PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xander Lagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Muay Thai Spar has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Thai Spar
vs
Lagos

200 cm
23
189 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

178 cm
27
193 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Steel Penn's Skin Shop *laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muay Thai Spar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Xander Lagos!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagos shoots in and drives through. Spar sprawls well.
Spar lands with a kick to the temple. Lagos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Spar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lagos keeps the fight on the outside.
Spar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spar scores with a body shot.
Spar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lagos shoots for a double leg takedown but Spar sprawls well. He's pushed Lagos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lagos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spar.
Spar sizes up Lagos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Spar's corner calls for a 1-2. Spar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lagos fails with a takedown attempt.
Muay Thai Spar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Lagos.
Spar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Spar throws a leg kick which misses Lagos's front leg but catches the back leg as Lagos tries to avoid it.
Spar connects with the punch.
Lagos fails with a takedown attempt.

Spar clinches.
Lagos dodges an elbow strike from Spar.
Spar looking to throw knees to the head but Lagos is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Spar to work.
Spar lands a good knee to the midsection. Lagos won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lagos takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Spar.
Lagos blocks an elbow strike from Spar.
Spar lands a knee to the body.
Lagos looks gassed!
Spar landing knees to the body.
Spar lands an elbow inside that Lagos shrugs off.
Spar controlling the action here for a moment.
Spar connects with a knee to the head.
Spar lands a knee to the head.
Lagos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Spar just leaning against Lagos, taking a breather.
Spar misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar lands a knee to the body.
Spar gets underhooks to prevent Lagos's takedown attempt.
Spar lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spar.
Spar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Spar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lagos blocks it with crossed arms.
Spar lands a nice elbow.
Spar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lagos.
Spar avoiding damage.
Spar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spar.
Lagos is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spar stalling against the cage.
Nice elbow from Spar.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spar throws an elbow but misses.
Spar creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Spar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lagos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar tries a knee to the head but Lagos blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lagos's brow.

Lagos jumps guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lagos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai Spar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Spar lands an overhand right.
Muay Thai Spar is winning the standup battle so far.

Spar gets a clinch.
Spar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lagos.
Spar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lagos is trying to drag Spar to the mat but Spar just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Spar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lagos avoids it.
Lagos avoids a wild elbow strike from Spar.
Muay Thai Spar has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lagos can do to turn this around?
Spar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spar pushes off an throws an elbow but Lagos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spar lands a nice knee to the body.
Lagos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spar landing knees to the body.
Spar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lagos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lagos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spar misses with an elbow over the top.
Spar trying to land knees to the body.
Spar landing knees to the body.
Spar misses with an elbow strike.
Lagos avoiding damage as Spar throws knees to the body.
Spar is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spar lands a left hand.
Nice elbow from Spar.
Lagos blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagos blocks an elbow strike.
Spar tries to stall but Lagos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Spar effectively controlling the action here.
Spar throws an elbow but it misses.
Spar prevents the takedown attempt.
Spar landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar looking to throw knees to the head but Lagos is blocking nicely.
Spar taking a breather.
Spar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lagos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Muay Thai Spar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xander Lagos.
Spar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lagos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar prevents the takedown attempt.
Lagos is breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spar.
Spar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spar lands an elbow just above Lagos 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Spar.
Lagos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Spar after a bit of a struggle.
Spar misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spar.
Lagos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lagos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Spar putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lagos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar lands a damaging elbow.
Spar with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spar lands an elbow that stopped Lagos in his tracks for a moment.
Spar lands an elbow inside.
Lagos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Spar after a bit of a struggle.
Spar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Spar throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar scores a nice knee to the body.
Lagos takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Xander Lagos has been cut.
Spar is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Muay Thai Spar dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Xander Lagos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lagos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Spar. That one must have hurt.
Lagos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Spar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spar tries to clinch but Lagos is having none of it.
Spar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lagos.

Lagos is rocked!
Spar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lagos is still on wobbly legs! Can Spar finish him?
Spar scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spar moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lagos is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Spar Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Lagos is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Muay Thai Spar!
Muay Thai Spar retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Muay Thai Spar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.