PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between jack sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dic cheddars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dic cheddars has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

sparrow
vs
cheddars

170 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

200 cm
22
197 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, jack sparrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, dic cheddars!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cheddars swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
cheddars shoots in and drives through. sparrow sprawls well.
cheddars misses with a double jab.
sparrow could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
cheddars lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but sparrow circles away quickly and effectively.
cheddars throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
cheddars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but sparrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
cheddars scores with a one two! sparrow had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like jack sparrow has been cut.
cheddars moves in looking to clinch but sparrow pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from cheddars.
cheddars throws a series of punches but sparrow avoids them all with ease.

sparrow closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. cheddars did well to prevent sparrow getting side control.
cheddars 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.

sparrow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and cheddars defends it well.

sparrow is looking for a kimura but cheddars is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for sparrow to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sparrow trying to pass the guard but cheddars defending well.
cheddars works his way to full guard. Good work.
cheddars pulls sparrow in close to prevent any damage.
sparrow looking to pass the guard.
sparrow preventing the sweep.
cheddars can't keep his opponent in guard - sparrow advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
cheddars is in trouble now - sparrow has advanced to mount!
sparrow takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
cheddars tries to roll but sparrow sticks to his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

sparrow looking for the choke from the back.
cheddars tries to break free.

cheddars preventing the rear naked choke attempt from sparrow.
cheddars manages to reverse the position and now he's in sparrow's guard. Nice work there by cheddars.
cheddars lands a couple of decent looking shots.
cheddars must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
sparrow is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
cheddars postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
sparrow keeping moving, preventing cheddars from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cheddars passes sparrow's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
cheddars has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
cheddars controlling his opponent.
cheddars looking to control but sparrow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
cheddars working away from the top, dropping strikes.
cheddars controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
cheddars trying to control but sparrow is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that jack sparrow will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on jack sparrow's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

sparrow shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and cheddars counters with a crisp one two that drops sparrow! cheddars thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves sparrow to his feet! sparrow is in big trouble!

sparrow is rocked!
cheddars throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! sparrow crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). dic cheddars!