PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Corey Poyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Poyer
vs
Parker

170 cm
25
153 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corey Poyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cesar Parker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poyer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poyer stuffs the takedown.
A cross from Poyer lands.
Poyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poyer.
Poyer feints a jab promting Parker to slip. Poyer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Parker slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Poyer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Poyer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Poyer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parker circles away quickly and effectively.
Poyer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poyer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Poyer wants it to stay on the feet.
Corey Poyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cesar Parker.
Parker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poyer cracks Parker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Parker needs to keep his hands up - Poyer had a free shot at his head there.
Poyer swinging wildly here.
Poyer throws a nice looking combination but Parker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poyer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Parker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poyer throws a right and a left that Parker avoids nicely.
Poyer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poyer stuffs the takedown.
Poyer scores with a jab to the head.
Poyer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Parker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Poyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Poyer misses with a few strikes there.
Poyer tests Parker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Poyer scores with a one two! Parker had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Poyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poyer misses with a few strikes there.

Parker shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Poyer is trying to defend but Parker finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Poyer is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Parker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poyer pushes Parker off but Parker dives into side control.
Parker throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
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 in side control, throwing shots but Poyer defends.
Poyer is trying to get back to his feet.
Poyer is working to avoid the ground and pound but Parker connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Poyer wants to get back to his feet but Parker drags him back down.
Parker looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Poyer is avoiding damage well.
Poyer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Poyer is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Parker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Poyer takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Parker working the ground and pound.
Poyer takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Parker fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poyer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Poyer prevents Parker from moving into mount.
Parker working the body and head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parker scoring with punches and elbows.
Parker working the ground and pound.
Parker scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Poyer to see if he's OK.

Poyer is rocked!
Parker cracks Poyer with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Oh Poyer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poyer is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poyer tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Parker cracks Poyer with a big right hand from the back mount! Poyer immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Parker takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesar Parker!
Our winner, Cesar Parker, 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.