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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Phillips has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Leroy Parker's chin.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leroy Parker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parker.
Parker throws a body punch but Phillips moves out of range.
Parker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Phillips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Parker misses its intended target.
Phillips motions for Parker to come forward. Phillips throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Parker shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Phillips's guard.
Parker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Phillips defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Parker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Phillips?
Parker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Phillips hang on?
Phillips is trying to escape the mount.
Phillips swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Phillips tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker raining down shots from the mount!
Parker lands a heavy elbow.
Parker lands a big shot there that rocks Phillips but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Parker unloading with bombs!
Parker is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Phillips can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Parker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Phillips is wriggling around trying to escape.
Parker is landing with some decent strikes but Phillips is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Parker punishing his opponent with strikes.
Phillips really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Parker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Parker with the ground and pound from mount.
Parker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Phillips is in a horrible position here. Parker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Parker breaks from Phillips's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Parker looking to finish Phillips with some ground and pound. This is bad for Phillips!
Phillips is in a horrible position here. Parker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Phillips that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Parker prevents Phillips from getting the reversal.
Phillips sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Phillips regains full guard. Nicely done.
Parker trying to control the position from guard on top but Phillips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parker is breathing heavily.
Phillips will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Phillips is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Parker is aware though and is defending well.
Phillips is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Parker defends well.
Parker pushes down on Phillips's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Parker slips a nice elbow through Phillips's hands, connecting with Phillips's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Parker wants to control but Phillips is keeping him busy.
Parker passes to full mount!
Parker cracks Phillips with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Parker dominating with strikes here.
Parker lands with some strikes.
Parker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Phillips looks a forlorn figure.
Phillips regains half guard.
Phillips wants to improve his position but Parker is controlling well.
Parker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Parker is pressing down on Phillips's thigh, looking to free his foot. Phillips is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Parker.
Parker prevents Phillips from improving his position.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Phillips keeps working.
Parker slips a nice elbow through Phillips's hands, connecting with Phillips's forehead.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Phillips lunges at Parker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Parker's hand.
A slow jab from Parker misses its intended target.
Parker tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Phillips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leroy Parker dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice defenses there by Phillips.
Parker loads up on a big right hand but Phillips slips the punch.
Parker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Parker misses with an uppercut.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Parker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Parker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Parker landing a few strikes.
Phillips is looking to regain half guard here but Parker keeps moving and retains side control.
Parker scores with punches from side control.
Parker landing a few strikes.
Parker is looking to take a break and control but Phillips is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Parker cracks Phillips with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Phillips keeps working.
Parker looks up at the clock and then as Phillips takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Parker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Parker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Phillips is desperately trying to improve his position but Parker has a good base and remains in mount.
Parker unloading with bombs!
Parker blocks Phillips's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
BOOM! Parker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Parker with the ground and pound from mount.
Parker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Phillips working to try and regain half guard.
Parker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Phillips?
Parker landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker looking to finish Phillips with some ground and pound. This is bad for Phillips!
Phillips takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Phillips is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Parker lands a heavy elbow.
Parker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Phillips hang on?
Parker in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Phillips tries to reverse the position but Parker maintains control.
Parker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Parker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Parker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Parker with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Parker.
Parker connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Parker cracks Phillips with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Phillips is looking to get to half guard.
Parker landing shots from mount.
Phillips can't escape the position.
Parker is landing with some decent strikes but Phillips is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Phillips is trying desperately to improve position.
Parker cracks Phillips with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Phillips is trying desperately to improve position.
Parker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Parker dominating with strikes here.
Parker putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Parker raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Parker working the ground and pound effectively.
Phillips can't escape the position.
Parker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Parker connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips can't escape the position.
Phillips wants to hold on but Parker pushes him away.
Parker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Phillips looks a forlorn figure.
Parker is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Parker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Parker looking to finish Phillips with some ground and pound. This is bad for Phillips!
Phillips sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Parker lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leroy Parker dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Parker moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips avoids the body shot from Parker.
Parker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Parker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Parker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Phillips is fending him off so far but Parker persists. Nope, Phillips circles away and we're back to standing.
Phillips slips a jab from Parker.
Parker misses with a straight right.
Parker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Phillips swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Eric Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Parker or perhaps it was just good defense by Phillips which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Parker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker looks to land a left hand but Phillips moved out of range nicely.
Parker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Parker just misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips moves out of range as Parker strikes.
Phillips lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Phillips checks the leg kick.
Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parker.
Phillips tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Parker swivels and escapes.
Phillips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parker.
Parker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Phillips cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Parker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phillips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips staying out of range there.
Parker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Parker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Phillips is keeping the position for now.
Parker passes Phillips's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Phillips tries to roll over but Parker keeps him under control.
Parker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Phillips keeps working.
Parker content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Parker wants to free his trapped foot but Phillips is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Parker working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Parker has control of the leg.
Parker working over Phillips with some ground and pound. Phillips looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Eric Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phillips is trying to maintain the position but Parker is very close to passing his half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Parker throws an overhand right that lands on Phillips's shoulder, as Phillips tries to avoid the shot.
Parker misses with an uppercut.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Parker.
Parker shoots for a double leg takedown but Phillips sprawls well. He's pushed Parker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Phillips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phillips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Parker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Phillips moves out of range as Parker strikes.
Parker feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Phillips keeping full guard, as Parker tries to pass.
Parker is working hard here to advance position.
Phillips working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parker.
Parker landing with the ground and pound.
Phillips working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Parker.
Leroy Parker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.
Parker thows a big elbow that misses.
Phillips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leroy Parker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Parker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leroy Parker!
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