PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yaseen Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kruger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Put The Boots In/ Down By Law. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kruger
vs
Spencer

175 cm
25
159 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
147 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yaseen Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Spencer!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spencer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Spencer staying out of range there.
Spencer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kruger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spencer was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruger.
Spencer throws a shot from downtown. Kruger moves away and avoids it.
Kruger throws a body shot but no joy.
Spencer tries to clinch there but Kruger circles away.
Spencer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spencer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kruger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Spencer defending well as Kruger loads up on a big left hand.
Spencer wants to counter with a clinch but Kruger pushes him away.
Spencer tries to clinch but Kruger moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spencer slips under a jab from Kruger.
A little jabbing left from Spencer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kruger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruger moves into range and connects with a jab.
Spencer avoids the head kick by Kruger.
Kruger misses with a head kick.
Spencer wants to counter the offense by Kruger and move into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Spencer.
Kruger jabs at Spencer's body.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Kruger saw that one coming.
Kruger looks to land a left hand but Spencer moved out of range nicely.
Kruger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kruger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kruger misses with a left hand

and Spencer counters by moving into the clinch.
Spencer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruger backwards.
Spencer is looking to control Kruger's arms but Kruger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Spencer has his back to the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spencer is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Kruger has denied him.
Spencer tries a body shot but Kruger blocks it.
Spencer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kruger's elbow.
A short right from Kruger on the inside.
Kruger struggles to land a body shot inside as Spencer controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Kruger breaks the clinch.
Kruger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Spencer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Kruger.
Spencer unleashes a big counter combination but Kruger bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kruger throws a head kick that misses.
Spencer wants to counter with a clinch but Kruger pushes him away.
Kruger tests Spencer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kruger throws a combination that misses

and Spencer counters by moving into the clinch.
Kruger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spencer.
Spencer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kruger or not.
Kruger tries to work over Spencer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spencer slowing the pace effectively.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruger tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Kruger holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kruger breaks the clinch.
Kruger looks to throw the jab but Spencer is out of range.
Kruger sets himself, and Spencer steps forward looking for the clinch! Kruger avoids it this time.
Kruger throws a head kick but Spencer moves out of range.
Kruger with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kruger misses with a hook. Spencer ducked under it nicely.
Spencer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Kruger misses.
Spencer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spencer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spencer wants to counter the offense by Kruger and move into the clinch position.
Spencer connects with a body shot.
Kruger misses with a jab to the body
and Spencer counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Yaseen Kruger has been cut.
Kruger swings widly with a right hand
and Spencer counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Spencer does it's job there.
Kruger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spencer slips a jab from Kruger.
Spencer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big right from Kruger misses.
Kruger lands with a straight right. Spencer didn't see that one coming.
Kruger lands with a hook. Spencer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kruger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Spencer counter with a right hand.
Kruger throws a combination that misses
and Spencer counters with a stiff right hand.
Spencer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruger with a nice cross.
Kruger jabs at Spencer's body.
Yaseen Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruger scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yaseen Kruger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yaseen Kruger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kruger misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spencer! But no joy.
Kruger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spencer.
Kruger lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kruger misses with a left hand
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spencer slips a straight right by Kruger.
Spencer tries to counter by closing the distance.
A head kick by Kruger misses
and Spencer scores with a counter punch that sends Kruger to the canvas! Spencer smells blood - he's punishing Kruger with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Kruger has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Spencer!
An out of breath Mark Spencer thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.