PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koo Von (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diziz Sparta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparta has chosen Just like you imagined - 300 theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Von
vs
Sparta

179 cm
23
219 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
220 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koo Von!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diziz Sparta!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von blocks a head kick by Sparta.
Von slips a jab from Sparta.
Sparta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sparta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Von at a distance.
Von is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Von tries to keep at a distance but Sparta has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sparta has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Von clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Von trying to control but not successfully.
Sparta somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Sparta is working the ground and pound. Can Von escape?
Sparta throwing damaging strikes from the back! Von could be in trouble here!
Sparta wants to control the position but Von frees himself and scrambles - Sparta manages to regain control in side control.
Von on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparta cracks Von with a big right hand but Von just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Von is rocked!
An elbow from Sparta crashes against the mat.
Sparta working the head with strikes.
Oh Von is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Sparta! That's hurt Von! Will he recover? Sparta fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diziz Sparta! Diziz Sparta retains his light heavyweight title!