PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mir might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nas - Hate Me Now. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mir
vs
Parker

191 cm
23
265 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

215 cm
24
270 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francisco Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bob Parker!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker throws a shot from downtown. Mir moves away and avoids it.
Nice takedown defense from Parker. No joy for Mir on that attempt.
Parker thuds his right hand into Mir's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Parker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Parker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mirs head.
Mir is looking to break free of the clinch but Parker has double underhooks.
Parker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mir has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Parker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Parker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parker lands a shoulder strike.
Mir working hard to break the clinch.
Parker lands with a right to the head.

Parker lands a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parker slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Parker lands a couple of elbows.
Parker is in close to Mir's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Parker stays in close to Mir's body and controls the position.
Parker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Parker won't allow Mir to sweep him here.
Parker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mir's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Mir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parker landing some decent shots from guard.
Parker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Parker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mir keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker scoring with some ground and pound.
Mir keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker postures up and lands a big shot to Mir's brow.
Parker advances position into side control!
Mir tries to buck Parker off but Parker is having none of it.
Mir is working hard here to advance position.
Mir taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker is working Mir over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parker scores with a couple of short elbows.
Parker scores with a couple of short elbows.
Parker trying to control the position but Mir is working away.
Mir manages to get back to half guard.
Parker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Parker controlling the action here.
Parker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mir with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mir is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Parker lands a nice short elbow.
Parker drops an elbow to the side of Mir's head.
Mir is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Parker connects with a nice short shot to Mir's temple.
Parker is controlling the pace.
Parker is keen to just control but Mir is a slippery customer.
Parker lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mir is pressing down on Parker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Mir is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Parker is aware though and is defending well.
Parker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Parker throws a strike but Mir rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Parker has his hands on Mir's head, controlling the position.
Parker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Parker lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Parker.
The referee warns Mir that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A big strike lands for Parker! That's really hurt Mir and he's turned his back - Parker keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Parker jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Parker!