PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Sparr (ranked 392 p4p, 1055 weight class) and Radio Philips (ranked 50 p4p, 122 weight class). Sparr kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is OH NO!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sparr
vs
Philips

200 cm
34
265
17 - 8 - 0

202 cm
39
260
31 - 27 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

Urban Fighter
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Sparr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 27 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Philips connects with an inside leg kick.
Philips with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sparr to score with a decent uppercut.
Philips loads up on a big right hand but Sparr slips the punch.
Philips needs to keep his hands up - Sparr had a free shot at his head there.
Sparr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Philips on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sparr misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Philips cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sparr throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparr. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Philips releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A lazy left from Sparr finds it's target.
Sparr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Philips stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips misses with a straight right.
Philips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Philips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sparr attempts a counter takedown but Philips avoids it well and moves away.
Radio Philips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Philips ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sparr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Philips throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Philips.
Sparr goes for a double leg but Philips avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Philips continues to drive forward.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Philips tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparr avoids the damage to the body.
Philips misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Philips gets underhooks to prevent Sparr's takedown attempt.
Philips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sparr is breathing heavily.
Philips throws a knee to the head but misses.

Sparr has clasped his hands together around Philips's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philips is trying to buck Sparr off.
Sparr looks up at the clock and then as Philips takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sparr smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Philips bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Philips is looking to score with low kicks.
Sparr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philips.
Sparr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Philips swivels and escapes.
Philips looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Sparr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Philips leaves Sparr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Philips ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab by Philips.
Philips looks for the body kick but Sparr saw that one coming.
Sparr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Philips.

Philips gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sparr to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sparr with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparr slips nicely into half guard.
Philips wants to get back to his feet.
Sparr working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sparr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Philips keeps working.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Philips is trying to stand.
Sparr is looking to take a break and control but Philips is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philips is trying to stand.
Philips pushes Sparr off but Sparr dives into side control.
Sparr scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sparr works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sparr cracks Philips with a big elbow.
Sparr is working Philips over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Radio Philips will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Philips throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sparr changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sparr fails to land the takedown.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparr misses with a straight right.
Sparr moves away from the strike by Philips.
Sparr tries to counter with a takedown but Philips is quick to defend against it.
Philips connects with a leg kick.
Sparr moves out of range of the body kick from Philips.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sparr gets a double leg takedown into Philips's guard.
Sparr controlling from the top position.
Roger Sparr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Philips is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Philips really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sparr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sparr postures up and lands a big shot to Philips's brow.
Philips is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sparr wants to control from the top but Philips keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Philips can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sparr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Philips wants to stand but Sparr is controlling the position.
Sparr with a nice head shot there.
Sparr prevents Philips from getting back to his feet.
Sparr 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.

Philips has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sparr off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Sparr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr checks the leg kick.
Radio Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sparr drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sparr trying to control the action but Philips is working from the bottom.
Philips is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Philips is pushing Sparr's head away, looking to escape. Sparr manages to hold on to the position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sparr is trying to get an arm triangle but Philips is defending well.
Sparr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparr advances nicely into full mount.
Sparr with good strikes from the mount here!
Philips in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sparr raining down hammerfists from mount.

Philips is rocked!
Sparr postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Philips bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Sparr and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roger Sparr!
A victorious Roger Sparr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.