PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aden Parra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredo Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Parra
vs
Santana

175 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aden Parra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fredo Santana!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santana clinches.
Santana tries for a takedown. No joy.
Santana is trying to pull guard but Parra turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Santana manages to break the clinch.

Santana gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santana is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Parra to keep the fight standing.
Aden Parra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fredo Santana.

Santana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santana gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Parra counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Parra sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santana's guard.
Parra trying to pass the guard but Santana defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parra wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santana keeps working.
Parra passes to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parra tries to advance to mount but can't.
Parra is working hard here to advance position.
Santana is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Parra asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Santana taking a bit of punishment here - Parra scoring with strikes.
Santana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Parra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Parra looks up at the clock and then as Santana takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Parra smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Parra trying to control the position but Santana is working away.
Parra tries to stand but Santana is controlling his head.
Santana is looking for a sweep.
Parra is looking to take a break and control but Santana is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parra working the ground and pound.
Parra is looking to take a break and control but Santana is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parra is working Santana over with some ground and pound from side control.
Parra moves into full mount!
Parra controlling the position easily from mount.
Santana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Parra avoids the attempt from Santana to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parra content just to control the position here.
Parra's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parra landing strikes from the mount and Santana is in trouble!
Parra looking to control and managing it successfully.
Parra landing strikes, looking to finish!
Parra dominating with strikes here.
Parra dominating with strikes here.
Parra looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Parra tries to control but Santana wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Parra.
Parra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana taking shots to the head.
Parra looking to control but Santana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Parra 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parra in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Parra cracks Santana with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santana is working to get back to half guard.
Parra working the ground and pound effectively.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santana is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parra working Santana over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aden Parra dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Parra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Parra is defended easily by Santana.
Santana with a lazy takedown attempt

and Parra counters with a shoot takedown. Santana fights it but they end up in guard.
Parra cracks Santana with a solid left hand.
Parra wants to control from the top but Santana keeps moving.
Parra is really struggling to control Santana but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Parra postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Parra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Parra works over Santana with some ground and pound from guard.
Santana is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Santana is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parra stands up from Santana's guard - Parra perhaps looking for a knockout.
Santana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Parra slaps away a takedown attempt from Santana, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Parra leaves Santana with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aden Parra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fredo Santana.
Santana is breathing heavily.
Santana changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Parra tries to avoid it but Santana manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Parra to the ground. Parra escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parra thows a body shot but no joy.
Parra avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Parra throws a body punch but Santana moves out of range.
Santana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parra.
Parra takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santana slips under a jab.
Parra stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Parra wants it to stay on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fredo Santana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Parra takes a swing at Santana's ribcage but misses.
Parra throws a jab when Santana was well out of range.
Fredo Santana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana has his takedown stuffed

and Parra counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Parra.
Parra is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Parra distracts Santana with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Parra passes into half guard.
Parra frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Parra controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parra breaks from Santana's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parra trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Parra is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santana is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Parra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Santana?
The referee warns Santana that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Parra lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Santana hang on?
Parra lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Parra connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parra trying to control but Santana is having none of it.
Parra controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aden Parra dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Parra misses with a body shot.
Santana is looking to clinch but Parra is avoiding it.
Parra throws a sloppy body shot
and Santana counters with a one-two to the body.
Parra closes the distance and clinches up with Santana, looking for a takedown. Parra pushes Santana against the cage but Santana circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Parra misses the body punch
and Santana makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santana is looking to clinch but Parra is avoiding it.
Parra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santana misses with a takedown attempt - Parra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santana shoots in for a double leg but Parra sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parra misses with a looping left.
Santana throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santana throws a head kick but Parra moves out of range.

Parra scores with a takedown into Santana's guard.
Parra not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Parra slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parra looks up at the clock and then as Santana takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Parra smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Parra lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Santana down.
Parra advances to full mount.
Parra postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santana looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Parra cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parra looking to control but Santana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Parra controlling his opponent.
Parra trying to control but Santana is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parra with good strikes from the mount here!
Parra scoring with strikes but Santana is staying in there.
Santana is squirming around, avoiding Parra's attempts to control the action.
Parra with a couple of short strikes.
Fredo Santana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parra wants to control the pace but Santana is squirming around nicely.
Parra content just to control the position here.
Parra unloading with bombs!
Parra pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Parra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Parra wants to control the pace but Santana is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parra looking to control and managing it successfully.
Parra is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santana can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santana is looking to escape.
Parra raining down shots from the mount!
Parra putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Parra can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santana is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santana taking shots to the head.
Parra lands a big shot there that rocks Santana but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aden Parra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parra, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Aden Parra!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Aden Parra!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Aden Parra!

Aden Parra wins by unanimous decision!