PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bud Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulsen comes into the arena with Freestyler blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Spencer's choice of entrance music: Banana Joe Theme. Jan Paulsen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Paulsen
vs
Spencer

205 cm
21
267 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
275 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Paulsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bud Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulsen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paulsen misses with a few strikes there.
Paulsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paulsen misses the jab.
Spencer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paulsen.
Spencer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Paulsen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spencer was well out of range. Poor timing from Paulsen.
Paulsen misses the shot to the body.
Spencer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Paulsen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Paulsen dodges the punch combination from Spencer.
Paulsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spencer's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Spencer misses.
Paulsen misses with a hook. Spencer ducked under it nicely.
Jan Paulsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spencer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spencer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paulsen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paulsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Spencer.
Spencer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jan Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bud Spencer.
Spencer moves out of range of the strikes.
Spencer misses with a series of wild punches.
Spencer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer slips under a jab from Paulsen.
Paulsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spencer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Paulsen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Spencer.
Spencer thows a body shot but no joy.
Paulsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Paulsen as Spencer shoots in.
Paulsen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spencer's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paulsen throws a body punch but Spencer moves out of range.
Paulsen cracks Spencer with a good jab.
A big right from Spencer misses.
Spencer is trying desperately to land a takedown but Paulsen is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Spencer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Paulsen as he avoids it easily.
Spencer shoots for a takedown but Paulsen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spencer looks gassed!
Paulsen misses with a hook. Spencer ducked under it nicely.
Paulsen throws a lazy right hand but Spencer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paulsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spencer moves away.
Paulsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spencer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paulsen.
The fighters circling - Paulsen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paulsen moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Paulsen connects with a looping right hand.
Paulsen lands a nice shot that snaps Spencer's head back.
Paulsen works Spencer's body with a nice hook.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Paulsen saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen loads up on a big right hand but Spencer slips the punch.
Spencer misses with a wild body shot.
Paulsen swings for the body but Spencer moves out of range.
A lazy left from Paulsen finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paulsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spencer manages to avoid it.
Paulsen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Spencer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paulsen just misses with a punch to the body.
Spencer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spencer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paulsen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Paulsen throws a hook but Spencer blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Paulsen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spencer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Paulsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spencer.
Paulsen misses with a hook. Spencer ducked under it nicely.
Spencer avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheers as Paulsen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spencer doesn't seem phased though.
A telegraphed right hand from Paulsen misses the target.
Spencer swinging wilding here.
A big right from Paulsen misses.
Spencer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paulsen.
Paulsen lunges at Spencer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Spencer's hand.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Spencer might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Paulsen has got the better of the exchanges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen throws a shot from downtown. Spencer moves away and avoids it.
Paulsen slips a jab from Spencer.
Spencer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spencer looks to land a combination but Paulsen avoids it well.
Paulsen digs a good hook to Spencer's body.
Paulsen misses with a straight right.
Paulsen throws a shot to the body.
Paulsen scores with a nice right hand.
Spencer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paulsen.
Paulsen misses the shot to the body.
Paulsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spencer moves away.
Spencer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spencer is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paulsen scores with a sloppy right hand. Spencer should have avoided that one.
Paulsen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jan Paulsen is winning the standup battle so far.

Paulsen lands a big uppercut and Spencer crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Spencer looks OK. Paulsen waves Spencer back to his feet!

It looks like Bud Spencer has been cut.
Paulsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spencer can do to turn this around?
Paulsen lands with a big left! Spencer is wobbled badly! Paulsen comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Spencer to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jan Paulsen!