PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tug Speedman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Racaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Racaza has chosen Spiderbait - Black Betty as his entrance music. Simon Racaza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Speedman
vs
Racaza

180 cm
31
151 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

173 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tug Speedman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Racaza!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Speedman cracks Racaza with a good jab.
Racaza lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Speedman backs up against the cage.
Speedman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Racaza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Speedman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Racaza throws a lazy right hand but Speedman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot lands for Speedman.
Racaza connects with a crisp jab.
Racaza throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Racaza lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speedman cracks Racaza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Racaza throws a low kick but it's checked well by Speedman.
Racaza connects with a crisp jab.
Racaza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Speedman is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Racaza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Racaza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedman takes a swing at Racaza's ribcage but misses.
Speedman misses the shot to the body.
Racaza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Speedman.
Speedman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speedman lands a lovely overhand right.
Racaza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Speedman.
Speedman misses with a wild body shot.
Racaza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Racaza shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Racaza walks into a left hand.
Speedman looks to score with a jab to the body but Racaza is just out of range.
Racaza throws a big shot that misses.
Speedman throws out a loose jab but Racaza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speedman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Racaza counters with a nice body shot.
Racaza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Speedman was well out of range. Poor timing from Racaza.
Some wild striking there from Racaza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Racaza tries to score with a low kick but Speedman moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Racaza throws a one two combo.
Speedman fails to land with a series of punches.
Speedman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Speedman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Racaza has time to react.
Racaza throws a series of strikes that have Speedman backpedaling.
Racaza is looking to score with low kicks.
Speedman scores with a shot to the body.
Speedman moves out of range as Racaza strikes.
Speedman scores with a jab.
Racaza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Speedman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Speedman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Racaza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Speedman moves away from the strike by Racaza.
Speedman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Speedman misses with a straight left.
Speedman swinging wildly here.
Speedman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Racaza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Speedman.
Nice body punch from Speedman.
A bone on bone clash there as Speedman blocks the leg kick.
Speedman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Racaza moves away.
Speedman misses the jab.
Speedman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Racaza.
Speedman just misses with a punch to the body.
Racaza misses with a straight right.
Speedman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Speedman lands a glancing blow to the side of Racaza's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Speedman checks a leg kick.
Good shot there by Speedman.
Racaza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Racaza wants to land a leg kick but Speedman is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Speedman. Racaza does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speedman connects with a looping right hand.
Racaza takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Racaza slips a jab and a cross from Speedman.
Speedman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Speedman slips under a jab.
Racaza moves out of range of the strikes.
Racaza lands a really nice looking cross but Speedman seems unphased.
Speedman checks a leg kick.
Racaza wants to land a leg kick but Speedman is out of range.
A low kick from Racaza misses
and Speedman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Speedman digs a good hook to Racaza's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speedman throws a series of punches but Racaza moves out of range.
Speedman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Speedman checks a low kick from Racaza.
Racaza fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tug Speedman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Racaza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Speedman counters with a series of strikes. Racaza will be more careful next time no doubt.

Racaza is rocked!
Speedman misses the shot to the body.
Racaza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Racaza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speedman.
Speedman avoids the body shot from Racaza.
Racaza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speedman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Racaza. Speedman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Speedman throws a body punch but Racaza moves out of range.
Racaza connects with a body shot that sends Speedman's belly button to the back.
Racaza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Speedman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Speedman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Racaza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speedman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Racaza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speedman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Racaza wants to land a leg kick but Speedman is out of range.
Speedman looks to score with a jab to the body but Racaza is just out of range.
Racaza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Racaza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speedman tries to move into range but Racaza moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Speedman is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Racaza throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Speedman's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Racaza dives in looking to finish as Speedman flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Racaza's strikes! Racaza is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Speedman's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Speedman was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Racaza!
A relieved looking Simon Racaza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.