PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Sparr (ranked 420 p4p, 1751 weight class) and John Fury (ranked 60 p4p, 202 weight class). Sparr comes to the cage accompanied by OH NO!. Roger Sparr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Sparr
vs
Fury

200 cm
33
265
15 - 7 - 0

191 cm
32
256
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Sparr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Fury!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Fury as Sparr shoots in.
Fury throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sparr counters with a straight right hand.
Sparr ducks under a wild hook from Fury.
Fury takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sparr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fury.
A big right from Fury misses.
Sparr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fury looks to score with a jab to the body but Sparr is just out of range.
Sparr appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sparr dives in for a single leg takedown but Fury sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Fury lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Fury.

Fury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sparr has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger Sparr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sparr shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sparr.
A countering left hand to the body from Fury misses.
Fury moves out of range as Sparr strikes.
Sparr misses with a hook to the body
and Fury counters with a nice uppercut.
Fury ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sparr moves away.
Fury takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sparr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fury.
Fury throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury stuns Sparr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sparr misses with a wild body shot.
Fury throws a right hand that misses
and Sparr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
John Fury is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sparr walks into a straight right hand from Fury.
Fury misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparr slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Sparr misses the target.
Sparr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fury.
Sparr slips under a jab from Fury.

Sparr gets a double leg takedown into Fury's guard.
Fury wants to stand but Sparr is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparr throws a big elbow that misses.
Sparr throws a big right hand that misses.
Fury is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sparr is controlling him.
Sparr throws a big right hand that misses.
Sparr wants to pass the guard but Fury is keeping the position.
Sparr trying to control the position from guard on top but Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sparr 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.
Sparr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fury's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fury wants to stand up but Sparr is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sparr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sparr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sparr accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fury keeping moving, preventing Sparr from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Fury scores with a shot to the body.
Fury throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sparr closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fury did well to prevent Sparr getting side control.
Sparr is pressing down on Fury's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fury is holding on for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Fury will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Sparr fails with the takedown.
Sparr shoots and misses
enabling Fury to counter with a crisp jab.
Sparr looks up at the clock. Bad move! Fury lands a right hand from hell, dropping Sparr. Fury pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Fury!
A relieved looking John Fury thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.