PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Milkovich (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.

Milkovich
vs
Parker

220 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Milkovich !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hines Parker!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milkovich lands a nice looking body shot.
Milkovich lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Parker at a distance.
Milkovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Milkovich is looking to clinch.
Milkovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parker.
Milkovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parker.
Parker avoids the head kick by Milkovich .
Milkovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parker circles away quickly and effectively.
Milkovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Parker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Milkovich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Milkovich .

Parker forces Milkovich back against the cage and clinches.
Milkovich wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker has Milkovich pressed against the cage, preventing Milkovich from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Milkovich tries to circle away but Parker has him pinned against the cage.
Milkovich takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Milkovich throws an elbow but misses.
Milkovich 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Milkovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Milkovich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Milkovich misses with the combination.
Parker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Milkovich really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Parker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Milkovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parker circles away quickly and effectively.

Parker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Parker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Milkovich 's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milkovich working aggressively here.
Parker avoiding damage.
Milkovich wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parker keeps control of Milkovich as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Milkovich is trying to break the clinch but Parker has him pressed against the cage.
Parker is pushing Milkovich up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Parker lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Milkovich tries to circle away but Parker has him pinned against the cage.
Milkovich is looking to break free of the clinch but Parker has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Parker.
Parker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Milkovich looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Milkovich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Parker scores with a shot to the side of Milkovich 's head.
A bit of stalling here from Parker.
Milkovich tries to break free but Parker pushes him back against the cage.
Parker keeps control of Milkovich as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Milkovich 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Milkovich stalling in the clinch but Parker improves position.
Parker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Milkovich backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Parker.
Milkovich tries to circle away but Parker has him pinned against the cage.
Milkovich is trying to force a seperation but Parker has the dominant position.
Milkovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Milkovich in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milkovich is trying to break free.
A nice right hand lands inside from Parker.

Milkovich is rocked!

It looks like Alexander Milkovich has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parker pushes Milkovich against the cage. Parker is working some dirty boxing. Parker pushes off with a quick right hook! Milkovich goes down! Milkovich tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Parker moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hines Parker!
Hines Parker was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.