PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between john spartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JJ Sutton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

spartin
vs
Sutton

200 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, john spartin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, JJ Sutton!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
spartin fails to land the takedown.

Sutton feints and as spartin raises his hands in defense, Sutton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
spartin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sutton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. spartin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sutton sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed spartin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

spartin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Sutton postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for spartin to stand up.

Sutton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sutton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

spartin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
spartin keeping moving, preventing Sutton from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
spartin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
spartin is breathing heavily.
Sutton trying to control but spartin is working from the bottom.
Sutton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sutton advances to half guard.
Sutton passes to full mount!
spartin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Sutton has hold of spartin's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and spartin manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
spartin wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
spartin rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sutton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
spartin is trying to stand.
Sutton passes the guard and advances to mount!

Sutton is going olschool here, as he tries to force spartin to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so spartin shrugs it off.

Sutton looking to secure an arm triangle but spartin defends it well.
spartin is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sutton controlling the pace for now.

Sutton swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and spartin is now in Sutton's guard. A big mistake from Sutton there, giving up the dominant position!

Sutton looking for submissions from the bottom but instead spartin passes into half guard.
Sutton is looking to control spartin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sutton avoid being mounted?
Sutton tries to get to full guard but spartin has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Sutton is defending against the submission attempts here by spartin.
Sutton tries to get to full guard but spartin has control of the leg.
spartin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sutton on the ground.
Sutton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sutton tries a head kick but it misses.
john spartin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
spartin fails with the takedown

and Sutton counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

JJ Sutton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

spartin fails with the takedown
and Sutton counters with a head kick.
spartin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sutton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Sutton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. spartin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sutton.

Sutton is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sutton wants to pass to mount but spartin is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sutton wants to take a breather but spartin is having none of it.

Sutton is working for a kimura but spartin is defending it quite comfortably.
Sutton blocks the strikes from spartin.

Sutton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
spartin tries to kick Sutton off but Sutton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

spartin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sutton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with spartin, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
spartin wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for john spartin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sutton has hold of one of spartin's legs. spartin is fighting the takedown attempt but Sutton gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sutton won't allow spartin to get back to his feet.
spartin can't keep his opponent in guard - Sutton advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Sutton is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but spartin still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, spartin has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Sutton is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked spartin off and has taken his back!

Sutton looking for the choke from the back.

Sutton tightening his grip on spartin, looking for the choke.
Well, with Sutton on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before spartin is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

Sutton is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but spartin won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Sutton off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). JJ Sutton!