PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Luis De Teixiera (ranked 4244 p4p, 4094 weight class) and Timothy Spence (ranked 431 p4p, 415 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Spence's choice of entrance music: He's A Mental Giant. This should be fireworks!

De Teixiera
vs
Spence

184 cm
18
195
1 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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BANZAI NUTRITION

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luis De Teixiera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Timothy Spence!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Teixiera thuds a left hand into Spence's body.
De Teixiera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Teixiera misses the jab.
Spence slips under a jab.
De Teixiera misses with a few strikes there.
Spence raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
De Teixiera tries a head kick but it misses.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spence is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Teixiera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spence sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Teixiera throws a shot from downtown. Spence moves away and avoids it.
Spence looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Teixiera misses with a hook
and Spence counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Teixiera throws a lazy head kick
enabling Spence to counter with a crisp jab.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses.
De Teixiera lands a jab to Spence's midsection.
De Teixiera throws a jab but it's blocked by Spence.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Spence avoids the head kick by De Teixiera.
Spence throws out a counter right but De Teixiera avoids it with no problem.
Spence avoids the head kick by De Teixiera.
De Teixiera scores with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Teixiera misses with a wild combination.
De Teixiera throws a right and a left that Spence avoids nicely.
Spence looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luis De Teixiera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Teixiera throws a poor cross that misses
and Spence counters with a three punch combo that has De Teixiera backing up. De Teixiera nods at Spence to acknowledge the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Teixiera thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spence looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Teixiera throws a sloppy head kick and Spence moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence! But no joy.
Spence moves out of range as De Teixiera strikes.
A little jabbing left from Spence on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Teixiera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Spence was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luis De Teixiera dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

De Teixiera finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Teixiera swings widly with a right hand
and De Teixiera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Teixiera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spence appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
De Teixiera throws an off balance right hand
and Spence counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Teixiera definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Teixiera throws a hook but Spence avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Teixiera misses with a lunging right hand
and Spence counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Teixiera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Teixiera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses
and Spence counters with a stiff right hand.
Spence keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Teixiera.
Despite the aggression on Spence's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
De Teixiera throws a right hand that misses
and Spence counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luis De Teixiera is winning the standup battle so far.
De Teixiera throws a leg kick
and Spence counters with a straight right hand.
De Teixiera throws a predictable looking body shot

and Spence counters with a straight right that drops De Teixiera on his ass! De Teixiera jumps back to his feet. He seems OK to continue so we'll get back to the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Teixiera tries to work over Spence's front leg with a kick but Spence checks it.
De Teixiera misses with a two punch combination.
Despite the aggression on Spence's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Teixiera misses with a looping left.
De Teixiera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spence looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence avoids the head kick by De Teixiera.
Spence lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
De Teixiera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spence walks into a left hand.
De Teixiera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Teixiera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick by De Teixiera misses
and Spence counters with a one-two to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Spence takes that one, thanks to the knockdown.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from De Teixiera.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spence is looking for the big counter here.
De Teixiera swings away with a body shot that misses
and Spence connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Teixiera digs a good body shot into Spence's ribs.
Spence blocks a jab.
De Teixiera throws a sloppy body shot
and De Teixiera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Teixiera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spence moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spence now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Spence avoids the head kick by De Teixiera.
Spence might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Teixiera misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Spence on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Spence has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Teixiera.
De Teixiera misses with an uppercut.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Teixiera throws a head kick that misses.
De Teixiera misses with a shot to the body
and De Teixiera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Teixiera sizes up Spence with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Teixiera.
A head kick misses from De Teixiera.
Spence appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Teixiera misses with a left hand
and Spence counters with a straight right hand.
A left and a right from De Teixiera both land. Nice combination.
De Teixiera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spence counters with a body 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!
De Teixiera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Teixiera throws an off balance right hand
and Spence counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Teixiera thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Teixiera throws a leg kick that is checked
and Spence cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Teixiera looks to land a combination but Spence avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luis De Teixiera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Teixiera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!