PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beck comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tony Sparks could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Junior Beck's chin.

Sparks
vs
Beck

182 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
213 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fightworld Formula
Behold The Beast

Fightworld Formula

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Sparks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Beck!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck throws a right and a left that Sparks avoids nicely.
Sparks ducks under a wild hook from Beck.
Beck scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Beck throws the left hand but Sparks avoids the punch easily.
Sparks takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sparks avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sparks ducks under a wild hook from Beck.
Beck just misses with a punch to the body.
Sparks takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Sparks closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sparks tries to score with some ground and pound. Beck controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sparks throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Beck manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sparks's best efforts.
Beck is looking to get back to full guard here but Sparks has managed to pass to side control instead.
Sparks landing punches.
Poor strikes thrown by Sparks there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sparks throws some wild stikes that Beck manages to avoid easily.
Beck is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sparks looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks punching from mount but Beck doing a good job of avoiding damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Beck can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sparks thowing shots but they're missing.
Beck really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sparks working the ground and pound effectively.
Sparks avoids the attempt from Beck to control.
Beck is working to get back to half guard.
Sparks 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.
Sparks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Beck is looking to escape.
Beck is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beck avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sparks.
Sparks wants to control the pace but Beck is squirming around nicely.
Beck tries to reverse the position but Sparks maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks punching from mount but Beck doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sparks throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Sparks there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Beck really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Beck wants to hold on but Sparks pushes him away.
Beck takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sparks working the ground and pound effectively.
Sparks throwing strikes here but Beck is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Sparks is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Beck has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparks misses with a head shot.
Beck is working to get back to half guard.
Beck bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sparks swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Sparks pushes a forearm under Beck's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Beck is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tony Sparks!