PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jacko Anselmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richey Spinnet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anselmo comes to the cage accompanied by Amon Amarth-DEATH IN FIRE. Jacko Anselmo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Richey Spinnet's chin.

Anselmo
vs
Spinnet

180 cm
28
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
31
183 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « NAF↑ TRIPLE 160Q ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacko Anselmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richey Spinnet!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spinnet punishes Anselmo's body with a nice straight punch.
Anselmo scores with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Anselmo.
A jab from Spinnet misses.
Richey Spinnet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spinnet throws a shot from downtown. Anselmo moves away and avoids it.

Spinnet darts in and clinches Anselmo up against the cage.
Spinnet lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Anselmo on the inside.
Anselmo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Anselmo scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Anselmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anselmo is trying to break free.
Spinnet lands an uppercut.
Anselmo pushes Spinnet back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spinnet throws a punch but it's blocked by Anselmo.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Anselmo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo wants to break free but Spinnet has control.
Spinnet lands with a short shot to the head.
Anselmo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Spinnet.
Anselmo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Spinnet manages to break the clinch.
Anselmo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spinnet counters with a stiff right hand.
Spinnet wants to clinch.
Spinnet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Anselmo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spinnet throws a body punch but Anselmo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spinnet.
Spinnet lands with an uppercut that bounces Anselmo off the cage and back into range.
Spinnet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Anselmo.
Anselmo misses with a wild combination.
Anselmo defending well as Spinnet loads up on a big left hand.
Anselmo feints a jab promting Spinnet to slip. Anselmo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spinnet slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anselmo drops his hands momentarily and Spinnet takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anselmo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Anselmo throws a series of punches but Spinnet avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinnet swings for the body but Anselmo moves out of range.
Anselmo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Spinnet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anselmo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Anselmo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spinnet finds it's way round the side to connect with Anselmo's head.
Spinnet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anselmo sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Spinnet darts in and clinches Anselmo up against the cage.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anselmo swings wildly with an uppercut but Spinnet uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Spinnet on the inside.
Spinnet lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo misses with some punches.
Anselmo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Spinnet.
Spinnet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anselmo's efforts to push away.

Spinnet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Spinnet rushes Anselmo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Anselmo.
Anselmo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anselmo is looking to break free of the clinch but Spinnet has double underhooks.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anselmo misses with a body punch.
Anselmo is looking to break free of the clinch but Spinnet has double underhooks.
Anselmo misses with a body punch.
Anselmo tries to circle away but Spinnet has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Richey Spinnet will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Spinnet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anselmo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Spinnet tries to clinch but Anselmo is having none of it.
Anselmo cracks Spinnet with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Anselmo moves away from the strike by Spinnet.
Anselmo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Spinnet scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anselmo throws a hook to the side of Spinnet's head but Spinnet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anselmo misses with a looping left.
Spinnet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anselmo moves away.
Spinnet tries to clinch up.
Spinnet throws a hook but Anselmo blocks it.
Spinnet on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Richey Spinnet seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo slips a straight right by Spinnet.
Spinnet lands with a good body shot.
Jacko Anselmo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spinnet connects with a right hand. Anselmo shakes it off.

Spinnet closes the distance and clinches.

Anselmo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Anselmo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Spinnet looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A combination from Anselmo does no damage.
Anselmo staying out of range there.
Anselmo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Spinnet in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Spinnet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left and a right from Anselmo both land. Nice combination.

Spinnet is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spinnet showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anselmo.
Spinnet is still on wobbly legs! Can Anselmo finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spinnet connects with a jab.
Spinnet seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Spinnet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spinnet throws a hook but Anselmo blocks it.
Anselmo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spinnet.
Spinnet closes the distance but Anselmo moves to the side
and Anselmo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Spinnet throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Anselmo on the side of the head.
Spinnet loads up on a big right hand but Anselmo slips the punch.
Spinnet scores with a punch to the head.
Spinnet slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Spinnet misses
and Anselmo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spinnet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Anselmo counters with a left to the body.
Spinnet moves out of range of the strikes.
Spinnet swings for the body but Anselmo moves out of range.
Spinnet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spinnet fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Anselmo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spinnet.
Spinnet walks into a straight right hand from Anselmo.

Spinnet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Spinnet lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anselmo lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Spinnet.
Anselmo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spinnet backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Spinnet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Anselmo misses.
Spinnet lands a right hook to the body.
Anselmo misses with a hook. Spinnet ducked under it nicely.
Spinnet slips a straight right by Anselmo.
Spinnet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Anselmo was well out of range. Poor timing from Spinnet.
Spinnet misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spinnet moves in looking to clinch but Anselmo pushes him off.
Spinnet misses the jab.
Spinnet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Richey Spinnet will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Spinnet scores with a nice right hand.
Spinnet doesn't manage to clinch there - Anselmo circles away.
Anselmo blocks a jab.
Spinnet connects with a nice looking jab.
Spinnet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spinnet. Anselmo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spinnet slips a straight right by Anselmo.

Spinnet moves into the clinch.
Spinnet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spinnet working aggressively here.
Anselmo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet tries to work over Anselmo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anselmo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo throws a head punch that misses.
Anselmo can't break the clinch.
Anselmo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spinnet has him pressed against the cage.
Anselmo lands with a right to the head.
Anselmo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anselmo misses with some punches.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet throws a punch but it's blocked by Anselmo.
A body shot lands from Spinnet.
Spinnet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spinnet lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Anselmo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spinnet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet keeps control of Anselmo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Spinnet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richey Spinnet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spinnet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spinnet is looking to clinch.
Anselmo throws a hook but Spinnet blocks it.
Spinnet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Spinnet rushes Anselmo and presses him up against the cage.
Anselmo is trying to break free.
Anselmo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spinnet has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Anselmo fails to land.
Anselmo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spinnet's elbow.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spinnet.
Anselmo tries to circle away but Spinnet has him pinned against the cage.
Richey Spinnet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spinnet tries a body shot but Anselmo blocks it.
Anselmo lands with a light punch inside.
Anselmo tries a body shot but Spinnet blocks it.
Anselmo misses with a body punch.
Spinnet can't find room to land a body shot as Anselmo controls the action.
Anselmo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet blocking some punches.
Spinnet has Anselmo pressed against the cage, preventing Anselmo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spinnet blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet prevents Anselmo from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anselmo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Anselmo lands a left hand.
Anselmo tries to circle away but Spinnet has him pinned against the cage.
Anselmo lands with a left to the head.
Jacko Anselmo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anselmo is trying to break the clinch but Spinnet is controlling him.
Spinnet has Anselmo pressed against the cage, preventing Anselmo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Spinnet lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anselmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anselmo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spinnet's elbow.
Spinnet scores with a shoulder strike.

Spinnet breaks from the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Spinnet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richey Spinnet.
I've got Spinnet winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richey Spinnet!