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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grande has chosen I Drove All Night as his entrance music. Jacques Grande has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Grande!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparks scores with a sloppy right hand. Grande should have avoided that one.
Sparks misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sparks wants to clinch.
Grande uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sparks.
Grande throws a right hand that Sparks ducks under and follows up with a left that Sparks also avoids with ease.
Grande has closed the distance and engaged Sparks in a clinch.
Sparks breaks the clinch.
Sparks shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grande as he jumps to the side.
Grande blocks a head kick by Sparks.
Grande instigates a clinch.
Grande misses with a punch on the inside.
Grande lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sparks backwards.
Grande is pressed up against the cage. Sparks has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grande down to the mat. Grande avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparks looks for a takedown but Grande sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Sparks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grande circles away from the clinch attempt
and Grande counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sparks thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Tommy Sparks has been cut.
Grande misses with a few strikes there.
Sparks lands a head kick. Grande smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Grande swings for the body but Sparks moves out of range.
Sparks fails with the takedown
and Grande counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grande slips a straight right by Sparks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sparks fails with the takedown
and Grande counters with a two punch combo.
Grande moves out of range of the leg kick from Sparks.
Grande shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sparks eats them both and turns towards Grande to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sparks dodges the punch combination from Grande.
Grande lands with a cross.
Sparks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grande looks to land a left hand but Sparks moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sparks swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.
Jacques Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sparks throws a leg kick but Grande sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sparks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grande just misses with a punch to the body.
Sparks misses with a straight right.
Sparks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sparks fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Grande to the ground. Sparks is now in Grande's guard.
Grande not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sparks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sparks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sparks missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sparks throws and elbow that misses. Grande uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparks's guard. Nice move by Grande!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grande controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sparks wants to stand but Grande is controlling the position.
Sparks is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grande is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jacques Grande was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Grande slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is looking to chop away at Grande's legs.
Grande lands a jab to the nose.
Grande misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sparks ducks right into an uppercut from Grande.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grande keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Sparks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sparks tries to close the distance and clinch but Grande swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sparks throws a hook to the side of Grande's head but Grande sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grande moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grande scores with the left hand. Sparks knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparks throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grande looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparks is just out of range.
Sparks tries to clinch there but Grande circles away.
Sparks misses with a hook.
Sparks swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jacques Grande will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tommy Sparks's cut.
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.
Grande throws a right hand that Sparks ducks under and follows up with a left that Sparks also avoids with ease.
Grande throws a push kick but Sparks slaps the foot to one side.
Sparks takes a swing at Grande's ribcage but misses.
Sparks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sparks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sparks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grande paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Grande, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grande throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sparks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sparks slips a jab and a cross from Grande.
A left and a right from Grande both land. Nice combination.
Horrible takedown by Sparks or perhaps it was just good defense by Grande which made him look bad.
Sparks fails with the takedown.
Nice shot by Grande.
Grande lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Grande.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sparks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grande.
Sparks lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grande takes a step back to recover.
Grande is breathing heavily.
Sparks throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sparks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grande moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sparks throws out a loose jab but Grande uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grande displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sparks throws out the jab.
Sparks cracks the inside of Grande's front leg.
Sparks shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Sparks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sparks shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grande but Grande pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sparks looks for the body kick but Grande saw that one coming.
Grande gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sparks is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Grande is defending well.
Sparks drops down looking for an ankle pick but Grande pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sparks scores with a jab.
Grande scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grande fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grande throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sparks.
Jacques Grande seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Decent striking displayed by Sparks there.
Sparks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grande rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sparks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sparks tries to close the distance and clinch but Grande swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grande just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick by Sparks misses
and Grande counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sparks misses with a takedown attempt
and Grande counters with a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Grande.
Grande keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grande moves into the clinch.
Grande manages to break the clinch.
Jacques Grande is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sparks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sparks tries to score a body lock takedown but Grande shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grande softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Grande.
Sparks tries to circle away but Grande has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande looking for submissions off his back.
Sparks 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.
Grande keeping control of the position.
Sparks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sparks is looking for submissions but instead, Grande has regained full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grande wriggles free and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jacques Grande will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tommy Sparks's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sparks lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Sparks finds it's way through Grande's defenses.
Sparks loads up on a big right hand but Grande slips the punch.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sparks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sparks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grande throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sparks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grande avoids the head kick by Sparks.
Grande wants to clinch.
Grande slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sparks lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Grande darts in and clinches Sparks up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparks is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sparks jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grande walks away with a smile on his face. Sparks gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks pivots, looking for a leg kick but Grande is out of range and Sparks settles back down.
Grande lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grande lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grande.
Grande breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sparks ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sparks no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Grande controlling from the top position.
Grande stopping the sweep attempt from Sparks.
Sparks is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande is concentrating on defense, preventing Sparks from advancing position.
Sparks is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grande slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sparks stopping the sweep attempt from Grande.
Sparks postures up in Grande's guard and throws a big left but Grande blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks throws and elbow that misses. Grande uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparks's guard. Nice move by Grande!
Grande is looking to work some ground and pound but Sparks has wrist control.
Grande slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jacques Grande is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sparks looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grande is one step ahead there.
Grande postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tommy Sparks overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tommy Sparks.
Sparks tries to move into range but Grande moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Grande misses with a series of wild punches.
Sparks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparks on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Grande throws a body punch but Sparks moves out of range.
Tommy Sparks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sparks avoids the head kick by Grande.
Sparks tries to land a leg kick but Grande saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jacques Grande.
I've got Grande winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Grande!
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