PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kotaro Fuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Spong
vs
Fuma

172 cm
20
165 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

169 cm
24
158 lbs
5 - 40 - 2

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Spong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 40 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Fuma!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spong tries to clinch up.
Spong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spong slaps away a takedown attempt from Fuma, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Spong's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fuma under the eye.

Spong has closed the distance and engaged Fuma in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Spong scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Spong as the two fighters clinch.
Fuma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spong lands a right hand.
Spong lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spong stalling against the cage.
Spong throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Spong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spong stalling the fight.
A shot in the inside from Spong.
Spong lands with a light punch inside.
Fuma working hard to break the clinch.
Spong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spong lands a left hand.
Spong lands with a right to the head.

Fuma is rocked!
Spong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fuma is still on wobbly legs! Can Spong finish him?
Fuma wants to break free but Spong has control.
Fuma seems to have recovered his senses.
Spong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Spong lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong lands an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Spong takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spong lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Fuma to his knees! Spong keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Spong!