PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colt Slater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Slater
vs
Parker

165 cm
21
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
21
159 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Colt Slater!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Travis Parker!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slater dodges the punch combination from Parker.

Parker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Slater throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Parker controlling from the top position.
Slater is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Parker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Slater has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Parker can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Slater 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.
Slater wants to sweep but no luck.
Slater trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Parker thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Parker sitting in guard here, content to control.
Parker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slater wants to stand but Parker is controlling the position.
Parker controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Parker lands a couple of elbows.
Parker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Slater looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parker is one step ahead there.
Parker wants to control from the top but Slater keeps moving.
Parker stopping the sweep attempt from Slater.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Parker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Parker wants to clinch.
Parker wants to clinch up but Slater keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Slater swats away the attempt to clinch by Parker.
The fight stays on the outside here - Parker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Slater takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Parker closes the distance and clinches up with Slater, looking for a takedown. Parker pushes Slater against the cage but Slater circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parker looks gassed!

Parker tries to keep at a distance but Slater has taken the fight into the clinch.
Parker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Colt Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Parker.
Parker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Parker stops a takedown attempt from Slater.
Parker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Slater just stands there and leans against the cage.
Slater will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Parker up against the cage.
Slater tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A knee to the head by Slater.
Parker jumps guard but Slater stands there with Parker around his waist. Parker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Slater works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Slater stopping the sweep attempt from Parker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Slater with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Parker thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Parker working a defensive guard here.
Parker throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Parker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Slater manages to get himself to full guard.
Parker stopping the sweep attempt from Slater.

Slater working for a triangle but Parker defends it easily.
Parker seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Slater throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slater is trying to keep Parker in close.

Slater throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slater controls Parker momentarily but Parker frees himself.
Parker wants to control from the top but Slater keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slater striking from the bottom.
Slater manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parker manages to get himself to full guard.
Parker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt Slater dominated that round.
That's time! Slater's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Slater fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Parker tries to clinch up

and Slater decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Parker's guard.
Parker throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Slater being controlled here momentarily.
Parker is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Slater trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slater throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Slater thows a big elbow that misses.
Parker trying to control the position.
Slater working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Parker shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Slater counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Parker working for a triangle but Slater defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is trying to keep Slater in close.
Parker has his hands on Slater's head, controlling the position.
Parker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parker is trying to keep Slater in close.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slater fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Parker misses with a takedown

and Slater holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Slater throws an elbow but it misses.
Parker fails to pull guard.
Colt Slater has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Parker.
Slater misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.

Parker jumps guard.
Parker wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Let's hope that Parker has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Parker wants to sweep here but Slater controlling him for the moment.
Slater throwing strikes but missing.
Parker is pulling down on Slater's head to control his posture.
Slater postures up.
Slater looking to pass the guard.
Slater postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Slater kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Slater misses with a takedown

and Parker counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Parker won't allow Slater to sweep him here.

Parker has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Slater to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Parker is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Slater pulls down on the head and he's put Parker to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Colt Slater!