PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Sparza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sparza
vs
Lesnar

198 cm
24
295 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
266 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tito Sparza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar throws a series of punches but Sparza avoids them all with ease.

Sparza shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lesnar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sparza prevents Lesnar from escaping the position.
Sparza creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

It looks like Frank Lesnar has been cut.
Sparza working the strikes but Lesnar uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sparza is just content to waste time from the top position. Lesnar takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Sparza controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sparza lands a couple of digs.
Sparza is stalling in the full guard.
Sparza with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sparza is controlling him.
Sparza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lesnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sparza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sparza not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lesnar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparza looking to sit in guard and control but Lesnar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lesnar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lesnar has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sparza is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sparza is controlling Lesnar's posture.
Sparza keeping moving, preventing Lesnar from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sparza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparza misses with a double jab.
Sparza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lesnar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sparza with a hook.

Lesnar moves into the clinch.
Lesnar is pressed up against the cage. Sparza has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lesnar down to the mat. Lesnar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Frank Lesnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lesnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Sparza does no damage.
Sparza fails with the takedown
and Lesnar counters with a left and a right that stings Sparza.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Sparza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sparza throws a body punch but Lesnar moves out of range.
Lesnar wants to clinch up but Sparza keeps it at a distance.
Lesnar misses with a combination

and Sparza counters with a shoot takedown. Lesnar fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sparza throws a strike but Lesnar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sparza looking for a sweep. Not yet Sparza, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar looking to sit in guard and control but Sparza gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lesnar is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lesnar is trying to push Sparza away but Sparza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sparza can't break the clinch.
Sparza tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lesnar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sparza drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lesnar pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sparza clobbers Lesnar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sparza.
Sparza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lesnar.
Sparza misses with an uppercut
and Lesnar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lesnar misses with a combination

and Sparza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sparza postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lesnar wants to sweep here but Sparza controlling him for the moment.
Lesnar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sparza.
Sparza is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sparza is working Lesnar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sparza throwing strikes from guard but Lesnar blocks nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sparza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sparza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sparza trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Lesnar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sparza throws a strike but Lesnar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lesnar won't allow Sparza to get back to his feet.
Lesnar chips away with some ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is fighting to break Sparza's control of his arms but Sparza is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Sparza has his feet on Lesnar's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lesnar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sparza counters with a three punch combo that has Lesnar backing up. Lesnar nods at Sparza to acknowledge the strikes.
Lesnar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sparza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sparza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sparza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lesnar ducks under a wild hook from Sparza.
Lesnar moves in looking to clinch but Sparza pushes him off.
Lesnar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Lesnar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sparza misses with a double jab
and Lesnar counters with a nice uppercut.
Lesnar misses with a left hand

so Sparza counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sparza distracts Lesnar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sparza lands a couple of digs.
Sparza not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sparza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sparza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sparza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sparza prevents Lesnar from getting back to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sparza postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sparza throws a big right hand that misses.
Sparza looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sparza cracks Lesnar with a solid left hand.
Sparza postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sparza slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparza working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Sparza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lesnar's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sparza misses with a combination
and Lesnar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sparza lands a really nice looking cross but Lesnar seems unphased.
Tito Sparza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sparza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sparza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lesnar.
Sparza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sparza throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lesnar was covering up waiting for the punch and Sparza finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lesnar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sparza.
Sparza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lesnar is trying to keep Sparza in close.
Sparza postures up and lands a big shot to Lesnar's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparza works over Lesnar with some ground and pound from guard.
Sparza engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sparza landing with the ground and pound.
Sparza is stalling in the full guard.
Sparza is standing up over Lesnar. Lesnar looks to escape but Sparza dives into side control.
Lesnar wants to control but Sparza postures up.
Tito Sparza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparza prevents Lesnar from escaping the position.
Lesnar is breathing heavily.
Sparza cracks Lesnar with a big right hand but Lesnar just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lesnar taking a bit of punishment here - Sparza scoring with strikes.
Lesnar is not content to let Sparza control the position.
Sparza connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lesnar some visible discomfort.

Lesnar is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparza in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Lesnar looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Sparza turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Sparza!