PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buford Spears (ranked 6434 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Frank (ranked 24958 p4p, 0 weight class). Raul Frank is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Spears
vs
Frank

151 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Buford Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raul Frank!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank tries for a takedown but Spears circles away easily

and Spears moves into the clinch.
Frank looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Frank drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Spears gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spears lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spears prevents the takedown attempt.
Buford Spears has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raul Frank.

Spears jumps guard and drags Frank to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Spears could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Spears is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears landing with the ground and pound.
Spears postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Spears thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Spears cracks Frank with a solid left hand.

Spears is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Our spies down at at Cozad Amsterdam inform us that Frank has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Spears lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears is in close to Frank's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Spears is working Frank over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Spears working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Frank's head.
Spears scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Spears landing with the ground and pound.
Spears is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Spears keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Frank's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Frank is working an open guard so Spears takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Spears is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Frank's half guard.

Spears is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Frank sees it coming and defends easily.

Spears is working for a kimura but Frank is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Spears is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Spears seems to be working for a kimura but Frank defends the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Spears lands a nice short elbow.
Frank really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spears. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Spears decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Spears clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buford Spears dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Spears rushes Frank and presses him up against the cage.
Spears lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Spears has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Frank uses from the top position.
Frank must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Spears has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Spears 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank wants to stand and escape but instead Spears has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Spears thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Frank is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spears working some strikes from top position.
Spears landing with the ground and pound.
Spears is working Frank over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Spears chips away with some ground and pound.

Spears is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Spears is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears connects with a couple of short punches.

Spears thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Frank has momentary wrist control but Spears slips an elbow through the middle.
Spears cracks Frank with a solid left hand.
Spears working some strikes from top position.

Frank is rocked!

Spears is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Frank is still in real trouble! Can Spears finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Spears thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Spears is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Buford Spears overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Spears scoring with punches to the head and body.
Spears stands up over Frank, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Spears drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Spears jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Spears is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Spears stands up over Frank, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Spears landing with the ground and pound.
Spears works over Frank with some ground and pound from guard.

Spears is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Spears landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spears lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Spears keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Frank's head.

Frank is working an open guard so Spears takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Spears closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Spears lands in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spears working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Spears stands up from Frank's guard - Spears perhaps looking for a knockout.
Frank fails with the takedown.

Frank tries to sprawl but Spears drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Spears seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buford Spears dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Spears clinches with his opponent.
Stalling in the clinch from Spears.
Spears working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Spears drags the fight down to the ground.
Spears has his hands on Frank's head, controlling the position.

Spears is looking to cinch up a triangle. Frank throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Spears's body to avoid the submission. Spears has instead reached around Frank's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Spears arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Buford Spears!