PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Sproles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Also Zarathustra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sproles comes to the cage accompanied by can't be touched -Roy Jones Jr. Zarathustra has chosen Red Birds Will Fly Out Of The East And Destroy Paris In A Night as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Sproles
vs
Zarathustra

174 cm
29
185 lbs
21 - 21 - 1

185 cm
27
185 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Sproles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Also Zarathustra!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarathustra scores with a jab. Sproles acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sproles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sproles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sproles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zarathustra throws out the jab.
Sproles misses with a wild combination.
Zarathustra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sproles moves away.
Sproles lands a jab to the head.
Sproles lands a really nice looking cross but Zarathustra seems unphased.
Sproles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sproles tries to clinch but Zarathustra moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Sproles.
Zarathustra circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zarathustra counters with a nice uppercut.
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!

Zarathustra feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Sproles sprawling to the canvas! Sproles rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Zarathustra finish him?!

Sproles is rocked!
Zarathustra keeps the fight on the outside.
Oh Sproles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sproles jabs at Zarathustra's body.
Zarathustra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Also Zarathustra has been cut.
Sproles tries to clinch up but Zarathustra circles away and keeps his distance.
Zarathustra lands a lovely overhand right.
Sproles jabs Zarathustra right on the nose. Zarathustra blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zarathustra blocks a head kick by Sproles.
Sproles misses with a double jab
and Zarathustra counters with a good low kick that Sproles was not able to check.

Sproles instigates a clinch.
Zarathustra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zarathustra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zarathustra lands a hook that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Sproles swings wildly with an uppercut but Zarathustra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sproles tries to throw a body punch but Zarathustra avoids it by throwing Sproles back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sproles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zarathustra's brow.
Zarathustra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sproles missing with knees to the body.
Sproles throws a punch but it's blocked by Zarathustra.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zarathustra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zarathustra lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sproles is breathing heavily.
Zarathustra pushes Sproles back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Zarathustra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Sproles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zarathustra is keeping busy.
Zarathustra works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zarathustra is pushing Sproles up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sproles looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sproles stalling the fight.
Zarathustra lands a nice shot to the body.
Sproles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sproles misses with a knee to the head.
Sproles seems to have got his legs back now.
Sproles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zarathustra lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sproles wants to get back to striking at distance but Zarathustra won't allow it.
A short left from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zarathustra.
A hook to the body from Zarathustra.
Sproles throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sproles fails to land.
Zarathustra's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zarathustra misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra lands with a short shot to the head.
Zarathustra is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sproles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but Zarathustra blocks with his arms.
Zarathustra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sproles tries to land a knee to the head but Zarathustra blocks with his arms.
Zarathustra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zarathustra is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Zarathustra can't find room to land a body shot as Sproles controls the action.
Zarathustra lands a hook that snaps the head of Sproles backwards.
Zarathustra blocks a body shot from Sproles.
Sproles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sproles working hard to break the clinch.
Zarathustra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarathustra avoids a wild elbow strike from Sproles.
Sproles throws an elbow that misses.
Zarathustra tries to throw a body punch but Sproles avoids it by throwing Zarathustra back against the cage.
Zarathustra swings wildly with an uppercut but Sproles uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra managing to block the knees to the body from Sproles.
Zarathustra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sproles takes a shot to the head.
Sproles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sproles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zarathustra blocks it with crossed arms.
Zarathustra leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sproles tries to work over Zarathustra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sproles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sproles throws an elbow but misses.
Zarathustra lands a nice uppercut.
Sproles lands a hook that snaps the head of Zarathustra backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zarathustra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sproles misses with some punches.
Zarathustra prevents a body shot from Sproles.
Zarathustra misses with a punch to the body.
Zarathustra tries a body shot but Sproles blocks it.
Zarathustra working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Also Zarathustra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Also Zarathustra'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.

Zarathustra throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Sproles crashing down! Sproles tries to stagger back to his feet but Zarathustra just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Sproles asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Also Zarathustra!
A very excited looking Also Zarathustra made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.