PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marc Spector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stevens comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Can't Hold Us kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Victor Stevens is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Spector
vs
Stevens

166 cm
28
143 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
36
135 lbs
20 - 21 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conviction
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marc Spector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stevens drives through and clinches with Spector against the cage.
Spector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Stevens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stevens feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Spectors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Spector has Stevens up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevens wants to get back to striking at distance but Spector won't allow it.
Stalling in the clinch from Stevens.
Spector working aggressively here.
Stevens with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spector lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spector is defending well for now.
Stevens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spector scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spector lands a shoulder strike.
Spector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Spector fails to land.
Stevens connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spector's face.
Stevens avoids the elbow strike from Spector, against the cage.
Spector lands a left hand.
Spector lands with a right to the head.
Spector lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stevens goes for a takedown attempt but Spector pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spector fails to land with a series of punches.
Spector sets himself, and Stevens steps forward looking for the clinch! Spector avoids it this time.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Spector, right into the meat.
Spector lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stevens's sensitive parts.
A head kick misses from Stevens.

Stevens gets a clinch.
Stevens is trying to break free.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spector avoids it.
Stevens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Spector.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stevens is looking to break free of the clinch but Spector has double underhooks.
Stevens jumps guard but Spector stands there with Stevens around his waist. Stevens gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Spector lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spector lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spector scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Spector lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stevens or not.
Stevens working hard to break the clinch.
Spector working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens lands a good knee to the midsection. Spector won't want to take too many of those.
Stevens working hard to break the clinch.
Spector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stevenss head.
Spector lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stevens working hard to break the clinch.
Spector lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stevens misses with a knee strike.
Stevens blocks a body shot from Spector.
Spector scores with a shot to the side of Stevens's head.
Stevens jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spector walks away with a smile on his face. Stevens gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marc Spector has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Stevens.
Spector thumps Stevens with a low kick.

Stevens drives through and clinches with Spector against the cage.
Spector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Spector.
Spector is leaning against Stevens and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Stevens is trying to drag Spector to the mat but Spector just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Stevens using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spector has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Spector.
Spector lands with a short shot to the head.
Spector lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector scores with a hook to the body.
Spector lands with a light punch inside.
Spector blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevens blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Spector.
Stevens is trying to maintain a safe position but Spector gets an underhook and turns Stevens into the cage.
Spector lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spector lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Spector lands a body punch.
Spector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Spector.

Stevens manages to pull guard.
Spector is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Stevens wants to hit a switch here but Spector passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Stevens there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is trying to escape the mount.
Spector controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Spector dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stevens misses with a hook
and Spector counters with a straight right hand.
Stevens misses with the body kick
and Spector makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Spector lands with an overhand left.
Stevens looks to land a left hand but Spector moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Spector on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Spector holds him up against the cage and eventually Stevens drops back down to his feet.
A left hand lands to the body for Spector.
Stevens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but Spector avoids the damage to the body.
Stevens blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevens is trying to break free.
Marc Spector has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stevens is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spector takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spector is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevens can do to turn this around?
Spector lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Stevens - that landed with a thud.
Spector pushes Stevens back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spector creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens jumps guard but Spector stands there with Stevens around his waist. Stevens gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens looking to throw knees to the head but Spector is blocking nicely.
Spector lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spector.
A short right from Spector.
Spector working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Spector.
Spector lands with a light punch inside.
Stevens is trying to force a seperation but Spector has the dominant position.
Spector pushes Stevens back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spector lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spector cracks Stevens with a nice body shot.
Spector lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spector swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevens fails to pull guard.
Marc Spector has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Stevens.
Spector creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Stevens's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Spector scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spector lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spector avoiding damage as Stevens throws knees to the body.
Spector lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stevens blocks an uppercut.
Spector lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stevens.
Spector lands a nice uppercut.
Spector lands with a left to the head.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spector lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector lands a body shot.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Stevens misses with a punch to the body.
Spector lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Spector throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stevenss head.
Spector lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stevens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spector.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spector.
Spector lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spector lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
Spector lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spector avoiding damage as Stevens throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spector scores with a shoulder strike.
Spector working aggressively here.
Stevens lands a damaging elbow.
Spector lands with a light punch inside.

Stevens is rocked!
A short left from Spector.
Stevens is still on wobbly legs! Can Spector finish him?
Spector lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stevens or not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spector creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spector scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stevens is trying to force a seperation but Spector has the dominant position.
Stevens's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spector lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stevens backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Spector.
Spector lands a big right hand that drops Stevens! The killer instinct kicks in and Spector finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Spector!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Spector!
After the fight, Marc Spector 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.