PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Sparza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Andy Kane looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Kane
vs
Sparza

225 cm
27
300 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

198 cm
25
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andy Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tito Sparza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sparza drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kane is breathing heavily.
Sparza postures up in Kane's guard and throws a big left but Kane blocks it.
Sparza looking to sit in guard and control but Kane gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sparza trying to control the position here.
Sparza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sparza looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kane is one step ahead there.
Sparza wants to stand and escape but Kane is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sparza can do anything to dispel that myth.

Kane drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kane jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Kane thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kane!
Kane taking shots to the head.
Kane in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparza connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

It looks like Andy Kane has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sparza postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Kane out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sparza goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tito Sparza!