PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Spector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Watanabe might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Watanabe
vs
Spector

175 cm
34
135 lbs
15 - 21 - 1

166 cm
28
143 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takeshi Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marc Spector!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spector counters with a stiff right hand.
Watanabe looks to land a combination but Spector avoids it well.
Spector tries a quick counter leg kick but Watanabe is wise to it.
Spector misses with a wild body shot.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've been informed that Spector has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Watanabe checks the leg kick.
Watanabe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Takeshi Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spector.
Spector cracks Watanabe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Watanabe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watanabe takes one on the button.
Watanabe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spector lands a high kick!
A left and a right from Watanabe both land. Nice combination.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Spector avoids nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Watanabe.
Watanabe misses with a combination
and Spector connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watanabe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Heart Cave in the buildup to the fight.
Crunch! Spector slams his shin into Watanabe's torso.
Spector misses with a kick to the body.
Watanabe blocks the body kick.
Spector scores with a spinning back kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Watanabe. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spector is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Spector throws a body punch but Watanabe moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Spector.
Spector lands a slapping body shot.
Watanabe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spector.
Nice cross by Spector.
Watanabe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spector.
Watanabe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Spector throws the kick towards the body but Watanabe avoids it.
Spector throws a quick inside leg kick.
Spector misses with a hook. Watanabe ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spector keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector presses Watanabe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Watanabe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watanabe tries to break free but Spector pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spector.
Spector lands a left hand.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spector.
Spector swings wildly with an uppercut but Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Spector is controlling him.
Spector lands an uppercut.
Watanabe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spector has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Spector.
Spector lands a right hand.
Spector softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spector creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spector has a couple of punches blocked by Watanabe.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Watanabe blocks an uppercut.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spector working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Watanabe manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and Spector finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Spector throws a head kick that misses.
Spector rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watanabe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Watanabe falls off balance throwing a combination
and Spector counters with a good low kick that Watanabe was not able to check.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
Watanabe misses with a few strikes there.
Good leg kick by Spector there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watanabe tries to bum rush Spector with a series of wild strikes but Spector uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and Spector counters with a stiff right hand.
Watanabe is breathing heavily.
Spector fails to land with a series of punches.
Spector tries to land a front kick but Watanabe steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Good leg kick by Spector there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watanabe misses with a two punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Spector pushes Watanabe up against the cage in a clinch.
Watanabe wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice left hand lands by Spector.
Spector keeps control of Watanabe as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Spector - that landed with a thud.
Watanabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spector prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Spector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Spector works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spector.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Watanabe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spector.
Watanabe blocks a body shot from Spector.
Spector throws a head punch that misses.
Spector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
Spector prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.

Watanabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spector scores with a sloppy right hand. Watanabe should have avoided that one.
Spector paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spector lands a nice leg kick that just misses Watanabe's sensitive parts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spector fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Watanabe.
Spector catches Watanabe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Spector is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Watanabe had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Spector throws a jab but it's blocked by Watanabe.
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Spector follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Spector lands a nice looking kick to the body. Watanabe takes a step back to recover.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spector.
Spector dodges the punch combination from Watanabe.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Spector throws a leg kick which misses Watanabe's front leg but catches the back leg as Watanabe tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watanabe is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Watanabe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Watanabe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spector counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spector slips a jab and a cross from Watanabe.

Spector drives through and clinches with Watanabe against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spector scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spector misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Watanabe tries to break free but Spector pushes him back against the cage.
Spector keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Watanabe's efforts to push away.
Spector lands a right hand.
Spector lands with a right to the head.
Watanabe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watanabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spector scores with a shoulder strike.
Watanabe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marc Spector seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spector misses with an elbow over the top.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spector lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spector lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spector works on Watanabe's body with a couple of short punches.
Spector throws a punch but it's blocked by Watanabe.
Watanabe tries to break free but Spector pushes him back against the cage.
Watanabe is trying to break free.
Watanabe dodges an elbow strike from Spector.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
Spector blocking some punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Spector in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe is trying to force a seperation but Spector has the dominant position.
Spector lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe is trying to push Spector away but Spector has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Spector scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
Watanabe wants to break free but Spector has control.
Watanabe blocking some punches.
Watanabe wants to get back to striking at distance but Spector won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spector.
Watanabe tries to break the clinch but Spector is controlling the position.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spector lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Spector lands a right hand.
Spector has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Spector lands a shot to the body.
Spector lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spector creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watanabe is looking to break free of the clinch but Spector has double underhooks.
Spector lands with a right to the head.
Spector scores with a shot to the side of Watanabe's head.
A short left from Spector.
A nice left hand lands by Spector.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spector.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Spector on the inside.

Watanabe is rocked!
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Spector scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Watanabe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watanabe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watanabe seems to have got his legs back now.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Watanabe avoids a wild elbow strike from Spector.
Spector scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spector lands with a right to the head.
Spector lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Spector.
Watanabe can't break the clinch.
A short right from Spector on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spector lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Spector scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spector lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Watanabe's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe takes a shot to the head.
Spector pushes Watanabe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Spector lands a body punch.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spector lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spector lands an uppercut.
Spector lands a shot to the body.
Spector pushes Watanabe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spector lands a hook that snaps the head of Watanabe backwards.
Spector lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Spector.
A nice left hand lands by Spector.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch but Spector keeps him there for the moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Spector.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Spector - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Spector.
Spector scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spector scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Spector scores with a shoulder strike.
Spector creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Watanabe with a big uppercut! Watanabe tries to clinch up but Spector pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Watanabe to the mat! Watanabe covers up and Spector unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marc Spector!
A less than humble Marc Spector misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.