PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jason Spezza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Louzon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spezza
vs
Louzon

178 cm
20
168 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
163 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Spezza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Louzon!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louzon misses with a looping left.
Louzon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Louzon looks to land a combination but Spezza avoids it well.
Louzon throws a leg kick
and Spezza counters with a three punch combo that has Louzon backing up. Louzon nods at Spezza to acknowledge the strikes.
Louzon misses with a looping left.
Spezza lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Louzon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Spezza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Louzon.
Spezza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Louzon momentarily.
Spezza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Louzon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spezza connects with a nice looking jab.
Louzon throws a nice looking combination but Spezza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
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!
Louzon throws a poor cross that misses
and Spezza counters with a nice body shot.
Spezza lands with an overhand left.
Louzon loads up on a big right hand but Spezza slips the punch.
Louzon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louzon throws a right and a left that Spezza avoids nicely.
Spezza throws a hook but Louzon avoids it easily.
Spezza throws a lazy right hand but Louzon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louzon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spezza staying out of range there.
Louzon tried to score with a low kick but Spezza checks it.
Louzon checks a leg kick.
Louzon throws a looping overhand right but Spezza ducks down to avoid it.
Louzon throws a nice inside leg kick.
Joe Louzon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louzon misses with a double jab
and Spezza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Louzon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Louzon throws a chopping leg kick but Spezza manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Louzon throws a right hand that Spezza ducks under and follows up with a left that Spezza also avoids with ease.
Louzon has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spezza finds it's way round the side to connect with Louzon's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spezza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Louzon.
Louzon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Louzon misses with a combination
and Spezza counters with a low kick, right behind Louzon 's knee.
Spezza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louzon scores with the left hand. Spezza knows he should have avoided that one.
Spezza blocks a jab.
Louzon misses the jab.
Spezza swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Louzon.
Louzon misses with an uppercut. Spezza saw that one coming.
Spezza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Louzon misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spezza moves out of range as Louzon strikes.
An inside leg kick from Louzon misses.
Donk. Louzon catches Spezza right on the button with a cross.
Louzon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spezza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spezza takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spezza defending well as Louzon loads up on a big left hand.
Spezza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Louzon.
Louzon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spezza.
Spezza throws a right hand that Louzon ducks under and follows up with a left that Louzon also avoids with ease.
Spezza scores with a nice right hand.
Louzon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spezza.
Louzon tries to move into range but Spezza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louzon misses with a double jab
and Spezza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Louzon throws a lazy right hand but Spezza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spezza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Louzon throws a sloppy head kick and Spezza moves out of range easily.
Spezza lands with a right hand.
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!
Louzon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Spezza tries to bum rush Louzon with a series of wild strikes but Louzon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Louzon misses with a head kick.
Spezza listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Louzon slips a jab from Spezza.
Louzon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louzon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Louzon misses with an uppercut
and Spezza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spezza's corner calls for a 1-2. Spezza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jason Spezza will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Spezza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice jab there from Louzon.
Louzon misses with a head kick.
Jab from Spezza.
Louzon dodges the punch combination from Spezza.
Some wild striking there from Louzon.
Louzon throws a hook but Spezza avoids it easily.
Joe Louzon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louzon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Louzon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Louzon throws a jab when Spezza was well out of range.
Louzon misses with a combination
and Louzon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spezza slips under a jab.
Louzon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spezza counters with a three punch combo that has Louzon backing up. Louzon nods at Spezza to acknowledge the strikes.
Spezza misses with a straight left.
Louzon throws a right hand that Spezza ducks under and follows up with a left that Spezza also avoids with ease.
Louzon fails to land with a series of punches.
Louzon swinging wildly here.
Louzon is breathing heavily.
Spezza blocks a leg kick.
Spezza scores with a punch to the head.
Spezza avoids a kick to the body.
Louzon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Spezza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Louzon scrambles back to his feet.
Louzon swinging wildly here.
Spezza lunges at Louzon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Louzon's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louzon moves out of range of the strikes.
Louzon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spezza counters with a low kick, right behind Louzon 's knee.
Spezza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louzon looks to land a right hand but Spezza moved out of range.
Louzon misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Spezza.
Louzon misses with a lunging right hand
and Spezza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Spezza scores with a four punch combination!

Louzon is rocked!

It looks like Joe Louzon has been cut.
Louzon lands a lovely overhand right.
Louzon is still on wobbly legs! Can Spezza finish him?
Spezza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louzon seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice shot lands for Spezza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Louzon misses.
An inside leg kick from Spezza misses.
Louzon scores with a nice right hand.
Jason Spezza is winning the standup battle so far.
Spezza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Spezza throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Louzon misses.
Some wild striking there from Louzon.
Spezza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Louzon.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spezza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spezza misses with a looping left.
Louzon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Louzon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spezza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Louzon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louzon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spezza circles away quickly and effectively.
Spezza moves out of range of the strikes.
Spezza walks into a stiff left hand from Louzon.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spezza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Louzon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louzon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spezza with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Louzon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Spezza with a nice cross.
Louzon takes one on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louzon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louzon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spezza.
Louzon swings widly with a right hand
and Spezza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Spezza dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Louzon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Spezza, as that shot connected.
Louzon has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spezza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Louzon scores with a three punch combo!
Louzon dodges the punch combination from Spezza.
Louzon misses with a combination
and Louzon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spezza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Louzon throws a series of punches but Spezza avoids them all with ease.
Louzon misses with the combination.
Louzon misses the body punch
and Spezza counters with a stiff right hand.
Spezza blocks a head kick by Louzon.
The crowd cheers as Spezza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Louzon doesn't seem phased though.
Louzon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spezza throws a series of punches but Louzon moves out of range.
Spezza jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louzon throws a combination that misses
and Spezza counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Spezza slips under a jab from Louzon.
Spezza jabs Louzon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Spezza connects with a high kick.
Spezza will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Spezza connects with a good right hand that stumbles Louzon. Louzon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Louzon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Louzon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spezza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Spezza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louzon.
Spezza throws a right and a left that Louzon avoids nicely.
Spezza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Louzon.
Louzon throws the kick towards the body but Spezza avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louzon misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Louzon misses the target.
A punch combination from Louzon misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louzon dodges the punch combination from Spezza.
Spezza scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spezza takes a jab right on the kisser.
Louzon takes one to the chin there.
Louzon throws a poor cross that misses
and Spezza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Louzon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spezza is looking to land body kicks.
A good leg kick by Spezza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spezza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Louzon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Spezza makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Louzon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Louzon misses with a series of wild punches.
Louzon slips under a jab from Spezza.
Nice uppercut lands for Spezza. That snapped Louzon's head back.
Louzon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spezza counters with a thumping low kick.
Louzon misses with a hook.
Spezza scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Spezza looks to land a left hand but Louzon moved out of range nicely.
Spezza thuds a left hand into Louzon's body.
Louzon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spezza connects with a jab.
Jason Spezza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Louzon staying out of range there.
Louzon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spezza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spezza throws a right hand that Louzon ducks under and follows up with a left that Louzon also avoids with ease.
Louzon misses with an uppercut
and Spezza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Louzon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Spezza is out of range.
Louzon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spezza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe Louzon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spezza connects with a nice looking jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spezza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jab from Louzon.
Spezza takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Spezza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spezza 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Spezza!
Jason Spezza really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Vitality logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.