PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julius Lew (ranked 1624 p4p, 3488 weight class) and Furio Spartan (ranked 237 p4p, 458 weight class). Spartan has chosen This is Sparta as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Furio Spartan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Lew
vs
Spartan

185 cm
25
185
8 - 2 - 0

187 cm
47
184
24 - 22 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Lew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 1, fighting out of New York, Furio Spartan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lew moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lew scoring well with a low kick there.
Spartan moves out of range of the strikes.
Spartan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lew.
Lew thumps Spartan with a low kick.
Spartan throws a shot from downtown. Lew moves away and avoids it.
Spartan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lew on the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spartan. Lew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Julius Lew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spartan misses with a wild body shot.
Lew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lew sets himself, and Spartan steps forward looking for the clinch! Lew avoids it this time.
Lew misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Spartan.
Lew with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good leg kick by Lew.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spartan. Lew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lew wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spartan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lew.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spartan.
Lew connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Horrible takedown attempt by Spartan or perhaps it was just good defense by Lew, which made it look bad.
Spartan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lew as he jumps to the side.
Lew closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lew lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lew lands a nice shot that snaps Spartan's head back.
Spartan throws a shot from downtown. Lew moves away and avoids it.
Lew lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lew takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lew throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spartan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice shot by Lew.
An inside leg kick lands from Lew.
Spartan connects with a looping right hand.

Lew drives through and clinches with Spartan against the cage.
Spartan lands a hook that snaps the head of Lew backwards.
Lew misses with the head strike.
Lew lands a knee to the head.
Lew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Lew's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lew working aggressively here.
Lew tries to pull guard but Spartan holds him up against the cage and eventually Lew drops back down to his feet.
Lew lands a knee to the head.
Spartan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lew fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Julius Lew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Furio Spartan.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lew.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lew takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lew throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lew lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Spartan moves out of range of the body kick from Lew.
Lew fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lew lands a jab.
Lew lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Julius Lew is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lew connects with a body shot.

Lew closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lew.

Spartan gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lew looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lew looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Spartan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lew. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lew is trying to get back to full guard.
Spartan is taking a breather. Lew says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Spartan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Lew has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Spartan escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Spartan!
Lew is trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Lew dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Spartan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lew counters with a body kick that stops Spartan in his tracks momentarily.
Spartan takes one on the button.
Spartan throws a shot from downtown. Lew moves away and avoids it.
Spartan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lew.
Lew lands with a hook. Spartan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lew moves away from the strike by Spartan.
Lew throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Spartan takes one to the side of the head.
Lew throws a leg kick which misses Spartan's front leg but catches the back leg as Spartan tries to avoid it.
A jab from Lew misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Spartan!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slapping body kick lands there for Lew.
Lew with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lew connects with a right hand. Spartan shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew misses with a straight left.
Spartan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Furio Spartan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lew throws a half hearted mid kick.
A low kick lands for Lew.
Spartan defending well as Lew loads up on a big left hand.
Lew misses with a looping right.
Lew swings widly with a right hand

and Spartan counters by clinching up.
Lew with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spartan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lew misses with a body punch.
Lew lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spartan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lew throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spartan blocks it with crossed arms.
Lew lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spartan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lew prevents the takedown attempt.
Lew landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Lew.
Spartan is breathing heavily.
Lew tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lew tries to land a knee to the head but Spartan blocks with his arms.
Lew lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spartan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Julius Lew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Furio Spartan.
Spartan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lew works on Spartan's body with a couple of short punches.
Julius Lew has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lew lands with a short shot to the head.
Spartan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lew fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lew bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Spartan ducks right into an uppercut from Lew.
Spartan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartan throws the left hand but Lew avoids the punch easily.
Lew moves out of range of the strikes.
Spartan misses with an uppercut. Lew saw that one coming.
Lew scores with a leg kick.
Spartan misses with a takedown attempt - Lew sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lew slips a straight right by Spartan.
Lew thows a body kick. Spartan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Spartan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spartan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lew.
Crunch! Lew slams his shin into Spartan's torso.
Lew fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spartan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lew fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spartan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lew lands a leg kick that knocks Spartan off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spartan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spartan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lew misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lew looks to score with a jab to the body but Spartan is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spartan fails with a takedown attempt.
Lew throws a hook but Spartan avoids it easily.
Lew is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spartan can do to turn this around?
Lew connects with a single shot there.
Lew scores with a hook.
Julius Lew is winning the standup battle so far.

Lew clinches up with Spartan and pushes him back against the cage.
Spartan managing to block the knees to the body from Lew.
Spartan swings wildly with an uppercut but Lew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spartan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Lew dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Spartan misses the shot to the body.
Spartan misses with a takedown
and Lew counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spartan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lew tries to avoid it but Spartan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lew to the ground. Lew escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Spartan moves forwards but Lew connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lew misses with an uppercut.
Lew lands with an uppercut that bounces Spartan off the cage and back into range.
Spartan missing with a left hand there. Lew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lew looks to land a right hand but Spartan moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lew connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good leg kick by Lew.
Spartan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Spartan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Spartan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lew.
Spartan is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lew fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spartan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lew tries to land a front kick but Spartan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lew lands a nice looking kick to the body. Spartan takes a step back to recover.
Spartan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lew is looking to slow Spartan down with leg kicks.
Spartan connects with a single shot there.
Lew delivers a nice body kick.
Spartan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lew. Lew obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lew.
Lew connects with a leg kick.
Lew throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Spartan wants to counter the offense by Lew and move into the clinch position.
Spartan sizes up Lew with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lew cracks Spartan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spartan throws a nice looking combination but Lew bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lew moves away from the strike by Spartan.
Spartan throws a body shot but no joy.
Lew throws a hook but Spartan blocks it.
Spartan tries for a takedown but Lew sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Julius Lew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Furio Spartan.
Lew with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters circling a little - Lew finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Spartan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spartan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lew looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lew misses with a straight left.
Spartan throws a lazy uppercut
and Lew counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lew keeps Spartan at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lew swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spartan.
Lew is looking to land body kicks.
Lew cracks Spartan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lew uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spartan.
Spartan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lew.
Spartan throws a hook but Lew blocks it.
You can see that Spartan has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Spartan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spartan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lew. That one must have hurt.
Lew lands a leg kick that knocks Spartan off balance momentarily.
Nice cross by Lew.
Spartan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lew connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lew dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spartan. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lew connects with an inside leg kick.
Julius Lew is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Spartan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lew lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spartan's sensitive parts.
Spartan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Furio Spartan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spartan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spartan shoots in looking for a takedown. Lew tries to sprawl out of it but Spartan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lew manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Spartan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julius Lew showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lew, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Lew!
During a confident post fight interview, Julius Lew thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.