PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by Dont Sweat The Technique. Darius Parker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Young
vs
Parker

188 cm
26
151 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

175 cm
27
165 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

5th Round

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Parker!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Parker scores with a jab. Young acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Young feints and as Parker raises his hands in defense, Young changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Young wants to pass the guard but Parker is keeping the position.
Parker seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Young postures up.
Young tries to free his leg and advance position but Parker is retaining full guard.
Young wants to control from the top but Parker keeps moving.
Young wants to pass the guard but Parker is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Parker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Parker with a jab.
Young pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young scores with a hook.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Parker lands a nice shot to the body.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Parker lands a glancing blow to the side of Young's head.
Parker throws a leg kick that misses.
A big left from Parker misses.
Parker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Parker misses with a straight left.
Young walks into a left hand.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Parker misses with a straight left.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parker throws out the jab.
Young misses with a leg kick.
Young slips a jab from Parker.
Young misses with a low kick as Parker jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Parker misses the target.
Parker misses with a looping left.
Young tries to score a power double leg takedown but Parker sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Young somewhat.
Young checks the leg kick.
Young fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Parker is out of range.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parker throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Darius Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young takes one on the button.
Parker tries a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young is looking to clinch.

That's four 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.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Parker checks a leg kick nicely.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Parker counters with a leg kick.
Parker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Parker throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Parker dips to his left and cracks Young with an uppercut!
Parker connects with a looping right hand.

Young is rocked!
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oh Young is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young seems to have got his legs back now.
Parker drops Young with a big left hand! Young is injured, injured bad! Parker jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Parker!