PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tekito Tumoko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tekito Tumoko has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tumoko
vs
Spencer

185 cm
39
130 lbs
3 - 36 - 0

165 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tekito Tumoko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tumoko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tumoko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tumoko looks to clinch
and Spencer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Spencer's coach down at Elite MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Spencer's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer counters with a nice body shot.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tumoko tries to clinch
and Tumoko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tumoko slips a straight right by Spencer.
Spencer scores with a hook to the body. Tumoko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tumoko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Spencer counters with a one-two to the body.
Tumoko tries to clinch
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tumoko darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tumoko tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tumoko closes the distance but Spencer moves to the side
and Spencer counters with a left to the body.
Spencer with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tumoko tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.
Tumoko really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tumoko tries to clinch up
and Spencer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spencer. Tumoko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tumoko tries to clinch up.
Tumoko tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Tumoko tries to clinch up
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.
Tumoko is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer swats away the attempt to clinch by Tumoko.
Tumoko tries to close the distance and clinch but Spencer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spencer misses with the combination.
Spencer swats away the attempt to clinch by Tumoko.
Tumoko misses with the combination.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer counters with a right hand to the body.
Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tumoko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spencer lands with an overhand left.
Spencer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spencer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tumoko tries to clinch up
and Spencer counters with a series of strikes. Tumoko will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko looks to clinch
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.
Tumoko wants to clinch up but Spencer keeps it at a distance.
Tumoko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tekito Tumoko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spencer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tumoko circles away quickly and effectively.
Spencer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spencer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spencer looks winded!
Tumoko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spencer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spencer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tumoko had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tumoko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spencer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spencer throws a jab when Tumoko was well out of range.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tumoko looks to clinch
enabling Spencer to counter with a crisp jab.
Tumoko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spencer.
Tumoko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spencer throws a hook but Tumoko blocks it.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tumoko darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer is having none of it.
Spencer misses the shot to the body.
Tumoko darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tumoko tries to clinch up
and Spencer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tumoko defending well as Spencer loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Spencer will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tumoko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tumoko darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer counters with a two punch combo.
Spencer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spencer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tumoko manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tumoko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spencer looks to land a left hand but Tumoko moved out of range nicely.
Tumoko moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Tumoko moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Tumoko moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Tumoko ducks right into an uppercut from Spencer.
Tumoko wants to clinch.
Tumoko is looking to clinch but Spencer is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tumoko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tumoko moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
and Spencer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tumoko is looking to clinch.
Tumoko doesn't manage to clinch there - Spencer circles away.
Tumoko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Spencer gets tackled into the cage by Tumoko. Tumoko maintains the clinch.
Tumoko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tumoko tries to work over Spencer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tumoko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spencer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tumoko is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tumoko misses with a punch to the body.

Spencer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tumoko moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
and Spencer counters with a left to the body.
Tumoko tries to close the distance and clinch but Spencer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tumoko looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Spencer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spencer missing with a left hand there. Tumoko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tumoko moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
and Spencer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Spencer is breathing heavily.
Tumoko wants to clinch.
Tumoko tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Spencer throws a jab when Tumoko was well out of range.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
Tekito Tumoko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tumoko tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.
Tumoko looks to clinch
and Spencer counters with a left and a right that stings Tumoko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tumoko tries to clinch up.
Tumoko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spencer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spencer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Spencer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tumoko wants to clinch
and Spencer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tumoko closes the distance but Spencer moves to the side
and Spencer counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tumoko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tumoko doesn't manage to clinch there - Spencer circles away.
Tumoko tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.
Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tumoko wants to clinch but Spencer slips to the side
and Spencer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tumoko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spencer misses with a body shot.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tumoko takes one to the chin there.
Tumoko moves to clinch but Spencer breaks away
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.
Tumoko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tumoko darts in trying to clinch
and Spencer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tumoko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spencer circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tumoko tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tumoko slips a jab from Spencer.
Spencer is looking to chop away at Tumoko's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer throws a looping overhand right but Tumoko ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tekito Tumoko dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tumoko is looking to clinch.
Tumoko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tumoko moves out of range of the strikes.
Tumoko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Spencer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tumoko thinking.
Spencer misses with the combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Tumoko checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tumoko takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tumoko wants to clinch up but Spencer keeps it at a distance.
Tumoko tries to clinch up.
Tumoko wants to clinch up but Spencer keeps it at a distance.
Spencer looks to score with a jab to the body but Tumoko is just out of range.
Spencer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spencer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tumoko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spencer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tumoko fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tumoko closes the distance and clinches.
Spencer avoiding damage as Tumoko throws knees to the body.
Tumoko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tumoko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tumoko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tumoko tries to throw a body punch but Spencer avoids it by throwing Tumoko back against the cage.
Spencer tries to circle away but Tumoko has him pinned against the cage.
Tumoko struggles to land a body shot inside as Spencer controls his hands.
Spencer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tumoko gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Spencer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Spencer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tumoko prevents it.
Tumoko can't find room to land a body shot as Spencer controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer prevents a body shot from Tumoko.
Spencer trying to land knees to the body.
Tumoko tries to throw a body punch but Spencer avoids it by throwing Tumoko back against the cage.
Tumoko tries to throw a body punch but Spencer avoids it by throwing Tumoko back against the cage.
Spencer is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tekito Tumoko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Spencer.
A hook to the body from Tumoko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tumoko tries a body shot but Spencer blocks it.
Tumoko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tumoko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tumoko misses with a punch to the body.
Tumoko misses with a body punch.
Tumoko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spencer's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Tumoko as the two fighters clinch.
Spencer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tumoko tries to throw a body punch but Spencer avoids it by throwing Tumoko back against the cage.
Tumoko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko struggles to land a body shot inside as Spencer controls his hands.
Spencer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tumoko tries to work over Spencer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tumoko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tumoko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spencer.
Tumoko tries to work over Spencer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tumoko lands a body punch.
Tumoko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spencer's elbow.
Tumoko tries a body shot but Spencer blocks it.
Spencer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tumoko prevents it.
Tumoko tries to throw a body punch but Spencer avoids it by throwing Tumoko back against the cage.
Tumoko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tumoko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spencer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tumoko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tumoko wants to clinch but Spencer slips to the side
and Spencer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tumoko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tekito Tumoko is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tumoko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spencer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Tumoko moves into the clinch.
Tumoko 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.
Tumoko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tekito Tumoko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Spencer blocks a body shot from Tumoko.
Spencer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tumoko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spencer's elbow.
Tumoko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spencer is working for takedown but Tumoko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tumoko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spencer's elbow.
Tumoko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tumoko struggles to land a body shot inside as Spencer controls his hands.
Tumoko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spencer blocks a body shot from Tumoko.
Tumoko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tekito Tumoko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tumoko 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tekito Tumoko!