PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Biggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dre Parker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Biggs
vs
Parker

189 cm
28
233 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

200 cm
26
265 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Biggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dre Parker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parker moves away.
Biggs throws a quick inside leg kick.

Parker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Biggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.
Biggs throws a head punch that misses.
Biggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Biggs.
Parker avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Biggs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Parker's brow.
Biggs looking to slow down the pace here.
Biggs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Biggs tries to pull guard but Parker won't allow it.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Biggs.
Parker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggs throws an elbow that misses.
Biggs tries to land knees in the clinch but Parker avoids the damage to the body.
Parker takes an elbow to the temple.

Parker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Biggs thumps Parker with a low kick.
Parker tries to land a leg kick but Biggs saw it coming and moves away.

Parker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Biggs throws an elbow but it misses.
Biggs scores with a shot to the side of Parker's head.
Parker pushes Biggs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parker.
Biggs is trying to pull guard but Parker has him pressed against the cage.
Parker lands a hook that snaps the head of Biggs backwards.
Biggs pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Biggs stalling against the cage.
Biggs working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Biggs gets control of Parker's arms and successfully pulls guard. Biggs will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Biggs working for a triangle but Parker defends it easily.
Biggs looking for a sweep. Not yet Biggs, not yet.
Biggs keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Biggs looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Biggs manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Parker manages to get himself to full guard.

Parker had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Biggs defends it easily.
Parker controls Biggs momentarily but Biggs frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker trying to strike off his back.
Parker keeping moving, preventing Biggs from controlling successfully.
Parker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Biggs chips away with some ground and pound.
Biggs passes into half guard.
Parker is not content to let Biggs control the position.
Biggs is nestled in close to Parker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggs.
Parker strikes from the bottom but Biggs passes into mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker tries to hold on but Biggs postures up.
Biggs with good strikes from the mount here!
Parker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Biggs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Biggs.
Biggs lands a couple of good shots and Parker has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Biggs missing with punches from the back.
Parker is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Biggs off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parker is in bad spot here.
Parker is keeping busy.
Biggs lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Biggs dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Biggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Parker.

Parker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Biggs, pushing him back against the cage.
Biggs takes a shot to the head.
Biggs trying to land knees to the body.
Parker blocks a body shot from Biggs.
Parker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Biggs tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Parker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Biggs tries for a takedown. No joy.
Biggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Biggs throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Biggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Biggs pushes off an throws an elbow but Parker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Biggs is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Biggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Biggs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Biggs lands a leg kick that knocks Parker off balance momentarily.

Parker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Parker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Parker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Biggs circles away quickly and effectively.
Dre Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Parker gets a clinch.
Parker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Biggs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Biggs comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Dre Parker has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Parker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Biggs or not.
Biggs trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biggs.
Biggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Parker controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Biggs lands a damaging elbow.
Parker works on Biggs's body with a couple of short punches.
Biggs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Biggs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Parker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Biggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Biggs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Parker avoids it.
Biggs throws a head punch that misses.

Parker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dre Parker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Parker.
Parker misses with a wild body shot.
That kick from Parker tenderised Biggs's leg. Biggs is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dre Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggs avoids a kick to the body.
Parker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Biggs scores with a jab. Parker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Parker clinches.

Parker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Biggs scores with a shot to the body.
Biggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Parker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Biggs.

Biggs tries to keep at a distance but Parker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Parker blocks an elbow strike from Biggs.
Biggs lands a nice elbow.
Biggs tries to work over Parker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Biggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parker tries to circle away but Biggs has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biggs lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.
Parker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biggs throws a head punch that misses.
Biggs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Biggs misses with an elbow strike.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Parker effectively controlling the action here.
Biggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Biggs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Biggs.
Biggs jumps guard but Parker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Parker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Biggs tries to pull guard but Parker won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Willy Biggs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dre Parker's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Parker drops Biggs with a beautiful combination! Biggs stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Parker is looking for the KO!

It looks like Willy Biggs has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biggs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Parker swings for the body but Biggs moves out of range.
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Biggs misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Parker.
Parker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Biggs throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Parker's head.
Good work by Parker as he checks the leg kick.
Parker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Parker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Biggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Parker.
Parker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Biggs throws a hook to the side of Parker's head but Parker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Biggs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Biggs doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Biggs connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oooooh!!! Parker has knocked Biggs down with a huge combo! Parker steps away and waves a wobbly Biggs back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Biggs is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Parker takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Biggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Biggs misses with some punches.
Biggs trying to land knees to the body.
Biggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Biggs tries to throw a body punch but Parker avoids it by throwing Biggs back against the cage.
Parker is trying to break the clinch but Biggs is controlling him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Biggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Parker pushes Biggs back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Biggs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Biggs misses with an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Biggs.
Biggs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.
Dre Parker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biggs throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Biggs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Parker is looking to break free of the clinch but Biggs has double underhooks.
Willy Biggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Biggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Biggs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Parker's brow.
Biggs creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Parker effectively controlling the action here.
Biggs tries to land knees in the clinch but Parker avoids the damage to the body.
Biggs pushes off an throws an elbow but Parker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Parker has had enough of the clinch but Biggs keeps him there for the moment.
Parker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Biggs throws an elbow that misses.
Biggs throws a head punch that misses.
Biggs can't find room to land a body shot as Parker controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Parker to work.
Parker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Biggs.
Parker trying to stall but Biggs improves his position.

Parker breaks the clinch.
Parker throws a sloppy head kick and Biggs moves out of range easily.
Willy Biggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Biggs misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Biggs misses with a low kick.
Biggs avoids the head kick by Parker.
Biggs chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Biggs misses the shot to the body.
Biggs avoids the head kick by Parker.
Biggs throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Parker's waist but Parker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Biggs off to one side.
Biggs slips a jab and a cross from Parker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker avoids the head kick by Biggs.
Parker throws a sloppy head kick

and Biggs counters with a nice double leg into side control. Parker won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Biggs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parker keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Parker is holding Biggs down, trying to stall.
Biggs scoring with punches and elbows.
Biggs avoids the strikes from the bottom by Parker.
Parker wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parker is trying to improve his position.
Parker wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Biggs blocks the strikes from Parker.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dre Parker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Biggs has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dre Parker!
Dre 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.