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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaime Sparx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Clark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyle Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaime Sparx!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparx gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Clark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Clark not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Clark thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparx working a defensive guard here.
Clark sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Clark 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark stands and throws Sparx's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark scoring with punches and elbows.
Clark is staying tight to Sparx's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sparx on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Clark has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sparx!
Clark working for a guillotine from mount but Sparx is in no mood to give up.
Clark working the ground and pound effectively.
Clark controlling the pace for now.
Clark putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Clark is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sparx is surviving well by controlling Clark's body position as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark controlling his opponent.
Clark fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sparx can't escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparx looks winded!
Clark controlling the position easily from mount.
Clark stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Clark pulls guard successfully.
Clark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sparx doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sparx manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Clark seems keen to control Sparx's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark working for a triangle but Sparx defends it easily.
Clark is looking for a triangle but Sparx pushes his legs off easily.
Sparx really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Clark. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clark is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sparx is aware though and is defending well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sparx working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Clark throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sparx escapes and throws Clark's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Clark is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparx is looking to take a break and control but Clark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clark struggling a bit here.
Clark manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Clark is looking to improve his position.
Clark looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Clark dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sparx shoots in and drives through. Clark sprawls well.
Sparx scores with a hook to the body. Clark takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sparx tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Clark forces Sparx back against the cage and clinches.
Clark lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Clark is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sparx doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Clark.
Clark controlling the pace.
Sparx is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparx has hold of Clark's hands but Clark slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Clark looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparx trying to hold on to Clark's head to control him but Clark postures up.
Clark perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sparx is trying to control but can't.
Clark wants to pass the guard but Sparx is defending well.
Clark content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Clark seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sparx for as long as he can get away with.
Clark looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sparx with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Clark lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Clark performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Clark in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Sparx tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Clark!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kyle Clark!
Jaime Sparx spoke after the fight, saying 'I dont know i need to work harder next time step up my game this is only the beginning it was great fight for him tonight.'.
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RATING
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