PFL 104 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Sparza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tito Sparza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Brown
vs
Sparza

210 cm
27
299 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

198 cm
26
295 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randel Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tito Sparza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brown misses with the combination.
Sparza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown misses with a straight left.
Sparza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown lands with a hook. Sparza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brown swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brown scores with a nice head shot.
Sparza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sparza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Sparza throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Sparza's head but Sparza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sparza throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Sparza takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sparza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown scores with a nice right hand.
Brown is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brown darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sparza.
Donk. Brown catches Sparza right on the button with a cross.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A left lands for Brown.
Brown is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sparza misses with a double jab.
Sparza misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Sparza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sparza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sparza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Randel Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sparza.
Sparza on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Sparza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sparza misses the shot to the body.
Sparza fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Sparza looks to land a combination but Brown avoids it well.
Brown throws a series of strikes that have Sparza backpedaling.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sparza throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Sparza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Sparza misses the target.
Sparza throws a series of strikes that have Brown backpedaling.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparza moves away.
Sparza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Sparza's head.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sparzas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brown is looking to score with low kicks.
Brown slips a straight right by Sparza.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown scores with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparza misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Brown finds it's way through Sparza's defenses.
Brown tries to land a leg kick but Sparza saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randel Brown dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sparza swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a one-two to the body.
Brown closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sparza throws a sloppy body shot
and Brown cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Sparza.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparza blocks a head kick by Brown.
Sparza with a poor takedown
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brown tests Sparza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Sparza.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown throws a right and a left that Sparza avoids nicely.
Brown cracks Sparza with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sparza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sparza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sparza.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sparza might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brown has got the better of the exchanges.
Sparza feints a jab promting Brown to slip. Sparza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Brown slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Brown throws a series of punches but Sparza moves out of range.
Brown takes a swing at Sparza's ribcage but misses.
Brown tries to bum rush Sparza with a series of wild strikes but Sparza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown connects with the punch.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Sparza moved out of range.
Sparza has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sparza misses with an uppercut
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Sparza 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sparza avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Some bone on bone action there as Sparza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sparza was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.

Sparza looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Brown!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sparza wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
Brown is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparza can do to turn this around?
Sparza punching from mount but Brown doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparza raining down shots from the mount!
Brown taking shots to the head.
Sparza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparza postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Brown badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sparza around the waist but Sparza pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sparza is the winner by TKO! Sparza jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Sparza!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
52%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Whitey Cline (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cline
vs
Guy

205 cm
26
260 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

212 cm
27
288 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Raw Edge Gear (R.E.G)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Whitey Cline!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Guy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cline gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Guy misses with an uppercut.
Guy with a hook.
Guy lands a body shot.
Guy lands with an overhand left.
Guy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cline looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cline closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Guy quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Cline is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Guy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Guy keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Cline is trying to control the action in half guard but Guy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cline wants to work for an arm triangle but Guy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Cline is working for a kimura but Guy is defending it quite comfortably.
Guy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cline. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Cline looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Cline is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cline is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Guy has managed to free his arm - good work.

Cline is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Cline is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Guy is just riding it out for now. Cline eventually gives up the hold.

Cline is looking for a kimura but Guy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cline to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cline is working for a kimura but Guy is defending it quite comfortably.
Cline wants to stand up but Guy is controlling the position.

Cline is working for a submission of some sort.

Cline is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cline is looking to take a break and control but Guy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Guy looks like he's trying to stand up.

Cline seems to be looking for submissions.

Cline is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Guy sees it coming and defends easily.

Cline is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Guy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cline.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cline trying to control from half guard but Guy is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whitey Cline 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.

Cline closes the distance and clinches up with Guy, looking for a takedown. Cline pushes Guy against the cage but Guy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cline shoots in looking for a takedown but Guy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cline's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cline on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guy connects with a body shot.
Guy scores with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Guy as he connects with a hook.
Cline throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Guy's waist but Guy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cline off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Whitey Cline. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cline moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A cross from Guy lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cline's head.
Guy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matt Guy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Guy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cline. Cline circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Guy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Guy does no damage.
Matt Guy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guy. Cline does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cline was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.
Cline shoots for a double leg takedown but Guy sprawls well. He's pushed Cline's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cline.
Guy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy thuds a left hand into Cline's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd cheers as Guy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cline doesn't seem phased though.

Cline is rocked!

It looks like Whitey Cline has been cut.
Cline leaves his chin hanging out and Guy seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Cline crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Guy!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
57%

Main event

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jo El (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Bologna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Bologna will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

El
vs
Bologna

200 cm
20
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

215 cm
27
295 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jo El!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Bologna!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bologna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bologna misses with a head kick.
Bologna attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

El feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
El lands a couple of elbows.
Bologna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
El cracks Bologna with a solid left hand.
El trying to control the position from guard on top but Bologna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bologna works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El wants to pass the guard but Bologna is keeping the position.
El won't allow Bologna to sweep him here.
El looking to pass the guard.
El with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
El with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bologna being controlled here, momentarily.
El postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bologna controls El momentarily but El frees himself.
El looking to sit in guard and control but Bologna gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as El holds on and takes a little breather.
El might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bologna postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El striking off his back but it's not causing Bologna any problems.
Bologna trying to control but El is working from the bottom.
El on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if El tries to get out of the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bologna trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bologna connects with a leg kick. El looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
El throws a series of punches but Bologna avoids them all with ease.
Bologna avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phil Bologna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bologna stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
El shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bologna as he avoids it easily.

El scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bologna stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Bologna is trying to get back to his feet.
El looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bologna is avoiding damage well.
El working the head with strikes.
El 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.
El in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
El remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
El scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
El trying to control the position but Bologna is working away.
Bologna is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Bologna managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by El.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El wants to control but Bologna is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
El lands an elbow.
El taking a break here but Bologna is having none of it and regains half guard.
El missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jo El dominated that round.
That's time! El's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A nice leg kick lands there from Bologna.

El scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
El seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
El is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
El seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bologna has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, El escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by El!
Bologna is looking for a sweep.
El wants to control but Bologna is keeping him busy.
Bologna on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bologna taking a bit of punishment here - El scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bologna on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bologna regains half guard there - taking advantage of El's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Bologna has hold of El's hands but El slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Bologna is rocked!
El is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
El can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bologna is looking to escape.
El lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Bologna! El sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Bologna and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jo El!
A victorious Jo El thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.