PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Parks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Parks
vs
King

173 cm
36
159 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

200 cm
37
160 lbs
14 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Parks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian King!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King is trying to break the clinch but Parks has him pressed against the cage.
Parks working aggressively here.
Parks has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Parks lands with a left to the head.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Parks has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Parks.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King tries to break free but Parks pushes him back against the cage.
King lands an elbow inside.
King blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Parks scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Parks.
King is trying to force a seperation but Parks has the dominant position.
Parks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parks lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parks.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King is trying to break the clinch but Parks has him pressed against the cage.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Parks prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Parks pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parks swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parks misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on King's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
King takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Parks on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parks.
Parks lands a body shot in the clinch.
King is trying to break the clinch but Parks has him pressed against the cage.
Parks leaning against his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Parks scores with a nice short uppercut.
King tries to break the clinch but Parks is controlling the position.
Parks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Parks.
Parks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Parks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parks scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
Parks lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
A shot in the inside from Parks.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

King is rocked!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Parks finish him?
King takes a shot to the head.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King seems to have recovered his senses.
King can't break the clinch.
Parks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
Parks lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parks lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King has had enough of the clinch but Parks keeps him there for the moment.
Parks scores with a hook to the body.
Parks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parks lands a nice uppercut.
Parks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Parks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Parks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Parks pushes King back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Parks.
King takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parks.
Parks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Parks misses with a punch on the inside.
King working hard to break the clinch.
Parks scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Parks.
King wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Parks has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Parks - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parks.
Parks lands a body shot.
King looks winded!
A hook to the body from Parks.
Parks lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
Parks presses King against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Parks stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Parks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short left from Parks.
Parks unloads with a big right hand that wobbles King! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Parks is unloading with more strikes now! King drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Parks!
A victorious Lyoto Parks thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.