PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Egardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparks has chosen Sparks as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!On his way into the cage it seems that Fernando Egardo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Fernando Egardo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Egardo
vs
Sparks

168 cm
19
154 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

179 cm
28
165 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fernando Egardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricky Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparks takes one to the side of the head.
Egardo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Egardo throws a body punch but Sparks moves out of range.
Sparks dodges the punch combination from Egardo.
Egardo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sparks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sparks slips a jab and a cross from Egardo.
A telegraphed right hand from Egardo misses the target.
Egardo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sparks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Egardo!

It looks like Ricky Sparks has been cut.
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!
Sparks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Egardo.
Egardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Egardo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Egardo.
Egardo lands with a good body shot.
Sparks walks into a stiff left hand from Egardo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egardo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sparks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Egardo.
A punch combination from Egardo misses.
Sparks misses with a hook.
Sparks throws a right and a left that Egardo avoids nicely.
Egardo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Egardo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sparks avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Egardo. Those never looked like landing.
Egardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sparks circles away quickly and effectively.
Sparks tries to clinch but Egardo is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Egardo. Sparks does a little dance to reset his feet.
Egardo misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egardo lands an overhand right.
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!

Sparks scores a takedown into full mount!
Sparks lands a heavy elbow.
Sparks unloads with some shots from mount but Egardo bucks and avoids them well.
Sparks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sparks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sparks tries to control but Egardo wriggling away.
Sparks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sparks trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egardo avoids a strike by Sparks and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Sparks's guard! Fantastic escape!

Sparks is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Egardo frees his head nicely. Oh but Sparks has switched to an armbar! Egardo is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ricky Sparks!
Ricky 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.