PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walt Spector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spector has chosen Down with the sickness as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boyd
vs
Spector

187 cm
26
246 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

185 cm
24
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Boyd!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walt Spector!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spector throws a right and a left that Boyd avoids nicely.
Boyd takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Alex Boyd has been cut.
Spector tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boyd was well out of range. Poor timing from Spector.

Spector drives through and clinches with Boyd against the cage.

Spector jumps guard.

Spector looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boyd's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Boyd landing with the ground and pound.
Boyd postures up in Spector's guard and throws a big left but Spector blocks it.
Boyd scoring with some ground and pound.
Boyd lands a couple of elbows.

Spector is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Boyd is aware though and is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spector preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boyd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector controls Boyd momentarily but Boyd frees himself.
Boyd throwing strikes but missing.
Spector looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Boyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boyd with a nice head shot there.
Boyd lands a couple of digs.
Boyd could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Boyd with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boyd cracks Spector with a solid left hand.
Boyd throws a strike but Spector rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Spector throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boyd on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Boyd tries to get out of the position.
Boyd is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Spector is controlling him.
Boyd lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Boyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Boyd is controlling him.
Boyd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boyd throwing strikes from guard but Spector blocks nicely.
Spector avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Spector controls Boyd momentarily but Boyd frees himself.
Boyd landing with the ground and pound.
Spector working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boyd.
Boyd with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boyd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boyd cracks Spector with a solid left hand.
Spector seems keen to control Boyd's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spector works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spector wants to sweep here but Boyd controlling him for the moment.
Boyd postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Spector looks winded!
Boyd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Boyd is in close to Spector's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Boyd landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boyd postures up in Spector's guard and throws a big left but Spector blocks it.
Boyd is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boyd postures up and lands a big shot to Spector's brow.
Boyd postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boyd postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Boyd throws a big right hand that misses.
Boyd loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spector avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boyd distracts Spector with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boyd throws a big right hand that misses.
Boyd has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Boyd throwing strikes but missing.
Spector avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Spector throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boyd loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Spector preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boyd connects with a couple of short punches.
Boyd working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Spector has momentary wrist control but Boyd slips an elbow through the middle.

Spector is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyd postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Boyd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Boyd's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Boyd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Spector is fending him off so far but Boyd persists. Nope, Spector circles away and we're back to standing.
Spector throws a sloppy head kick and Boyd moves out of range easily.
Walt Spector seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Boyd shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Spector manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Boyd gets tackled into the cage by Spector. Spector maintains the clinch.
Boyd has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Spector is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Spector stops a takedown attempt from Boyd.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Boyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spector tries to break the clinch but Boyd is controlling the position.

Boyd gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Spector pushes Boyd off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector throws a nice looking combination but Boyd bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boyd shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Boyd or perhaps it was just good defense by Spector, which made it look bad.

Spector has Boyd up against the cage in a clinch.
Boyd prevents the takedown attempt.

Spector's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector shoots for a double leg takedown but Boyd sprawls well. He's pushed Spector's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Boyd tries to counter by clinching up but Spector breaks away and moves out of range.
Spector throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spector lands with a cross.
Spector fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Spector is breathing heavily.
Spector throws a combination that misses

and Boyd counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Boyd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boyd throws a big elbow that misses.
Boyd scoring with some ground and pound.
Boyd working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Spector's head.
Boyd works over Spector with some ground and pound from guard.
Boyd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boyd postures up and lands a big shot to Spector's brow.
Boyd throws an elbow that misses. Spector uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Boyd's guard. Nice move by Spector!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyd wants to stand and escape but Spector is having none of it.
Boyd lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Spector has momentary wrist control but Boyd slips an elbow through the middle.
Boyd stands up over Spector, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Boyd scoring with some ground and pound.
Boyd keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Spector's head.
Boyd postures up in Spector's guard and throws a big left but Spector blocks it.
Boyd postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boyd is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boyd distracts Spector with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyd scoring with punches to the head and body.
Spector has momentary wrist control but Boyd slips an elbow through the middle.
Spector is still in real trouble! Can Boyd finish him?
Spector is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Spector seems to have recovered his senses.
Boyd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boyd lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Spector throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Boyd lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Alex Boyd overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Spector is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boyd landing some decent shots from guard.
Boyd is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boyd lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Alex Boyd will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alex Boyd's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boyd shoots in and drives through. Spector sprawls well.
Walt Spector is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spector fails to land with a series of punches.
Boyd is looking to counter the offense by Spector and move into the clinch.
Spector throws a right and a left that Boyd avoids nicely.
Boyd is looking to counter punch.
Spector throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boyd.
Spector will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boyd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spector can do to turn this around?
Spector misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boyd is looking to counter the offense by Spector and move into the clinch.

Boyd decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Boyd lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Boyd lands with a punch from half guard.
Spector takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boyd seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Boyd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boyd is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd lands strikes from half guard.
Boyd lands strikes from half guard.
Spector is looking to escape.
Boyd lands a big elbow - Spector is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Boyd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Boyd!
Alex Boyd retains his heavyweight title!
Walt Spector spoke after the fight, saying 'Not the first and won't be the last but I will come back more infectious than ever! It has been a long road from boy to man but please be assured I will be the greatest!!'.