PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Miller
vs
Parker

194 cm
24
291 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
250 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250
Bullet Proof System

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Corey Parker!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Parker to score with a decent uppercut.
Parker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Parker missing with a left hand there. Miller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miller appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Miller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parker.
Miller's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Parker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Miller scrambles back to his feet.
Parker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Miller misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parker unleashes a big counter combination but Miller bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Miller looks to land a left hand but Parker moved out of range nicely.
Miller lands with a right hand.

Parker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miller backwards.
Parker struggles to land a body shot inside as Miller controls his hands.
Parker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Parker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Miller throws a punch but it's blocked by Parker.
Miller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miller pushes Parker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Miller on the inside.
Parker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Millers head.
Parker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker tries to work over Miller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miller swings wildly with an uppercut but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Parker.
Parker lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Parker.
Miller is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parker is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parker.
Parker throws a head punch that misses.
Parker has Miller pressed against the cage, preventing Miller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Our sources have told us that Miller has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Parker is working Miller over against the cage.
A short right from Parker on the inside.
Parker told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Parker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Miller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Miller blocks an elbow strike from Parker.
Miller blocks an uppercut.
Parker lands a good knee to the midsection. Miller won't want to take too many of those.
Miller is breathing heavily.
Parker missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Miller fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Parker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Parker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Miller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miller working aggressively here.
Parker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Parker lands a hook that snaps the head of Miller backwards.

Parker floors Miller with a big punch on the inside! Miller is trying to recover but Parker dives into side control.

Miller is rocked!
Parker fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Oh Miller is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ground and pound from Parker seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Parker scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Miller is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Parker can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Parker!
After the big win, Corey Parker made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.