PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Brandstatter (ranked 2014 p4p, 1421 weight class) and Alan Spence (ranked 241 p4p, 170 weight class). Brandstatter comes into the arena with The Maestro blaring out of the sound system. Spence is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Were Coming. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Brandstatter
vs
Spence

185 cm
38
189
26 - 13 - 1

185 cm
36
186
18 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Wolfgang Brandstatter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Alan Spence !
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandstatter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spence defending well as Brandstatter loads up on a big left hand.
Spence looks to score with a jab to the body but Brandstatter is just out of range.
Brandstatter looks for the body kick but Spence saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
A cross from Brandstatter lands.
Spence fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brandstatter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Spence throws a half hearted mid kick.
Spence misses with a straight right.
Brandstatter throws a hook but Spence blocks it.
Brandstatter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spence .
Brandstatter lands with a hook. Spence tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Spence connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brandstatter's hands.
Brandstatter misses with a low kick.
Spence blocks a low kick nicely.
Brandstatter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spence throws a sloppy head kick and Brandstatter moves out of range easily.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandstatter lands a really nice looking cross but Spence seems unphased.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brandstatter sizes up Spence with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brandstatter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spence .
Spence buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spence wants to slow Brandstatter down by chopping away at his legs.
Brandstatter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Jab from Spence .
A telegraphed right hand from Brandstatter misses the target.
Spence scores with a jab.
Brandstatter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brandstatter misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Spence . Brandstatter shrugs it off though.
Brandstatter swings for the body but Spence moves out of range.
Brandstatter lands a nice looking body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brandstatter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Spence throws a series of strikes that have Brandstatter backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spence avoids the body shot from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Spence lands with a shot to the body.
Spence defending well as Brandstatter loads up on a big left hand.
Brandstatter swings widly with a right hand
and Spence counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brandstatter throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Brandstatter misses with a straight right.
A jab from Spence misses.
Spence moves out of range of the body kick.
Brandstatter stuns Spence with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter throws a sloppy head kick and Spence moves out of range easily.
Spence throws a shot from downtown. Brandstatter moves away and avoids it.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spence lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Brandstatter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Spence throws out a counter right but Brandstatter avoids it with no problem.
Brandstatter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brandstatter connects with a body shot that sends Spence 's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence cracks Brandstatter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wolfgang Brandstatter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spence uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws the kick towards the body but Spence avoids it.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Spence throws a sloppy head kick and Brandstatter moves out of range easily.
Brandstatter misses with a kick to the body.
Brandstatter connects with a jab.
Spence connects with a looping right hand.
Brandstatter misses with a hook. Spence ducked under it nicely.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Spence replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Brandstatter blocks it well.
Brandstatter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandstatter blocks a head kick by Spence .
Brandstatter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brandstatter looks to land a right hand but Spence moved out of range.
Spence lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spence .
Brandstatter throws a lazy right hand but Spence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brandstatter just misses with a punch to the body.
Brandstatter throws a shot to the body.
Brandstatter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brandstatter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spence .
Spence drops his hands momentarily and Brandstatter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brandstatter misses with a combination
and Brandstatter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Brandstatter throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Spence avoids the head kick by Brandstatter.
A jab from Brandstatter misses.
Brandstatter scores with a sloppy right hand. Spence should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spence is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brandstatter.
The crowd cheers as Spence lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brandstatter doesn't seem phased though.
Spence dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brandstatter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spence .
Brandstatter misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wolfgang Brandstatter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brandstatter defending well as Spence loads up on a big left hand.
Spence on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Spence misses with an uppercut. Brandstatter saw that one coming.
Spence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brandstatter.
Spence throws a jab but it's blocked by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spence moves away.
Brandstatter just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence tries to move into range but Brandstatter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brandstatter misses with a low kick as Spence jumps back.
Brandstatter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brandstatter just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spence throws a low kick, looking for Brandstatter's leg but Brandstatter calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandstatter misses with a looping right.
Brandstatter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brandstatter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spence .
Brandstatter is looking to land body kicks.
Brandstatter digs a good hook to Spence 's body.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter throws a jab when Spence was well out of range.
A leg kick checked by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter misses the shot to the body.
Spence missing with a left hand there. Brandstatter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spence throws a right and a left that Brandstatter avoids nicely.
Brandstatter moves out of range as Spence strikes.
Brandstatter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spence keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brandstatter.
Spence scores with a jab to the head.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Brandstatter slips a straight right by Spence .
Spence keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brandstatter looks to throw the jab but Spence is out of range.
Spence throws a head kick that Brandstatter semi-blocks.
Brandstatter cracks Spence with a right hand to the side of the head.
Spence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brandstatter connects with a looping right hand.
Brandstatter fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brandstatter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spence .
Brandstatter throws a looping overhand right but Spence ducks down to avoid it.
Brandstatter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brandstatter looks to land a left hand but Spence moved out of range nicely.
Brandstatter misses with a body shot.
Brandstatter throws a body kick that misses.
Brandstatter checks a leg kick nicely.
Spence misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spence takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It seemed like Spence was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brandstatter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Spence might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Brandstatter has got the better of the exchanges.
Spence blocks a low kick nicely.
Brandstatter throws out a loose jab but Spence uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wolfgang Brandstatter is winning the standup battle so far.
Brandstatter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brandstatter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Spence to counter with a crisp jab.
Spence throws a hook but Brandstatter blocks it.
Brandstatter looks to throw the jab but Spence is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spence chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Spence fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brandstatter checks it well.
A big left from Brandstatter misses.
Spence connects with a body shot that sends Brandstatter's belly button to the back.
Brandstatter tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brandstatter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Spence under the eye.
Brandstatter looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Spence throws the left hand but Brandstatter avoids the punch easily.
Spence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter throws a hook but Spence blocks it.
Brandstatter throws a jab but it's blocked by Spence .
Brandstatter lands a jab.
Spence feints and then cracks Brandstatter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brandstatter down.
Brandstatter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Spence lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spence ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter lands a head shot.

