PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fred Hettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparks has chosen Viva Las Vegas by Dead Kennedys as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hettish
vs
Sparks

172 cm
18
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 159Q Recovery $79)

White Gorilla Nutrition
5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fred Hettish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hettish misses with a takedown

and Sparks counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sparks 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.
Hettish struggling a bit here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hettish parries the strikes from Sparks easily there. Sparks is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hettish to escape.
Sparks is trying to move to mount but Hettish reverses beautifully and ends up in Sparks's guard.
Sparks controls Hettish momentarily but Hettish frees himself.
Hettish pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sparks is keeping the position for now.
Hettish throws a strike but Sparks rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hettish tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sparks looking to pass the guard.
Hettish looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sparks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hettish is trying to control the position but Sparks postures up.
Hettish is pulling down on Sparks's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Fred Hettish just wasn't active enough.
Hettish shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sparks counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hettish!
Sparks scoring with strikes but Hettish is staying in there.
Hettish keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hettish tries to hold on but Sparks pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hettish is breathing heavily.
Sparks content just to control the position here.
Sparks lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hettish hang on?
Sparks lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparks with a couple of short strikes.
Sparks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sparks postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hettish looks a forlorn figure.
Sparks lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sparks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sparks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Sparks.
Sparks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sparks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hettish wants to control but Sparks is having none of it.
The referee warns Hettish that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sparks tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hettish tries to lock up and control but Sparks gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hettish takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sparks landing strikes from the mount and Hettish is in trouble!
Hettish keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sparks with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hettish is trying to escape the mount.
Sparks avoids the attempt from Hettish to control.
Sparks landing punches.
Sparks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hettish takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sparks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sparks with a couple of short strikes.
Sparks trying to control but Hettish is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparks is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Sparks dominated that 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.

Sparks clinches up with Hettish and pushes him back against the cage.
Sparks pushes Hettish back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hettish throws a punch but it's blocked by Sparks.
Good body shot from Sparks.

Sparks turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Sparks in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sparks works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sparks lands a nice forearm strike.
Hettish takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sparks trying to control the position but Hettish is working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hettish prevents Sparks from moving into mount.
Hettish tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sparks presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Sparks cracks Hettish with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sparks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hettish gets back to half guard.
Sparks thows a huge punch but Hettish dodges it nicely.
Sparks not doing much here.
Sparks works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hettish to see if he's OK.
Hettish tries to improve position but can't.
Sparks working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sparks grinds an elbow into Hettish's temple.
Hettish tries to buck Sparks off but Sparks is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Hettish's face as Sparks controls the position.
Bobby Sparks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hettish takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sparks lands a few punches from side control.
Sparks cracks Hettish with a big right hand but Hettish just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sparks staying calm.
Hettish takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hettish takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sparks working away.
Sparks connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hettish some visible discomfort.
Sparks works to advance to full mount. Hettish defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sparks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sparks prevents Hettish from getting the reversal.
Sparks landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sparks cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sparks controlling the position easily from mount.
Sparks connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks controlling from the full mount.
Hettish is looking to get to half guard.
Sparks raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sparks landing punches.
Hettish can't escape the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sparks in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sparks with shots to the head and body - Hettish looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Sparks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hettish slips a jab from Sparks.
Hettish tries to clinch but Sparks moves away

and Sparks counters by clinching up.
Hettish blocks a body shot from Sparks.
Sparks misses with some punches.
Sparks digs a right hand underneath Hettish's ribcage. Hettish let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Sparks manages to break the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Sparks blocks the leg kick.
Hettish shoots and misses

and Sparks counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sparks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sparks postures up and lands a big shot to Hettish's brow.
Hettish keeping full guard, as Sparks tries to pass.
Hettish looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sparks is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hettish not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sparks throwing strikes but missing.
Hettish looking for a sweep. Not yet Hettish, not yet.
Sparks advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Sparks there.
Sparks is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Sparks.
Sparks takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hettish wants to stand back up but Sparks manages to pass into side control.
Hettish wants to control but Sparks postures up.
Sparks moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hettish can't do much from the bottom here.
Sparks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hettish tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sparks looks up at the clock and then as Hettish takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sparks smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sparks lands a nice forearm strike.
Sparks working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks just content to control the position.
Hettish is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sparks has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Hettish!
Sparks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sparks cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sparks dominating with strikes here.
Hettish is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sparks lands a big elbow.
Sparks lands a big elbow.
Sparks trying to control but Hettish is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparks lands a big elbow.
Sparks dominating with strikes here.
Hettish is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sparks controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Sparks.
Sparks with a couple of short strikes.
Sparks breaks from Hettish's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sparks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sparks wants to control the pace but Hettish is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Sparks really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sparks has Hettish up against the cage in a clinch.

Sparks breaks from the clinch.
Sparks looks to land a left hand but Hettish moved out of range nicely.
Hettish with a poor takedown
and Sparks counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hettish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hettish shoots and misses

and Sparks counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sparks drops an elbow to the side of Hettish's head.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparks trying to pass the guard but Hettish defending well.
Hettish is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sparks is keen to just control but Hettish is a slippery customer.
Hettish wants to improve his position but Sparks is controlling well.
Sparks working Hettish over with strikes.
Sparks prevents Hettish from improving his position.

Sparks is trying to work for a kimura but Hettish is defending well.
Sparks slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two 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.
Hettish is looking to control Sparks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hettish avoid being mounted?
Sparks working Hettish over with strikes.
Sparks wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hettish keeps working.
Hettish moves into full guard.
Sparks looking to pass the guard.
Sparks sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hettish controls Sparks momentarily but Sparks frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hettish wants to sweep but no luck.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sparks scores with a jab. Hettish acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fred Hettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hettish fails with the takedown
and Sparks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Hettish. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sparks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hettish's head backwards.

Sparks clinches up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sparks.
Bobby Sparks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Hettish looking for a takedown.

Sparks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Decent striking displayed by Sparks there.
Sparks misses with a wild body shot.
Fred Hettish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sparks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hettish.
Sparks connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hettish doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sparks counters with a right hand to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Sparks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sparks has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ian Loll scores the fight for Bobby Sparks!
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight for Bobby Sparks!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Bobby Sparks!

Bobby Sparks wins by unanimous decision!