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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Parker (ranked 2369 p4p, 4397 weight class) and Joseph Joseph (ranked 327 p4p, 548 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Joseph!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker looks to land a combination but Joseph avoids it well.
Parker misses with a wild combination.
Joseph gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Parker controlling the action here for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Joseph as Parker tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joseph wants to break the clinch but can't.
Parker manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick from Joseph, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph throws a quick inside leg kick.
Parker jabs at Joseph's body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Joseph.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joseph circles away quickly and effectively.
Parker dodges the punch combination from Joseph.
Joseph connects with a jab.
Joseph tries for a takedown but Parker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Joseph avoids a punch combination nicely.
Parker swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph slips a jab and a cross from Parker.
Parker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joseph fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Parker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joseph moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Donk. Parker catches Joseph right on the button with a cross.
An inside leg kick from Joseph misses.
Nathan Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Joseph throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Parker!
Joseph lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parker sizes up Joseph with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
No joy there for Parker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Joseph throws a nice looking combination but Parker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker with a nice cross.
Parker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Parker lands with a right hand.
Parker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Parker scores with a one two! Joseph had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Joseph is rocked!
Parker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Parker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Parker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joseph counters with a three punch combo that has Parker backing up. Parker nods at Joseph to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Parker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Joseph misses with a wild body shot.
Parker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Parker blocks a leg kick.
Nathan Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker looks to land a combination. Joseph sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Parker slips a jab and a cross from Joseph.
Joseph closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Joseph.
Joseph breaks the clinch.
Joseph takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Parker scores with the left hand. Joseph knows he should have avoided that one.
Joseph shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Parker eats them both and turns towards Joseph to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Parker scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Parker misses the jab.
Parker jabs Joseph right on the nose. Joseph blinks but takes it well.
Joseph is looking to slow Parker down with leg kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Parker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
No joy there for Joseph, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Joseph throws a half hearted mid kick.
Parker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut lands for Parker. That snapped Joseph's head back.
Parker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Joseph tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Parker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joseph can do to turn this around?
Joseph takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Parker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joseph. That's going to slow Parker down.
Parker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker misses with a few strikes there.
Parker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Parker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
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!
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joseph slips under a jab from Parker.
Parker digs a good body shot into Joseph's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Parker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joseph misses with a few strikes there.
Parker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Parker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nathan Parker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot by Parker.
Nathan Parker is winning the standup battle so far.
Joseph tries to clinch but Parker moves out of range.
Joseph misses the shot to the body.
Joseph lands with a shot to the body.
Joseph throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joseph takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some wild striking there from Joseph.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Joseph. Parker shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joseph fakes the leg kick and cracks Parker in the body.
A combination from Joseph does no damage.
Joseph swings for the body but Parker moves out of range.
As Joseph tries to get set, Parker tries to push him back and clinch up but Joseph manages to avoid the attempt.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joseph.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker swinging wildly here.
Parker misses with a wild combination.
Parker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Parker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Parker.
As Parker backs off Joseph throws a huge counter combo but Parker manages to avoid it all.
Parker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Parker misses with the combination.
Joseph is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Parker rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker swings widly with a right hand
and Joseph counters with a leg kick.
Parker tries to bum rush Joseph with a series of wild strikes but Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parker avoids the body shot from Joseph.
A swing and a miss from Joseph.
Parker throws a nice looking combination but Joseph bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joseph has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body. Parker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joseph circles away quickly and effectively.
Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Joseph slips a jab and a cross from Parker.
Parker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joseph.
Joseph misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Parker was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Joseph on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Parker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Joseph ducks under a wild hook from Parker.
A punch combination from Parker misses.
Parker dodges the punch combination from Joseph.
Donk. Parker catches Joseph right on the button with a cross.
Joseph walks into a straight right hand from Parker.
Joseph closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Parker being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Joseph not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Joseph is working away from the top position though.
Parker is defending against the submission attempts here by Joseph.
Joseph trying to pass the guard but Parker defending well.
Parker is trying to control but can't.
Joseph frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker tries to hold on but Joseph postures up.
Parker blocking the ground and pound.
Parker wants to hold on but Joseph pushes him away.
Joseph really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Parker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Joseph lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Joseph with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Parker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to control but Parker wriggling away.
Parker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Joseph tries to control but Parker wriggling away.
Parker sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Joseph wants to pass the guard but Parker is defending well.
Joseph moves into full mount! Parker won't be happy about that!
Parker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Joseph thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker is desperately trying to improve his position but Joseph has a good base and remains in mount.
Joseph trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Joseph sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Joseph avoids the attempt from Parker to control.
Joseph Joseph has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joseph moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Parker has worked his arm free - good work by Parker!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Joseph comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Parker 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Parker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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