PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Eduardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo comes into the arena with Numb blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eduardo
vs
Spencer

185 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 6 - 1

192 cm
32
192 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

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ADCC Champion
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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 6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Eduardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shawn Spencer!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Spencer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Eduardo.
Eduardo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Eduardo tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Eduardo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spencer throws out the jab.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spencer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spencer looks to score with a jab to the body but Eduardo is just out of range.
No joy there for Spencer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spencer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Eduardo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Eduardo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Spencer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer cracks a nice hook into Eduardo's ribs.
Spencer lands a jab to the nose.
Nice defenses there by Spencer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer misses the shot to the body.
Spencer lands a slapping body shot.

Eduardo instigates a clinch.
Eduardo tries to break free but Spencer pushes him back against the cage.
Eduardo tries to break the clinch but Spencer is controlling the position.
Eduardo landing knees to the body.
Spencer tries to break free but Eduardo pushes him back against the cage.

Eduardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spencer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A head kick misses from Eduardo.
Spencer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer looks to land a right hand but Eduardo moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Eduardo.
Spencer misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spencer misses with a looping right.
Spencer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eduardo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Spencer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Eduardo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spencer. That did some damage!
Spencer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spencer misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Eduardo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spencer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spencer scores with a jab. Eduardo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eduardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eduardo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Spencer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Eduardo scrambles back to his feet.
Eduardo tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.
Good exchange - Spencer coming out on top.
Spencer lands with a right hand.
Eduardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eduardo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spencer dodges the punch combination from Eduardo.
Spencer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Eduardo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer misses with a few strikes there.

Eduardo darts in and clinches Spencer up against the cage.
Spencer avoids a wild elbow strike from Eduardo.
Eduardo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Eduardo tries a knee to the head but Spencer blocks it.
Eduardo misses with a knee to the head.
Spencer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eduardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spencer.

Eduardo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eduardo tries to clinch but Spencer moves away
and Spencer counters with a nice body shot.
Spencer dips to his left and cracks Eduardo with an uppercut!

It looks like Carlos Eduardo has been cut.
Eduardo misses with a few strikes there.
Spencer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carlos Eduardo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlos Eduardo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Spencer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Spencer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spencer misses the jab.
Eduardo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A cross from Spencer lands.
Eduardo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Eduardo slips a straight right by Spencer.
Eduardo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice defenses there by Eduardo.
Spencer misses with an uppercut. Eduardo saw that one coming.
Spencer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Eduardo slips a jab and a cross from Spencer.
Shawn Spencer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spencer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Eduardo manages to avoid it.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eduardo tries to close the distance and clinch but Spencer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spencer throws a hook but Eduardo avoids it easily.
Spencer swings for the body but Eduardo moves out of range.
Eduardo moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Spencer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eduardo throws a series of punches but Spencer moves out of range.
Eduardo avoids the body shot from Spencer.
Spencer scores with a one two! Eduardo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Shawn Spencer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spencer. Eduardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spencer missing with a left hand there. Eduardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eduardo misses with a head kick.
Spencer cracks Eduardo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eduardo blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spencer. Eduardo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eduardo tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
Eduardo tries to clinch up.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Eduardo moves out of range as Spencer strikes.
Spencer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Eduardo.
Eduardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spencer misses with a wild combination.
Spencer misses with a straight left.
Eduardo defending well as Spencer loads up on a big left hand.
Spencer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Eduardo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
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!
Spencer misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throws a body punch but Eduardo moves out of range.
Eduardo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Spencer loads up on a big right hand but Eduardo slips the punch.
Eduardo tries to clinch there but Spencer circles away.
Spencer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eduardo throws a body kick that misses.
Spencer cracks Eduardo with a right hand to the side of the head.
A combination from Spencer does no damage.

Eduardo clinches.
Eduardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Spencer avoids the damage to the body.
Eduardo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eduardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Spencer avoids the damage to the body.
Eduardo tries to circle away but Spencer has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spencer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spencer avoiding damage as Eduardo throws knees to the body.

Eduardo breaks from the clinch.
Spencer looks to throw the jab but Eduardo is out of range.
Spencer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eduardo.
Eduardo misses with a head kick.
Spencer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer lunges at Eduardo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Eduardo's hand.
Eduardo doesn't manage to clinch there - Spencer circles away.
Spencer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eduardo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Eduardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eduardo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shawn Spencer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Eduardo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Eduardo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spencer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spencer misses the jab.
Spencer swats away the attempt to clinch by Eduardo.
Spencer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eduardo's head backwards.
Spencer missing with a left hand there. Eduardo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eduardo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eduardo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Eduardo moves in looking to clinch but Spencer pushes him off.
Spencer misses with a two punch combination.
Spencer works the jab nicely.
Eduardo fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer throws a right and a left that both miss.

Eduardo drives through and clinches with Spencer against the cage.
Spencer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eduardo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Eduardo missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Eduardo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Eduardo throws a knee to the head but misses.

Eduardo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Spencer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eduardo's head backwards.
Spencer looks to land a combination but Eduardo avoids it well.
Spencer moves out of range as Eduardo throws a body kick.
Eduardo slips under a jab from Spencer.
Spencer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spencer lands a jab to Eduardo's midsection.
Spencer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Eduardo tries to clinch but Spencer moves out of range.
Eduardo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Eduardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spencer throws a right hand that Eduardo ducks under and follows up with a left that Eduardo also avoids with ease.
Spencer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eduardo tries to move into range but Spencer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Spencer misses with a right hand
and Eduardo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Eduardo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eduardo slips under a jab from Spencer.
Eduardo throws a right hand that Spencer ducks under and follows up with a left that Spencer also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throws a hook but Eduardo avoids it easily.
Spencer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Spencer connects with a body shot that sends Eduardo's belly button to the back.
A slow jab from Spencer misses its intended target.

Eduardo darts in and clinches Spencer up against the cage.

Spencer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spencer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Spencer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eduardo scores with a shot to the body.
Eduardo tries to clinch up.
Spencer looks to throw the jab but Eduardo is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Eduardo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eduardo throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eduardo scores with a jab to the body.
Spencer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spencer throws a hook but Eduardo avoids it easily.
Spencer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eduardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spencer.
Eduardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Spencer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Eduardo misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Spencer.
Spencer keeps the fight on the outside.
Eduardo tries to clinch up but Spencer circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carlos Eduardo.
I think Eduardo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!