PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Spart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Francois Thibodeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Spart
vs
Francois Thibodeau

177 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Spart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Francois Thibodeau!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeau lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thibodeau misses with a hook. Spart ducked under it nicely.
Thibodeau throws a shot to the body.
Spart slips under a jab from Thibodeau.
Thibodeau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Spart is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Thibodeau.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thibodeau connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spart. Spart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Jack Spart has been cut.

Thibodeau cracks Spart with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Thibodeau has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Spart to stand back up!

Spart is rocked!
Thibodeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Spart.
Thibodeau scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Spart is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thibodeau.
Spart seems to have got his legs back now.
Spart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jean Francois Thibodeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thibodeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thibodeau missing with a left hand there. Spart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thibodeau lands a body shot.
Thibodeau throws a big shot that misses.
Spart is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Thibodeau lands a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Thibodeau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeau scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Thibodeau finds it's way through Spart's defenses.
Thibodeau lands a jab.
Thibodeau changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thibodeau throws a series of punches but Spart avoids them all with ease.
Thibodeau is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Spart had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thibodeau cracks Spart with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Spart looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thibodeau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spart at a distance.
Thibodeau bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spart's head backwards.
Thibodeau throws a big shot that misses.
Spart blocks a jab.
Thibodeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spart moves out of range as Thibodeau strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Thibodeau there.
Thibodeau might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thibodeau misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeau looks to land a left hand but Spart moved out of range nicely.
Spart takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thibodeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Spart shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thibodeau's guard.
Spart chips away with some ground and pound.

Thibodeau has his feet on Spart's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Spart dives in and grabs Thibodeau's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thibodeau pushes down on Spart's head and hops out.
Spart fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thibodeau.
Thibodeau misses with an uppercut.
Spart on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Spart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spart shoots in and drives through. Thibodeau sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spart walks into a straight right hand from Thibodeau.
Thibodeau moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A left lands for Thibodeau.
Thibodeau misses with a wild body shot.
Thibodeau misses with a straight right.
Thibodeau looks to throw the jab but Spart is out of range.
Spart tries to clinch there but Thibodeau circles away.
Spart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thibodeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thibodeau throws a hook but Spart blocks it.
Spart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thibodeau throws a leg kick but Spart sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thibodeau throws a hook but Spart avoids it easily.
Spart misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Spart fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thibodeau's corner calls for a 1-2. Thibodeau obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thibodeau throws a big shot that misses.
Thibodeau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spart shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Spart. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thibodeau connects with a single shot there.
Thibodeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Spart drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Spart with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spart is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Spart is standing up over Thibodeau. Thibodeau looks to escape but Spart dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Francois Thibodeau dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Spart's cut.
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.

Thibodeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Spart.
Spart moves away from the strike by Thibodeau.
Thibodeau misses with an uppercut.
Spart steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thibodeau.
Thibodeau moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thibodeau.
Spart on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Spart takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thibodeau throws a leg kick which misses Spart's front leg but catches the back leg as Spart tries to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Thibodeau.
Good shot there by Thibodeau.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Thibodeau.
A big left from Thibodeau misses.
Thibodeau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Thibodeau catches Spart right on the button with a cross.
Spart has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Spart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Thibodeau.

Spart clinches with his opponent.
Thibodeau tries to circle away but Spart has him pinned against the cage.
Spart has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Thibodeau lands a body shot in the clinch.

Thibodeau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thibodeau scores with a nice right hand.
Spart is looking to clinch.
Thibodeau scores with a jab to the head.
Good leg kick by Thibodeau there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spart looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thibodeau lands a jab to the nose.
Spart throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thibodeau should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Spart moves out of range of the strikes.

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.

Spart drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Spart working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Thibodeau is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Spart is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Thibodeau is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Spart 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.
Spart in side control, throwing shots but Thibodeau defends.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeau is pushing Spart's head away, looking to escape. Spart manages to hold on to the position though.

Spart decides to stand up, so the ref orders Thibodeau to his feet.
Spart moves out of range as Thibodeau strikes.
Thibodeau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thibodeau lands with an uppercut that bounces Spart off the cage and back into rage.
Thibodeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Spart.
Thibodeau stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thibodeau wants it to stay on the feet.
Spart closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Spart on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thibodeau throws a shot from downtown. Spart moves away and avoids it.
Spart throws a lazy right hand but Thibodeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Spart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thibodeau.
Thibodeau misses with a looping right.

Spart closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Spart scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Thibodeau to see if he's OK.

Spart in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Thibodeau is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Spart!