PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gimmeya Spanka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Kamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frankie Kamara acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Spanka
vs
Kamara

187 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

167 cm
26
141 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[B2F] Born 2 Fight
[B2F] Born 2 Fight

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gimmeya Spanka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frankie Kamara!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spanka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Spanka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kamara defending well as Spanka loads up on a big left hand.
Kamara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Spanka.
Kamara throws a combination that misses
and Spanka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kamara throws a right and a left that Spanka avoids nicely.
Kamara missing with a left hand there. Spanka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Spanka.
Kamara misses with a few strikes there.
Frankie Kamara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Spanka. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Spanka finds it's way through Kamara's defenses.
Kamara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spanka.
Spanka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kamara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kamara misses with a series of wild punches.
Spanka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kamara.
A combination from Spanka does no damage.
Kamara fails to land with a series of punches.
Kamara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Spanka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kamara at a distance.
Spanka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Spanka jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kamara misses with a looping left.
Kamara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spanka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Spanka misses with a series of wild punches.
Kamara takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kamara blocks a jab.
Kamara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spanka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kamara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spanka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spanka throws a hook but Kamara avoids it easily.
Spanka tries to bum rush Kamara with a series of wild strikes but Kamara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spanka throws a shot from downtown. Kamara moves away and avoids it.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Spanka slips a straight right by Kamara.
Spanka misses with a few strikes there.
Spanka throws a nice looking combination but Kamara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kamara bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spanka's head.
Kamara is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Spanka's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Spanka duly obliges.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kamara misses the jab.
Spanka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kamara gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spanka.
Kamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kamara throws a combination that misses
and Spanka counters with a series of strikes. Kamara will be more careful next time no doubt.
Spanka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamara.
Kamara throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Spanka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A swing and a miss from Spanka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spanka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spanka catches Kamara with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kamara misses with an uppercut
and Spanka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Spanka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kamara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spanka.
Kamara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spanka.
Spanka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spanka ducks under a wild hook from Kamara.
Spanka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kamara misses with a double jab.
Kamara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spanka.
A combination from Spanka does no damage.
Kamara throws a combination. Spanka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spanka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spanka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spanka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Kamara misses its intended target.
Spanka misses the shot to the body.
Spanka bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kamara's head.
Kamara scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spanka.
Spanka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A right-left combo lands from Kamara.
Spanka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kamara 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.
Kamara takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Spanka throws a hook to the side of Kamara's head but Kamara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spanka.
A slow jab from Kamara misses its intended target.
Kamara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamara misses with a combination
and Spanka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Spanka misses with the combination.
Spanka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamara connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Spanka's hands.
Kamara throws an off balance right hand
and Spanka counters with a left and a right that stings Kamara.
Spanka slips a jab from Kamara.
Spanka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spanka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamara moves away from the strike by Spanka.
Spanka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamara drops his hands momentarily and Spanka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kamara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spanka fails to land with a series of punches.
Spanka lands with an overhand left.
Spanka throws a right hand that Kamara ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamara also avoids with ease.
Spanka looks to land a combination but Kamara avoids it well.
Spanka works over Kamara's head and body with a nice combination.
Spanka throws a big shot that misses.
Spanka lands a jab-cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Spanka.
Spanka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spanka is breathing heavily.
Spanka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kamara throws out the jab.
Spanka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kamara.
Kamara throws a jab when Spanka was well out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spanka counters with a stiff right hand.
Spanka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Nice jab there from Kamara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gimmeya Spanka dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Spanka swinging wildly here.
Spanka lands with a nice body punch.
Kamara takes one to the chin there.
Spanka throws out a powerful jab.
Kamara throws a series of punches but Spanka moves out of range.
Kamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spanka counters with a three punch combo that has Kamara backing up. Kamara nods at Spanka to acknowledge the strikes.
Spanka lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Spanka.
Kamara misses with a series of wild punches.
Kamara throws a right and a left that Spanka avoids nicely.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Spanka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spanka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kamara counters with a nice uppercut.
Kamara swinging wildly here.
Spanka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spanka lands with an uppercut that bounces Kamara off the cage and back into rage.
Spanka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Kamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spanka counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Kamara misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Kamara misses.
Kamara lands a nice hook to Spanka's body. Spanka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spanka slips a jab and a cross from Kamara.
Gimmeya Spanka is winning the standup battle so far.
Spanka walks into a left hand.
Kamara throws a jab but it's blocked by Spanka.
Spanka misses with a looping right.
Donk. Spanka catches Kamara right on the button with a cross.
A combination from Kamara does no damage.
Kamara misses with a series of wild punches.
Spanka ducks under a wild hook from Kamara.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara moves out of range.
Kamara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spanka counters with a series of strikes. Kamara will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kamara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gimmeya Spanka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kamara throws a hook to the side of Spanka's head but Spanka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spanka works the jab nicely.
