The Blade 's knee.
The Blade throws a jab when Parata was well out of range.
Parata scores with a leg kick.
Parata with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Blade to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Blade swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Parata counters with a nice leg kick.
Parata moves out of range as The Blade strikes.
Parata lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Parata lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Blade with a nice cross.
The Blade stuns Parata with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Blade throws a right hand that Parata ducks under and follows up with a left that Parata also avoids with ease.
Parata tries a quick counter leg kick but The Blade is wise to it.
The Blade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Parata connects with an inside leg kick.
The Blade on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parata. Parata obviously looking to wear him down.
Parata scores with a push kick.
The Blade is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The Blade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parata.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parata throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Blade.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Blade misses with a double jab.
Parata lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The Blade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Parata dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Blade. That did some damage!
The Blade with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Parata blocks a jab.
The Blade doesn't manage to clinch there - Parata circles away.
The Blade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Parata counters with an outside leg kick.
Parata keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Blade.
The Blade throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Parata staying out of range there.
Parata ducks under a wild hook from The Blade.
Parata is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kiri Parata will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Blade takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Parata.
The Blade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parata uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Blade.
Parata swats away the attempt to clinch by The Blade.
The Blade tries to bum rush Parata with a series of wild strikes but Parata uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parata steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The Blade wants to clinch up but Parata keeps it at a distance.
Parata is clearly trying to counter these attacks from The Blade with a body shot.
Parata cracks the inside of The Blade's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Blade throws a right hand that misses
and Parata counters with a leg kick.
A combination from The Blade does no damage.
The Blade fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parata manages to avoid it.
Parata unleashes a big counter combination but The Blade bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The Blade misses with a double jab
and Parata counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Blade scores with a body shot.
Parata feints and then cracks The Blade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Blade down.
Parata cracks The Blade with an open hand slap.
The Blade takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Parata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Blade misses with a series of wild punches.
Parata raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Parata looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Parata uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Blade.
Parata avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Blade misses with a two punch combination.
A nice side step and Parata releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Blade swings widly with a right hand
and Parata counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The Blade throws out a loose jab but Parata uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Blade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Blade throws a combination that misses
and Parata counters with a nice uppercut.
Kiri Parata seems to be getting the better of the standup.

The Blade clinches up with Parata and pushes him back against the ropes.
The Blade slowing the pace effectively.
Parata wants to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Parata.
The Blade is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Parata is trying to maintain a safe position but The Blade gets an underhook and turns Parata into the ropes.
The Blade wants to get back to striking at distance but Parata won't allow it.
The Blade content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Blade working aggressively here.
The Blade is trying to force a seperation but Parata has the dominant position.
The Blade tries to break free but Parata pushes him back against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Parata.
Parata stalling.
Parata lands a left hand.
The Blade is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parata is defending well for now.
Parata keeps control of The Blade as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parata lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Blade is looking to break free of the clinch but Parata has double underhooks.
The Blade tries to land knees in the clinch but Parata avoids the damage to the body.
The Blade has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parata slows down the pace here.
Parata is trying to maintain a safe position but The Blade gets an underhook and turns Parata into the ropes.
The Blade misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parata doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Blade can't break the clinch.
Parata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Blade misses with the head strike.
Parata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Blade wants to break free but Parata has control.
The Blade scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kiri Parata will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Parata keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Blade misses with a left hand
and Parata counters with an outside leg kick.
Parata scores with a sloppy right hand. The Blade should have avoided that one.
The Blade tries to close the distance and clinch but Parata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Blade works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Blade throws a right hand that Parata ducks under and follows up with a left that Parata also avoids with ease.
Parata flicks out a counter leg kick but The Blade steps away.
Parata waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Blade.
Parata defending well as The Blade loads up on a big left hand.

The Blade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parata, pushing him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Blade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parata blocks an uppercut.
Parata misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parata slows down the pace here.
The Blade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parata blocks an uppercut.
The Blade tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parata avoids it.
Parata is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Blade is keeping busy.
Parata tries a body shot but The Blade blocks it.
The Blade lands a shoulder strike.
Parata lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Blade tries to break the clinch but Parata is controlling the position.
Boris The Blade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Blade is trying to break the clinch but Parata is controlling him.
Parata pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Parata is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Blade is keeping busy.
The Blade is trying to break the clinch but Parata is controlling him.
The Blade is looking to break free of the clinch but Parata has double underhooks.
Parata digs a right hand underneath The Blade's ribcage. The Blade let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Blade wants to break free but Parata has control.
Parata being controlled against the ropes.
Parata blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Blade lands a left hand.
The Blade is trying to break the clinch but Parata has him pressed against the ropes.
The Blade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Blade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parata stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Parata is looking to control The Blade's arms but The Blade gets an underhook and turns him. Now Parata has his back to the ropes.
Parata is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Parata is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and The Blade has denied him.
The Blade misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parata wants to stall.
The Blade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kiri Parata is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Blade manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Parata pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Blade throws out a powerful jab.
Parata cracks The Blade with an open hand slap.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parata looks to land a combination. The Blade sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Blade throws a series of punches but Parata avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Blade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boris The Blade.
I think Parata 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kiri Parata!
A victorious Kiri Parata thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.