PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Spence (ranked 4888 p4p, 3592 weight class) and Shocking World (ranked 503 p4p, 419 weight class). Shocking World is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Spence
vs
World

210 cm
21
280
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
235
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Danny Spence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shocking World!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Spence closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. World did well to prevent Spence getting side control.
World wants to get back to full guard.
World is pressing down on Spence's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Spence is fighting to break World's control of his arms but World is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Spence is looking to stand up but World won't let him.
World pulls Spence in to control the position.
World is continuing to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The adventures of World the control monster continue. Boring.
Spence wants to control from the top but World keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because World is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Spence drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
World is pulling down on Spence's head to control his posture.
Let's hope that World has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Spence tries to stand but World is controlling from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
World pulls Spence in close to his closed guard and prevents Spence from doing any damage or advancing position.
World is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
World is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
World is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
World keeps trying to improve his position.
World trying to control the position here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Spence gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. World manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
World looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spence is one step ahead there.
World is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from World.
Spence wants to control from the top but World keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
World bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spence's guard.

Spence wants to stand but World is controlling the position.
Spence wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
World slips nicely into half guard.
World perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
World trying to mount his opponent but Spence defends it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Spence dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spence's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knees to the body from Spence.
I was talking to Spence's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
World takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Shocking World has been cut.
World is breathing heavily.

Spence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

World gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Spence would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
World keeping moving, preventing Spence from controlling successfully.
World wants to sweep here but Spence controlling him for the moment.
Spence has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Spence trying to control the position from guard on top but World is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
World is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Spence might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence trying to control the position from guard on top but World is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that World can do to turn this around?
Spence wanted to stand there but World had control of the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Spence gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Spence breaks from the clinch.

Spence shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. World manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence postures up.
World manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Spence manages to get himself to full guard.

World trying to control the position from guard on top but Spence is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
World slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
World prevents Spence from getting back to his feet.

World postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Spence is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of World, into his guard.

World looking for a sweep. Not yet World, not yet.
Spence knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for World on the ground.
Spence wanted to stand there but World had control of the position.
World looking for a sweep. Not yet World, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
World managing to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Spence dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shocking World's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Spence gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spence landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Spence crunches a lovely knee into World's ribcage.
Spence lands a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Spence pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spence forces World back against the cage and clinches.
Spence working World over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spence.
World takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spence scores a nice knee to the body.
Spence lands an elbow just above World 's eye.

Spence pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Spence drives through and clinches with World against the cage.
World takes an elbow to the temple.
Spence controlling the action here for a moment.

Spence manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

World gets tackled into the cage by Spence. Spence maintains the clinch.
Spence unloads a knee to the mid-section. World lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Spence softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That has opened up Shocking World's cut even more.
Spence stalling.
Spence utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!

Spence breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

World gets tackled into the cage by Spence. Spence maintains the clinch.
World tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence lands a knee to the head.
Danny Spence is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Spence lands an elbow just above World 's eye.
Spence unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Spence breaks the clinch.

Spence clinches up with World and pushes him back against the cage.
Spence landing knees to the head.

The cut above Shocking World's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knees to the body from Spence.

Spence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spence clinches up against the cage.
Spence lands a good knee to the midsection. World won't want to take too many of those.
Spence utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spence with a knee to the head.
Spence comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Come on Spence - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Spence lands an elbow just above World 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Spence showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spence has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Spence!