PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Parks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Parks
vs
Yakimyuk

173 cm
39
159 lbs
29 - 11 - 1

177 cm
36
167 lbs
26 - 17 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Parks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Roman Yakimyuk!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yakimyuk.
Parks slips under a jab.
Parks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Parks was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Parks moves out of range of the strikes.
Yakimyuk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yakimyuk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yakimyuk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Parks blocks a low kick nicely.
Yakimyuk takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Roman Yakimyuk has been cut.
Yakimyuk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Parks cracks Yakimyuk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Parks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yakimyuk.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yakimyuk looks to land a body kick but Parks moved away.
Parks darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yakimyuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roman Yakimyuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yakimyuk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yakimyuk fakes the leg kick and cracks Parks in the body.
Parks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yakimyuk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Parks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yakimyuk to score with a decent uppercut.
Parks lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Yakimyuk is rocked!
Yakimyuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Parks.
Yakimyuk is still on wobbly legs! Can Parks finish him?
Parks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk scores with a jab to the head.
Yakimyuk seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parks lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Yakimyuk falls backwards - clearly groggy! Parks dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Parks!
An out of breath Lyoto Parks thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.