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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Takanori Fuji (ranked 6081 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Spence (ranked 5526 p4p, 0 weight class). Fuji's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Daijoubu - Dutch Montana. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Takanori Fuji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Spence!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spence drives through and clinches with Fuji against the cage.
Spence presses Fuji against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Spence digs a right hand underneath Fuji's ribcage. Fuji let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fuji is breathing heavily.
Good body shot from Spence.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Spence breaks the clinch.
Spence stuns Fuji with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Spence instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Spence takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Spence blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spence's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spence unleashes a big counter combination but Fuji bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Spence closes the distance and pushes Fuji back into the cage.
Fuji letting Spence take a breather here.
Spence holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Spence's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence breaks from the clinch.
Spence takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fuji is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Takanori Fuji has been cut.
Robert Spence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spence has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fuji tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuji breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fuji showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spence.
Fuji throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fuji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spence throws a one two combo.
Fuji misses with a right hand
and Spence counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spence breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spence misses with the combination.
Fuji throws an off balance right hand
and Spence moves into the clinch.
Spence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fuji thuds a left hand into Spence's body.
Spence scores with a leg kick.
Spence throws a combination that misses
and Fuji counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Spence fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuji is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Spence's coach down at Cozad MMA London was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Spence's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Spence misses with a double jab
and Fuji counters with a three punch combo that has Spence backing up. Spence nods at Fuji to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spence moves into the clinch.
Spence lands a nice uppercut.
Spence manages to break the clinch.
Spence clinches up with Fuji and pushes him back against the cage.
Spence effectively controlling the action here.
Spence blocks an uppercut.
Spence lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spence pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spence bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spence digs a good hook to Fuji's body.
Spence gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fuji tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spence breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuji misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spence.
Spence closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuji throws a punch but it's blocked by Spence.
Spence's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spence misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spence clinches with his opponent.
Fuji can't find room to land a body shot as Spence controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spence.
Spence manages to break the clinch.
Fuji just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence rushes Fuji and presses him up against the cage.
Fuji fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuji's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spence has Fuji up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Spence dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takanori Fuji'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.
Spence pushes Fuji up against the cage in a clinch.
Spence lands with a light punch inside.
Fuji breaks from the clinch.
Spence gets a clinch.
Spence lands with a left to the head.
Fuji tries a body shot but Spence blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fuji.
Fuji breaks from the clinch.
Robert Spence seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Spence closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuji breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spence moves into range and clinches up with Fuji.
Spence throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spence lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Fuji to his knees! Spence keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Spence!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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