PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Shawn Spencer (ranked 21974 p4p, 759 weight class) and Ezekel Rage (ranked 21287 p4p, 818 weight class). Shawn Spencer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ezekel Rage's chin.

Spencer
vs
Rage

190 cm
24
196 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

195 cm
25
196 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shawn Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ezekel Rage!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spencer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've been informed that Rage 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.
Rage scores with a leg kick.
Rage tries to score with a low kick but Spencer moves his leg out of the way.
Rage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spencer moves away.
Spencer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rage. Spencer does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Rage misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Spencer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jab from Spencer.
Rage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spencer.
Spencer is looking to counter punch.
Shawn Spencer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spencer slips a straight right by Rage.
Rage cracks the inside of Spencer's front leg.
Rage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big right from Spencer misses.
Spencer looks to land a combination. Rage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rage takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rage throws a looping overhand right but Spencer ducks down to avoid it.
Spencer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rage. That's going to slow Spencer down.
Spencer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Rage.
Spencer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Spencer throws a jab but it's blocked by Rage.
A low kick from Spencer misses
and Rage counters with a good low kick that Spencer was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Rage.
Rage changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spencer.
A slow jab from Rage misses its intended target.
Spencer slips a jab from Rage.
Spencer throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Spencer.
Rage steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Spencer.
Rage lands a jab to the head.
Rage getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Spencer misses with a looping right.
Spencer misses with a two punch combination.
Rage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rage walks into a jab.
Rage blocks a jab.
Spencer connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rage staying out of range there.
Rage misses with an uppercut. Spencer saw that one coming.
Spencer throws a big counter combination but Rage scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Spencer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Spencer throws a big shot that misses.
Spencer looks to land a left hand but Rage moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rage.
Spencer misses with an uppercut.
Rage blocks a jab.
Rage tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Spencer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rage missing with a left hand there. Spencer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
Rage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Spencer misses with an uppercut.
Rage tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rage will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rage thumps Spencer with a low kick.
Rage blocks a jab.
Spencer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rage tests Spencer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spencer slips under a jab from Rage.
Spencer throws a shot from downtown. Rage moves away and avoids it.
Spencer misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ezekel Rage dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rage slips a jab from Spencer.
Spencer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rage.
Rage is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Spencer throws a big shot that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rage lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Spencer has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spencer and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Spencer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Rage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rage moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Spencer.
Ezekel Rage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spencer. That's going to slow Rage down.
Spencer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice uppercut lands for Rage. That snapped Spencer's head back.
A jab from Rage misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spencer throws a hook but Rage avoids it easily.
Spencer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Spencer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
Rage blocks a jab.
Spencer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rage buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good exchange - Rage coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Spencer blocks the leg kick.
Rage connects with a body shot.
Rage tries a low kick but Spencer avoids it.
Rage scoring well with a low kick there.
Rage slips a jab from Spencer.
Rage slips a straight right by Spencer.
Spencer moves away from the strike by Rage.
Spencer looks to land a left hand but Rage moved out of range nicely.
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
Spencer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rage momentarily.
Rage slips a jab from Spencer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rage! But no joy.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Spencer throws a lazy right hand but Rage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spencer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rage ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
Spencer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rage staying out of range there.
Spencer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rage throws an overhand right that lands on Spencer's shoulder, as Spencer tries to avoid the shot.
Spencer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rage moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Spencer throws a looping overhand right but Rage ducks down to avoid it.
Rage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rage moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Good leg kick by Rage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Spencer swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Rage wants to counter with a clinch but Spencer pushes him away.
Rage is looking to chop away at Spencer's legs.
Rage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spencer throws out the jab.
Spencer lands a leg kick that knocks Rage off balance momentarily.
Spencer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Spencer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spencer throws out a leg kick but Rage moves out of range and Spencer only half commits.
Rage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spencer.
Spencer throws an overhand right that lands on Rage's shoulder, as Rage tries to avoid the shot.
Rage walks into a straight right hand from Spencer.
Spencer throws a hook but Rage blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Spencer dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice body punch from Rage.
Rage misses the shot to the body.
Spencer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spencer throws a shot from downtown. Rage moves away and avoids it.
Rage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spencer.
Spencer avoids the body shot from Rage.
Spencer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rage.
Rage throws a body shot but no joy.
Spencer looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Spencer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rage connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spencer misses with a hook
and Rage counters with a right hand to the body.
Rage moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
enabling Spencer to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Spencer misses.
It seemed like Rage was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Spencer scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Ezekel Rage has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spencer blocks a low kick nicely.
Spencer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rage defending well as Spencer loads up on a big left hand.
Spencer tries to work over Rage's front leg with a kick but Rage checks it.
Rage tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rage is looking to score with low kicks.
It looked like Spencer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rage looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Spencer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spencer checks a low kick from Rage.
Spencer throws a hook but Rage blocks it.
Spencer throws an overhand right that lands on Rage's shoulder, as Rage tries to avoid the shot.
Rage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rage lands a leg kick that knocks Spencer off balance momentarily.
Spencer cracks Rage with a good jab.
Rage slips a straight right by Spencer.
Spencer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rage digs a good body shot into Spencer's ribs.
Spencer misses with a looping right.
Rage tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rage cracks Spencer with a good jab.
Rage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Spencer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spencer.
Rage wants to counter the offense by Spencer and move into the clinch position.
Rage keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spencer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spencer throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rage lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spencer at a distance.
Rage slips under a jab from Spencer.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rage.
Spencer misses with a straight right.
Spencer misses with a looping right.
Rage moves out of range of the strikes.
Spencer misses with a looping left.
Spencer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Spencer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rage.
Rage scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Rage.
Spencer throws a jab but it's blocked by Rage.
Rage lands a nice hook to Spencer's body. Spencer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spencer looks to throw the jab but Rage is out of range.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Rage saw that one coming.
Rage chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Rage gets in close and instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ezekel Rage.
Well Rage has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ezekel Rage!
Ezekel Rage bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.