PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Spencer Wright (ranked 3195 p4p, 2856 weight class) and Kobe Bryant (ranked 417 p4p, 378 weight class). Kobe Bryant told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Wright
vs
Bryant

181 cm
20
185
3 - 4 - 0

184 cm
20
195
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Spencer Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kobe Bryant!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wright finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bryant throws a leg kick but Wright sees it coming and moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wright.
Wright fakes the leg kick and cracks Bryant in the body.
Wright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bryant.
Wright lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryant pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wright lands a head kick. Bryant smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A big right from Bryant misses.
Bryant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wright finds it's way round the side to connect with Bryant's head.

It looks like Kobe Bryant has been cut.
Bryant swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wright counters with a nice body kick.
Kobe Bryant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Bryant moves into the clinch.
A short right from Bryant.
Wright tries to pull guard but Bryant holds him up against the cage and eventually Wright drops back down to his feet.
Wright swings wildly with an uppercut but Bryant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bryant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bryant misses with a punch to the body.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Bryant.
Bryant is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Wright.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wright.
Wright working aggressively here.
Wright working aggressively here.
Wright fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bryant's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
I was talking to Wright's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright throws a punch but it's blocked by Bryant.

Bryant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bryant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wright counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bryant's knee momentarily.
Bryant misses with a straight right.
Bryant misses with a body shot.
Wright is looking to counter punch.
Wright throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bryant counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant tries to clinch but Wright is having none of it.
Wright half committed to a counter leg kick.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Bryant takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wright lands with a right hand.
Bryant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Wright lands a high kick!
Wright lands with a shot to the body.
Bryant misses with a right hand
and Wright counters with a stiff right hand.
Bryant on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bryant throws a hook but Wright avoids it easily.
Bryant moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Bryant is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryant lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bryant throws a combination that misses
and Wright counters with a low kick, right behind Bryant 's knee.
Bryant throws a looping overhand right but Wright ducks down to avoid it.
Bryant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wright paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bryant is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Wright changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wright.
Bryant seems to have recovered his senses.
Bryant fails to land with a series of punches.
And Wright counters with a quick kick to the body but Bryant blocks it.
Wright connects with a body shot that sends Bryant's belly button to the back.

Bryant moves into the clinch.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kobe Bryant's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bryant moves forwards but Wright connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bryant.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wright. Bryant shrugs it off though.
Wright avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wright loads up on a big right hand but Bryant slips the punch.
Bryant is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wright with a body shot.
Bryant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wright makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bryant.
Bryant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wright.
Bryant throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wright counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a combination
and Wright counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wright feints and then cracks Bryant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bryant down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wright. Bryant does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Bryant misses.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wright bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bryant comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bryant's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bryant duly obliges.
Wright lands with a shot to the body.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.
Bryant lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bryant's sensitive parts.
Bryant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Wright lands with a nice body kick.
Wright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bryant can do to turn this around?
Bryant misses with an uppercut.
Bryant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wright throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bryant. That did some damage!
Wright works Bryant's body with a nice hook.
Wright digs a good body shot into Bryant's ribs.
Bryant swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wright counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bryant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bryant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wright counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spencer Wright is winning the standup battle so far.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Wright scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bryant momentarily.
Bryant wants to clinch up but Wright keeps it at a distance.
Bryant slips under a jab.
Bryant throws a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Bryant misses
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright scoring well with a low kick there.
Wright plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bryant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wright counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spencer Wright dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kobe Bryant's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Bryant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bryant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wright circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bryant misses with an uppercut
and Wright counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bryant throws a shot from downtown. Wright moves away and avoids it.
Wright connects with a crisp jab.
Wright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bryant.
It looked like Wright was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bryant.
Kobe Bryant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wright scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wright scoring well with a low kick there.
Bryant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wright.
Wright fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bryant has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bryant has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Wright.
Bryant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bryant misses with a lunging right hand
and Wright makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bryant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright with a nice cross.
Wright scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bryant falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wright counters with a big head kick but Bryant shrugs it off.
Wright tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with a sloppy right hand. Bryant should have avoided that one.
Wright scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
Wright fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bryant just manages to avoid it.
Bryant swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wright lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Wright lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bryant throws an off balance right hand
and Wright counters with a leg kick.
Bryant misses with a looping left.
Bryant misses the body punch
and Wright counters with a nice leg kick.
Bryant misses with an uppercut.
Wright fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bryant.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant throws a combination that misses
and Wright counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wright.
Bryant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wright can pounce on him.
Bryant misses the body punch
letting Wright counter with a right hand.
Bryant throws a series of punches but Wright avoids them all with ease.
Bryant misses with a combination
and Wright counters with a huge left! Bryant is in big trouble! He's backing up but Wright isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Bryant from any more damage. A dominating finish by Wright!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spencer Wright!
Spencer Wright gave a mention to Conviction in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).