PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patrick River (ranked 469 p4p, 672 weight class) and Jack Spratt (ranked 70 p4p, 103 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Spratt has chosen Havana as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

River
vs
Spratt

188 cm
26
186
10 - 4 - 0

189 cm
27
195
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Conviction

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Spratt!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spratt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spratt moves out of range of the body kick from River.
Spratt scores with a jab. River acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Patrick River has been cut.
Spratt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. River looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Spratt looks to land a right hand but River moved out of range.
River on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spratt moves forwards but River connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jack Spratt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River with a nice calf kick.
Spratt digs a good hook to River's body.
Spratt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spratt manages to avoid it.
Spratt misses with a two punch combination.
Spratt misses with a wild body shot.
River misses the jab.
River throws out a loose jab but Spratt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spratt throws a series of punches but River moves out of range.
River half committed to a counter leg kick.
Spratt throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spratt clinches up against the cage.
River tries a body shot but Spratt blocks it.
River is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Spratt is defending well.
A short uppercut from Spratt.
Spratt misses with a punch to the body.
Spratt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spratt swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spratt misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Spratt fails to land.
River lands with a right to the head.
Spratt working aggressively here.
Spratt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spratt swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
River blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spratt.
River tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spratt's elbow.
Spratt working aggressively here.
River misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for River to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spratt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Spratt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
River struggles to land a body shot inside as Spratt controls his hands.
River can't find room to land a body shot as Spratt controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from River.
River misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Spratt as the two fighters clinch.
Spratt swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spratt throws a punch but it's blocked by River.
Spratt lands a shoulder strike.
Spratt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with River's elbow.

River gets control of Spratt's arms and successfully pulls guard. River will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
River is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

River working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Spratt's thigh. Spratt counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
River controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Spratt keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
River looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
River working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
River trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've been hearing that River has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Spratt is trying to keep River in close.
River forces his way into half guard.
River throws a strike but Spratt avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Spratt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick River's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

River shoots in but Spratt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
River connects with an inside leg kick.
Spratt takes a swing at River's ribcage but misses.
River scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Jack Spratt has been cut.
Spratt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Spratt gets a clinch.
River misses with a punch on the inside.
River looking for a takedown.
Spratt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by River.
A head punch on the inside from Spratt fails to land.
River struggles to land a body shot inside as Spratt controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River lands with a right to the head.
River can't find room to land a body shot as Spratt controls the action.
Spratt scores with a shoulder strike.
Spratt blocks a body shot from River.
River throws a head punch that misses.
River is trying to stall.

River has picked Spratt up - he's going for a ride! River dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Spratt pushes River off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spratt connects with a nice looking jab.
Spratt is looking to clinch.
Spratt scores with a one two! River had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Spratt lands a left and a right that send River crashing to the mat, dazed. Spratt thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

River is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River walks straight into a right hand from Spratt - that's dropped him! Spratt jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save River from any more punishment! River complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jack Spratt!
Jack Spratt took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.