PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renars Stunza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Spishak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spishak has chosen Sleeping with Sirens as his entrance music. Renars Stunza has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Stunza
vs
Spishak

198 cm
31
220 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

185 cm
33
216 lbs
13 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Renars Stunza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sammy Spishak!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spishak scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spishak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stunza.
Spishak connects with a looping right hand.

Stunza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spishak, pushing him back against the cage.
Stunza avoids a wild elbow strike from Spishak.

Stunza breaks the clinch.
Stunza lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Sammy Spishak has been cut.
Spishak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Stunza was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Stunza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Spishak lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Stunza backs up against the cage.

It looks like Renars Stunza has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spishak throws a sloppy body shot
and Stunza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Spishak is rocked!
Spishak misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stunza.
Stunza is looking to counter punch.
Spishak is still on wobbly legs! Can Stunza finish him?
A jab from Spishak misses.
Spishak seems to have recovered his senses.
Spishak misses with a wild combination.
Stunza feinted with a counter takedown.
Stunza looks to land a combination but Spishak avoids it well.
A shot to the liver by Spishak. Beautiful body shot.
Stunza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Spishak.
Stunza half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stunza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spishak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spishak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Stunza.
Renars Stunza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stunza throws a low kick but Spishak avoids it.
Spishak looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Stunza tries to clinch but Spishak moves out of range.
Spishak misses with an uppercut.
Stunza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stunza misses with a hook. Spishak ducked under it nicely.
Stunza throws a leg kick but Spishak sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stunza feints and then cracks Spishak's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spishak down.
Renars Stunza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stunza closes the distance but Spishak moves to the side
and Spishak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stunza lands a head shot.
Stunza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stunza tried to score with a low kick but Spishak checks it.
A punch combination from Stunza misses.
Stunza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spishak misses the shot to the body.
Stunza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spishak misses with a double jab
and Stunza counters with a nice uppercut.
Spishak misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Stunza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stunza misses with a body shot.

Stunza instigates a clinch.
Spishak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Spishak fails to pull guard.
Spishak tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stunza just stands there and leans against the cage.
Spishak working aggressively here.
Spishak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stunza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Spishak breaks the clinch.
Stunza throws a jab when Spishak was well out of range.
Stunza throws the left hand but Spishak avoids the punch easily.
Spishak looks to score with a jab to the body but Stunza is just out of range.
Stunza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spishak to score with a decent uppercut.

Stunza closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunza is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Stunza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spishak swats away the attempt to clinch by Stunza.
And Spishak tries to counter it with a takedown but Stunza pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Stunza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spishak.
Stunza connects with a jab.
Spishak thumps Stunza with a low kick.
Stunza slips a jab and a cross from Spishak.
Stunza changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Spishak ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Spishak.

Stunza moves into the clinch successfully.

Stunza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stunza scores with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Sammy Spishak's cut even more.
Stunza wants to clinch up but Spishak keeps it at a distance.
Stunza scores with a jab to the body.
Stunza avoids the body shot from Spishak.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Spishak pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spishak tries to clinch up but Stunza circles away and keeps his distance.
Spishak misses with a low kick.
Spishak walks into a left hand.
Stunza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stunza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spishak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spishak just misses with a punch to the body.
Spishak scoring well with a low kick there.
Stunza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spishak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stunza feinted with a counter takedown.
Stunza moves away from the strike by Spishak.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stunza lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stunza. Spishak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stunza misses with a looping right.
Stunza has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sammy Spishak will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Stunza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Spishak uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stunza has time to react.
Stunza throws a head kick that half lands.

Stunza drops his shoulder and cracks Spishak with a huge uppercut! Spishak goes down! Can Stunza finish him?
Spishak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stunza is one step ahead there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spishak wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Stunza is now in half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Stunza's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Spishak wants to get back to full guard but Stunza has passed into side control.
Spishak looking for a sweep but Stunza has passed into full mount! Oh no!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stunza controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stunza looking to control but Spishak is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Spishak wants to control but Stunza is having none of it.
Stunza takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Spishak sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Spishak trying to control but Stunza postures up.
Spishak is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Spishak is trying to control but can't.
Stunza is looking to take a break and control but Spishak is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Spishak looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Stunza trying to control from half guard but Spishak is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spishak is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunza wants to free his trapped foot but Spishak is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Stunza is thwarting Spishak's attempts to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spishak tests Stunza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spishak lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stunza is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Stunza clinches with his opponent.
Spishak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spishak taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stunza presses Spishak against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stunza scores with a shoulder strike.

The cut above Sammy Spishak's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Stunza misses with a body punch.

Stunza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stunza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Spishak scores with a sloppy right hand. Stunza should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spishak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stunza.
Stunza half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Stunza with a hook.

Stunza catches Spishak napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Spishak to the canvas!

Sammy Spishak's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Spishak looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Stunza puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Spishak is trying to maintain the position but Stunza is very close to passing his half guard.

Spishak is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stunza pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renars Stunza dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Spishak jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spishak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Stunza waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Spishak. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Spishak to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Spishak keeping moving, preventing Stunza from controlling successfully.

Spishak manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stunza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Spishak tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Stunza just stands there and leans against the cage.

Stunza manages to break the clinch.
Stunza tests Spishak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stunza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spishak.
Stunza throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spishak darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Stunza wants to control but Spishak is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Spishak stops Stunza from getting back to his feet.
Stunza is looking to control Spishak's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stunza avoid being mounted?
Stunza is refusing to be controlled, as Spishak sits in half guard.
Spishak thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stunza's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spishak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stunza defending well though.
Stunza won't allow Spishak to pass to mount.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Stunza throws a good cross that connects.
Stunza misses with a straight left.
Spishak throws a jab but it's blocked by Stunza.
Stunza tries to close the distance and clinch but Spishak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spishak throws a poor cross that misses
and Stunza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Stunza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spishak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stunza.
Stunza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Spishak punishes Stunza's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Stunza moves into range and clinches up with Spishak.
Stunza throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stunza can't break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Spishak.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spishak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stunza has had enough of the clinch but Spishak keeps him there for the moment.
Stunza stalling in the clinch but Spishak improves position.
Spishak tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Renars Stunza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sammy Spishak.
Spishak throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stunzas head.
Spishak blocks a body shot from Stunza.
Stunza tries to circle away but Spishak has him pinned against the cage.
Stunza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spishak backwards.
Spishak is struggling to control the position.
Stunza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Spishak.
Stunza blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stunza taking a breather.

Spishak works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Spishak has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Stunza is proving hard to escape from.
Spishak stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stunza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stunza is looking to stand up but Spishak isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Renars Stunza did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Spishak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Renars Stunza has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Stunza manages to break the clinch.
Stunza misses with a looping right.
Spishak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Renars Stunza is winning the standup battle so far.
Stunza lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab lands there for Stunza.
Spishak ducks under a wild hook from Stunza.
Spishak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stunza misses with a straight left.
Stunza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stunza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spishak. That did some damage!
Stunza cracks Spishak with an open hand slap.
Stunza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stunza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spishak.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spishak throws a leg kick but Stunza sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Spishak. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheers as Stunza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spishak doesn't seem phased though.
Spishak connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Crack! A monster head kick from Stunza and Spishak falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Stunza!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Renars Stunza!
Renars Stunza thanked the fans post fight for their support.