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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Jaeger (ranked 2586 p4p, 1859 weight class) and Roger Sparr (ranked 327 p4p, 261 weight class). Frank Jaeger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Jaeger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roger Sparr!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaeger pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sparr clinches with his opponent.
Sparr pulls guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sparr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sparr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparr trying to control but Jaeger is working from the bottom.
Sparr stopping the sweep attempt from Jaeger.
Sparr postures up.
Jaeger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparr passes into half guard.
Jaeger trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparr trying to control from half guard but Jaeger is working away.
Jaeger wants to control but Sparr is keeping busy.
Sparr works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jaeger is squirming around, avoiding Sparr's attempts to control the action.
Jaeger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sparr cracks Jaeger with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sparr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jaeger's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr landing strikes from the mount and Jaeger is in trouble!
Sparr landing strikes from the mount and Jaeger is in trouble!
Jaeger could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sparr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparr punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sparr unloading with bombs!
Sparr is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Jaeger has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Jaeger!
Jaeger stopping the sweep attempt from Sparr.
Sparr pulls Jaeger in close to prevent any damage.
Sparr keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jaeger trying to control but Sparr is working from the bottom.
Sparr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sparr keeping full guard, as Jaeger tries to pass.
Sparr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jaeger trying to control the position from guard on top but Sparr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sparr looking for a guillotine here but Jaeger defends easily.
That's four 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.
Sparr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sparr keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
Sparr looking for a guillotine here but Jaeger defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sparr keeping moving, preventing Jaeger from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Sparr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jaeger misses with a body kick.
Sparr cracks Jaeger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sparr has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jaeger tries to land a body kick
and Sparr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sparr decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sparr is trying to control the action in half guard but Jaeger is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jaeger wants to control but Sparr is keeping busy.
Jaeger tries to get to full guard but Sparr has control of the leg.
Jaeger is refusing to be controlled, as Sparr sits in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jaeger tries to get to full guard but Sparr has control of the leg.
Sparr passes to side control.
Sparr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparr tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jaeger is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sparr lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jaeger is trying to get back to half guard.
Jaeger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sparr on the ground.
Sparr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sparr is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jaeger's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr lands a few punches from side control.
Jaeger prevents Sparr from improving position.
Sparr wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jaeger, who protects the arm well.
Jaeger tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jaeger stops Sparr from passing to mount.
Sparr lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jaeger down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaeger looks to move to half guard but instead Sparr has passed into mount! Damn!
BOOM! Sparr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sparr landing shots from mount.
Jaeger is working to get back to half guard.
Sparr working Jaeger over with strikes here.
Sparr lands a big shot there that rocks Jaeger but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sparr scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sparr controlling from mount.
Sparr landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparr scoring with strikes but Jaeger is staying in there.
Sparr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jaeger can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jaeger is rocked!
Sparr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sparr postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Jaeger out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sparr goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roger Sparr!
An out of breath Roger Sparr thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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