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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Justus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliot Spenser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justus comes to the cage accompanied by Villain. The crowd seem to be enjoying Spenser's choice of entrance music: Bring me to Life by Evanescence. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
10 - 7 - 1 |
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179 cm
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196 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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
10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, King Justus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elliot Spenser!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Spenser connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Spenser misses the target.
Spenser avoids the head kick by Justus.
Spenser clobbers Justus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice uppercut there from Spenser.
Justus is rocked!
Justus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Oh Justus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Justus drops his hands momentarily and Spenser takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Spenser throws an overhand right that lands on Justus's shoulder, as Justus tries to avoid the shot.
Justus seems to have got his legs back now.
Justus avoids a kick to the body.
Spenser scores with a jab. Justus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justus shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spenser pinned against the cage. Spenser gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Justus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justus shoots in and bounces Spenser off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justus is fighting to break Spenser's control of his arms but Spenser is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justus trying to control but Spenser is working from the bottom.
Justus looking to pass the guard.
Spenser is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Justus trying to control but Spenser postures up.
Spenser is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Justus is just riding it out for now. Spenser eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Justus trying to hold on to Spenser's head to control him but Spenser postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Justus manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Spenser wants to control from the top but Justus keeps moving.
Justus looking for a sweep. Not yet Justus, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spenser is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Spenser tries to free his leg and advance position but Justus is retaining full guard.
Justus is pulling down on Spenser's head. It's preventing any offense from Spenser, at least for the moment.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Elliot Spenser wasn't active enough on the ground.
Spenser displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Justus.
Spenser ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justus moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice sprawl there from Spenser as Justus shoots in.
Spenser misses with a looping left.
Spenser throws a hook but Justus avoids it easily.
Justus tries to clinch but Spenser is having none of it.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spenser swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Spenser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Justus fails to land the takedown.
Good standup being displayed there by Spenser as he connects with a hook.
Justus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Spenser defends it nicely.
Justus shoots in but Spenser avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spenser lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Justus circles away quickly and effectively.
Spenser misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elliot Spenser dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Justus takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spenser leaves Justus with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Spenser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justus tries for a takedown but Spenser sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Spenser misses the shot to the body.
Justus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Spenser's waist but Spenser gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Justus off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Justus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spenser will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Justus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spenser.
King Justus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spenser throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Spenser.
Spenser throws a series of punches but Justus avoids them all with ease.
Spenser scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spenser throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spenser throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spenser throws a lazy head kick
and Justus counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Spenser!
Justus controlling from the full mount.
Justus is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Spenser has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Spenser!
Spenser trying to control but Justus is working from the bottom.
Spenser throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spenser pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Justus is keeping the position for now.
Spenser gets to his feet - Justus follows without any prompting.
Justus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Justus fails with a takedown attempt.
Justus shoots in but no luck this time.
Elliot Spenser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justus tries to close the distance and clinch but Spenser swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Justus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spenser.
Spenser fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Justus manages to avoid it.
Justus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spenser lands a nice hook to Justus's body. Justus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spenser stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spenser misses with a series of wild punches.
Spenser scores with a punch to the head.
Justus avoids the head kick by Spenser.
Spenser lands with a nice combination. Justus backs away looking to recover.
Spenser catches Justus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Spenser fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Spenser connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spenser connects with a nice cross there... Justus is looking wobbly and Spenser recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Justus to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Spenser jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Elliot Spenser!
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hype
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RATING
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