PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Justesen (ranked 2157 p4p, 260 weight class) and Alex Parker (ranked 1998 p4p, 244 weight class). Jonas Justesen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Justesen
vs
Parker

183 cm
25
189 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
191 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Justesen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Parker!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Justesen's sensitive parts.
Justesen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Parker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Justesen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

Justesen dives in and scores a takedown into Parker's guard.
Justesen trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parker wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Parker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Parker wants to control the position but Justesen says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker controlling the position for now.
Justesen 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Justesen lands a nice short elbow.
Parker tries to roll over but Justesen keeps him under control.
Justesen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justesen lands with a punch from half guard.
Parker manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Parker is on top in guard.

Justesen is controlling Parker's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justesen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Justesen wants to hit a switch here but Parker passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Justesen there!
Justesen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Parker wants to stand up but Justesen is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justesen is looking for a sweep. Parker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Justesen trying to control but Parker postures up.
Justesen tries to get to full guard but Parker has control of the leg.
Justesen is trying to control but can't.
Parker content to control rather than advance.
Justesen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Justesen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Parker stopping the sweep attempt from Justesen.
Justesen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Parker taking some punishment here, with Justesen in his half guard.
Parker gets back to full guard.
Justesen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justesen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justesen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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 Jonas Justesen will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Justesen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parker scores with a hook to the body. Justesen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Parker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justesen drops down looking for a counter takedown but Parker sprawls and moves away.
Parker throws a wild body kick that Justesen sees coming a mile off.
Parker throws an overhand right that lands on Justesen's shoulder, as Justesen tries to avoid the shot.
Justesen moves out of range of the leg kick from Parker.
Parker throws a big shot that misses.
Justesen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Parker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Justesen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Justesen.
Parker throws a leg kick

and Justesen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Parker!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parker wants to control but Justesen postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is looking for a sweep.
Justesen working away.
Check out the look on Justesen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Parker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Justesen working away.
Parker is looking for a sweep.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Parker can't do much from the bottom here.
Justesen working the ground and pound from side control.
Justesen is looking to take a break and control but Parker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parker wants to control but Justesen postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Parker is trying to get back to half guard.
Justesen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Parker tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Justesen presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Parker holds on to Justesen as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Parker tries to hold on but Justesen pushes him away.
Parker sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker trying to control but Justesen postures up.
Justesen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Parker defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Justesen.
Justesen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Parker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Justesen is working away from the top position though.
Justesen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Justesen working over Parker with some ground and pound. Parker looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Justesen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Parker keeping hold of Justesen's head, controlling as best he can.
Justesen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justesen lands with a punch from half guard.
Parker wants to improve his position but Justesen is controlling well.
Justesen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Justesen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Parker gets back to full guard.
Justesen content to stall in guard here.
Justesen throwing strikes but missing.
Justesen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Justesen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Parker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Justesen lands with a hook. Parker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Justesen checks a low kick from Parker.
Parker misses with a body punch
and Justesen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice jab there from Justesen.
Parker throws a body kick that misses

and Justesen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Parker!
Justesen working the ground and pound.
Parker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Justesen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Justesen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parker manages to get back to half guard.
Justesen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Justesen is trying to control the action in half guard but Parker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justesen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Justesen winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Parker tries to roll over but Justesen keeps him under control.
Justesen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Parker taking some punishment here, with Justesen in his half guard.
Parker moves into full guard.
Parker is trying to control the position but Justesen postures up.
Jonas Justesen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Justesen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Alex Parker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parker looking to control.
Justesen chips away with some ground and pound.
Parker wants to hit a switch here but Justesen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Parker there!
Justesen lands a big shot there that rocks Parker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Parker working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Justesen.
Justesen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justesen tries to control but Parker wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is trying to escape the mount.
Parker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Parker is squirming around, avoiding Justesen's attempts to control the action.
Justesen with shots to the head and body - Parker looks very uncomfortable down there.
Parker is in a horrible position here. Justesen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Parker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Parker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justesen with good strikes from the mount here!
Parker tries to hold on but Justesen pushes him away.
Justesen is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Parker is rocked!
Parker is looking to improve his position but Justesen isn't that keen on the idea.
Parker is still in real trouble! Can Justesen finish him?
Justesen tries to control but Parker wriggling away.
Parker seems to have recovered his senses.
Parker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Parker slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parker is trying to get back to full guard.
Justesen winds up and cracks Parker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonas Justesen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Justesen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonas Justesen!