PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mac Anudo (ranked 905 p4p, 2056 weight class) and Roger Sparr (ranked 134 p4p, 259 weight class). Sparr has chosen OH NO! as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Mac Anudo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mac Anudo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Anudo
vs
Sparr

199 cm
28
265
11 - 4 - 1

200 cm
29
265
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mac Anudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Sparr!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anudo blocks a low kick nicely.
Anudo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anudo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sparr's coach down at Temple of Fitness was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sparr's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sparr throws a leg kick that is checked

and Anudo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Anudo.
Anudo wants to pass the guard but Sparr is keeping the position.
Sparr managing to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anudo wants to control from the top but Sparr keeps moving.
Anudo is really struggling to control Sparr but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparr is controlling Anudo's posture.
Anudo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Anudo passes Sparr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sparr has hold of Anudo's hands but Anudo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Anudo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sparr defending well though.
Sparr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anudo is trying to control the action in half guard but Sparr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sparr blocking the ground and pound attempt from Anudo.

Anudo is working for a kimura but Sparr is defending it quite comfortably.
Sparr has his hands clasped together around Anudo's back. He's all about the action.
Anudo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sparr does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anudo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Anudo sitting and controlling from the half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Anudo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anudo.

Sparr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Anudo darts in and clinches Sparr up against the cage.
Sparr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Anudo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sparr gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Anudo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Anudo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anudo tries for a takedown but Sparr manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparr tries to work over Anudo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sparr is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anudo is keeping busy.
A right hook to the body lands for Anudo.
Anudo stalling.
Sparr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Anudo.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Anudo.
Anudo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anudo lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anudo.
Anudo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Anudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparr tries to throw a body punch but Anudo avoids it by throwing Sparr back against the cage.
Anudo scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Anudo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sparr blocks a low kick nicely.
Anudo doesn't manage to clinch there - Sparr circles away.
Anudo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Anudo dominated that round.
That's time! Anudo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A leg kick checked by Anudo.
Anudo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sparr is out of range and Anudo settles back down.

Anudo rushes Sparr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sparr struggles to land a body shot inside as Anudo controls his hands.

Anudo breaks from the clinch.
Sparr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anudo moves away.
Mac Anudo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anudo has a takedown stuffed.

Anudo tries to keep at a distance but Sparr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Anudo struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparr controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anudo tries to score a body lock takedown but Sparr shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sparr tries to score a body lock takedown but Anudo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sparr tries to work over Anudo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anudo is trying to stall.
Anudo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sparr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sparr.
Sparr is trying to drag Anudo to the mat but Anudo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mac Anudo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Sparr.
Anudo tries for a takedown but Sparr manages to get underhooks.
Sparr tries a body shot but Anudo blocks it.
Sparr trying to stall but Anudo improves his position.
Sparr has a couple of punches blocked by Anudo.
Sparr misses with a body punch.
Sparr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Anudo or not.
Anudo tries to work over Sparr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Anudo breaks the clinch.
Anudo needs to keep his hands up - Sparr had a free shot at his head there.
Sparr just misses with a punch to the body.

Sparr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Anudo has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anudo is keeping the position for now.
Anudo looking for a sweep. Not yet Anudo, not yet.
Sparr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sparr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Anudo 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.
Anudo being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sparr trying to control the position from guard on top but Anudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anudo tries to clinch but Sparr is having none of it.
Anudo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparr can do to turn this around?
Sparr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anudo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sparr as he jumps to the side.
Nice cross by Anudo.
Anudo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anudo throws a leg kick but Sparr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sparr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Anudo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sparr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anudo misses with a leg kick.
Sparr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Anudo connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anudo misses with a body shot.
Anudo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sparr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Anudo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Anudo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Anudo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sparr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Anudo misses with a leg kick
and Sparr counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anudo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Anudo throws a lazy body kick
and Sparr counters with a one-two to the body.

Sparr moves into range and clinches up with Anudo.
Anudo misses with a knee strike.
Anudo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sparr backwards.
Sparr misses with an elbow over the top.
Sparr lands a body shot.
Mac Anudo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sparr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Anudo tries to throw a body punch but Sparr avoids it by throwing Anudo back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Sparr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Anudo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anudo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sparr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Sparr has closed the distance and engaged Anudo in a clinch.
Anudo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sparr digs a right hand underneath Anudo's ribcage. Anudo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sparr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anudo.
A head punch on the inside from Sparr fails to land.
Anudo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sparr backwards.
Anudo wants a takedown but no success here.

Anudo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anudo throws a sloppy head kick
and Sparr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anudo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A clash of legs there as Sparr blocks the low kick.
Sparr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sparr's corner calls for a 1-2. Sparr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sparr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Anudo's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anudo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sparr to score with a decent uppercut.
Sparr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anudo on the side of the head.
Anudo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sparr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Anudo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sparr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anudo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice body punch from Sparr.
Anudo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sparr.
Anudo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sparr.
The fight stays on the outside here - Anudo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anudo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice side step and Sparr releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Anudo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Anudo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sparr eats them both and turns towards Anudo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anudo wants to clinch up but Sparr keeps it at a distance.
Good work by Anudo as he checks the leg kick.
Anudo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Anudo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sparr counters with a nice body shot.
Sparr misses with a few strikes there.
Anudo checks a leg kick.
Anudo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sparr with the inside leg kick.
Sparr throws a shot to the body.
Sparr tests Anudo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anudo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sparr sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Anudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anudo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A low kick from Anudo is predictable there
and Sparr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anudo just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sparr! But no joy.
Sparr jabs at Anudo's body.
Sparr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Anudo misses with a takedown
and Sparr counters with a right hand to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sparr checks a leg kick.
Anudo throws a poor cross that misses
and Sparr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick from Sparr misses.
Sparr lands a jab to Anudo's midsection.
Sparr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparr thuds a left hand into Anudo's body.
A low kick from Anudo misses
and Sparr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anudo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sparr.
Sparr scores with a leg kick.
Sparr throws a push kick but Anudo slaps the foot to one side.
Sparr stuns Anudo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good exchange - Sparr coming out on top.
Sparr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sparr leaves Anudo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sparr throws a low kick but Anudo moves out of range easily.
Sparr slips under a jab.
Sparr with the counter takedown but Anudo avoids it easily.
Sparr is looking to clinch.
Anudo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Sparr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sparr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Sparr!
Roger Sparr decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.