PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparks comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Viva Las Vegas by Dead Kennedys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Sparks

183 cm
32
177 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sparks ducks right into an uppercut from Knight.

It looks like Bobby Sparks has been cut.
Sparks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bobby Sparks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparks changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Knight tries to avoid it but Sparks manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Knight to the ground. Knight escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Sparks avoids a wild elbow strike from Knight.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sparks is trying to drag Knight to the mat but Knight just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sparks lands a body punch.
Knight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sparks blocks it with crossed arms.

Sparks has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Knight regains guard immediately.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight has control of Sparks's left arm, preventing Sparks from doing any damage.
Sparks controlling from the top position.
Knight looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sparks is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Sparks from controlling successfully.
Sparks is stalling in the full guard.

Bobby Sparks has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight wants to clinch up but Sparks keeps it at a distance.
Sparks looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.
Sparks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight misses with a takedown attempt - Sparks sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sparks thuds a left hand into Knight's body.
Knight is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks throws a right hand that Knight ducks under and follows up with a left that Knight also avoids with ease.
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sparks tries to clinch up.
Sparks avoids the head kick by Knight.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Sparks fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ted Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Sparks.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sparks blocks the elbow strike.

Sparks gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight trying to control from the bottom.
Knight is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Knight is trying to get back to full guard.
Sparks perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks is looking to take a break and control but Knight is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sparks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sparks throws a big shot that misses.
Knight throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Sparks moves out of range easily.
Sloppy strikes from Knight. Those never looked like landing.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sparks.
Sparks misses with a takedown
and Knight counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sparks closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Knight tries to get to full guard but Sparks has control of the leg.
Sparks not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight wants to get back to full guard.
Sparks is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Knight is looking to improve his position.
Knight is trying to maintain the position but Sparks is very close to passing his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sparks looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Sparks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Sparks's cut.
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 has a takedown stuffed.
Knight slips a jab from Sparks.
Sparks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sparks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sparks throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Knight takes one to the chin there.
Knight throws a nice looking combination but Sparks bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Knight throws a jab when Sparks was well out of range.
Knight throws a series of strikes that have Sparks backpedaling.
Ted Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sparks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparks.
Sparks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Sparks moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Sparks misses
and Knight counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sparks is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sparks shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sparks is looking to take a break and control but Knight is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Knight wants to get back to full guard.
Knight is trying to control but can't.
Still in half guard, Sparks seems content to control.
Sparks is looking to stall here but Knight recovers full guard.
Sparks wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Knight is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparks trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bobby Sparks has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Sparks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sparks jabs Knight right on the nose. Knight blinks but takes it well.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sparks throws an off balance right hand
and Knight counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knight. That's going to slow Sparks down.

Knight takes the fight into the clinch.
Knight stops a takedown attempt from Sparks.
Ted Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bobby Sparks.
Sparks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knight trying to stall but Sparks improves his position.
Knight connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sparks's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sparks blocks it with crossed arms.
Sparks avoiding damage.
Sparks managing to block the knees to the body from Knight.
Sparks goes for a takedown in the clinch but Knight prevents it.
Sparks misses with a body punch.
Knight is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Knight lands an elbow inside that Sparks shrugs off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Knight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Bobby Sparks's cut even more.
Knight creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sparks's defenses.
Knight gets underhooks to prevent Sparks's takedown attempt.
Sparks tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Sparks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sparks is breathing heavily.
Sparks trying to stall but Knight improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knight creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sparks's defenses.
Knight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
Sparks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knight working Sparks over with knees to the body.
Knight lands a shot to the body.
Knight stalling against the cage.
Knight landing knees to the body.
Knight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight lands an uppercut.
Sparks is looking to take this one to the mat.
Knight working Sparks over with knees to the body.
Sparks takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Knight dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Sparks's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Knight plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Knight gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knight lands a nice elbow.
Sparks trying to land knees to the body.
Sparks tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Bobby Sparks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
Knight landing knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knight lands a nice elbow.

Bobby Sparks's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bobby Sparks's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ted Knight!
Ted Knight took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry for their support in the buildup to the fight.