PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fubar Pogue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and True Vengeance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pogue comes to the cage accompanied by Deadmau5 - Ghosts n Stuff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pogue
vs
Vengeance

167 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

178 cm
28
144 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Fubar Pogue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, True Vengeance!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vengeance misses with a wild combination.
Vengeance misses with a wild combination.
Pogue wants to clinch up but Vengeance keeps it at a distance.
Pogue tries to clinch up but Vengeance circles away and keeps his distance.
Vengeance misses with a series of wild punches.
Pogue tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Vengeance does no damage.
Vengeance swats away the attempt to clinch by Pogue.
Pogue fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pogue fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vengeance throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pogue.
Vengeance throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pogue moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pogue.
Pogue is looking for a takedown.
Pogue stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pogue can't get the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengeance blocks a body shot from Pogue.
Vengeance blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vengeance prevents a body shot from Pogue.
Pogue misses with a punch to the body.
Vengeance is trying to break free.
Pogue tries to land a knee to the head but Vengeance blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pogue throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pogue tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fubar Pogue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pogue landing knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vengeance gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pogue.
Pogue misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pogue taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pogue is trying to force a seperation but Vengeance has the dominant position.
Pogue has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vengeance is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pogue misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pogue wants to take the fight to the mat but Vengeance manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vengeance tries to break free but Pogue pushes him back against the cage.
Vengeance is trying to break the clinch but Pogue is controlling him.
A body shot lands from Pogue.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vengeance's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
True Vengeance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pogue is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vengeance misses with a double jab

and Pogue counters with a single leg into guard. Vengeance didn't expect that.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Pogue trying to control but Vengeance is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pogue throws an elbow that misses. Vengeance uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pogue's guard. Nice move by Vengeance!
Vengeance prevents Pogue from getting back to his feet.
Vengeance loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vengeance with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Vengeance keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pogue's head.
Vengeance throws a strike but Pogue rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Pogue stands and steps away. Vengeance gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pogue tries to clinch there but Vengeance circles away.
Vengeance misses with a two punch combination.
Pogue fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Vengeance avoids it really well and circles away.
Pogue slips a jab and a cross from Vengeance.
A combination from Vengeance does no damage.
Vengeance swats away the attempt to clinch by Pogue.
Vengeance misses with a wild combination.
Pogue tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vengeance looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
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!
Vengeance tries to bum rush Pogue with a series of wild strikes but Pogue uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pogue gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fubar Pogue dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vengeance rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pogue moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pogue tries to clinch but Vengeance is having none of it.
Vengeance misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vengeance throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pogue.
Pogue tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vengeance swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vengeance throws a combination that misses

and Pogue moves into the clinch.
Vengeance lands a left hand.
Vengeance wants to stall.
Vengeance wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pogue is working for takedown but Vengeance is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vengeance is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vengeance blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pogue has Vengeance pressed against the cage, preventing Vengeance from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pogue prevents Vengeance from breaking the clinch.
Vengeance has a couple of punches blocked by Pogue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pogue misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vengeance.
Vengeance is trying to maintain a safe position but Pogue gets an underhook and turns Vengeance into the cage.
Pogue makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pogue misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vengeance tries to break free but Pogue pushes him back against the cage.
Vengeance prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pogue tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pogue tries to land a knee to the head but Vengeance blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Pogue.
A nice left hand lands by Pogue.
Vengeance lands a right hand.
Vengeance working hard to break the clinch.
Vengeance wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pogue landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pogue tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vengeance avoids it.
Pogue putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vengeance in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pogue with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pogue working Vengeance over with knees to the body.
Pogue working Vengeance over with knees to the body.

Pogue manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pogue tries to clinch up but Vengeance circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pogue looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pogue is looking to clinch but Vengeance is avoiding it.
Pogue tries to clinch up but Vengeance circles away and keeps his distance.
Pogue tries to clinch up.
Vengeance keeps the fight on the outside.
Vengeance swinging wildly here.
Pogue shoots in for a takedown but Vengeance shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fubar Pogue. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vengeance tries to bum rush Pogue with a series of wild strikes but Pogue uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pogue takes the fight into the clinch.
Pogue taking a breather.
Vengeance has had enough of the clinch but Pogue keeps him there for the moment.
Vengeance is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Fubar Pogue has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pogue.
Pogue tries a knee to the head but Vengeance blocks it.
Pogue can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vengeance blocks an uppercut.
Vengeance is trying to force a seperation but Pogue has the dominant position.
Pogue lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vengeance stops a takedown attempt from Pogue.
A short right from Vengeance on the inside.
Pogue is trying to stall.
Pogue has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vengeance after a bit of a struggle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pogue has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Vengeance avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pogue goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vengeance prevents it.
Vengeance lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pogue backwards.
Vengeance keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pogue's efforts to push away.
Pogue has Vengeance pressed against the cage, preventing Vengeance from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
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!
Vengeance content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pogue connects with a knee to the head.
Pogue misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vengeance is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Vengeance wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pogue using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vengeance is trying to break the clinch but Pogue is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fubar Pogue dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Vengeance throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pogue counters by clinching up.
Pogue drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vengeance pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vengeance misses with a two punch combination.
Vengeance misses with a two punch combination.
Pogue doesn't manage to clinch there - Vengeance circles away.
Pogue doesn't manage to clinch there - Vengeance circles away.
Pogue showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vengeance.
Pogue tries to clinch there but Vengeance circles away.
Pogue tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vengeance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pogue is looking to clinch.
Pogue is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fubar Pogue is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vengeance throws a series of punches but Pogue moves out of range.
Pogue slips a jab and a cross from Vengeance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pogue takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vengeance looks to land a combination but Pogue avoids it well.
Pogue fails to land the takedown.
True Vengeance is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vengeance fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vengeance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vengeance misses with a combination

and Pogue counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Vengeance looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Pogue.
Pogue lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pogue scores a nice knee to the body.
Vengeance misses with a hook from the clinch.

Pogue breaks the clinch.
Vengeance misses with a series of wild punches.
Pogue avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pogue fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vengeance misses with a series of wild punches.
Vengeance misses with a combination

and Pogue counters by clinching up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pogue struggles to land a body shot inside as Vengeance controls his hands.
Pogue with a knee to the head.
Pogue landing knees to the body.
Pogue lands a good knee to the midsection. Vengeance won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Pogue.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pogue obliges.
Pogue scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pogue.
Vengeance takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pogue landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pogue tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Pogue to work.
Vengeance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pogue lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pogue is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fubar Pogue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pogue misses with a punch to the body.
Pogue misses with a knee to the head.
Vengeance just leaning against Pogue, taking a breather.
Pogue misses with the head strike.
Vengeance avoiding damage as Pogue throws knees to the body.
Fubar Pogue is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pogue is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pogue working aggressively here.
Pogue misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pogue scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vengeance misses with a punch on the inside.
True Vengeance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pogue tries to work over Vengeance's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vengeance wants to break free but Pogue has control.
Pogue lands a knee to the head.
Pogue trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Vengeance as the two fighters clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pogue tries a knee to the head but Vengeance blocks it.
Pogue tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vengeance tries to land a knee to the head but Pogue blocks with his arms.
Vengeance misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fubar Pogue showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pogue, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fubar Pogue!
Fubar Pogue took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*) for their support in the buildup to the fight.