PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sen Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robb Spewak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nguyen comes to the cage accompanied by "House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals. Spewak comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The German National Anthem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nguyen
vs
Spewak

170 cm
29
181 lbs
14 - 11 - 1

180 cm
36
182 lbs
18 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sen Nguyen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robb Spewak!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spewak connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nguyen momentarily.

Nguyen darts in and clinches Spewak up against the cage.
Spewak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spewak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spewak looking to throw knees to the head but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
Spewak prevents the takedown attempt.
Spewak lands a knee to the head.
Nguyen avoids a wild elbow strike from Spewak.
Nguyen tries to circle away but Spewak has him pinned against the cage.
Spewak will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nguyen up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spewak throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen is trying to push Spewak away but Spewak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Nguyen manages to break the clinch.
Nguyen misses with a two punch combination.
Nguyen misses with an uppercut
letting Spewak counter with a right hand.
Nguyen tries a low kick but Spewak avoids it.
Spewak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robb Spewak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Nguyen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Spewak's half guard.
Nguyen is looking to take a break and control but Spewak is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spewak is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen controlling the action here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sen Nguyen.
Nguyen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nguyen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Spewak taking a breather.
Spewak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Spewak lands a nice knee to the body.
Nguyen letting Spewak take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen managing to block the knees to the body from Spewak.
Nguyen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spewak blocking some punches.
Spewak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.
Nguyen managing to block the knees to the body from Spewak.
Nguyen wants to break free but Spewak has control.
Spewak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spewak scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Nguyen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nguyen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spewak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nguyen is defending well for now.
Nguyen misses with a punch on the inside.
Nguyen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nguyen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spewak.
Spewak tries to land a knee to the head but Nguyen blocks with his arms.
Spewak throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nguyen wants to get back to striking at distance but Spewak won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spewak trying to land knees to the body.
Spewak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Spewak throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robb Spewak dominated that round.
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.

Nguyen throws a series of punches but Spewak avoids them all with ease.
Nguyen has a takedown stuffed.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spewak.
Spewak tries to bum rush Nguyen with a series of wild strikes but Nguyen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck for Nguyen with that takedown attempt.
Nguyen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nguyen misses with a double jab.

Nguyen closes the distance and pushes Spewak back into the cage.
Nguyen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sen Nguyen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spewak trying to land knees to the body.
Nguyen avoids the elbow strike from Spewak, against the cage.

Nguyen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spewak tries a head kick but it misses.
Nguyen walks into a straight right hand from Spewak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spewak lands an overhand right.
No joy there for Spewak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nguyen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spewak's head backwards.

Nguyen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spewak, pushing him back against the cage.
Spewak looking to throw knees to the head but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
Robb Spewak seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nguyen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nguyen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spewak has him pressed against the cage.
Spewak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nguyen tries to circle away but Spewak has him pinned against the cage.

Nguyen manages to break the clinch.
Spewak connects with a body shot.
Nguyen connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nguyen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spewak has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spewak throws a right hand that Nguyen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nguyen also avoids with ease.
Sen Nguyen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spewak tries to bum rush Nguyen with a series of wild strikes but Nguyen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nguyen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Spewak backs up against the cage.
Spewak slips a jab and a cross from Nguyen.
Spewak throws out a loose jab but Nguyen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nguyen looks to score with a jab to the body but Spewak is just out of range.
Spewak throws a nice head kick!
Spewak darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nguyen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spewak circles away quickly and effectively.
Nguyen tries for a takedown but Spewak sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Nguyen moves into the clinch.
Spewak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nguyen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spewak has him pressed against the cage.
Nguyen managing to block the knees to the body from Spewak.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spewak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nguyen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spewak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nguyen.
Spewak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spewak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nguyen is defending well for now.
Spewak looking to throw knees to the head but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
Nguyen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Spewak gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Spewak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spewak stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spewak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spewak tries to land knees in the clinch but Nguyen avoids the damage to the body.
Spewak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spewak stalling against the cage.
Nguyen takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robb Spewak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nguyen scores with a takedown into Spewak's guard.
Nguyen trying to control but Spewak is working from the bottom.
Spewak is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Spewak is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Nguyen sitting in guard here, content to control.

Spewak has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Nguyen off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Nguyen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Spewak manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Spewak wants to stand but Nguyen is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nguyen is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nguyen trying to control the position from guard on top but Spewak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nguyen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nguyen won't allow Spewak to get back to his feet.
Nguyen content to stall in guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sen Nguyen.
A big right from Spewak misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nguyen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spewak.
Spewak misses with a head kick.
Nguyen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nguyen feints a jab promting Spewak to slip. Nguyen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spewak slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Robb Spewak has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nguyen throws a series of punches but Spewak avoids them all with ease.
Spewak throws a jab when Nguyen was well out of range.

Nguyen takes the fight into the clinch.
Spewak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nguyen has Spewak pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spewak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spewak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nguyen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spewak walks away with a smile on his face. Nguyen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nguyen.
Nguyen moves away from the strike by Spewak.
Robb Spewak is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Spewak jabs at Nguyen's body.
Nguyen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sen Nguyen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spewak slips a jab from Nguyen.

Nguyen rushes Spewak and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spewak looking to throw knees to the head but Nguyen is blocking nicely.
Spewak lands a good knee to the midsection. Nguyen won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spewak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spewak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sen Nguyen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spewak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nguyen blocks it with crossed arms.
Spewak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nguyen's efforts to push away.
Spewak trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spewak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sen Nguyen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Spewak has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robb Spewak!