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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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250 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soa Palelei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Corey Parker!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Parker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palelei circles away quickly and effectively.
Palelei moves out of range as Parker strikes.
Parker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Parker misses with a two punch combination.
Palelei fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Palelei gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Parker throwing strikes from guard but Palelei blocks nicely.
Palelei is adopting a defensive guard.
Parker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Palelei is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker is not content to let Palelei control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palelei stalling.
Palelei thows a huge punch but Parker dodges it nicely.
Parker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Palelei.
Palelei stops Parker from getting back to his feet.
Palelei missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Palelei throwing shots but Parker is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Parker regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Palelei.
Palelei throws a big elbow that misses.
Palelei trying to control but Parker is working from the bottom.
Palelei slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Palelei won't allow Parker to get back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Palelei throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Palelei looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Palelei parries the strikes from Parker easily there. Parker is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Palelei to escape.
Parker in side control, throwing shots but Palelei defends.
Palelei wants to control but Parker postures up.
Palelei dodges the ground and pound from Parker.
Parker trying to control the action but Palelei is working from the bottom.
Parker landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Parker working away.
Parker fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Palelei manages to work his way to half guard, despite Parker's best efforts.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Parker in particular looking to stall.
Palelei is not content to let Parker control the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Palelei's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palelei tries to roll over but Parker keeps him under control.
Parker lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker trying to control from half guard but Palelei is working away.
Parker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Palelei wants to control but Parker is keeping busy.
Palelei is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Parker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Palelei preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Parker winds up and cracks Palelei with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Parker prevents Palelei from improving his position.
Palelei avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Parker dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A slow jab from Parker misses its intended target.
No luck for Palelei with that takedown attempt.
Parker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Palelei. Palelei circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Palelei drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Palelei gets tackled into the cage by Parker. Parker maintains the clinch.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Parker tries to throw a body punch but Palelei avoids it by throwing Parker back against the cage.
Parker tries a body shot but Palelei blocks it.
A short right from Parker on the inside.
Parker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Parker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palelei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palelei or not.
Palelei blocks a body shot from Parker.
Palelei avoiding damage as Parker throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker struggles to land a body shot inside as Palelei controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Parker.
Parker lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Palelei backwards.
Parker pushes Palelei back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Parker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Parker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Parker tries to throw a body punch but Palelei avoids it by throwing Parker back against the cage.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Parker lands a shoulder strike.
Parker is leaning against Palelei and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Parker struggles to land a body shot inside as Palelei controls his hands.
Parker digs a right hand into Palelei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Palelei's gas tank.
Palelei's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palelei or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parker.
Palelei is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palelei.
Parker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Parker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Palelei is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker struggles to land a body shot inside as Palelei controls his hands.
Palelei seems to have got his legs back now.
Palelei tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Parker struggles to land a body shot inside as Palelei controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker digs a right hand into Palelei's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Palelei's gas tank.
Parker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Parker scores with a shot to the side of Palelei's head.
Parker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Parker tries a body shot but Palelei blocks it.
Parker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palelei misses with some punches.
Parker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Parker gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Palelei is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Palelei avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Parker.
Palelei won't allow Parker to pass to mount.
Parker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Parker is keen to just control but Palelei is a slippery customer.
Parker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Parker lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is trying to control the action in half guard but Palelei is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Palelei on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Parker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Parker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Parker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Parker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Parker scores with a big shot! Palelei's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Palelei! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corey Parker!
An intense looking Corey Parker took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I needed a win here and I am glad I got it, but I know my manager will have enjoyed this as well, maybe even moreso than me.'.
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hype
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