PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Vallely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boing Sparbot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vallely comes to the cage accompanied by CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Sparbot has chosen Boeing 777 as his entrance music. Boing Sparbot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vallely
vs
Sparbot

184 cm
28
190 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

190 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Vallely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Boing Sparbot!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vallely slips under a jab.
Vallely lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sparbot lands with a left to the head.

Vallely has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Sparbot clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Vallely is trying to stick to Sparbot's back but Sparbot is turning into Vallely. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Vallely's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sparbot.
Vallely looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sparbot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vallely is keeping the position for now.
Sparbot throws an elbow that misses. Vallely uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparbot's guard. Nice move by Vallely!
Sparbot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vallely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparbot looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vallely is one step ahead there.
Vallely is in close to Sparbot's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sparbot 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.
Vallely is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vallely loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vallely makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vallely won't allow Sparbot to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vallely is fighting to break Sparbot's control of his arms but Sparbot is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Vallely stopping the sweep attempt from Sparbot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallely postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sparbot has Vallely pulled in close to control his posture.
Vallely working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vallely throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Vallely postures up in Sparbot's guard and throws a big left but Sparbot blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sparbot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vallely trying to control but Sparbot is working from the bottom.
Sparbot working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vallely.
Vallely looking to pass the guard.
Sparbot tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vallely slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sparbot throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Vallely trying to control but Sparbot is working from the bottom.
Vallely landing with the ground and pound.
Vallely trying to control the position from guard on top but Sparbot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vallely prevents Sparbot from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vallely trying to control but Sparbot is working from the bottom.
Sparbot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vallely trying to control but Sparbot is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Vallely.
Vallely misses with a lunging right hand
and Sparbot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vallely jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Sparbot gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vallely blocks an uppercut.
Vallely changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sparbot fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sparbot tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vallely swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparbot throws a shot from downtown. Vallely moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Vallely dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vallely shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sparbot as he jumps to the side.
Vallely throws the left hand but Sparbot avoids the punch easily.
Sparbot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vallely throws out the jab.
Sparbot defending well as Vallely loads up on a big left hand.
Vallely lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vallely throws a leg kick which misses Sparbot's front leg but catches the back leg as Sparbot tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparbot. Vallely does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vallely with a nice cross.
Vallely tests Sparbot's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Sparbot darts in and clinches Vallely up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sparbot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparbot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparbot blocking some punches.
Vallely slows down the pace here.
Sparbot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vallely avoiding damage.
Sparbot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vallely's efforts to push away.
Sparbot misses with a punch on the inside.
Sparbot swings wildly with an uppercut but Vallely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparbot tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vallely can't get the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparbot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vallely is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sparbot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Vallely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sparbot digs a right hand into Vallely's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vallely's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Sparbot.
Sparbot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparbot tries to throw a body punch but Vallely avoids it by throwing Sparbot back against the cage.
Sparbot tries to throw a body punch but Vallely avoids it by throwing Sparbot back against the cage.
Vallely misses with an elbow strike.
Sparbot can't find room to land a body shot as Vallely controls the action.
Vallely wants to take the fight to the mat but Sparbot manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vallely takes a shot to the head.
Vallely is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sparbot is defending well.
Vallely tries to work over Sparbot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparbot struggles to land a body shot inside as Vallely controls his hands.
Sparbot blocks an uppercut.
Vallely tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallely misses with a punch on the inside.
Sparbot lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vallely backwards.
Vallely blocks a body shot from Sparbot.
Sparbot lands with a left to the head.
Sparbot tries a body shot but Vallely blocks it.
Sparbot is pressed up against the cage. Vallely has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sparbot down to the mat. Sparbot avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Vallely or perhaps it was just good defense by Sparbot which made him look bad.
Vallely moves away from the strike by Sparbot.
Sparbot scores with a jab to the head.
A leg kick checked by Vallely.
Vallely slips a straight right by Sparbot.
Sparbot misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparbot misses with an uppercut.
Sparbot misses with an uppercut. Vallely saw that one coming.
Sparbot tries to clinch there but Vallely circles away.
Nice defenses there by Vallely.
A big left from Vallely misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sparbot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vallely has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vallely and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sparbot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparbot just misses with a punch to the body.
Sparbot fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparbot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vallely looks to land a right hand but Sparbot moved out of range.
Vallely tries for a takedown but Sparbot sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boing Sparbot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Vallely uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sparbot.
Sparbot checks a leg kick.
Sparbot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vallely moves away.
Sparbot moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sparbot moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vallely moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boing Sparbot seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Vallely throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sparbot was covering up waiting for the punch and Vallely finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Vallely controlling from the top position.
Sparbot manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vallely manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparbot advances to half guard.
Sparbot wants to advance to full mount but Vallely doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Mike Vallely overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sparbot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vallely is keeping the position for now.
Sparbot wants to control from the top but Vallely keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparbot throws a big elbow that misses.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Boing Sparbot hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sparbot tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vallely manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vallely shoots in for a takedown but Sparbot shows good takedown defense.
Nice defenses there by Sparbot.

Sparbot gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallely keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sparbot's efforts to push away.
Sparbot misses with a punch to the body.
Sparbot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sparbot tries to work over Vallely's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vallely looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hand to the body from Sparbot.
Vallely stalling against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Sparbot.
Sparbot can't find room to land a body shot as Vallely controls the action.
A short right from Sparbot.
Vallely is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sparbot is keeping busy.
Sparbot scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparbot lands a right hand.
Vallely stalling in the clinch but Sparbot improves position.
Sparbot keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vallely's efforts to push away.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sparbot.
Sparbot goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sparbot lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vallely blocks a body shot from Sparbot.
Sparbot misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparbot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vallely's elbow.

Vallely pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sparbot on the wrong end of a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boing Sparbot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sparbot has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boing Sparbot!
Boing Sparbot made sure to mention his sponsor, [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « NAF↑ TRIPLE 160Q ® in his post fight interview.