PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guster Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junichi Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watanabe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "One Thing Leads to Another" by The Fixx kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Spencer
vs
Watanabe

179 cm
23
167 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

170 cm
26
160 lbs
14 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Guster Spencer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junichi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watanabe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Spencer connects with a right hand. Watanabe shakes it off.
Watanabe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Guster Spencer has been cut.

Spencer throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Watanabe tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Spencer is in Watanabe's guard.
Spencer controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Watanabe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Spencer trying to control but Watanabe is working from the bottom.
Spencer with a nice head shot there.
Watanabe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Spencer controls the pace.
Spencer's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Spencer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Watanabe working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Guster Spencer wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Watanabe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spencer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Watanabe backs up against the cage.
Nice jab there from Spencer.
Junichi Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Spencer.

Spencer is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Watanabe's half guard.
Spencer moves nicely into side control.

Spencer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Watanabe, who protects the arm well.
Spencer working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Watanabe's face as Spencer controls the position.

Spencer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Watanabe, who protects the arm well.
Spencer in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer working away.
Watanabe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Spencer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Spencer trying to control the position but Watanabe is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Spencer tries to advance to mount but can't.

Spencer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Spencer is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Watanabe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe wants to control but Spencer postures up.
Watanabe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Spencer tries to control but Watanabe wriggling away.
Spencer working Watanabe over with strikes here.
Spencer wants to control the pace but Watanabe is squirming around nicely.

Spencer working for a submission but Watanabe is keeping him at bay.
Spencer looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe is trying to escape the mount.

Spencer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Watanabe has worked his arm free - good work by Watanabe!
Spencer misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Spencer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Watanabe tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watanabe gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Watanabe tries to reverse the position but Spencer maintains control.
Spencer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guster Spencer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Guster Spencer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Spencer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Watanabe. Watanabe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Watanabe misses with a combination

and Spencer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Watanabe!
Spencer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Watanabe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Watanabe flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Spencer lands with some strikes.

Watanabe is rocked!

Spencer working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Watanabe looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Spencer! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Guster Spencer!