PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Spiller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macale comes to the cage accompanied by Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Spiller has chosen I know you want me as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Macale
vs
Spiller

173 cm
33
177 lbs
44 - 13 - 1

180 cm
25
159 lbs
19 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Brandon Spiller!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiller throws a head kick but Macale moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Macale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Macale swings widly with a right hand
and Macale takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Macale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spiller. That did some damage!
Tiao Macale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Spiller moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Macale is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Macale lands a body shot in the clinch.
Macale blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Come on Macale - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Spiller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Macale tenderised Spiller's leg. Spiller is trying to keep his angry face on.
Macale swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spiller.
Macale rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spiller counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Macale is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale misses with a body kick.
Spiller moves away from the strike by Macale.
Spiller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spiller has managed to clinch.
Spiller misses with some punches.
Spiller lands a body punch in the clinch.
Macale prevents Spiller from breaking the clinch.
Macale leaning against his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Macale prevents a body shot from Spiller.
Macale is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Macale stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spiller misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiller tries to circle away but Macale has him pinned against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Macale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Macale.
Spiller connects with an inside leg kick.
Spiller tries to clinch up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spiller tried to score with a low kick but Macale checks it.
Spiller gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Macale.
Spiller moves in looking to clinch but Macale pushes him off.
Spiller avoids a kick to the body.
Spiller tries to score with a low kick but Macale moves his leg out of the way.
Jab by Macale.
Spiller looks to land a left hand but Macale moved out of range nicely.
Macale throws a body kick that misses.
Macale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spiller walks into a jab.
Spiller walks into a jab.
Spiller misses with a straight left.
Macale takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spiller tries to land a leg kick but Macale saw it coming and moves away.
Macale takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Macale fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Spiller is out of range.
Macale works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Macale cracks the inside of Spiller's front leg.
Spiller tries to clinch but Macale is having none of it.
Macale moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Spiller tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Macale is looking to slow Spiller down with leg kicks.
Macale misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws a sloppy head kick and Spiller moves out of range easily.
Spiller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spiller moves out of range as Macale throws a body kick.
Macale throws a wild body kick that Spiller sees coming a mile off.
A thudding body kick lands there by Macale!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Spiller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Macale.
Spiller moves out of range of the body kick.
Spiller throws a nice inside leg kick.
Spiller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macale.

Spiller has closed the distance and engaged Macale in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spiller wants to get back to striking at distance but Macale won't allow it.
Spiller leaning against his opponent.
Macale looking to stall.

Macale breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiao Macale dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Spiller. Macale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tiao Macale is winning the standup battle so far.
Spiller blocks the body kick.
Macale slips under a jab from Spiller.
Spiller throws a big shot that misses.
Macale fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Spiller has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Macale.
Spiller paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Macale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Spiller fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Macale does it's job there.
Macale jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Spiller moves away from the strike by Macale.
Brandon Spiller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spiller throws a series of punches but Macale avoids them all with ease.
Macale throws a leg kick but Spiller moved away.
Spiller misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale throws a lazy body kick
and Spiller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A lazy left from Macale finds it's target.
Macale does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Macale throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Macale throws a low kick but it's checked well by Spiller.
Macale tried to score with a low kick but Spiller checks it.
Macale throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spiller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spiller finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Macale throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spiller checks the leg kick.

Macale gets tackled into the cage by Spiller. Spiller maintains the clinch.
Macale can't find room to land a body shot as Spiller controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spiller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spiller wants to get back to striking at distance but Macale won't allow it.

Macale escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiller has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Macale.
Macale attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Donk. Spiller catches Macale right on the button with a cross.
Macale throws a low kick but Spiller avoids it.

Spiller closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiller leaning against his opponent.
Spiller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Spiller as Macale tries to tie him up.
Spiller stalling in the clinch.
Spiller tries to break the clinch but Macale is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Spiller fails to land.

Macale breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spiller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Macale, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws a hook but Spiller avoids it easily.
Spiller moves in looking to clinch but Macale pushes him off.
Macale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Spiller throws a body kick that misses
and Macale counters with a leg kick.
Macale throws a push kick but Spiller slaps the foot to one side.
Macale has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Macale avoids the head kick by Spiller.
Macale misses with a low kick.

Spiller has taken the fight to the clinch.
Macale takes a shot to the head.
Spiller has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Spiller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Spiller there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Macale.
Macale will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Macale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Macale throws a series of punches but Spiller avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Macale.
Macale works the jab nicely.
Spiller misses with a few strikes there.
Macale throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Macale misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Spiller there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macale lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Spiller will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spiller tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macale throws the kick towards the body but Spiller avoids it.
Spiller with a nice cross.
Spiller lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
An inside leg kick from Macale misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiao Macale dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Spiller checks a leg kick.
Macale throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Spiller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick from Macale misses.
Spiller on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Macale is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Macale throws a hook to the side of Spiller's head but Spiller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spiller throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Macale swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Macale looks to land a right hand but Spiller moved out of range.
Spiller tries to clinch but Macale is having none of it.
Macale misses with a kick to the body.
Spiller scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Spiller looks to land a combination but Macale avoids it well.
Macale dips to his left and cracks Spiller with an uppercut!
Macale throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macale misses with a low kick as Spiller jumps back.
Macale throws a leg kick but Spiller checks it.
Spiller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Macale throws out the jab.
Spiller moves out of range of the body kick.
Macale fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spiller manages to avoid it.
Spiller throws a series of punches but Macale avoids them all with ease.
Macale does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Macale.
Spiller misses with a few strikes there.
Macale takes one on the button.
Spiller wants to clinch but Macale slips to the side
enabling Macale to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spiller looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spiller lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Spiller as he checks the leg kick.
Spiller tries to clinch up.
Spiller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Macale.
Spiller drops his hands momentarily and Macale takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Macale fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spiller checks it well.
Spiller checks a leg kick nicely.
Macale jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Spiller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Macale paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spiller is looking to clinch.
Macale lands a body shot.
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!
Macale looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Macale fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spiller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spiller slips a straight right by Macale.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macale misses with a body shot.
Spiller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Macale lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Spiller tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Macale misses with a low kick.
Spiller tries to clinch but Macale is having none of it.
Macale thows a body kick. Spiller tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Macale showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spiller.
Macale stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Spiller tries to close the distance and clinch but Macale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spiller ducks under a wild hook from Macale.
Macale throws a leg kick that misses.
Macale throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spiller circles away quickly and effectively.
Macale swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Spiller tries to clinch but Macale is having none of it.

Spiller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spiller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brandon Spiller seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Macale is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spiller is keeping busy.
Spiller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brandon Spiller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spiller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spiller misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spiller creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spiller is trying to break the clinch but Macale is controlling him.
Spiller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spiller missing with knees to the body.
Spiller swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Macale avoids a wild elbow strike from Spiller.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiao Macale showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Macale, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiao Macale!
After the fight, Tiao Macale was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.