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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Greyson (ranked 2068 p4p, 2198 weight class) and Elton Sparks (ranked 232 p4p, 241 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mickey Greyson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elton Sparks! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Greyson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sparks counters with a nice uppercut.
Sparks moves into the clinch. Sparks lands a left hand.
Sparks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sparks breaks from the clinch.
Sparks misses with a hook. Greyson ducked under it nicely. Sparks pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Greyson is looking to counter punch. Greyson takes one on the button.
 It looks like Mickey Greyson has been cut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sparks darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Greyson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
 Greyson is rocked! Greyson slips a straight right by Sparks.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Greyson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. A leg kick checked by Greyson.
Greyson clinches up with Sparks and pushes him back against the cage. Greyson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A short right hand to the side of the head by Greyson. Greyson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sparks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Greyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greyson lands a right hand.
Sparks breaks the clinch.
Greyson has taken the fight to the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Greyson.
Greyson struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparks controls his hands.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Sparks misses with a short punch on the inside. Greyson tries a body shot but Sparks blocks it.
Sparks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Greyson leaning his opponent against the cage. Sparks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Greyson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sparks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Greyson.
Sparks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Greyson is defending well for now. Greyson lands with a right to the head. Greyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it. Greyson misses with a punch on the inside.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Greyson lands with a light punch inside. Greyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it. Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Greyson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sparkss head. Sparks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
 Mickey Greyson's cut is getting worse. Nice body punch from Sparks - that landed with a thud.
Greyson takes a shot to the head. Sparks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Greyson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Greyson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sparks misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Sparks.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Sparks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Greyson takes an elbow to the temple. Sparks is trying to force a seperation but Greyson has the dominant position. Sparks scores with a nice hook to the head. A knee to the head by Sparks.
 Mickey Greyson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Greyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sparks. Greyson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sparks lands a right hand. A head punch on the inside from Sparks fails to land. Greyson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Greyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Greyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it. Greyson misses with the head strike.
 That's five minutes gone in the round. Greyson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sparks up against the cage. Sparks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Greyson is stalling here.
Sparks looking to throw knees to the head but Greyson is blocking nicely.
Greyson misses with some punches.
Greyson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sparks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Sparks misses with the head strike.
Sparks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Greyson backwards. Greyson working aggressively here.
Greyson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Sparks misses with a knee strike.
 That's six minutes gone in the round. Sparks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Greyson's elbow. A head punch on the inside from Sparks fails to land. I was talking to Greyson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Greyson working aggressively here.
Sparks tries a knee to the head but Greyson blocks it.
Sparks connects with a knee to the head.
 Jeez, Mickey Greyson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Greyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparks tries to land a knee to the head but Greyson blocks with his arms.
Sparks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparks tries a knee to the head but Greyson blocks it.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Greyson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action! Sparks trying to control the position but instead, Greyson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sparks into the cage. Greyson throws a head punch that misses.
 That's seven minutes gone in the round. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Greyson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Greyson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sparks missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Sparks.
A short uppercut from Sparks. Sparks blocking some punches.
Sparks scores with a knee to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mickey Greyson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Elton Sparks! Elton Sparks decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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