Spence moves into the clinch.
Spence lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brandstatter backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spence .
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brandstatter trying to stall but Spence improves his position.
Brandstatter lands a left hand.
Spence lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brandstatter backwards.
Spence wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Brandstatter stalling.
Brandstatter tries to circle away but Spence has him pinned against the cage.
Brandstatter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brandstatter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Spence fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Wolfgang Brandstatter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A lazy left from Spence finds it's target.
Brandstatter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spence moves away.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Spence lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Spence avoids the body shot from Brandstatter.
Spence misses with a low kick.
Spence throws a looping overhand right but Brandstatter ducks down to avoid it.
Spence avoids the body shot from Brandstatter.
Spence tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brandstatter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Spence takes a swing at Brandstatter's ribcage but misses.
Spence takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Spence keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brandstatter. Spence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brandstatter catches Spence with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brandstatter swings for the body but Spence moves out of range.
Spence uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brandstatter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandstatter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Spence takes one to the side of the head.
Brandstatter tries to bum rush Spence with a series of wild strikes but Spence uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brandstatter throws a body shot but no joy.
Spence tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandstatter was well out of range. Poor timing from Spence .
Spence looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brandstatter throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Spence looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence throws a hook to the side of Brandstatter's head but Brandstatter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brandstatter feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Brandstatter misses the jab.
Spence moves out of range of the body kick.
Brandstatter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brandstatter slips under a jab from Spence .
Brandstatter misses with a wild body shot.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter misses the jab.
Spence does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Spence throws out a loose jab but Brandstatter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brandstatter scores with a sloppy right hand. Spence should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spence flicks out a counter leg kick but Brandstatter steps away.
Brandstatter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandstatter throws the kick towards the body but Spence avoids it.
Spence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice defenses there by Spence .
Brandstatter tries a head kick but it misses.
Spence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spence throws a nice looking combination but Brandstatter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spence keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brandstatter.
Spence misses with a low kick.
Spence on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brandstatter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
Brandstatter throws a big shot that misses.
Brandstatter misses with a low kick.
Spence moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spence has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandstatter tries to move into range but Spence moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spence listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spence . Brandstatter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brandstatter throws a chopping leg kick but Spence manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Spence moves in looking to clinch but Brandstatter pushes him off.
Spence moves out of range of the strikes.
Spence throws a jab when Brandstatter was well out of range.
Brandstatter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Brandstatter misses with a looping right.
A cross from Spence lands.
A cross from Spence lands.
Brandstatter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brandstatter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Spence throws a sloppy head kick and Brandstatter moves out of range easily.
Brandstatter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brandstatter looks to throw the jab but Spence is out of range.
Brandstatter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spence lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spence jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brandstatter throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Brandstatter scores with a four punch combination!
Spence moves away from the strike by Brandstatter.
Brandstatter cracks Spence with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brandstatter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spence looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brandstatter defending well as Spence loads up on a big left hand.
Brandstatter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot by Spence .
Spence scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Alan Spence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An inside leg kick lands from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spence was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandstatter.
Brandstatter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Spence misses with a leg kick.
Spence takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Spence looks to throw the jab but Brandstatter is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Brandstatter tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brandstatter cracks a nice hook into Spence 's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Brandstatter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brandstatter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Brandstatter!
Wolfgang Brandstatter decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Alan Spence stepped up to the mic, saying 'My foot was a balloon'.