PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dimachaerus Gannicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thracian Spartacus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thracian Spartacus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gannicus
vs
Spartacus

178 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dimachaerus Gannicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thracian Spartacus!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spartacus fails to land with a series of punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Spartacus throws a nice looking combination but Gannicus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spartacus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gannicus scores with a nice right hand.
Spartacus misses with a series of wild punches.
Spartacus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice body punch from Gannicus.
Gannicus tries to clinch but Spartacus is having none of it.
Spartacus misses with a body shot.
Spartacus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gannicus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spartacus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gannicus.
Gannicus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spartacus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A countering left hand to the body from Spartacus misses.
Gannicus has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Spartacus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gannicus misses with a body shot.
Spartacus loads up on a big right hand but Gannicus slips the punch.
Gannicus is looking to wear down Spartacus with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartacus dodges the punch combination from Gannicus.
Spartacus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gannicus was well out of range. Poor timing from Spartacus.
Gannicus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spartacus circles away quickly and effectively.
Spartacus scores with a three punch combo!
Gannicus misses with a body shot
and Spartacus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Spartacus shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gannicus eats them both and turns towards Spartacus to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spartacus misses with a series of wild punches.
Gannicus moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gannicus looks to land a left hand but Spartacus moved out of range nicely.
Spartacus looks to score with a jab to the body but Gannicus is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spartacus lands a nice hook to Gannicus's body. Gannicus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gannicus clinches with his opponent.

Gannicus breaks the clinch.
Spartacus dodges the punch combination from Gannicus.
Spartacus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gannicus.
Gannicus throws a body shot but no joy.
Spartacus with the counter takedown but Gannicus avoids it easily.
Spartacus blocks a jab.
Spartacus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spartacus cracks a nice hook into Gannicus's ribs.
Spartacus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spartacus misses with a body shot.
Gannicus throws a body shot but no joy.
Spartacus takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spartacus lands a jab to Gannicus's midsection.
Gannicus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Gannicus gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Gannicus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spartacus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spartacus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gannicus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Spartacus misses with a looping left.
Gannicus misses with a wild body shot.
Spartacus throws a counter combo.
Gannicus throws a right and a left that Spartacus avoids nicely.
Gannicus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gannicus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spartacus manages to avoid it.
Spartacus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gannicus.
Gannicus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Spartacus scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gannicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spartacus.
Spartacus jabs at Gannicus's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spartacus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gannicus tries to throw a body punch but Spartacus avoids it by throwing Gannicus back against the cage.
Gannicus misses with a body punch.
Spartacus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spartacus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Spartacus breaks the clinch.
Spartacus throws a body punch but Gannicus moves out of range.
Spartacus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spartacus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thracian Spartacus will probably get the nod.
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.

Spartacus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gannicus.
Gannicus swings for the body but Spartacus moves out of range.
Spartacus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gannicus.
Spartacus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gannicus needs to keep his hands up - Spartacus had a free shot at his head there.
Spartacus swinging wildly here.
Spartacus smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gannicus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good shot there by Spartacus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spartacus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gannicus throws a big counter combination but Spartacus scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gannicus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spartacus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gannicus lands a nice shot to the body.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spartacus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gannicus scores with a hook to the body. Spartacus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartacus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gannicus manages to avoid it.
Spartacus lands a jab to Gannicus's midsection.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch but Spartacus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spartacus cracks Gannicus with a good jab.
Dimachaerus Gannicus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gannicus lands with a shot to the body.
Spartacus clobbers Gannicus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gannicus moves away from the strike by Spartacus.
Gannicus is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Spartacus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gannicus swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gannicus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Spartacus misses with a series of wild punches.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch but Spartacus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spartacus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spartacus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gannicus manages to avoid it.
It looked like Gannicus wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartacus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gannicus throws a big counter combination but Spartacus scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Spartacus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gannicus manages to avoid it.
Gannicus loads up on a big right hand but Spartacus slips the punch.
Spartacus scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gannicus scores with a three punch combo!
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spartacus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gannicus throws a jab when Spartacus was well out of range.
Spartacus loads up on a big right hand but Gannicus slips the punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gannicus throws a series of punches but Spartacus moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Spartacus's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gannicus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gannicus fails to land with a series of punches.
Gannicus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Spartacus's head.
Spartacus swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartacus misses with a series of wild punches.

