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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Parks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 lbs
37 - 13 - 1 |
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177 cm
38
167 lbs
29 - 23 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
37 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Parks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 23 - 2, fighting out of New York, Roman Yakimyuk!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parks on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Parks blocks a head kick by Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yakimyuk scores with a jab to the jaw.
Parks scores with a jab. Yakimyuk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Roman Yakimyuk has been cut.
Yakimyuk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Parks under the eye.
Yakimyuk avoids the body shot from Parks.
Yakimyuk blocks a jab.
Yakimyuk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Parks is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Parks moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Yakimyuk throws a right and a left that Parks avoids nicely.
Yakimyuk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Parks avoids the head kick by Yakimyuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakimyuk tests Parks's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Parks missing with a left hand there. Yakimyuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Yakimyuk.
Parks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk misses with a leg kick
and Parks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Parks gets a clinch.
Parks misses with some punches.
Parks has a couple of punches blocked by Yakimyuk.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yakimyuk's elbow.
Yakimyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yakimyuk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yakimyuk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
Yakimyuk has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Parks after a bit of a struggle.
Parks blocks a body shot from Yakimyuk.
Parks prevents a takedown attempt there.
Parks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yakimyuk tries to pull guard but Parks holds him up against the cage and eventually Yakimyuk drops back down to his feet.
Lyoto Parks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roman Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk fails to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parks is fighting off a takedown attempt but Yakimyuk is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Parks to the mat. Parks regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Parks is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Yakimyuk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parks seems keen to control Yakimyuk's posture.
Yakimyuk wants to pass the guard but Parks is keeping the position.
Yakimyuk is still trying to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk won't allow Parks to sweep him here.
Parks keeping moving, preventing Yakimyuk from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Parks is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Parks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yakimyuk moves away.
Yakimyuk wants to counter the offense by Parks and move into the clinch position.
Yakimyuk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yakimyuk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yakimyuk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parks appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Parks checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk throws an off balance right hand
and Parks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yakimyuk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parks.
Parks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yakimyuk throws out the jab.
Yakimyuk avoids the body shot from Parks.
A head kick misses from Yakimyuk.
An attempted straight right counter from Parks misses the target.
Parks misses with a straight left.
Parks connects with a crisp jab.
Parks rushes Yakimyuk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yakimyuk jumps guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yakimyuk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Parks is stalling in the full guard.
Parks wants to control from the top but Yakimyuk keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Yakimyuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Yakimyuk's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Yakimyuk misses with a low kick as Parks jumps back.
Sloppy strikes from Yakimyuk. Those never looked like landing.
Yakimyuk walks into a jab.
Yakimyuk looks to throw the jab but Parks is out of range.
Yakimyuk moves into range and connects with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Parks blocks the leg kick.
Yakimyuk misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Parks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roman Yakimyuk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parks misses with a body shot.
Yakimyuk tries to bum rush Parks with a series of wild strikes but Parks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Parks avoids the head kick by Yakimyuk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parks throws a body punch but Yakimyuk moves out of range.
Yakimyuk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Parks has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Parks takes a swing at Yakimyuk's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parks. Yakimyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roman Yakimyuk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks has closed the distance and engaged Yakimyuk in a clinch.
Parks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yakimyuk's elbow.
Yakimyuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yakimyuk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Yakimyuk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Parks if he has to take too many more of those.
Yakimyuk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yakimyuk throws a shot to the body.
Roman Yakimyuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yakimyuk swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parks connects with a single shot there.
Yakimyuk is rocked!
Parks drops Yakimyuk with a huge uppercut! Yakimyuk drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Parks is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Parks!
Lyoto Parks decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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