PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuyo Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Spants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lou Spants has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Maeda
vs
Spants

190 cm
24
260 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
230 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mitsuyo Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lou Spants!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spants fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Maeda on the side of the head.
Spants jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spants misses the shot to the body.
Spants tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maeda was well out of range. Poor timing from Spants.
Spants lands with a nice body punch.
Spants loads up on a big right hand but Maeda slips the punch.
Maeda just misses with a punch to the body.
Maeda takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spants misses with an uppercut. Maeda saw that one coming.
Spants jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maeda gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spants.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maeda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Spants.
Spants lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Spants.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda misses with a two punch combination.
Spants falls off balance throwing a combination

and Maeda counters with a nice double leg into side control. Spants won't be happy with that.
Spants tries to escape but Maeda is in control.
Maeda wants to control but Spants is keeping him busy.
Spants is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Maeda is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Spants is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Spants is trying to control Maeda's posture but Maeda avoids it.

Maeda is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Spants is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Maeda goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Spants has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Maeda but great work by Spants.

Spants decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Spants connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maeda. Maeda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spants fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
Maeda takes one to the chin there.
Spants moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spants paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maeda closes the distance and pushes Spants back into the cage.
Maeda fails to pull guard.

Spants's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Maeda fails to land the takedown.
Maeda tries to clinch but Spants is having none of it.
Lou Spants seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spants works Maeda's body with a nice hook.
Maeda is breathing heavily.
Jab from Spants.
Spants listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spants lands a slapping body shot.
Spants fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
Spants misses with a looping left.
Spants throws a right hand that Maeda ducks under and follows up with a left that Maeda also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Spants.
Spants misses with a double jab.
Spants lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maeda backs up against the cage.

It looks like Mitsuyo Maeda has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spants throws a series of strikes that have Maeda backpedaling.
Spants throws a shot from downtown. Maeda moves away and avoids it.
Maeda needs to keep his hands up - Spants had a free shot at his head there.
Spants missing with a left hand there. Maeda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spants swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spants ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maeda moves away.
Maeda takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Spants dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitsuyo Maeda's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Spants misses the jab.
Spants punishes Maeda's body with a nice straight punch.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch but Spants swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A shot to the liver by Spants. Beautiful body shot.
Spants swings for the body but Maeda moves out of range.
Spants lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Spants scores with a three punch combo!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spants lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Spants does no damage.
Maeda takes a jab right on the kisser.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spants will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spants throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Spants.
Spants misses with a hook.
Maeda avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maeda shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Spants sprawls well. Spants wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Maeda gets slowly back to his feet.
Maeda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Spants manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spants lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maeda at a distance.
Spants scores with the left hand. Maeda knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spants looks to land a combination. Maeda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Maeda walks into a jab.
Spants 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.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Spants punishes Maeda's body with a nice straight punch.
Spants works the jab nicely.
Maeda looks for a takedown but Spants sprawls well.
Spants punishes Maeda's body with a nice straight punch.
Spants has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maeda takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Spants wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Spants fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spants throws a predictable looking body shot

and Maeda holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Spants manages to break the clinch.
Spants cracks Maeda with an open hand slap.
Maeda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maeda there as he acknowledges the shot.
Spants misses with a wild combination.
Spants misses with a two punch combination.
Spants lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maeda backs up against the cage.
A jab from Spants misses.
Maeda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spants throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maeda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spants fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
Spants will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maeda ducks under a wild hook from Spants.
Spants throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maeda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spants throws out the jab.
No joy there for Spants, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maeda defending well as Spants loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spants just misses with a punch to the body.
Lou Spants is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Spants does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Spants showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mitsuyo Maeda's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Maeda changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Spants tries to avoid it but Maeda manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Spants to the ground. Spants escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Maeda shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spants pinned against the cage. Spants gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Maeda is trying hard to land a takedown here. Spants sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mitsuyo Maeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Spants.
Spants throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spants misses with an uppercut. Maeda saw that one coming.
Spants looks to land a left hand but Maeda moved out of range nicely.
Spants throws a right and a left that Maeda avoids nicely.
Spants lands a glancing blow to the side of Maeda's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spants fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maeda walks into a jab.
Spants is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Spants misses with a wild combination.
Maeda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spants.
Mitsuyo Maeda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spants throws an overhand right that lands on Maeda's shoulder, as Maeda tries to avoid the shot.
Spants throws a hook but Maeda blocks it.
Spants just misses with a punch to the body.
Maeda fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Spants avoids it really well and circles away.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Spants.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spants misses with a body shot.
Maeda wants to clinch up but Spants keeps it at a distance.
Maeda defending well as Spants loads up on a big left hand.
Lou Spants is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maeda blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Spants.
Maeda lands with a kick to the temple. Spants shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Lou Spants has been cut.
Spants closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Spants with a jab.
Spants scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spants scores with a jab to the body.
Spants lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good standup being displayed there by Spants as he connects with a hook.
Spants scores with the left hand. Maeda knows he should have avoided that one.
Maeda tries to clinch but Spants is having none of it.
Maeda gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spants.
Spants tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maeda was well out of range. Poor timing from Spants.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spants paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spants moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Spants connects with a right hand. Maeda shakes it off.
Spants scores with a sloppy right hand. Maeda should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spants fails to land with a series of punches.
Spants thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maeda has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A telegraphed right hand from Spants misses the target.
Spants misses with a hook.
Spants lands a right hook to the body.
Spants throws a series of punches but Maeda moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spants.
Spants throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Spants.
Mitsuyo Maeda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maeda ducks under a wild hook from Spants.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lou Spants comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Spants winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight for Lou Spants!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Lou Spants!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Lou Spants!

Lou Spants wins by unanimous decision!