PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor White (ranked 741 p4p, 644 weight class) and James Spencer (ranked 91 p4p, 82 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Spencer

189 cm
35
195
27 - 18 - 1

190 cm
32
190
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a right hand that misses
and Spencer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Thor White has been cut.
White moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Spencer has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spencer.
White throws a shot from downtown. Spencer moves away and avoids it.
We've been hearing reports that White has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Spencer's shoulder, as Spencer tries to avoid the shot.
White throws out a loose jab but Spencer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Spencer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
White throws an off balance right hand
enabling Spencer to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Spencer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from White with a body shot.
Spencer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spencer stuffs the takedown.
White throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Spencer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Spencer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White takes a swing at Spencer's ribcage but misses.
White throws an off balance right hand
enabling Spencer to counter with a crisp jab.
White needs to keep his hands up - Spencer had a free shot at his head there.
White throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spencer cracks White with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Spencer has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning White to stand back up!

White is rocked!

Thor White's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spencer throws a leg kick but White sees it coming and checks it nicely.
White scores with a jab. Spencer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
White misses with a jab to the body

and Spencer counters with a crisp right hand that drops White! Spencer lets White back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spencer drops White with a big left hand! White is injured, injured bad! Spencer jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Spencer!
In his post fight interview, James Spencer gave a big smile as he said 'Hope he’s alright- his skull 💀 cracked like a wee egg .'.