PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iku Roe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bubba sparx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roe
vs
sparx

188 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iku Roe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bubba sparx!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

sparx gets a clinch.
Roe fails to pull guard.
sparx prevents the takedown attempt.
Roe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. sparx is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iku Roe. That's going to take a lot out of him.

sparx decides to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
sparx avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
sparx preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roe throws a big right hand that misses.
Roe passes sparx's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Roe is trying to work for a kimura but sparx is defending well.
Roe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Roe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
sparx trying to control here.

Roe is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Roe works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
sparx tries to hold on but Roe postures up.
sparx flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
sparx is looking to improve his position but Roe isn't that keen on the idea.
Roe unloading with bombs!
Roe is in the full mount, landing strikes.
sparx tries to hold on but Roe postures up.
Roe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
sparx is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Roe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Roe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Roe 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
sparx is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roe looking to control and managing it successfully.
Roe cracks sparx with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Roe takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Roe raining down shots from the mount!
Roe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roe trying to control but sparx is having none of it.
Roe is landing with some decent strikes but sparx is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
sparx has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Roe's lack of action.
Roe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Roe is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for sparx!
Roe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can sparx hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Roe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

sparx is rocked!
Roe postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked sparx badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Roe around the waist but Roe pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Roe is the winner by TKO! Roe jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iku Roe!