PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Brinkley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Sparks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sparks
vs
Brinkley

185 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
178 lbs
5 - 12 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jesse Brinkley!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brinkley throws a right hand that Sparks ducks under and follows up with a left that Sparks also avoids with ease.
Brinkley misses the body punch
and Sparks counters with a nice leg kick.
Sparks works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Jesse Brinkley has been cut.

Brinkley gets tackled into the cage by Sparks. Sparks maintains the clinch.
Sparks can't get the takedown.

Sparks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Brinkley moves into the clinch successfully.

Sparks decides to pull guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sparks is adopting a defensive guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparks lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Brinkley!
Brinkley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sparks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brinkley is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Sparks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sparks has control of Brinkley's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Brinkley regains control of the situation pretty easily.
BOOM! Sparks connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sparks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

The cut above Jesse Brinkley's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sparks lands with some strikes.

Brinkley is rocked!

Jesse Brinkley's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jesse Brinkley's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tommy Sparks!