PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kole Mack (ranked 1841 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Akimbo Spice (ranked 249 p4p, 304 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Mack
vs
Spice

189 cm
24
219
5 - 6 - 0

194 cm
33
223
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Groove Gear

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kole Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akimbo Spice!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spice ducks under a wild hook from Mack.
Spice takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spice throws a counter combo.
Spice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mack gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Spice misses with the combination.
Mack was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mack misses with a lunging right hand
and Spice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spice misses with a hook. Mack ducked under it nicely.
Spice misses with an uppercut. Mack saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spice moves forwards but Mack connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mack tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Spice to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spice moves away.
Mack throws a body shot but no joy.
Spice takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Spice swings for the body but Mack moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Mack misses the target.
Mack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spice has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Spice has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Spice there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mack throws a hook but Spice avoids it easily.
Mack throws a hook but Spice blocks it.
Mack looks to throw the jab but Spice is out of range.
Mack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spice is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mack with a body shot.

Mack lands a left and a right that send Spice crashing to the mat, dazed. Mack thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Akimbo Spice has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body kick there by Spice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Spice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mack.
Mack lands a nice looking body kick.
Mack will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mack fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spice unleashes a big counter combination but Mack bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Spice avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mack lands a nice looking body shot.
Mack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Mack tenderised Spice's leg. Spice is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mack swings widly with a right hand
enabling Spice to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack misses with a hook to the body
and Spice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mack misses with a right hand
and Spice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spice misses with a body shot.

Mack clinches.
Spice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spice is leaning against Mack and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spice lands a body shot.
Spice lands a hook that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Mack fails to land.
Spice throws a knee to the head but misses.

Spice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spice moves away from the strike by Mack.
Mack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spice holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Spice tries to land a knee to the head but Mack blocks with his arms.
Spice blocking some punches.
Mack has a couple of punches blocked by Spice.
Mack managing to block the knees to the body from Spice.
Spice blocking some punches.
Spice taking a breather.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spice misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mack.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spice holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Spice blocking some punches.

Spice pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spice was well out of range. Poor timing from Mack.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kole Mack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akimbo Spice's cut.
That's time! Mack's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mack has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spice misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mack.
Spice misses with a punch to the body.
Mack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spice can do to turn this around?
Spice misses with a punch on the inside.

Spice manages to break the clinch.
Kole Mack is winning the standup battle so far.
Mack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mack throws a lazy right hand but Spice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spice lands a nice shot that snaps Mack's head back.
Spice gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mack.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack throws out a leg kick but Spice moves out of range and Mack only half commits.
Spice only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mack looks to score with a jab to the body but Spice is just out of range.
Spice lands a nice hook to Mack's body. Mack takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spice blocks a head kick by Mack.
Spice looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mack wants to clinch
and Spice counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mack connects with a single shot there.
Spice scores with a jab to the body.
Mack lands with a hook. Spice tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Spice.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mack there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mack tries to clinch
and Spice counters with a stiff right hand.
Mack misses with a low kick.
Spice drops Mack with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Mack! Spice dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akimbo Spice!
A relieved looking Akimbo Spice thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.