PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Harms (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thai Spar
vs
Harms

200 cm
25
189 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

165 cm
26
199 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Fightworld Formula and Laundry Service

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muay Thai Spar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Harms!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Harms misses.
Harms misses with a lunging right hand
and Spar counters with a good low kick that Harms was not able to check.
Spar avoids the body shot from Harms.
Harms looks to clinch
and Spar counters with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Spar.
Spar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harms swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harms misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spar.
Spar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spar cracks Harms with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harms crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Spar - the referee stops the clock and Harms gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Spar. Harms manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harms avoids the body shot from Spar.
Spar lands a nice looking body kick.
Spar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Harms pushes Spar up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harms lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Muay Thai Spar has been cut.

Spar jumps into guard, dragging Harms to the mat.
Harms slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Harms stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Spar swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Spar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Harms defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harms throws a strike but Spar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Spar looking to pass the guard.
Harms utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar throwing strikes from guard but Harms blocks nicely.
Spar throws an elbow that misses. Harms uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Spar's guard. Nice move by Harms!

Spar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Harms passes into half guard.
Spar is not content to let Harms control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Spar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Spar 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.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Harms wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spar keeps working.
Spar wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Spar actively working from the bottom here.
Spar is looking for a sweep. Harms is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harms wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Spar wants to control but Harms is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Harms looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Harms trying to control the action but Spar is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Harms's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Harms's back!
Will Spar go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Spar loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Harms hold on?
Spar keeps control of the position easily here as Harms tries to buck him off.
Spar missing with strikes from the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harms staying busy and making it hard for Spar to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spar missing with strikes.
Spar avoiding Harms 's attempts to control his hands.
Spar controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai Spar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Muay Thai Spar's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Harms misses the target.
Harms misses with a lunging right hand
and Spar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spar.
Jimmy Harms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harms closes the distance looking to clinch
and Spar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harms misses with a straight left.
Spar dodges the punch combination from Harms.
Spar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Spar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harms has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harms eats them both and turns towards Spar to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spar is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harms throws a left and a right that both miss
and Spar counters with a thumping low kick.
Muay Thai Spar is winning the standup battle so far.
Harms is breathing heavily.
Spar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harms steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Spar. That one must have hurt.
Harms is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Spar cracks the inside of Harms's front leg.
Spar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Spar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Spar throws a head kick but Harms moves out of range.
Spar throws a head kick that misses.
Harms keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Spar - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spar throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Spar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harms wants to clinch
and Spar counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Harms.
Harms tries to clinch up but Spar circles away and keeps his distance.
Spar throws a head kick that Harms semi-blocks.

Harms is rocked!
Spar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Harms is still on wobbly legs! Can Spar finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Spar.
Harms has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Spar.
Spar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Harms seems to have recovered his senses.
Harms throws a right hand that Spar ducks under and follows up with a left that Spar also avoids with ease.
Spar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Harms swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Spar to counter with a crisp jab.
Harms looks to clinch
and Spar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harms fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick from Spar.
Jimmy Harms is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harms stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Spar lands a nice hook to Harms's body. Harms takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Spar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Spar lands a head kick. Harms smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Spar cracks Harms's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Harms slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Spar can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Muay Thai Spar!
A relieved looking Muay Thai Spar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.