PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Tenorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tenorio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tenorio
vs
Spencer

184 cm
24
164 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

177 cm
28
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Tenorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenorio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tenorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tenorio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tenorio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Spencer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tenorio.
Some wild striking there from Tenorio.
Tenorio tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Tenorio misses.
Tenorio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Spencer. Spencer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Spencer looks to throw the jab but Tenorio is out of range.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Tenorio.
Tenorio misses with a wild combination.
Tenorio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Spencer on the side of the head.
Tenorio throws a nice looking combination but Spencer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tenorio misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenorio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tenorio lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Spencer misses with a hook.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Tenorio.
Tenorio throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tenorio throws out a loose jab but Spencer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tenorio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spencer circles away quickly and effectively.
Tenorio fails to land with a series of punches.
Tenorio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tenorio motions for Spencer to come forward. Tenorio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Tenorio.
Tenorio misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tenorio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice jab there from Tenorio.
Tenorio throws a right and a left that Spencer avoids nicely.
Tenorio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spencer circles away quickly and effectively.

Spencer gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spencer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spencer misses with the head strike.
Spencer has a couple of punches blocked by Tenorio.
Tenorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tenorio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Spencer fails to land.
Spencer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spencer is looking to control Tenorio's arms but Tenorio gets an underhook and turns him. Now Spencer has his back to the cage.
Tenorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer misses with a punch on the inside.
Spencer throws a head punch that misses.
Spencer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spencer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tenorio wants to get back to striking at distance but Spencer won't allow it.
Spencer working aggressively here.

Tenorio breaks the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Tenorio scores with a four punch combination!
Spencer moves out of range of the body kick.
Tenorio tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tenorio moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tenorio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spencer.
Tenorio throws a series of strikes that have Spencer backpedaling.
Tenorio is working the combinations to good effect here.
A big right from Tenorio misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spencer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Tenorio.
Tenorio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tenorio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tenorio misses with a double jab

and Spencer moves into the clinch.
Tenorio is trying to force a seperation but Spencer has the dominant position.
Spencer keeps control of Tenorio as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spencer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tenorio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spencer wants to stall.
Spencer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Tenorio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tenorio tries to bum rush Spencer with a series of wild strikes but Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tenorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carlos Tenorio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tenorio throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
Tenorio feints a jab promting Spencer to slip. Tenorio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spencer slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Spencer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tenorio.
No joy there for Tenorio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spencer tries to clinch there but Tenorio circles away.
Tenorio throws a left and a right that both miss

and Spencer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Spencer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spencer keeps control of Tenorio as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Spencer working aggressively here.
Spencer throws a punch but it's blocked by Tenorio.

Tenorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tenorio misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tenorio.
Tenorio gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Spencer to counter with a crisp jab.
Tenorio cracks Spencer with an open hand slap.
Tenorio throws a series of punches but Spencer avoids them all with ease.
Tenorio shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tenorio misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Tenorio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Tenorio does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Tenorio. Those never looked like landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tenorio.
A slow jab from Spencer misses its intended target.
Tenorio throws a right hand that Spencer ducks under and follows up with a left that Spencer also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Tenorio.
Tenorio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tenorio throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
A combination from Tenorio does no damage.
Spencer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tenorio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tenorio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tenorio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Spencer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Spencer.
Tenorio tries to break free but Spencer pushes him back against the cage.
Tenorio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tenorio is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
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!
Spencer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spencer misses with a punch on the inside.
Spencer lands with a light punch inside.
Tenorio prevents a body shot from Spencer.
Spencer can't find room to land a body shot as Tenorio controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer prevents Tenorio from breaking the clinch.
Spencer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spencer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spencer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tenorio's efforts to push away.
Tenorio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tenorio tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Tenorio can't break the clinch.
Tenorio blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Spencer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tenorio tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Spencer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spencer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spencer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tenorio's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tenorio.
Tenorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Spencer fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Spencer.
Tenorio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tenorio is looking to break free of the clinch but Spencer has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tenorio.
Tenorio tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Spencer throws a head punch that misses.
Spencer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spencer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tenorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tenorio is trying to force a seperation but Spencer has the dominant position.
Spencer misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brian Spencer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Spencer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tenorio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tenorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carlos Tenorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tenorio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tenorio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spencer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spencer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spencer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tenorio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Spencer clinches.
Brian Spencer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spencer scores with a shot to the side of Tenorio's head.
Spencer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tenorio has had enough of the clinch but Spencer keeps him there for the moment.
Tenorio can't break the clinch.

Tenorio manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenorio throws a series of punches but Spencer avoids them all with ease.
Tenorio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Spencer is out of range and Tenorio settles back down.
Tenorio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tenorio throws a combination that misses

and Spencer counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short left from Spencer.
Spencer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tenorio backwards.
Spencer pushes Tenorio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spencer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spencer has Tenorio pushed against the cage.
Spencer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tenorio is trying to break free.
Tenorio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spencer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Spencer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tenorio backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer swings wildly with an uppercut but Tenorio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tenorio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Spencer fails to land.
Spencer has Tenorio pressed against the cage, preventing Tenorio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stalling in the clinch from Spencer.
Spencer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spencer misses with the head strike.
Spencer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spencer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tenorio backwards.
Tenorio is trying to break free.
Tenorio is looking to break free of the clinch but Spencer has double underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tenorio tries to circle away but Spencer has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tenorio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spencer stalling against the cage.
Tenorio tries to circle away but Spencer has him pinned against the cage.
Spencer has a couple of punches blocked by Tenorio.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spencer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spencer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tenorio backwards.
Spencer slowing the pace effectively.
Spencer lands with a light punch inside.

Tenorio is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer lands a right hand.
Oh Tenorio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spencer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Spencer throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spencer.
Tenorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spencer throws a punch but it's blocked by Tenorio.
Tenorio can't break the clinch.
Tenorio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good body shot from Spencer.
Spencer throws a head punch that misses.
Spencer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spencer dips a shoulder and cracks Tenorio with a mighty uppercut! Tenorio falls back against the cage and Spencer unloads with a barrage of strikes! Tenorio is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Spencer screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Spencer!
A very excited looking Brian Spencer rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.