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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Neil Parker (ranked 2157 p4p, 3646 weight class) and Bruno Dukic (ranked 288 p4p, 449 weight class). Parker comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Me The Horizon - Obey. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Excellent boxer
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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neil Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruno Dukic!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dukic rushes Parker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Parker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dukic backwards.
It looks like Bruno Dukic has been cut.
Parker is working Dukic over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parker.
Dukic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dukic lands a body shot.
Dukic swings wildly with an uppercut but Parker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dukic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Parker uses from the top position.
Parker gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dukic tries to close the distance and clinch but Parker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dukic has time to react.
Dukic blocks a leg kick.
Dukic is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Dukic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dukic moves in looking to clinch but Parker pushes him off.
Dukic has closed the distance and engaged Parker in a clinch.
Parker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Parker manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dukic wants to clinch
and Parker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Parker looks to score with a jab to the body but Dukic is just out of range.
Parker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dukic moves out of range as Parker strikes.
Parker throws a lazy right hand but Dukic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab from Parker.
Parker is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dukic tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Parker throws a hook but Dukic avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker throws a shot from downtown. Dukic moves away and avoids it.
Parker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dukic tries to clinch but Parker moves out of range.
Parker throws a big counter combination but Dukic scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Parker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Left hook, right uppercut from Parker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dukic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dukic.
Dukic darts in and clinches Parker up against the cage.
Dukic blocks a body shot from Parker.
A hook to the body from Parker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dukic.
Dukic lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Parker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dukic jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Parker walks away with a smile on his face. Dukic gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Parker misses with a looping right.
Neil Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dukic wants to clinch.
Dukic darts in trying to clinch
and Parker counters with a series of strikes. Dukic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dukic takes one to the chin there.
Parker tries to bum rush Dukic with a series of wild strikes but Dukic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands with a good body shot.
Parker throws a looping overhand right but Dukic ducks down to avoid it.
Parker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dukic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Parker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dukic's hands.
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 scores with a nice strike.
Parker misses with a looping right.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
Parker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Neil Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dukic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Parker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Dukic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Dukic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parker.
Dukic tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Dukic is looking to clinch.
A jab from Parker misses.
Parker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dukic.
Dukic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parker throws out the jab.
Parker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker misses with a two punch combination.
Parker throws a right hand that misses
and Dukic counters with a big head kick but Parker shrugs it off.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
Parker throws a body punch but Dukic moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dukic! But no joy.
Parker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dukic can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker swings widly with a right hand
and Dukic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dukic wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Parker misses its intended target.
Parker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dukic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Parker throws out a loose jab but Dukic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dukic clinches up with Parker and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukic lands a left hand.
Dukic looking to throw knees to the head but Parker is blocking nicely.
Parker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dukic breaks the clinch.
Parker misses with a wild body shot.
Dukic throws out a counter right but Parker avoids it with no problem.
Dukic defending well as Parker loads up on a big left hand.
Dukic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Dukic.
Dukic wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Parker.
Dukic slips under a jab from Parker.
Parker swats away the attempt to clinch by Dukic.
Parker throws a right hand that misses
and Dukic counters with a straight right hand.
Parker misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukic wants to clinch up but Parker keeps it at a distance.
Neil Parker is winning the standup battle so far.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parker throws the left hand but Dukic avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Dukic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Parker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Dukic is looking to clinch.
Dukic tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Dukic tries to clinch there but Parker circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dukic ducks under a wild hook from Parker.
A little jabbing left from Dukic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dukic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Parker misses with a hook.
Dukic unleashes a big counter combination but Parker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Parker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Dukic's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dukic doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Parker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dukic doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Parker misses the body punch
and Dukic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Parker scores with a one two! Dukic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A big right from Parker misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukic moves out of range of the strikes.
Dukic doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Dukic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Parker. Those never looked like landing.
Parker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab by Parker.
Dukic tries to clinch up but Parker circles away and keeps his distance.
Parker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dukic counters with a nice uppercut.
Dukic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Parker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Parker misses with a hook. Dukic ducked under it nicely.
Dukic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parker throws out the jab.
Dukic wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker throws a looping overhand right but Dukic ducks down to avoid it.
Dukic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parker misses with a straight left.
Parker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Parker.
Parker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dukic.
Dukic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Parker misses with an uppercut. Dukic saw that one coming.
Dukic appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Parker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dukic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dukic tries to clinch but Parker is having none of it.
Parker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dukic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dukic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice defenses there by Dukic.
Parker misses with a series of wild punches.
Dukic was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dukic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dukic is looking for the big counter here.
Parker lands a two punch combo.
Parker connects with a nice looking jab.
Parker keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Parker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parker misses with an uppercut
and Dukic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dukic moves to clinch but Parker breaks away
and Parker counters with a series of strikes. Dukic will be more careful next time no doubt.
That has opened up Bruno Dukic's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parker throws a body shot but no joy.
Dukic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Parker throws a big shot that misses.
Dukic flicks out a counter leg kick but Parker steps away.
Dukic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dukic forces Parker back against the cage and clinches.
Dukic jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Parker walks away with a smile on his face. Dukic gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bruno Dukic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dukic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parker, pushing him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Parker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Parker!
Neil Parker managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary, into his post fight interview.
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