PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hettie Kate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kate comes to the cage accompanied by Peanuts Theme. Hettie Kate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kate
vs
Spencer

172 cm
30
160 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

180 cm
22
164 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hettie Kate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kate takes one on the button.
Spencer misses with a wild body shot.
Kate gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Spencer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kate needs to keep his hands up - Spencer had a free shot at his head there.
Kate ducks right into an uppercut from Spencer.
Kate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A cross from Spencer lands.
Spencer keeps Kate at a distance using the push kick.
Kate dodges the punch combination from Spencer.
Spencer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kate tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
Spencer throws a right and a left that Kate avoids nicely.
Spencer's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Spencer duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer misses with a lunging right hand

and Kate holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kate misses with a punch to the body.
Kate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spencer is defending well for now.
Kate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Spencer's defenses.
Kate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spencer.
Spencer is trying to stall.
Spencer has had enough of the clinch but Kate keeps him there for the moment.
Spencer blocks an elbow strike from Kate.
Spencer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kate lands an elbow just above Spencer 's eye.
Kate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spencer.
Kate with a knee to the head.
Kate trying to land knees to the body.
Kate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kate seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Spencer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kate.
Kate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spencer is defending well for now.
Kate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spencer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kate is keeping busy.
Kate working Spencer over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kate controlling the action here for a moment.
Spencer looking to throw knees to the head but Kate is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kate misses with the head strike.
Spencer avoids a wild elbow strike from Kate.
Spencer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kate scores a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Kate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spencer's brow.
Kate throws a punch but it's blocked by Spencer.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spencer tries to throw a body punch but Kate avoids it by throwing Spencer back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kate misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spencer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kate tries to land a knee to the head but Spencer blocks with his arms.
Kate trying to land knees to the body.
Kate misses with an elbow strike.

Spencer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses

and Kate moves into the clinch.
Kate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spencer lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kate can't find room to land a body shot as Spencer controls the action.
Kate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spencer blocks an elbow strike from Kate.
Kate tries to land knees in the clinch but Spencer avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hettie Kate dominated that round.
That's time! Kate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kate moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Kate throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
Spencer misses with a wild body shot.
Kate tries to clinch up
and Spencer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Some wild striking there from Spencer.
Kate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spencer connects with a jab.
Nice jab there from Spencer.
Spencer tries to bum rush Kate with a series of wild strikes but Kate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kate moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.

Kate has Spencer up against the cage in a clinch.
Kate throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kate misses with a knee to the head.
Spencer scores with a hook to the body.
Kate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spencer is defending well for now.
Hettie Kate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kate lands with a right to the head.
Kate stalling.
Spencer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spencer dodges an elbow strike from Kate.
Kate tries a knee to the head but Spencer blocks it.
Kate swings wildly with an uppercut but Spencer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spencer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Spencer pulls guard.
Kate has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kate would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Spencer looking for a triangle here. Kate is fighting it but it looks tight! Spencer pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Kate is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Chris Spencer!
Chris Spencer decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.