PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Spence (ranked 838 p4p, 652 weight class) and Dante Black (ranked 109 p4p, 82 weight class). Spence 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Were Coming. Black has chosen Mack the Knife as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spence
vs
Black

185 cm
24
202
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
190
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

Core Combat
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Spence !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dante Black!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence jabs at Black's body.
Alan Spence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spence misses with a hook
enabling Black to counter with a crisp jab.
Spence misses with a looping left.
Black looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spence tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Decent striking displayed by Spence there.

Spence moves into range and clinches up with Black.
Spence misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Black scores with a nice short uppercut.
Black scores with a shoulder strike.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spence lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
We've been informed that Black has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Spence takes a shot to the head.
Black has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spence misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Spence 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spence 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black working aggressively here.
Spence lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A body shot lands from Spence .
Spence misses with a body punch.
Black working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spence .
Spence blocks an uppercut.
Black lands a left hand.
Black working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Black.
Black lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Black breaks the clinch.
Spence misses with a body shot.
Black looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Spence .
Black throws a hook but Spence avoids it easily.
Spence looks to land a left hand but Black moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black slips a jab from Spence .
And Black responds with a good body kick, but Spence manages to step out the way in time.
Spence misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Black! But no joy.
Spence looks to score with a jab to the body but Black is just out of range.

Black feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Spence sprawling to the canvas! Spence rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Black finish him?!

It looks like Alan Spence has been cut.
Spence waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Black.
Black looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Black throws out a loose jab but Spence uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black throws a half hearted mid kick.
Black uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spence .
Spence ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spence connects with a body shot that sends Black's belly button to the back.
Black throws a leg kick but Spence checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Spence throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Black sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Spence moves into the clinch.
Black softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black working hard to break the clinch.
Black can't find room to land a body shot as Spence controls the action.
Spence misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spence misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spence lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spence blocks an uppercut.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Black breaks the clinch.
Spence throws a hook but Black avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spence takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spence smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Spence walks forward, straight into a front kick from Black.

Black cracks Spence with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Spence looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Black finish him?

Spence is rocked!
Black moves in close and cracks Spence with a massive right hand! Spence , frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Black!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Black!
During a confident post fight interview, Dante Black thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Alan Spence stepped up to the mic, saying 'Racism '.