PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Spohn (ranked 6709 p4p, 612 weight class) and Cory Trevor (ranked 4371 p4p, 527 weight class). Cory Trevor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Spohn
vs
Trevor

188 cm
26
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

205 cm
26
217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Organic Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Devin Spohn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cory Trevor!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spohn looks to land a right hand but Trevor moved out of range.
Trevor misses with a head kick.
Trevor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trevor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Spohn misses the target.
Trevor jabs Spohn right on the nose. Spohn blinks but takes it well.
Trevor dips to his left and cracks Spohn with an uppercut!
Spohn looks to land a combination but Trevor avoids it well.
Trevor throws out a loose jab but Spohn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spohn wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Trevor scores with a kick to the body.
Spohn is looking to clinch.
Trevor thows a leg kick but Spohn checks it
and Spohn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Trevor rushes Spohn and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Trevor breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Trevor.
Spohn is looking to clinch.
Trevor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Trevor takes the fight into the clinch.
Trevor leaning his opponent against the cage.
Trevor misses with a knee strike.
Trevor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spohn avoiding damage as Trevor throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trevor misses with an elbow over the top.
Trevor can't break the clinch.
Spohn throws an elbow but it misses.
Trevor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Trevor on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Trevor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spohn's brow.
Trevor misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Trevor.
Trevor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Trevor working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trevor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trevor is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Spohn is trying to break the clinch but Trevor has him pressed against the cage.
Spohn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spohn stalling in the clinch but Trevor improves position.
Trevor has a couple of punches blocked by Spohn.
Trevor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trevor struggles to land a body shot inside as Spohn controls his hands.
Spohn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Spohn misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Trevor missing with knees to the body.
Trevor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Spohn or not.
Spohn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trevor lands a hook that snaps the head of Spohn backwards.
Trevor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spohn's elbow.
Trevor misses with a knee strike.
Trevor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spohn.
Trevor misses with a knee strike.
Trevor working aggressively here.
Trevor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trevor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spohn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cory Trevor dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trevor misses with a combination
and Spohn counters with a stiff right hand.
Trevor throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A combination from Trevor does no damage.
Trevor tries to clinch but Spohn moves out of range.
Spohn pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trevor misses with a head kick.
Trevor lands with a kick to the temple. Spohn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trevor throws a series of punches but Spohn avoids them all with ease.
Spohn tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Trevor manages to circle out of the way.
Trevor misses with an attempted mid kick.

Trevor clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Trevor fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trevor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trevor keeps control of Spohn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trevor avoids the elbow strike from Spohn, against the cage.
Trevor throws a head punch that misses.
Trevor blocks an elbow strike.
Trevor can't find room to land a body shot as Spohn controls the action.
Trevor keeps control of Spohn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trevor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Trevor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spohn blocks it with crossed arms.
Spohn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trevor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spohn avoids it.
Trevor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Spohn's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Spohn - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Trevor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trevor has Spohn pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trevor.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trevor.
Trevor lands with a short shot to the head.
Trevor misses with some punches.
Spohn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trevor misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trevor manages to break the clinch.
Spohn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trevor.
Trevor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Trevor rushes Spohn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trevor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Trevor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trevor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Trevor lands a head kick. Spohn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Trevor is looking to score with low kicks.
Trevor misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Spohn counters with a nice body kick.
Trevor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trevor lands with a straight right. Spohn didn't see that one coming.
Trevor tries to work over Spohn's front leg with a kick but Spohn checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trevor keeps the fight on the outside.
Trevor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Trevor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spohn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trevor misses with a kick to the body.
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch but Spohn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Trevor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spohn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spohn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trevor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spohn is defending well for now.
Spohn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cory Trevor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Trevor misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Spohn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trevor keeps Spohn at a distance using the push kick.
Trevor throws a head kick that Spohn semi-blocks.
Trevor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trevor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Spohn is rocked!
Trevor throws a powerful right kick. Spohn tried to block low but the kick was high! Spohn was taken right off of his feet! Trevor jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cory Trevor!