Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Palmer (ranked 3828 p4p, 3459 weight class) and Lamont Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Palmer
vs
Sparks

183 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
170
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rufus Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lamont Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparks is just out of range.
Sparks throws an off balance right hand
and Sparks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sparks tries for a takedown but Palmer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Palmer misses with a straight right.
Palmer takes a swing at Sparks's ribcage but misses.
Sparks feints the counter takedown.
Palmer misses with a wild body shot.

Sparks gets the takedown into side control.
Sparks in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Sparks works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sparks working away.
Sparks working the head with strikes.
Palmer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Palmer is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sparks scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sparks content to control rather than advance.
Sparks is nestled in close to Palmer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer trying to control but Sparks postures up.
Sparks takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sparks is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sparks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Palmer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sparks not doing much here.
Sparks winds up and cracks Palmer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sparks slows the pace down in half guard.
Sparks scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks slows the pace down in half guard.
Sparks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sparks is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sparks lands a nice short elbow.
Palmer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sparks is controlling the pace.
Sparks working over Palmer with some ground and pound. Palmer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Palmer tries to roll over but Sparks keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Sparks seems content to control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sparks's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Palmer is trying to control but can't.
Sparks with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sparks slips a nice elbow through Palmer's hands, connecting with Palmer's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sparks lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sparks controlling the action here.
It looks like Sparks might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Sparks winds up and cracks Palmer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sparks drops an elbow to the side of Palmer's head.
Palmer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sparks is working away from the top position though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sparks in particular looking to stall.
Palmer is trying to control but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sparks working over Palmer with some ground and pound. Palmer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sparks is thwarting Palmer's attempts to control the position.
Sparks performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sparks looking to score a takedown here. Palmer is defending well but Sparks drives through and ends up in Palmer's guard.
Palmer has momentary wrist control but Sparks slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sparks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sparks makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Palmer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sparks controls the pace.
Lamont Sparks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sparks lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sparks works over Palmer with some ground and pound from guard.

Palmer is rocked!
Sparks passes Palmer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sparks looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Palmer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Palmer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sparks is thwarting Palmer's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sparks in particular looking to stall.
Sparks lands with a punch from half guard.
Sparks is nestled in close to Palmer, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sparks seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sparks is taking a breather. Palmer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sparks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ground and pound from Sparks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Let's hope that Sparks has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Palmer trying to control from the bottom.
Sparks stalling.
Sparks lands with a punch from half guard.
Sparks slows the pace down in half guard.
Sparks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sparks in particular looking to stall.
Palmer is looking to control Sparks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Palmer avoid being mounted?
Still in half guard, Sparks seems content to control.
Sparks is continuing to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Palmer is hurt! He's hurt bad - Sparks fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Palmer from any more punishment! Congratulations to Sparks! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lamont Sparks!