Spartacus tries to keep at a distance but Gannicus has taken the fight into the clinch.

Spartacus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spartacus misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice combination there by Gannicus.
Gannicus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spartacus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spartacus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gannicus is looking to clinch but Spartacus is avoiding it.
It seemed like Spartacus was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Spartacus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spartacus lands a nice hook to Gannicus's body. Gannicus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spartacus slips a straight right by Gannicus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Spartacus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gannicus scrambles back to his feet.
Spartacus misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Spartacus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spartacus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gannicus manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gannicus. Spartacus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gannicus wants to clinch.
Spartacus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spartacus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gannicus just misses with a punch to the body.
Spartacus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gannicus moves in looking to clinch but Spartacus pushes him off.
Gannicus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thracian Spartacus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Gannicus tries to clinch up.
Spartacus misses with a body shot.
Gannicus scores with a jab to the head.
Spartacus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gannicus lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gannicus swinging wildly here.
Spartacus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Gannicus misses the target.
Spartacus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gannicus.
Gannicus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gannicus tries to clinch up but Spartacus circles away and keeps his distance.
Spartacus throws a body shot but no joy.
Gannicus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Spartacus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spartacus throws out a counter right but Gannicus avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gannicus throws out a loose jab but Spartacus uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gannicus. Spartacus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spartacus takes a swing at Gannicus's ribcage but misses.
Gannicus seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gannicus swings for the body but Spartacus moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gannicus!
Gannicus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Spartacus. Those never looked like landing.
Gannicus throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Spartacus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thracian Spartacus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spartacus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spartacus takes a swing at Gannicus's ribcage but misses.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch but Spartacus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spartacus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gannicus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spartacus lands with a nice body punch.
Spartacus looks to score with a jab to the body but Gannicus is just out of range.
Gannicus was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gannicus fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spartacus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gannicus wants to clinch up but Spartacus keeps it at a distance.
Spartacus looks to score with a jab to the body but Gannicus is just out of range.
Spartacus dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spartacus misses with a two punch combination.

Gannicus instigates a clinch.
Spartacus tries to land knees in the clinch but Gannicus avoids the damage to the body.

Gannicus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spartacus misses with a body shot
and Gannicus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Spartacus misses with a body shot.

Gannicus rushes Spartacus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Spartacus breaks from the clinch.
Gannicus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big left from Gannicus misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spartacus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spartacus's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Spartacus duly obliges.
Gannicus throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Spartacus does no damage.
Gannicus moves in looking to clinch but Spartacus pushes him off.
Spartacus is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Spartacus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spartacus takes a swing at Gannicus's ribcage but misses.
Gannicus walks into a left hand.
Spartacus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gannicus looks to score with a jab to the body but Spartacus is just out of range.
Gannicus cracks a nice hook into Spartacus's ribs.
Spartacus keeps the fight on the outside.
Gannicus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spartacus was well out of range. Poor timing from Gannicus.
Gannicus tests Spartacus's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gannicus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spartacus.
Spartacus throws a hook to the side of Gannicus's head but Gannicus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gannicus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gannicus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spartacus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spartacus just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spartacus feints a jab promting Gannicus to slip. Spartacus then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gannicus slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Spartacus looks to score with a jab to the body but Gannicus is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Gannicus misses its target.
Spartacus lands with a right hand.
Gannicus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spartacus counters with a one-two to the body.
Spartacus takes one to the side of the head.
Gannicus throws a looping overhand right but Spartacus ducks down to avoid it.
Spartacus throws a counter combo.
Spartacus throws an overhand right that lands on Gannicus's shoulder, as Gannicus tries to avoid the shot.
Gannicus connects with a body shot that sends Spartacus's belly button to the back.
Dimachaerus Gannicus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thracian Spartacus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gannicus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartacus moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thracian Spartacus.
I've got Spartacus winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thracian Spartacus!
A victorious Thracian Spartacus thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.