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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Denis Burlaka (ranked 2145 p4p, 2387 weight class) and Barry Parrish (ranked 225 p4p, 248 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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178 cm 26 169 7 - 5 - 0 |
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176 cm 21 160 3 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denis Burlaka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Parrish! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Parrish moves out of range as Burlaka strikes. Jab, jab by Burlaka - just one landing. Parrish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parrish swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Jab from Parrish. No joy there for Burlaka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Parrish looks like he wants to counter punch here. Burlaka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Burlaka avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Parrish pushing out the jab but it's not landing. A left and a right from Burlaka both land. Nice combination. Some wild striking there from Burlaka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Parrish misses with a shot to the body and Burlaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. We've been hearing reports that Burlaka has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight. Parrish loads up on a big right hand but Burlaka slips the punch. Burlaka throws a series of punches but Parrish avoids them all with ease. Burlaka lands a right hook to the body.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. A jab from Parrish misses. Parrish throws a jab when Burlaka was well out of range. Parrish connects with a single shot there. Parrish shoots in for a takedown but Burlaka shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Burlaka lands with a hook. Parrish tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Burlaka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Burlaka misses with a looping right. A countering left hand to the body from Parrish misses. Burlaka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Burlaka lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Burlaka avoids the body shot from Parrish.
Denis Burlaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Parrish throws a sloppy body shot
and Burlaka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Burlaka misses with a straight left. Parrish misses with a wild body shot. Parrish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Burlaka thows a left - swing and a miss! A telegraphed right hand from Parrish misses the target. Burlaka throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Parrish takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Burlaka misses with an uppercut. Parrish saw that one coming. A countering left hand to the body from Parrish misses. Burlaka works the jab nicely. Burlaka misses with a wild combination.
Burlaka scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Parrish misses with a straight right. Burlaka misses with a left hand and Parrish counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Burlaka slips under a jab from Parrish. Burlaka connects with a body shot. Burlaka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Parrish looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Burlaka cracks Parrish with a right hand to the side of the head. Burlaka takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Parrish takes a swing at Burlaka's ribcage but misses. Parrish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burlaka tries to move into range but Parrish moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Parrish on the wrong end of a nice hook. Parrish thuds his right hand into Burlaka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked2.gif) Burlaka is rocked! Burlaka walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Parrish swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Barry Parrish! After the fight, Barry Parrish was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
56% |
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