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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elton Sparks (ranked 1345 p4p, 1314 weight class) and Lane Hedley (ranked 66 p4p, 63 weight class). Lane Hedley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elton Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Hedley!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Hedley.
Sparks lands a nice hook to Hedley's body. Hedley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Sparks misses.
Sparks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hedley. Hedley obviously looking to wear him down.
Hedley slips under a jab.
Sparks misses with an uppercut
and Hedley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sparks throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hedley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sparks scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hedley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hedley lands an uppercut.
Sparks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sparks lands a hook that snaps the head of Hedley backwards.
Hedley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sparks's elbow.
Hedley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hedley up against the cage.
I was talking to Sparks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hedley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sparks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hedley is struggling to control the position.
Hedley misses with a punch on the inside.
Sparks misses with a knee strike.
Hedley throws a head punch that misses.
Sparks throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hedley as Sparks tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sparks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sparks misses with a knee to the head.
Hedley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hedley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sparks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hedley misses with a punch to the body.
Hedley tries to work over Sparks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hedley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hedley blocks an uppercut.
Sparks tries to work over Hedley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparks is trying to stall.
Hedley blocking some punches.
Sparks avoids a wild elbow strike from Hedley.
Sparks throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hedleys head.
Hedley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sparks blocking some punches.
Hedley tries a body shot but Sparks blocks it.
Sparks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sparks misses with a punch to the body.
Hedley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Sparks.
Hedley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sparks.
Sparks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hedley backwards.
Sparks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hedley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sparks backwards.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Sparks lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hedley backwards.
Sparks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hedley up against the cage.
Hedley scores with a shoulder strike.
Sparks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sparks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hedley is struggling to control the position.
Hedley lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sparks.
Hedley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sparks is trying to break the clinch but Hedley is controlling him.
Hedley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sparks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hedley up against the cage.
Hedley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hedley misses with a body punch.
A short right from Sparks.
Sparks prevents a body shot from Hedley.
Hedley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hedley.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sparks scores with a shoulder strike.
Hedley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hedley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hedley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hedley throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hedley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sparks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sparks misses with a punch on the inside.
Sparks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparks misses with an elbow strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hedley misses with some punches.
Sparks missing with knees to the body.
Sparks is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hedley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hedley fails to land.
Sparks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hedley backwards.
Hedley tries a body shot but Sparks blocks it.
Hedley lands with a short shot to the head.
Sparks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sparks.
Hedley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sparks's elbow.
Hedley struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparks controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hedley.
Hedley swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hedley misses with the head strike.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hedley throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Hedley.
Hedley tries to work over Sparks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hedley has a couple of punches blocked by Sparks.
Hedley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hedley scores with a shot to the side of Sparks's head.
Hedley throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee calls for Sparks to work.
Knees to the body from Sparks.
Sparks misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparks.
Hedley throws a punch but it's blocked by Sparks.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is looking to control Hedley's arms but Hedley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sparks has his back to the cage.
Sparks throws an elbow but it misses.
Hedley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hedley misses with some punches.
Sparks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sparks misses with some punches.
Hedley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparks is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hedley is keeping busy.
Sparks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hedley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hedley struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparks controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sparks.
Sparks working aggressively here.
Sparks avoids the elbow strike from Hedley, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Elton Sparks will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sparks scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hedley misses with a hook to the body
and Sparks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sparks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sparks avoids a kick to the body.
Sparks looks to land a right hand but Hedley moved out of range.
Hedley throws a looping overhand right but Sparks ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Sparks. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hedley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sparks.
Hedley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hedley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Sparks misses the target.
Hedley throws a lazy uppercut
and Hedley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks steps in with a hook that catches Hedley right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sparks follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hedley looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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