PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Mangabeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mangabeira
vs
Spencer

185 cm
25
193 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

192 cm
28
192 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Mangabeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shawn Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mangabeira pushes Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.
Spencer is pressed up against the cage. Mangabeira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Spencer down to the mat. Spencer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Spencer throws a body punch but Mangabeira moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Spencer.
Mangabeira shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spencer pinned against the cage. Spencer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A big left from Spencer misses.
The fighters circling - Spencer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mangabeira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Spencer as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Mangabeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
Spencer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Spencer is having none of it.
Mangabeira tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mangabeira.
Spencer jabs Mangabeira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mangabeira moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Mangabeira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Spencer circles away.
Spencer throws a series of punches but Mangabeira moves out of range.
Spencer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Spencer misses with a two punch combination.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch but Spencer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mangabeira misses with a takedown attempt - Spencer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Spencer lands a jab to Mangabeira's midsection.
Mangabeira is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Spencer. Those never looked like landing.
Spencer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer scores with a nice head shot.
Spencer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mangabeira circles away quickly and effectively.
Mangabeira slips a straight right by Spencer.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice cross by Spencer.
A jab from Spencer finds it's way through Mangabeira's defenses.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spencer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mangabeira looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Mangabeira forces Spencer back against the cage and clinches.
Spencer letting Mangabeira take a breather here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Mangabeira for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mangabeira stalling in the clinch but Spencer improves position.
Spencer being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rodrigo Mangabeira.
Mangabeira wants to clinch.
Spencer throws a body punch but Mangabeira moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Spencer - just one landing.
Mangabeira throws a hook but Spencer avoids it easily.
Mangabeira looks to clinch
and Spencer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mangabeira tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Spencer as he jumps to the side.
Spencer loads up on a big right hand but Mangabeira slips the punch.
Spencer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spencer wants it to stay on the feet.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spencer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mangabeira moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Spencer misses with a straight left.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spencer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mangabeira shoots for a takedown but Spencer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mangabeira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spencer lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spencer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mangabeira darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Spencer dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Spencer scores with a jab to the head.
Spencer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mangabeira tries to close the distance and clinch but Spencer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mangabeira shoots in but Spencer avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mangabeira throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Spencer's waist but Spencer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mangabeira off to one side.
Mangabeira tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.
Mangabeira closes the distance but Spencer moves to the side
and Mangabeira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mangabeira has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Mangabeira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mangabeira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Spencer misses the target.
Spencer throws out a powerful jab.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Mangabeira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mangabeira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mangabeira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mangabeira fails with an attempt to clinch.

Spencer gets tackled into the cage by Mangabeira. Mangabeira maintains the clinch.

Mangabeira manages to break the clinch.
Spencer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mangabeira in his tracks.
Mangabeira darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mangabeira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mangabeira walks into a left hand.

Mangabeira is rocked!
Rodrigo Mangabeira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mangabeira fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Spencer avoids it really well and circles away.
Spencer just misses with a punch to the body.
Spencer throws a jab when Mangabeira was well out of range.
Mangabeira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spencer.

Mangabeira closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Spencer quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Spencer looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Spencer wants to get back to his feet.

Spencer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mangabeira closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer leaves Mangabeira with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Spencer thows a body shot but no joy.
Spencer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mangabeira moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.
Oh Mangabeira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mangabeira tries to clinch
and Spencer counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Mangabeira badly! He tries to strike back but Spencer puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Mangabeira out cold! Oh man, Mangabeira will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Shawn Spencer!
A victorious Shawn Spencer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.