PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spurro Sparre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shuuji Hanamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sparre might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sexy and I Know It . The crowd seem to be enjoying Hanamoto's choice of entrance music: Am I Evil?. Spurro Sparre could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shuuji Hanamoto's chin.

Sparre
vs
Hanamoto

200 cm
22
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

186 cm
28
194 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spurro Sparre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shuuji Hanamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparre scores with a jab to the head.
Sparre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanamoto.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sparre lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hanamoto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hanamoto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hanamoto avoids the head kick by Sparre.
No luck for Hanamoto with that takedown attempt.
Sparre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Sparre gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sparre wants to stand but Hanamoto is controlling the position.

Hanamoto gets to his feet - Sparre follows without any prompting.
Sparre works Hanamoto's body with a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanamoto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hanamoto looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparre is just out of range.

Hanamoto gets a takedown into half guard.
Sparre is trying to stand back up but Hanamoto is controlling him
Hanamoto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hanamoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sparre defending well though.
Hanamoto scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanamoto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hanamoto lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
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!

Sparre is defending against the submission attempts here by Hanamoto.
Hanamoto is trying to control the action in half guard but Sparre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparre wants to stand back up but Hanamoto manages to pass into side control.

Hanamoto tries for a kimura but Sparre is defending well.
Hanamoto landing a few strikes.
Hanamoto cracks Sparre with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparre wants to get back to his feet but Hanamoto drags him back down.
Hanamoto working the ground and pound from side control.

Sparre is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparre is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Hanamoto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hanamoto moves into full mount!
Sparre trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Hanamoto is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sparre can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hanamoto with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparre trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hanamoto lands a big elbow - Sparre is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Sparre is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Shuuji Hanamoto!
Shuuji Hanamoto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.