PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richey Spinnet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguelito Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Spinnet
vs
Dragon

184 cm
26
183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richey Spinnet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguelito Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragon tries to clinch there but Spinnet circles away.
Richey Spinnet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spinnet takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Miguelito Dragon has been cut.
Spinnet moves to clinch but Dragon breaks away

and Dragon counters by moving into the clinch.
Dragon misses with an elbow over the top.
Spinnet avoiding damage as Dragon throws knees to the body.
Spinnet takes a shot to the head.
Spinnet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spinnet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Dragon with a knee to the head.

It looks like Richey Spinnet has been cut.
Spinnet lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dragon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spinnet is defending well for now.
Spinnet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dragon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spinnet avoids it.
Dragon lands with a light punch inside.
Dragon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spinnet.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
Dragon struggles to land a body shot inside as Spinnet controls his hands.
Dragon digs a right hand into Spinnet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spinnet's gas tank.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Spinnet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dragon.
Dragon throws an elbow that misses.
Dragon lands with a light punch inside.
Dragon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spinnet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Dragon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spinnet has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spinnet.
Spinnet blocks an elbow strike from Dragon.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon tries a body shot but Spinnet blocks it.
Dragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet managing to block the knees to the body from Dragon.
Dragon looks gassed!
Dragon working aggressively here.
Spinnet avoiding damage as Dragon throws knees to the body.
Spinnet blocks an elbow strike from Dragon.
Dragon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spinnet avoids it.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spinnet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Dragon working aggressively here.
Spinnet dodges an elbow strike from Dragon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spinnet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spinnet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
A nice left hand lands by Spinnet.
A nice left hand lands by Spinnet.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dragon lands a body shot.
Dragon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Spinnet.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dragon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dragon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spinnet's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dragon.
Dragon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dragon throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Dragon tries to land knees in the clinch but Spinnet avoids the damage to the body.
Dragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Dragon tries a knee to the head but Spinnet blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dragon throws an elbow but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Dragon.
Spinnet gets through Dragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dragon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dragon misses with a knee strike.
Dragon works on Spinnet's body with a couple of short punches.
Dragon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dragon throws a head punch that misses.
Dragon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spinnet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spinnet lands a right hand.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Dragon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Spinnet gets through Dragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dragon blocking some punches.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dragon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spinnet avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Dragon swings wildly with an uppercut but Spinnet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragon missing with knees to the body.
Dragon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Spinnets head.
Dragon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spinnet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet blocking some punches.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dragon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spinnet's elbow.
Spinnet takes an elbow to the temple.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Dragon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spinnet scores with a shot to the side of Dragon's head.
Dragon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Miguelito Dragon will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dragon keeps the fight on the outside.
Dragon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Spinnet there.
Spinnet tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dragon counters with a left and a right that stings Spinnet.
Dragon throws a series of punches but Spinnet avoids them all with ease.
Spinnet throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Spinnet sizes up Dragon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dragon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Spinnet to counter with a crisp jab.
Spinnet misses with an uppercut. Dragon saw that one coming.
Spinnet uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dragon is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheers as Spinnet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dragon doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spinnet fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dragon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Spinnet is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dragon keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dragon tries to keep at a distance but Spinnet has taken the fight into the clinch.
Spinnet pushes Dragon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Dragon - that landed with a thud.
A short left from Spinnet.
Dragon lands a body shot.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon trying to land knees to the body.
Dragon tries a knee to the head but Spinnet blocks it.
Spinnet blocks an uppercut.
Dragon misses with an elbow strike.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spinnet lands a left hand.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon misses with a punch on the inside.
Dragon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spinnet misses with the head strike.
Dragon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spinnet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Dragon.
Dragon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spinnet misses with the head strike.
Dragon scores with a shot to the side of Spinnet's head.
Spinnet throws a punch but it's blocked by Dragon.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dragon.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spinnet lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spinnet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
Dragon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dragon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dragon misses with a knee to the head.
Spinnet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragon tries to throw a body punch but Spinnet avoids it by throwing Dragon back against the cage.
Spinnet prevents a body shot from Dragon.
Dragon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dragon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
Spinnet blocks the elbow strike.
Spinnet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Spinnet fails to land.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet avoiding damage as Dragon throws knees to the body.
Spinnet lands with a right to the head.
Dragon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Spinnet's elbow.
Dragon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spinnet blocks the elbow strike.
Dragon tries to land knees in the clinch but Spinnet avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
A head punch on the inside from Spinnet fails to land.
Spinnet blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Dragon.

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.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
Dragon tries a knee to the head but Spinnet blocks it.
Dragon struggles to land a body shot inside as Spinnet controls his hands.
Dragon trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
A nice left hand lands by Spinnet.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon tries a knee to the head but Spinnet blocks it.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dragon.
A head punch on the inside from Spinnet fails to land.
Spinnet lands with a left to the head.
Spinnet scores with a shoulder strike.
Spinnet lands with a light punch inside.
Dragon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spinnet.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Spinnet fails to land.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Spinnet.
Dragon misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richey Spinnet dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dragon moves in looking to clinch but Spinnet pushes him off.
Spinnet moves to clinch but Dragon breaks away
and Dragon counters with a body kick that stops Spinnet in his tracks momentarily.
Spinnet thuds his right hand into Dragon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Decent striking displayed by Dragon there.
Spinnet looks to clinch

and Dragon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dragon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Spinnet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Spinnet takes a shot to the head.
Dragon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dragon blocking some punches.
Miguelito Dragon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dragon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spinnet is defending well for now.
Dragon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spinnet backwards.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet avoiding damage as Dragon throws knees to the body.
Dragon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spinnet scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dragons head.
Spinnet scores with a shoulder strike.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragon looking to throw knees to the head but Spinnet is blocking nicely.
Spinnet throws a punch but it's blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet lands a left hand.
A short right from Spinnet on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spinnet.
Dragon pushes off an throws an elbow but Spinnet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dragon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Spinnet.
Dragon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spinnet is defending well for now.
Spinnet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Dragon tries to throw a body punch but Spinnet avoids it by throwing Dragon back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spinnet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spinnet misses with the head strike.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spinnet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spinnet.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Spinnet lands with a right to the head.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Dragon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dragon missing with knees to the body.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet avoiding damage as Dragon throws knees to the body.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon blocking some punches.
Spinnet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet working aggressively here.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet throws a punch but it's blocked by Dragon.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dragon lands a nice shot to the body.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dragon takes a shot to the head.
Dragon pushes off an throws an elbow but Spinnet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spinnet swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Spinnet.
Dragon has a couple of punches blocked by Spinnet.
Dragon looking to throw knees to the head but Spinnet is blocking nicely.
Dragon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spinnet.
A shot in the inside from Spinnet.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dragon takes a shot to the head.
Dragon misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spinnet.
Spinnet lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Spinnet misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet working aggressively here.
Spinnet lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Spinnet dodges an elbow strike from Dragon.
Dragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dragon misses with some punches.
Spinnet throws a head punch that misses.
Spinnet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spinnet misses with some punches.
Spinnet blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Spinnet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Spinnet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Spinnet scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spinnet.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dragon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spinnet has a couple of punches blocked by Dragon.
Spinnet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dragon lands a body shot.
Dragon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dragon backwards.
Dragon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spinnet blocks it with crossed arms.
Spinnet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spinnet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spinnet lands a shoulder strike.
Dragon blocks an uppercut.
Spinnet swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spinnet blocks the elbow strike.
Dragon misses with a body punch.
Dragon misses with a punch on the inside.
Spinnet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richey Spinnet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spinnet 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richey Spinnet!