PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Spencer (ranked 334 p4p, 202 weight class) and Quebra Cranio (ranked 45 p4p, 27 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Spencer
vs
Cranio

190 cm
27
190
11 - 2 - 0

185 cm
29
190
16 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Quebra Cranio!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Cranio.
Cranio moves out of range as Spencer throws a body kick.
Cranio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spencer's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cranio. Spencer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spencer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cranio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spencer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cranio misses with a left hand
and Spencer counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Quebra Cranio has been cut.
Cranio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cranio throws the left hand but Spencer avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Spencer was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cranio.
Cranio misses with a lunging right hand
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cranio misses with an uppercut
and Spencer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spencer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cranio throws out the jab.
Spencer quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio misses the jab.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cranio.
The fighters circling - Cranio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've been told by Spencer's head coaches at Casa Steel that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Spencer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cranio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cranio misses with a right hand
and Spencer counters with a stiff right hand.
Cranio might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cranio looks up at the clock. Bad move! Spencer lands a right hand from hell, dropping Cranio. Spencer pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Spencer!
James Spencer opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.