PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dont Know (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Allan Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Know comes to the cage accompanied by Diamonds are forever. Poe has chosen Heartbeats as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Know
vs
Allan Poe

189 cm
25
217 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

210 cm
27
218 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dont Know!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Allan Poe!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Know avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Know misses with a series of wild punches.
Know circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poe feints and then cracks Know's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Know down.
Poe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Edgar Allan Poe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Poe misses.
Poe is looking to score with low kicks.
Know throws a series of strikes that have Poe backpedaling.
Know takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Know misses with a two punch combination.
Know swinging wildly here.
Poe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Know throws a series of punches but Poe avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Know paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Know misses with a series of wild punches.
Know misses with a double jab.
Poe is looking to clinch but Know is avoiding it.
Poe throws a lazy head kick
and Know counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Poe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poe throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Know misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Know. Those never looked like landing.
Poe misses with a wild body shot.
Know slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Poe rushes Know and presses him up against the cage.
Know tries to pull guard but Poe holds him up against the cage and eventually Know drops back down to his feet.
Poe prevents Know from breaking the clinch.
Poe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poe looking to throw knees to the head but Know is blocking nicely.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Know avoids it.
Know tries to land knees in the clinch but Poe avoids the damage to the body.
Know with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Know avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poe lands an elbow just above Know 's eye.

Know escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poe connects with the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Poe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Poe.
Poe tries to work over Know's front leg with a kick but Know checks it.
Poe tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe tries to clinch but Know is having none of it.
Know fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Poe on the side of the head.
Know on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Poe is looking to clinch but Know is avoiding it.
Poe throws a body punch but Know moves out of range.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch but Know swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Poe.
Know throws a chopping leg kick but Poe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Know misses with a few strikes there.
Poe throws a chopping leg kick but Know manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Poe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poe throws a leg kick that misses.
Poe throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe is looking to clinch.
Poe ducks under a wild hook from Know.
Poe swings for the body but Know moves out of range.
Poe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
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!

Poe has managed to clinch.
Know tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Know tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poe avoids it.
Know changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Poe fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick by Know misses
and Poe counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Dont Know has been cut.
Poe misses with a looping right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Know on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Poe misses with a left hand
and Know counters with a stiff right hand.
Know throws a right hand that Poe ducks under and follows up with a left that Poe also avoids with ease.
Poe misses with a left hand
and Know counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edgar Allan Poe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dont Know'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.

Know on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Poe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Know fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poe manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Know. Those never looked like landing.
Know lands a jab to the nose.
Poe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Know just misses with a punch to the body.
Know lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poe circles away quickly and effectively.
Poe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Poe, right into the meat.
Know avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Know circles away quickly and effectively.
Know with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Poe to score with a decent uppercut.
Dont Know is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Know drops his hands momentarily and Poe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Poe cracks Know with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Edgar Allan Poe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poe is looking to clinch but Know is avoiding it.
Know's jab looks to have found its range, popping Poe under the eye.
Poe dodges the punch combination from Know.
Poe cracks Know with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Poe scores with a leg kick.
Know throws a jab when Poe was well out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Poe.
Poe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Know looks to land a combination but Poe avoids it well.
Poe tries to score with a low kick but Know moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Poe darts in and clinches Know up against the cage.
Poe trying to stall but Know improves his position.
A right hook to the body lands for Know.
Know blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Poe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poe has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Know tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Know tries a knee to the head but Poe blocks it.
Know managing to block the knees to the body from Poe.
Poe taking a breather.
Poe has a couple of punches blocked by Know.
Know misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poe.
Know throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poe blocks it with crossed arms.
Poe tries to land a knee to the head but Know blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Know on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Know pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Know throws a head kick but Poe moves out of range.
Know looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Know fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Know throws a head kick but Poe moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Poe has Know up against the cage in a clinch.
Know with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Know throws an elbow that misses.
Poe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Know backwards.
Poe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Know backwards.
Know tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Poe.
Know tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poe avoids it.
Poe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Poe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Know backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Poe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Know.
Know tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Know throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poe misses with the head strike.
Know lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Know looking to throw knees to the head but Poe is blocking nicely.

Know breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poe staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Edgar Allan Poe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dont Know's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Poe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Poe clinches with his opponent.
Know misses with a knee to the head.
Poe tries a body shot but Know blocks it.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Know avoids it.
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Poe stalling against the cage.
Poe wants to stall.
Poe pushes Know back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Know avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Know blocks a body shot from Poe.
Poe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Poe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Know has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Poe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Edgar Allan Poe seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Know creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Know with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Know is keeping busy.
Poe throws a punch but it's blocked by Know.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Know tries to pull guard but Poe holds him up against the cage and eventually Know drops back down to his feet.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Know avoids it.
Poe looking to stall.
Poe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe avoiding damage as Know throws knees to the body.
Poe with a knee to the head.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Know.
Know tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poe avoids it.
A short right from Know on the inside.
Poe working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Know as Poe tries to tie him up.
Know with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poe tries a body shot but Know blocks it.
Know throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poe blocks it with crossed arms.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Know avoids it.
Poe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Know blocks it with crossed arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Know tries to land knees in the clinch but Poe avoids the damage to the body.
Know tries a knee to the head but Poe blocks it.
Poe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Know tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poe's elbow.
Know prevents a body shot from Poe.
Know blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Know with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Know blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Know tries to score a body lock takedown but Poe shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Know tries a knee to the head but Poe blocks it.
Poe lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Know as Poe tries to tie him up.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Know avoids the damage to the body.
Poe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Know using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Know managing to block the knees to the body from Poe.
Poe throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe has a couple of punches blocked by Know.
Know blocks an elbow strike.
Know throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poe blocks it with crossed arms.

Poe is fighting off a takedown attempt but Know is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Poe to the mat. Poe regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Poe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poe keeping full guard, as Know tries to pass.
Know is working hard here to advance position.
Know slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poe is looking to control Know's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Poe avoid being mounted?
Dont Know has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Know passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Poe!

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Allan Poe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poe 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Allan Poe!