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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry Parrish (ranked 151 p4p, 249 weight class) and Devon Black (ranked 17 p4p, 28 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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14 - 9 - 0 |
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19 - 16 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Parrish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Devon Black!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parrish fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parrish with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Black to score with a decent uppercut.
Parrish swings for the body but Black moves out of range.
Black misses with a wild combination.
A little feinted left hand from Parrish on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Parrish ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Parrish looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.
Parrish throws a shot to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Black has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Parrish misses.
Parrish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black clobbers Parrish with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black with a poor takedown
and Parrish counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parrish lands a lovely overhand right.
Black uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parrish.
Black gets the takedown into side control.
Parrish is trying to control Black's posture but Black avoids it.
Black working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Black throws an elbow but Parrish slips to the side and avoids it well.
Black working the head with strikes.
Black trying to control the position but Parrish is working away.
Parrish tries to bench press Black off him but Black keeps the position.
Black is looking to take a break and control but Parrish is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Parrish tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parrish parries the strikes from Black easily there. Black is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Parrish to escape.
Black has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Black throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Parrish has his hands clasped together but Black breaks the hold and Parrish is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Black!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Devon Black!
During a confident post fight interview, Devon Black thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Barry Parrish stepped up to the mic, saying 'No worries, I just wanted to see what showed up in my TOTT!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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