Spanka misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Spanka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spanka pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kamara back to the cage. Spanka follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamara misses with an uppercut. Spanka saw that one coming.
Spanka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kamara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kamara lands a lovely overhand right.
Spanka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kamara.
Spanka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamara takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kamara takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Some wild striking there from Kamara.
Spanka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kamara moves away.
Spanka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spanka looks to land a combination but Kamara avoids it well.
Kamara throws the left hand but Spanka avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Kamara. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kamara.
Spanka throws a right and a left that Kamara avoids nicely.
Spanka takes a swing at Kamara's ribcage but misses.
Kamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spanka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Spanka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kamara.
Spanka misses with the combination.
Kamara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Spanka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spanka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Donk. Spanka catches Kamara right on the button with a cross.
Spanka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spanka lands with a cross.
Kamara has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spanka scores with the left hand. Kamara knows he should have avoided that one.
A left lands for Kamara.
Spanka misses with a two punch combination.
Spanka misses with a double jab.
Spanka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kamara.
Decent striking displayed by Spanka there.
Kamara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spanka fails to land with a series of punches.
Kamara lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kamara misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanka slips under a jab.
Kamara slips a jab and a cross from Spanka.
Spanka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamara connects with a right hand. Spanka shakes it off.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Spanka feints a jab promting Kamara to slip. Spanka then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kamara slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Spanka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kamara's hands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kamara.
Spanka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Left hook, right uppercut from Spanka.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spanka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spanka.
Spanka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kamara.
Spanka scores with a hook to the body. Kamara takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
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!
Kamara scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kamara throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kamara lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kamara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gimmeya Spanka dominated that second round.
That's time! Spanka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Spanka misses with a double jab.
Spanka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kamara.
Kamara misses with a straight left.
Spanka connects with a jab.
Spanka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spanka lunges at Kamara with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kamara's hand.
Spanka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kamara misses with a combination
and Spanka counters with a right hand to the body.
Spanka dodges the punch combination from Kamara.
Kamara throws a series of punches but Spanka moves out of range.
A left lands for Kamara.
Spanka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some wild striking there from Kamara.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Spanka!
A swing and a miss from Kamara.
Spanka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Spanka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kamara walks into a straight right hand from Spanka.
Sloppy strikes from Spanka. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamara slips a jab and a cross from Spanka.
Spanka lands a jab.
Kamara swinging wildly here.
Kamara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kamara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spanka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spanka misses with a wild combination.
Spanka avoids the body shot from Kamara.
Spanka misses with a few strikes there.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spanka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kamara.
Kamara lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kamara throws a left and a right that both miss
and Spanka counters with a right hand to the body.
Kamara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kamara takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Spanka.
Spanka tries to bum rush Kamara with a series of wild strikes but Kamara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spanka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spanka fails to land with a series of punches.
Spanka avoids the body shot from Kamara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kamara thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Kamara.
Kamara slips a jab and a cross from Spanka.
Spanka scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kamara displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spanka throws out the jab.
Kamara swinging wildly here.
Kamara lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sloppy strikes from Kamara. Those never looked like landing.
Spanka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kamara tries to bum rush Spanka with a series of wild strikes but Spanka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spanka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamara misses with a right hand
enabling Spanka to counter with a crisp jab.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara moves out of range.
Spanka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Spanka misses with a double jab.
Spanka fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kamara on the side of the head.
Spanka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kamara.
Spanka lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanka digs a good body shot into Kamara's ribs.
Kamara misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Kamara misses.
Kamara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spanka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spanka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kamara might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Spanka has got the better of the exchanges.
Left hook, right uppercut from Spanka.
Kamara scores with a crisp jab that stopped Spanka in his tracks.
Kamara misses with a hook. Spanka ducked under it nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Spanka.
Spanka throws a good cross that connects.
Spanka is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kamara throws a jab but it's blocked by Spanka.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Spanka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spanka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamara.
Some wild striking there from Kamara.
Spanka lands a jab to the head.
Kamara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spanka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spanka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanka looks to land a combination. Kamara sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Spanka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spanka shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kamara eats them both and turns towards Spanka to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spanka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kamara can do to turn this around?
A punch combination from Kamara misses.
Kamara throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Spanka counters with a straight right hand.
Spanka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kamara counters with a one-two to the body.
Kamara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spanka lands a head shot.
Spanka dodges the punch combination from Kamara.
A left and a right from Spanka both land. Nice combination.
A slow jab from Kamara misses its intended target.
Spanka misses with the combination.
Spanka throws a series of punches but Kamara avoids them all with ease.
Kamara misses with a double jab.
Spanka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kamara.
Frankie Kamara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gimmeya Spanka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kamara swinging wildly here.
Kamara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spanka counters with a left and a right that stings Kamara.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gimmeya Spanka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spanka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gimmeya Spanka!