PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kotaro Fuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fuma
vs
Spong

169 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 49 - 2

172 cm
21
165 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Solid chin

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 5 - 49 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kotaro Fuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyrone Spong!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Spong clinches with his opponent.
Fuma tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Spong just stands there and leans against the cage.
Spong lands a left hand.
Spong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fuma up against the cage.
Fuma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Spong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spong lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuma backwards.
Fuma jumps guard but Spong stands there with Fuma around his waist. Fuma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Spong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Spong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spong lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong lands with a left to the head.
Spong lands a right hand.
Spong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spong is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuma or not.
Spong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fuma up against the cage.
Fuma is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Spong to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kotaro Fuma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Spong.
Spong lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuma tries to break the clinch but Spong is controlling the position.
Fuma can't break the clinch.
A short right from Spong.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spong digs a right hand into Fuma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuma's gas tank.
Spong digs a right hand into Fuma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuma's gas tank.
Fuma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spong.
A short left from Spong.
Spong slowing the pace effectively.
Spong lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuma backwards.
Still in the clinch, Spong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuma is looking to break free of the clinch but Spong has double underhooks.
Spong lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuma backwards.
Spong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spong stalling against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spong.
Spong lands with a short shot to the head.

Fuma is rocked!
Spong is pressed up against the cage. Fuma has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Spong down to the mat. Spong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Spong closes the distance and pushes Fuma back into the cage.
Spong holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Spong lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuma backwards.
Oh Fuma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spong displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fuma up against the cage.
Fuma seems to have got his legs back now.
Spong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong is struggling to control the position.
Spong pushes Fuma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Spong.
A shot in the inside from Spong.
Spong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Spong.
Fuma is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fuma working hard to break the clinch.
Fuma has Spong pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Spong manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A hook to the body from Spong.
Spong lands a body shot in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fumas head.
Spong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Spong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyrone Spong dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Spong rushes Fuma and presses him up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fuma taking a breather.
Spong controlling the action here for a moment.
Fuma fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Spong lands with a light punch inside.
Spong lands a nice uppercut.
Spong is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spong lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong pushes Fuma against the cage. Spong is working some dirty boxing. Spong pushes off with a quick right hook! Fuma goes down! Fuma tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Spong moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Spong!