PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Slade Traylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corey Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker has chosen Heard it through the grapevine - Marvin Gaye as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Corey Parker told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Traylor
vs
Parker

185 cm
22
280 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
250 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Four Aces Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Slade Traylor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Corey Parker!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Traylor clinches up against the cage.
Traylor scores with a hook to the body.
Traylor has a couple of punches blocked by Parker.
Traylor 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 misses with some punches.
Parker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parker blocks an uppercut.
Traylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Traylor.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Traylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Traylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Parker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parker tries to work over Traylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Traylor throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Parker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Traylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parker.
Traylor lands a shot to the body.
Traylor lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Corey Parker has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Traylor.
Traylor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Parker looks winded!
A right hand to the body from Traylor.
Traylor misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Traylor.
Parker takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traylor lands a nice shot to the body.
Traylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Parker backwards.
A right hand to the body from Traylor.
Traylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Traylor lands a body shot in the clinch.
Parker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Traylor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Parker can turn it around.
Traylor lands an elbow just above Parker 's eye.
Traylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Parker blocks a body shot from Traylor.

Traylor drops Parker onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Parker is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Parker is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Traylor has Parker pressed against the cage. He pushes Parker back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Traylor throws a beautiful elbow that sends Parker crashing to the floor! Traylor piles on the pressure with more strikes! Parker is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slade Traylor!
Slade Traylor is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Slade Traylor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.