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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Norman Parke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blind Shaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shaman's Dream 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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161 lbs
23 - 10 - 1 |
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168 lbs
14 - 5 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Parke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Blind Shaman!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaman looks to throw the jab but Parke is out of range.
Parke throws a quick counter head kick but Shaman was just out of range.
Shaman ducks under a wild hook from Parke.
Shaman walks into a left hand.
Shaman looks for a takedown but Parke sprawls well.
Shaman ducks under a wild hook from Parke.
Shaman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parke misses with a lunging right hand
and Shaman counters with a left to the body.
Parke defending well as Shaman loads up on a big left hand.
Shaman moves out of range of the leg kick from Parke.
Shaman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Shaman with a poor takedown
and Parke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Parke cracks the inside of Shaman's front leg.
Shaman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parke.
Parke is looking to clinch but Shaman is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke looks to land a body kick but Shaman moved away.
Shaman moves out of range of the strikes.
Parke misses with a shot to the body
and Shaman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Parke thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Parke.
Parke clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parke misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaman misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Shaman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shaman.
It looks like Norman Parke has been cut.
Parke missing with knees to the body.
Parke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Parke.
Parke has a couple of punches blocked by Shaman.
Shaman struggles to land a body shot inside as Parke controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shaman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Parke on the inside.
Shaman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parke blocking some punches.
Shaman lands a knee to the head.
Parke has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Shaman regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaman working a defensive guard but Parke passes into half guard.
Parke looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parke is trying to control the action in half guard but Shaman is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Parke missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shaman trying to control here.
Shaman is looking to improve his position.
Parke looks to land a strike but Shaman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Parke is fighting to break Shaman's control of his arms but Shaman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Parke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Shaman's head.
Parke landing some decent shots from guard.
Shaman controls Parke momentarily but Parke frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke passes into half guard.
Shaman looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shaman desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Parke connects with a nice short shot to Shaman's temple.
Parke controlling the action here.
Parke is looking to stall here but Shaman recovers full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Parke wants to control from the top but Shaman keeps moving.
Shaman is trying to control the position but Parke postures up.
Parke throws a big elbow that misses.
Parke trying to control the position from guard on top but Shaman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parke lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shaman looking to control.
Parke trying to control but Shaman is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norman Parke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Norman Parke'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.
Shaman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Parke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shaman.
Shaman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parke slips a straight right by Shaman.
Parke throwing a counter right hand but Shaman manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Shaman.
Parke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Parke ducks under a wild hook from Shaman.
Parke feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Parke blocks a jab.
Parke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Parke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shaman misses with a looping left.
Norman Parke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaman throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shaman looks to land a left hand but Parke moved out of range nicely.
No joy there for Shaman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Parke wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaman shoots in but Parke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shaman misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Parke.
Shaman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Parke.
Parke tries to clinch but Shaman is having none of it.
Parke connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shaman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Parke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parke throws an overhand right that lands on Shaman's shoulder, as Shaman tries to avoid the shot.
Parke looks for the body kick but Shaman saw that one coming.
Parke scoring well with a low kick there.
Shaman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Shaman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Parke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shaman.
Parke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Shaman.
Nice uppercut lands for Shaman. That snapped Parke's head back.
Parke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shaman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parke takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shaman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Parke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Parke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shaman.
Shaman lands the left hand.
Shaman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Parke defends well and Shaman ends up having to push Parke into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Norman Parke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blind Shaman.
Parke throws a leg kick but Shaman moved away.
Parke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Norman Parke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Parke.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Parke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shaman misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Parke does it's job there.
Norman Parke is winning the standup battle so far.
Parke avoids the body shot from Shaman.
Parke lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Parke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shaman jabs Parke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parke connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shaman momentarily.
Shaman misses with a wild body shot.
Parke missing with a left hand there. Shaman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shaman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Parke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shaman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Parke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shaman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Parke thuds his right hand into Shaman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shaman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shaman looks to land a combination. Parke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shaman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice body kick there by Parke.
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!
Parke lands with a right hand.
Parke misses the shot to the body.
Shaman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Parke.
Shaman lands with a cross.
Shaman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shaman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Parke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaman.
As Shaman backs away, Parke returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Shaman looks to land a left hand but Parke moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shaman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Parke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Parke tries to clinch up but Shaman circles away and keeps his distance.
Shaman throws out a counter right but Parke avoids it with no problem.
Shaman looks to land a combination. Parke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Parke is looking to clinch.
Parke moves out of range of the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Parke.
Parke clinches up against the cage.
Shaman misses with a knee strike.
Parke lands a right hand.
Parke struggles to land a body shot inside as Shaman controls his hands.
Parke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shaman's elbow.
Parke letting Shaman take a breather here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shaman.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shaman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Parke blocks it with crossed arms.
Shaman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parke.
Parke stalling.
A short right from Parke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Norman Parke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Norman Parke's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Shaman misses the jab.
Parke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shaman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parke clinches up against the cage.
Parke has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Shaman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shaman tries to land a knee to the head but Parke blocks with his arms.
Shaman is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Parke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Blind Shaman has been cut.
Parke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shaman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Parke pushes Shaman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke can't find room to land a body shot as Shaman controls the action.
Shaman tries a body shot but Parke blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Parke as Shaman tries to tie him up.
Shaman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shaman scores with a shot to the side of Parke's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaman tries to work over Parke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Parke.
Shaman struggles to land a body shot inside as Parke controls his hands.
Parke has a couple of punches blocked by Shaman.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shaman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Parke's brow.
A short right from Parke on the inside.
Parke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shaman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shaman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shaman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shaman pushes off an throws an elbow but Parke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice body punch from Parke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shaman.
Parke lands a shoulder strike.
Shaman trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shaman blocks an uppercut.
Shaman tries to throw a body punch but Parke avoids it by throwing Shaman back against the cage.
Blind Shaman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Parke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shaman can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaman blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Parke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Parke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shaman prevents a body shot from Parke.
Shaman tries a body shot but Parke blocks it.
Parke lands a right hand.
Shaman is rocked!
Parke lands a left hand.
Shaman is still on wobbly legs! Can Parke finish him?
Parke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Parke - that landed with a thud.
Shaman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Parke holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Parke unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Shaman! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Parke is unloading with more strikes now! Shaman drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Norman Parke!
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energy
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hype
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