|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xano Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolf Spicer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master comes to the cage accompanied by House music. Xano Master had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
 |
|
 |
| 174 cm
18
186 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
|
185 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 7 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
|
| |
|
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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xano Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rolf Spicer!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spicer has a takedown stuffed.
A bone on bone clash there as Master blocks the leg kick.
Master shoots for a double leg takedown but Spicer sprawls well. He's pushed Master's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Spicer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Some wild striking there from Spicer.
Spicer closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Spicer lands in his opponent's guard.
Master looking for a sweep. Not yet Master, not yet.
Spicer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Master has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Spicer has passed into side control.
Master tries to bench press Spicer off him but Spicer keeps the position.
Master is trying to control Spicer's posture but Spicer avoids it.
Master could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Master manages to work his way to half guard, despite Spicer's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Master is looking to control Spicer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Master avoid being mounted?
Master works his way to full guard. Good work.
Master is trying to keep Spicer in close.
Master might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Spicer is looking to stand up but Master won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Master is pulling down on Spicer's head. It's preventing any offense from Spicer, at least for the moment.
Master is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Spicer stands and steps away. Master gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Master gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Master is breathing heavily.
Master tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master working a defensive guard but Spicer manages to pass into side control anyway.
Master tries to buck Spicer off but Spicer is having none of it.
Master is trying to control Spicer's posture but Spicer avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Master is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Spicer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Spicer decides to stand back up.
Spicer throws a wild body kick that Master sees coming a mile off.
Spicer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Master fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spicer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spicer throws a series of punches but Master avoids them all with ease.
Master circles away from the clinch attempt.
Master takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Spicer throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Spicer misses.
Spicer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spicer tries to bum rush Master with a series of wild strikes but Master uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Master shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xano Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spicer tries to close the distance and clinch but Master swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Master is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Spicer.
Spicer misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolf Spicer 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.
Spicer feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Master is trying to control the position but Spicer postures up.
Master pulls Spicer in close to prevent any damage.
Spicer is looking to stand up but Master won't let him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Master working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Master manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Spicer manages to get himself to full guard.
Master throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Master wants to control from the top but Spicer keeps moving.
Spicer wants to stand and escape but Master is having none of it.
Spicer manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Master looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Spicer is fending him off so far but Master persists. Nope, Spicer circles away and we're back to standing.
Spicer shoots in but no luck this time.
Spicer shoots for a takedown but Master saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spicer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Xano Master has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rolf Spicer.
Spicer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Master.
Spicer throws a series of punches but Master avoids them all with ease.
Master throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Spicer's waist but Spicer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Master off to one side.
Spicer closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Master wants to clinch but Spicer slips to the side
and Spicer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Master's guard.
Master working for a triangle but Spicer defends it easily.
Master is pulling down on Spicer's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master controls Spicer momentarily but Spicer frees himself.
Master is really struggling to control Spicer but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Spicer gets to his feet - Master follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Spicer tries to clinch
and Master counters with a single leg into guard. Spicer didn't expect that.
Master prevents Spicer from getting back to his feet.
Spicer keeping moving, preventing Master from controlling successfully.
Spicer kicks Master off and gets to his feet.
Master looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Master trying to control the position from guard on top but Spicer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolf Spicer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Spicer wants to clinch up but Master keeps it at a distance.
Spicer misses with a series of wild punches.
Spicer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Horrible takedown by Master or perhaps it was just good defense by Spicer which made him look bad.
Spicer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Spicer throws a one two combo.
Master looks to land a combination but Spicer avoids it well.
Master shoots and misses
and Spicer counters by moving into the clinch.
Spicer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spicer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Master prevents Spicer from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spicer just leaning against Master, taking a breather.
Spicer lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Spicer wants to stand up but Master has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Spicer passes into side control, despite Master's attempt to control the position.
Master struggling a bit here.
Master is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Spicer is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rolf Spicer has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spicer stands up from mount. Strange move.
Spicer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Spicer.
Spicer has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Master moves out of range as Spicer strikes.
Spicer 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.
Master looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xano Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spicer decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spicer stands up from half guard.
Spicer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Master bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spicer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Master counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Spicer is looking to escape.
Master seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spicer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Master tries to pass the half guard into mount. Spicer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spicer is trying to stand back up but Master is controlling him
Master sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spicer defending well though.
Master is looking to take a break and control but Spicer is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spicer kicks off Master and gets to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spicer wants to clinch but Master slips to the side
and Master counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Spicer's guard now.
Xano Master has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Master content to stall in guard here.
Rolf Spicer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Master throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spicer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rolf Spicer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Spicer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rolf Spicer!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
60% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
