PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Sparr (ranked 435 p4p, 1329 weight class) and Jimmy Clubber (ranked 56 p4p, 161 weight class). Sparr comes to the cage accompanied by OH NO!. Jimmy Clubber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sparr
vs
Clubber

200 cm
36
265
22 - 10 - 0

196 cm
24
290
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
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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 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Sparr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Clubber!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Clubber throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sparr feinted with a counter takedown.
Sparr sizes up Clubber with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clubber has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Clubber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Clubber takes a swing at Sparr's ribcage but misses.
Sparr appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Clubber lands a jab to the head.
Clubber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sparr scores with a nice head shot.
Clubber moves forwards but Sparr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice body punch from Sparr.

Sparr looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparr winds up and cracks Clubber with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Clubber pushes Sparr off and gets back to his feet.
Clubber slips a straight right by Sparr.
Clubber looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparr is just out of range.
Clubber lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sparr circles away quickly and effectively.
Sparr scores with a punch to the head.
Clubber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparr moves away.
Sparr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sparr blocks a head kick by Clubber.
Clubber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Sparr looking to score a takedown here. Clubber is defending well but Sparr drives through and ends up in Clubber's guard.
Sparr working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clubber looking for a sweep. Not yet Clubber, not yet.
Clubber is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Clubber works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Clubber wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Clubber looking to control.
Sparr postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clubber keeping moving, preventing Sparr from controlling successfully.
Clubber trying to control the position.
Sparr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clubber utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Clubber is pulling down on Sparr's head. It's preventing any offense from Sparr, at least for the moment.
Sparr wants to pass the guard but Clubber is keeping the position.
Sparr 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.
Sparr trying to control but Clubber is working from the bottom.
Clubber is pulling down on Sparr's head. It's preventing any offense from Sparr, at least for the moment.
Sparr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Clubber's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clubber seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sparr throwing strikes from guard but Clubber blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Clubber utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sparr looking to pass the guard.
Sparr wants to control from the top but Clubber keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Clubber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sparr stopping the sweep attempt from Clubber.
Clubber is pulling down on Sparr's head to control his posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sparr dives in and grabs Clubber's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clubber pushes down on Sparr's head and hops out.
Clubber throws a right and a left that Sparr avoids nicely.
Clubber missing with a left hand there. Sparr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sparr attempts a counter takedown but Clubber avoids it well and moves away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Clubber misses with a wild combination.
Clubber tries to work over Sparr's front leg with a kick but Sparr checks it.
Sparr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clubber misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheers as Sparr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Clubber doesn't seem phased though.
Sparr misses with a shot to the body
and Sparr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clubber misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Sparr was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Clubber.
Clubber misses with a few strikes there.
Sparr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sparr ducks under a wild hook from Clubber.
Sparr appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparr. Clubber does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clubber is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sparr with a body shot.
Clubber slips a jab from Sparr.
Clubber looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Sparr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sparr throws a hook but Clubber blocks it.
Clubber throws a jab but it's blocked by Sparr.
Some wild striking there from Clubber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparr misses with a straight right.
Clubber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice cross by Clubber.
Clubber swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Clubber.

Sparr is rocked!
Clubber takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Clubber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jimmy Clubber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparr lands a jab to Clubber's midsection.
Clubber throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparr lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Sparr misses its intended target.
Clubber fails to land with a series of punches.
Jimmy Clubber is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clubber connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Sparr! He's out on his feet! Clubber rushes in and drops Sparr with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jimmy Clubber!
Jimmy Clubber gave a mention to Honest Apparel ($30 SPECIAL ALL T-Shirts!) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).