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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Vilasboas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco Sparks has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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161 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Francisco Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Vilasboas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vilasboas moves into the clinch.
Vilasboas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vilasboas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sparks jumps guard but Vilasboas stands there with Sparks around his waist. Sparks gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Vilasboas misses with a punch on the inside.
Vilasboas misses with some punches.
Sparks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vilasboas wants to clinch up but Sparks keeps it at a distance.
Sparks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sparks shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vilasboas pinned against the cage. Vilasboas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vilasboas rushes Sparks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vilasboas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vilasboas scores with a shot to the side of Sparks's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilasboas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vilasboas lands a right hand.
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 Vilasboas walks away with a smile on his face. Sparks gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Sparks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vilasboas clinches with his opponent.
Vilasboas misses with a punch on the inside.
Vilasboas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vilasboas has a couple of punches blocked by Sparks.
Vilasboas scores with a shot to the side of Sparks's head.
Vilasboas tries to break free but Sparks pushes him back against the cage.
Vilasboas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sparks is rocked!
Vilasboas throws a punch but it's blocked by Sparks.
Oh Sparks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vilasboas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vilasboas misses with the head strike.
Vilasboas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vilasboas has a couple of punches blocked by Sparks.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Sparks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vilasboas's efforts to push away.
Vilasboas swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparks keeps control of Vilasboas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sparks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparks.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Vilasboas wants to break free but Sparks has control.
Vilasboas working aggressively here.
Vilasboas tries to break the clinch but Sparks is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vilasboas.
Vilasboas misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparks.
Vilasboas has a couple of punches blocked by Sparks.
Vilasboas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Vilasboas fails to land.
Sparks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparks seems to have got his legs back now.
Sparks breaks from the clinch.
Vilasboas pushes Sparks up against the cage in a clinch.
Sparks tries to break the clinch but Vilasboas is controlling the position.
Sparks trying to control the position but instead, Vilasboas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sparks into the cage.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Sparks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vilasboas looks to clinch
and Sparks counters with a head kick. That will keep Vilasboas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Vilasboas tries to clinch but Sparks moves out of range.
Sparks quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sparks looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Vilasboas manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Vilasboas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sparks backwards.
Vilasboas misses with some punches.
Sparks takes a shot to the head.
Sparks is trying to pull guard but Vilasboas has him pressed against the cage.
Vilasboas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vilasboas is looking to break free of the clinch but Sparks has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vilasboas.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Vilasboas working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks blocks an uppercut.
Sparks is trying to pull guard but Vilasboas has him pressed against the cage.
Sparks tries to pull guard but Vilasboas forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vilasboas misses with some punches.
Vilasboas misses with the head strike.
Sparks jumps guard and drags Vilasboas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sparks is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vilasboas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sparks is proving hard to escape from.
This has been an exciting period of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Vilasboas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vilasboas rushes Sparks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Vilasboas throws a head punch that misses.
Sparks fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparks.
Still in the clinch, Vilasboas scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vilasboas.
Vilasboas swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparks uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vilasboas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sparks backwards.
Sparks fails to pull guard.
Vilasboas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilasboas misses with some punches.
Vilasboas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sparkss head.
Sparks is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vilasboas to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Sparks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vilasboas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vilasboas throws a punch but it's blocked by Sparks.
Vilasboas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vilasboas is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sparks blocking some punches.
Vilasboas lands with a light punch inside.
Sparks blocking some punches.
Vilasboas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vilasboas misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Vilasboas fails to land.
Vilasboas creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sparks with a big uppercut! Sparks tries to clinch up but Vilasboas pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sparks to the mat! Sparks covers up and Vilasboas unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paulo Vilasboas!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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