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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Spencer (ranked 1917 p4p, 1965 weight class) and Wing Wang (ranked 254 p4p, 260 weight class). Wing Wang is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Basic striking
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Robin Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wing Wang!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Spencer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Spencer wants to free his trapped foot but Wang is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Spencer working Wang over with strikes.
Spencer lands strikes from half guard.
Spencer content to control rather than advance.
Spencer's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spencer is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wang doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Spencer.
Wang is looking for a sweep. Spencer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang is still trying to improve position.
Wang trying to hold on to Spencer's head to control him but Spencer postures up.
Spencer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Spencer is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Spencer prevents Wang from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spencer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Spencer is trying to work for a kimura but Wang is defending well.
Wang trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Spencer drops an elbow to the side of Wang's head.
Spencer is trying to control the action in half guard but Wang is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wang is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Spencer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Spencer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Spencer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Spencer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Spencer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Spencer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wang defends it well.
Spencer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is trying to control. Wang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Spencer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Spencer working the head and body with strikes.
Wang is trying to get back to full guard.
Spencer looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Spencer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wang knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nice strikes from Spencer there.
Wang is refusing to be controlled, as Spencer sits in half guard.
Spencer is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Wang is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wang is trying to maintain the position but Spencer is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer trying to pass the guard but Wang defending well.
Spencer working over Wang with some ground and pound. Wang looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Spencer trying to pass the guard but Wang defending well.
Spencer lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Spencer there.
Wang works his way to full guard. Good work.
Spencer is in close to Wang's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Spencer distracts Wang with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wang keeping moving, preventing Spencer from controlling successfully.
Wang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Spencer defends well.
Wang keeping moving, preventing Spencer from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Spencer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Spencer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Spencer shoots in looking for a takedown. Wang tries to sprawl out of it but Spencer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wang manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Spencer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wang is fending him off so far but Spencer persists. Nope, Wang circles away and we're back to standing.
Spencer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Spencer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spencer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Spencer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wang tries to avoid it but Spencer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wang to the ground. Wang escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wang misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wang fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Spencer changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wang tries to sprawl but Spencer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Spencer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spencer lands strikes from half guard.
Wang taking some punishment here, with Spencer in his half guard.
Spencer is trying to control. Wang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Spencer is thwarting Wang's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang is defending against the submission attempts here by Spencer.
Wang is not content to let Spencer control the position.
Spencer trying to control the pace.
Wang gets back to full guard.
Spencer distracts Wang with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Spencer lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Spencer stands and throws Wang's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Robin Spencer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wang is trying to get back to half guard.
Wang on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Spencer moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Wang gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Spencer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wang is squirming around, avoiding Spencer's attempts to control the action.
Spencer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wang?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer working for a submission but Wang is keeping him at bay.
Spencer wants to control the pace but Wang is squirming around nicely.
Spencer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wang can do to turn this around?
Spencer cracks Wang with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Spencer landing strikes from the mount and Wang is in trouble!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Spencer! Wang is hurt baaadly! Spencer is firing away with more strikes - Wang is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Spencer!
Robin Spencer seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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