PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Lee (ranked 21364 p4p, 705 weight class) and Shawn Spencer (ranked 21520 p4p, 686 weight class). Lee comes to the ring accompanied by Kickstart My Heart. Tommy Lee had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lee
vs
Spencer

186 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
196 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shawn Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Spencer's coach down at The Furnace 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.
Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spencer sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spencer misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Spencer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spencer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee takes one on the button.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Spencer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Spencer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee throws a jab when Spencer was well out of range.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses.
Lee takes a swing at Spencer's ribcage but misses.
Spencer throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spencer throws a head kick that misses.
A quick step to the side and Lee tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Lee appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Spencer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee moves out of range as Spencer strikes.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Spencer.
Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Bullet Proof Dungeon in the buildup to the fight.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Spencer.
Spencer blocks the body kick.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lee misses the jab.
Spencer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spencer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Spencer misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Spencer looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Spencer avoids a kick to the body.
Spencer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spencer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Spencer's front leg but catches the back leg as Spencer tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spencer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Spencer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spencer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spencer finds it's way round the side to connect with Lee's head.

Lee clinches.
Lee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Spencer or not.
Lee misses with some punches.
Spencer blocking some punches.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Spencer.
Spencer struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Lee misses with some punches.
Spencer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Lee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spencer backwards.
Lee works on Spencer's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Spencer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spencer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Spencer blocks a head kick by Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Lee dominated that round.
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.

Lee moves into range and connects with a jab.
Spencer defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee lands a nice hook to Spencer's body. Spencer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spencer slips under a jab from Lee.
Spencer misses with a right hand
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spencer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Spencer's shoulder, as Spencer tries to avoid the shot.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spencer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Spencer slips a jab from Lee.
Lee misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spencer! But no joy.
Spencer lands a glancing blow to the side of Lee's head.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee tries to move into range but Spencer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spencer throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Spencer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spencer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Spencer misses.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spencer can do to turn this around?
Spencer lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lee momentarily.
Spencer misses with a head kick.
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Spencer defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Spencer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee feints and then cracks Spencer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spencer down.
Spencer slips a straight right by Lee.
Spencer raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spencer lands with a kick to the temple. Lee shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Spencer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lees jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spencer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lee cracks Spencer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Spencer lands with a hook. Lee tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
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!
Lee avoids the head kick by Spencer.
Spencer misses with a straight left.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Spencer moved away.
Spencer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spencer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spencer misses with a lunging right hand
and Lee counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Spencer as he connects with a hook.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Spencer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lee looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Spencer with a hook.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses.
Lee is looking to counter with a body kick.
Shawn Spencer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spencer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Tommy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee throws a jab when Spencer was well out of range.
Lee misses with a looping left.
Spencer misses with a hook
and Lee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lee, as that shot connected.
Spencer moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Spencer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spencer throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Spencer throws a nice head kick!
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 Tommy Lee will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Spencer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lee's head.
Lee takes one to the chin there.
Lee slips a jab from Spencer.
Lee appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Spencer misses with a head kick.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Spencer throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
A counter left hand to the body from Lee misses its target.
Lee listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Shawn Spencer has been cut.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
Lee with a jab.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spencer.
Lee scores with a jab to the head.
Spencer is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Spencer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Spencer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Spencer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lee's head backwards.
Spencer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer misses with a head kick.
Lee was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Spencer checks a low kick from Lee.
Spencer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Spencer slips under a jab.
Spencer misses the jab.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Spencer moves out of range easily.
Spencer looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Lee is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Spencer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lee slips a straight right by Spencer.
Lee blocks a head kick by Spencer.
Lee connects with a right hand. Spencer shakes it off.
Lee works Spencer's body with a nice hook.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spencer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Spencer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Spencer doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spencer.
Spencer defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
A clash of legs there as Spencer blocks the low kick.
A little jabbing left from Spencer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Spencer throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee takes one to the side of the head.
Lee takes a swing at Spencer's ribcage but misses.
Shawn Spencer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.
Lee takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Tommy Lee has been cut.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Spencer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee scores with a punch to the head.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tommy Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee thuds his right hand into Spencer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lee.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.