PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ric Sparkler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Caldwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparkler comes to the ring accompanied by You're The Best. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Sparkler
vs
Caldwell

177 cm
26
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

186 cm
20
200 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ric Sparkler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Caldwell!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caldwell misses with a two punch combination.
Caldwell bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Sparkler drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Caldwell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sparkler in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sparkler misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sparkler looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Caldwell is avoiding damage well.
Caldwell parries the strikes from Sparkler easily there. Sparkler is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Caldwell to escape.
Sparkler landing strikes.
Caldwell is trying to get back to half guard.
Sparkler in side control, throwing shots but Caldwell defends.
Caldwell struggling a bit here.
Sparkler lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sparkler connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Caldwell some visible discomfort.
Caldwell is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sparkler working the head with strikes.
Sparkler working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sparkler creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Caldwell sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Caldwell avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sparkler.
Caldwell struggling a bit here.
Sparkler scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Sparkler's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sparkler tries to advance to mount but Caldwell denies him.
Sparkler is putting a hurting on Caldwell here, landing some big shots from side control.
Caldwell taking a bit of punishment here - Sparkler scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell can't do much from the bottom here.
Sparkler working the head and body with strikes.
Caldwell wants to get back to his feet.
Sparkler landing strikes.
Sparkler is chipping away with strikes.
Sparkler tries to advance to mount but Caldwell denies him.
Caldwell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sparkler looks up at the clock and then as Caldwell takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sparkler smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Caldwell wants to control but Sparkler postures up.
Sparkler cracks Caldwell with a big right hand but Caldwell just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sparkler working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sparkler is controlling him well.
Sparkler tries to advance to mount but Caldwell denies him.
Caldwell parries the strikes from Sparkler easily there. Sparkler is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Caldwell to escape.
Caldwell manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sparkler is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caldwell is trying to control. Sparkler wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sparkler gets back to full guard.
Caldwell trying to control the position from guard on top but Sparkler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Caldwell is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sparkler wants to sweep here but Caldwell controlling him for the moment.
Caldwell would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sparkler 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.
Caldwell stopping the sweep attempt from Sparkler.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sparkler thows a body shot but no joy.
Sparkler throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sparkler shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sparkler was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sparkler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sparkler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ric Sparkler dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Caldwell stalks Sparkler and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sparkler's face. Sparkler staggers backwards, shaken.
Caldwell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sparkler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jimmy Caldwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caldwell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sparkler.
Sparkler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caldwell was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparkler.
Sparkler ducks under a wild hook from Caldwell.
Sparkler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caldwell moves away.
Sparkler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caldwell manages to avoid it.
Sparkler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sparkler is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Caldwell's half guard.
Sparkler missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sparkler looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sparkler sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Caldwell defending well though.

Caldwell makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Caldwell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Sparkler shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sparkler showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparkler working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sparkler thows a huge punch but Caldwell dodges it nicely.
Caldwell is trying to stand up here but Sparkler is controlling him well.
Sparkler passes to full mount!
Sparkler breaks from Caldwell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Caldwell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sparkler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sparkler lands a nice shot to the head.
Sparkler working Caldwell over with strikes here.
Sparkler cracks Caldwell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Caldwell tries to hold on but Sparkler pushes him away.
Caldwell is breathing heavily.
Sparkler landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparkler with good strikes from the mount here!
Sparkler lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sparkler avoids the attempt from Caldwell to control.
Sparkler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Caldwell looks a forlorn figure.
Sparkler with good strikes from the mount here!
Sparkler scoring with strikes but Caldwell is staying in there.
Sparkler lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Caldwell hang on?

Caldwell is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparkler looking to finish Caldwell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Caldwell!
Caldwell is still in real trouble! Can Sparkler finish him?
Sparkler landing strikes from the mount.
Caldwell is bucking up trying to escape but Sparkler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Caldwell tries to hold on but Sparkler pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparkler with good strikes from the mount here!
Sparkler cracks Caldwell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Caldwell that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sparkler postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Caldwell in real trouble here! The ref calls for Caldwell to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ric Sparkler!