PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragna Kisaragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diziz Sparta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparta has chosen Just like you imagined - 300 theme as his entrance music. Ragna Kisaragi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kisaragi
vs
Sparta

182 cm
24
218 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
220 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ragna Kisaragi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diziz Sparta!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Kisaragi.
Sparta shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kisaragi as he avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Sparta misses.
Kisaragi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sparta closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kisaragi circles away.

Kisaragi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sparta sprawls well initially but Kisaragi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kisaragi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sparta tries to get to full guard but Kisaragi has control of the leg.
Kisaragi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kisaragi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sparta's head.
Kisaragi could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sparta connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Sparta is trying to get back to full guard.
Sparta is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Kisaragi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparta gets back to full guard.
Kisaragi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kisaragi tries to free his leg and advance position but Sparta is retaining full guard.

Sparta had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Kisaragi is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Sparta Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Kisaragi's back instead.
Sparta lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sparta.
Sparta is landing with strikes from the back.
Sparta not allowing Kisaragi to control his hands.
Sparta lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kisaragi can't escape the position.
Kisaragi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sparta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kisaragi hang on?
Kisaragi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kisaragi is working hard here to advance position.
Kisaragi is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparta scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kisaragi?
Kisaragi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kisaragi is looking to get to half guard.
Sparta connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sparta landing strikes from the mount and Kisaragi is in trouble!
Kisaragi 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sparta lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Sparta.

Sparta is going olschool here, as he tries to force Kisaragi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kisaragi shrugs it off.
Kisaragi is trying desperately to improve position.
Sparta postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kisaragi looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparta breaks from Kisaragi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sparta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kisaragi hang on?
Sparta landing shots from mount.
Kisaragi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kisaragi is in a horrible position here. Sparta smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sparta looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Sparta working for a submission but Kisaragi is keeping him at bay.
A nice elbow there by Sparta.

Sparta is going olschool here, as he tries to force Kisaragi to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kisaragi shrugs it off.
Sparta unloads with some shots from mount but Kisaragi bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kisaragi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sparta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kisaragi's head.
Sparta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kisaragi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kisaragi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kisaragi trying to strike off his back.
Sparta postures up and lands a big shot to Kisaragi's brow.
Sparta won't allow Kisaragi to sweep him here.

Kisaragi looking for a guillotine here but Sparta defends easily.
Sparta makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diziz Sparta dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sparta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kisaragi.
Sparta gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kisaragi counters with a single leg into guard. Sparta didn't expect that.
Kisaragi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sparta swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sparta throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sparta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kisaragi connects with a couple of short punches.
Sparta tries to strike from the bottom.
Kisaragi passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sparta tries to roll over but Kisaragi keeps him under control.
Sparta lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisaragi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kisaragi frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sparta is trying desperately to improve position.
Kisaragi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sparta is working to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi cracks Sparta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sparta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sparta flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Kisaragi working for a submission but Sparta is keeping him at bay.
Sparta wants to control but Kisaragi is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparta keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sparta swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Kisaragi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sparta looks a forlorn figure.
Kisaragi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sparta's face.
Sparta throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kisaragi blocks Sparta's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The referee warns Sparta that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kisaragi lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kisaragi with a couple of short strikes.
Kisaragi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sparta wants to control but Kisaragi is having none of it.
Sparta can't escape the position.
Kisaragi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sparta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kisaragi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kisaragi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sparta looks a forlorn figure.
Sparta wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kisaragi.

Kisaragi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sparta avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kisaragi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sparta swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sparta manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sparta moves into full guard.
Sparta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kisaragi is controlling him.

Sparta is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sparta throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Sparta working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kisaragi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kisaragi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sparta 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.
Kisaragi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ragna Kisaragi dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sparta gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kisaragi counters with a straight right hand.
Kisaragi throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sparta counters with a takedown into side control.
Kisaragi regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kisaragi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sparta thows a big elbow that misses.
Sparta throws and elbow that misses. Kisaragi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sparta's guard. Nice move by Kisaragi!
Sparta thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Sparta is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Sparta working for a triangle but Kisaragi defends it easily.
Kisaragi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sparta is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Kisaragi has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Kisaragi wants to control his opponent's hands but Sparta gets his hands free.
Sparta doesn't have the hooks in and Kisaragi manages to turn into his guard.
Sparta doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Sparta drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sparta lands an elbow.
Kisaragi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kisaragi wants to control but Sparta is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kisaragi has hold of Sparta's hands but Sparta slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kisaragi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sparta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sparta's back!
Sparta manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kisaragi's guard. Nice work there by Sparta.
Sparta working some strikes from top position.
Sparta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kisaragi trying to control the position.
Kisaragi has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sparta has passed into side control.
Kisaragi tries to bench press Sparta off him but Sparta keeps the position.
Sparta scores with punches from side control.
Sparta working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kisaragi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sparta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparta works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sparta slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Kisaragi.
Sparta scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kisaragi?
Sparta landing punches.
Kisaragi is trying to escape the mount.
Sparta putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kisaragi is looking to improve his position but Sparta isn't that keen on the idea.
Sparta working the ground and pound effectively.
Sparta postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kisaragi looks a forlorn figure.
Sparta with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kisaragi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sparta landing shots from mount.
Kisaragi working to try and regain half guard.

Sparta is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kisaragi can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sparta working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kisaragi is looking to get to half guard.
Sparta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sparta connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kisaragi is working to get back to half guard.
Sparta blocks Kisaragi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sparta with the ground and pound from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diziz Sparta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sparta 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diziz Sparta!