PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanislov Verbukh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hines Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Verbukh
vs
Parker

186 cm
19
230 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

195 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Omnipotent Ensemble [MMABR]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stanislov Verbukh!
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, Hines Parker!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verbukh dives in and grabs Parker's left leg, looking for a takedown. Parker pushes down on Verbukh's head and hops out.

Verbukh gets a clinch.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Verbukh won't allow it.
Verbukh taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Verbukh gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Verbukh working Parker over with knees to the body.
Verbukh lands a damaging elbow.
Verbukh tries for a takedown but Parker manages to get underhooks.
Parker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Verbukh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Verbukh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Parker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Parker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Verbukh connects with a knee to the head.
Verbukh lands an elbow that stopped Parker in his tracks for a moment.
Verbukh keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker wants to break free but Verbukh has control.
Parker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Verbukh is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Verbukh lands a nice elbow.
Parker wants to break free but Verbukh has control.
Verbukh lands a good knee to the midsection. Parker won't want to take too many of those.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Verbukh won't allow it.
Verbukh keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verbukh lands an elbow inside that Parker shrugs off.
Verbukh is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verbukh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Parker's face.
Parker letting Verbukh take a breather here.
Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Verbukh.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verbukh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Verbukh is stalling here.
Verbukh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Verbukh is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Parker trying to stall but Verbukh improves his position.
Verbukh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
Parker has had enough of the clinch but Verbukh keeps him there for the moment.
Verbukh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Parker prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanislov Verbukh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Verbukh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Parker's brow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Verbukh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbukh lands an elbow just above Parker 's eye.
Verbukh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Verbukh drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Parker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Verbukh is breathing heavily.
Parker takes an elbow to the temple.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Verbukh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Verbukh is trying to trip Parker. He has hold of a leg but Parker is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Verbukh persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Parker wants to stand up but Verbukh is controlling him.

Verbukh decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Parker, up you get!
Parker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hines Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Parker - just one landing.
Parker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parker throws a series of punches but Verbukh avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbukh keeps the fight on the outside.
Parker tries to clinch up

and Verbukh counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Parker's guard now.
Verbukh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Parker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Verbukh is controlling him.
Verbukh throwing strikes from guard but Parker blocks nicely.
Verbukh throwing strikes from guard but Parker blocks nicely.
Verbukh stops Parker from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Verbukh gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Verbukh pushes him off.
Parker wants to clinch

and Verbukh counters by clinching up.
Parker blocks an elbow strike.
Parker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verbukh is looking to control Parker's arms but Parker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Verbukh has his back to the cage.
Verbukh lands with a short shot to the head.
Verbukh lands a left hand that snaps the head of Parker backwards.
Verbukh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Parker is trying to break free.
Verbukh goes for a takedown attempt but Parker pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Verbukh or perhaps it was just good defense by Parker which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanislov Verbukh dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A right-left combo lands from Parker.
Verbukh doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Parker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Verbukh tries to clinch but Parker is having none of it.
Verbukh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Verbukh wants to clinch.
Parker throws a series of punches but Verbukh moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verbukh tries to clinch up
and Parker counters with a left and a right that stings Verbukh.
Parker misses with a double jab.
Verbukh tries to clinch but Parker moves away
and Parker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verbukh thinking.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Verbukh circles away quickly and effectively.
Verbukh tries to clinch but Parker moves away
and Parker counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verbukh keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verbukh wants to clinch.
Parker misses with a wild combination.
Parker wants to clinch

and Verbukh counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Parker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Verbukh lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Hines Parker has been cut.
Nice elbow from Verbukh.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Parker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verbukh scores a nice knee to the body.
Parker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Parker takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbukh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Parker's defenses.
Verbukh wants a takedown but no success here.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Verbukh is controlling him.
Parker gets underhooks to prevent Verbukh's takedown attempt.
Verbukh has Parker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Parker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanislov Verbukh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Verbukh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Verbukh drops down looking for an ankle pick but Parker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Verbukh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Verbukh is looking to clinch but Parker is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Parker does no damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Verbukh.
Verbukh in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Parker is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Verbukh decides to stand up, so the ref orders Parker to his feet.
Parker throws a nice looking combination but Verbukh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hines Parker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Verbukh closes the distance and pushes Parker back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hines Parker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hines Parker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Verbukh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parker.
Verbukh closes the distance but Parker moves to the side
and Parker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verbukh thinking.

Verbukh drives through and clinches with Parker against the cage.
Verbukh wants a takedown.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Verbukh.
Verbukh can't get the takedown.
Parker wants to get back to striking at distance but Verbukh won't allow it.
Verbukh fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanislov Verbukh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Parker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Parker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Verbukh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Parker's efforts to push away.
Parker is trying to break free.

Verbukh jumps into guard, dragging Parker to the mat.

Verbukh pushes Parker off and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Verbukh pushes him off.
Stanislov Verbukh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verbukh wants to clinch but Parker slips to the side
and Parker counters with a two punch combo.
Parker throws a nice looking combination but Verbukh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Parker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Parker lands a jab.
Verbukh tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Verbukh clinches but Parker breaks the clinch

and Parker counters with a crisp one two that drops Verbukh! Parker thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Verbukh to his feet! Verbukh is in big trouble!

Verbukh is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Verbukh takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Parker drops Verbukh with a beautiful combination! Verbukh stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Parker is looking for the KO!
Oh Verbukh is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Parker connects with a nice cross there... Verbukh is looking wobbly and Parker recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Verbukh to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Parker jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hines Parker!