PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Woodley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Sparks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woodley's entrance music is No Comin' Back. A fine choice. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Frank Sparks was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Woodley
vs
Sparks

183 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

197 cm
19
164 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyrone Woodley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Sparks!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woodley slips a jab from Sparks.
Sparks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Woodley.
Sparks falls off balance throwing a combination

and Woodley counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Sparks is rocked!
Woodley prevents Sparks from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sparks is still in real trouble! Can Woodley finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks pushes Woodley off looking to stand but Woodley dives back in and keeps control.
Sparks seems to have recovered his senses.
Woodley slips a nice elbow through Sparks's hands, connecting with Sparks's forehead.
Woodley stops Sparks from getting back to his feet.
Woodley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sparks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Woodley.
Sparks tries to kick Woodley off but Woodley keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sparks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woodley stops Sparks from getting back to his feet.

Sparks is defending against the submission attempts here by Woodley.
Woodley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woodley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sparks tries to kick Woodley off but Woodley keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Woodley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Woodley lands strikes from half guard.
Sparks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Woodley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Woodley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sparks defending well though.
Woodley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sparks wants to get back to his feet.

Woodley is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Woodley not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sparks is trying to stand up here but Woodley is controlling him well.
Nice strikes from Woodley there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woodley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Woodley looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sparks is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woodley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Woodley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Woodley 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.
Woodley stops Sparks from getting back to his feet.
Sparks blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woodley.
Sparks looks like he's trying to stand up.

Woodley is working for a kimura but Sparks is defending it quite comfortably.
Woodley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sparks pushes Woodley off looking to stand but Woodley dives back in and keeps control.
Woodley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sparks is looking to escape.
Woodley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Woodley seems to be working for a kimura but Sparks defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Woodley is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Woodley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sparks sees it coming and defends easily.
Woodley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Woodley moves into full mount! Sparks won't be happy about that!
Sparks wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Woodley landing strikes from the mount and Sparks is in trouble!
Woodley raining down shots from the mount!
Sparks is in a horrible position here. Woodley smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparks tries to buck Woodley off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woodley with good strikes from the mount here!
Woodley loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sparks scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Woodley land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Woodley stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Woodley!
A victorious Tyrone Woodley thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.