PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Parr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roland William had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

William
vs
Parr

193 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roland William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Parr!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parr wants to clinch
and William counters with a nice body shot.

William clinches up against the cage.
William avoiding damage.
Parr working aggressively here.
Parr has a couple of punches blocked by William.
Parr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Parr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of William backwards.
Parr is trying to push William away but William has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parr is trying to break the clinch but William is controlling him.
William blocks an uppercut.
Parr has a couple of punches blocked by William.
William just leaning against Parr, taking a breather.
William gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by William.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parr misses with a hook from the clinch.
William blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Parr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Parr lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Roland William has been cut.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
Parr is trying to break free.
Parr misses with a hook from the clinch.
William controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parr tries a body shot but William blocks it.
Parr misses with a punch to the body.
William's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Parr swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
William content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Parr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four 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.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Roland William.
Parr keeps the fight on the outside.
Parr wants to clinch up but William keeps it at a distance.

Parr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with William, pushing him back against the cage.
Parr is trying to break the clinch but William has him pressed against the cage.
William manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Parr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Parr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roland William's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Parr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

William moves into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Parr.
Parr has a couple of punches blocked by William.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from William.
Parr tries to circle away but William has him pinned against the cage.
William prevents a body shot from Parr.
Parr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parr cracks William with a nice body shot.
William blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Parr works on William's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parr lands with a light punch inside.
Parr has a couple of punches blocked by William.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William prevents a body shot from Parr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Parr as William tries to tie him up.
William is struggling to control the position.
A head punch on the inside from Parr fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parr is trying to break the clinch but William is controlling him.
Parr can't break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Parr.
Parr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williams head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parr lands a body punch.
Parr lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops William to his knees! Parr keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Parr!
Our winner, Mike Parr, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.