PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Plo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taz Devil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Plo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ISIS - Grinning Mouths. Devil has chosen Motorhead-Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Taz Devil acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Plo
vs
Devil

173 cm
33
150 lbs
28 - 17 - 1

175 cm
32
148 lbs
24 - 18 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

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 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Plo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taz Devil!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab lands there for Plo.
Plo thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Plo. Devil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patrick Plo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Devil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Devil thows a body shot but no joy.
Plo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A bone on bone clash there as Devil blocks the leg kick.
Plo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Devil.
Devil fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Plo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Devil throws a leg kick which misses Plo's front leg but catches the back leg as Plo tries to avoid it.
Devil throws the kick towards the body but Plo avoids it.
Nice body kick from Devil.
Devil misses with a body kick.
Plo just misses with a punch to the body.
Plo slips a straight right by Devil.
Plo moves away from the strike by Devil.
Plo throws a jab but it's blocked by Devil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Devil throws a leg kick but Plo moved away.
Devil lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Plo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Plo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Devil kicks off Plo and gets to his feet.
Plo throws the kick towards the body but Devil avoids it.
Plo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Devil feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Plo's calf.
Plo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Plo slips a straight right by Devil.
Nice straight punches there by Devil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Devil.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Plo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Devil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Plo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Devil did well to prevent Plo getting side control.
Plo slows the pace down in half guard.
Devil looks like he's trying to stand up.
Plo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Plo wants to advance to full mount but Devil doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Plo stops Devil from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plo stopping the sweep attempt from Devil.
Devil keeping full guard, as Plo tries to pass.
Plo is working hard here to advance position.
Plo slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Devil wants to get back to his feet but Plo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Plo wants to pass the guard but Devil is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devil utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Plo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Devil wriggles free and stands up.
Devil throws a head kick but Plo moves out of range.
Plo lands a really nice looking cross but Devil seems unphased.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Devil connects with the punch.
Plo just misses with a punch to the body.
Plo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Devil but Devil pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Patrick Plo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Devil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Plo's head backwards.
Plo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Devil moves away.
A shot to the liver by Devil. Beautiful body shot.
Plo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good shot there by Plo.
Plo staying out of range there.
Devil slips under a jab.
Devil throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Devil connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Devil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Plo was well out of range. Poor timing from Devil.
Devil takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Plo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Plo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Devil as he avoids it easily.
Devil throws a sloppy head kick and Plo moves out of range easily.
Devil throws a front kick that sends Plo stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Devil works the jab nicely.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Plo.
Devil scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Plo doesn't seem bothered though.
Devil throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Plo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Devil was well out of range. Poor timing from Plo.
Taz Devil seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Plo looks to land a right hand but Devil moved out of range.
Devil is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Plo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Devil.
Devil changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A clash of legs there as Plo blocks the low kick.
A solid body kick from Devil.
Plo misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devil connects with a leg kick. Plo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Devil misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Plo takes a swing at Devil's ribcage but misses.
Plo tries to land a leg kick but Devil saw it coming and moves away.
Plo blocks the body kick.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Devil on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Plo avoids the head kick by Devil.
A combination from Plo does no damage.
Plo throws a leg kick
and Devil counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Plo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Devil looks to land a body kick but Plo moved away.
Devil scores with a sloppy right hand. Plo should have avoided that one.
Plo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Plo is rocked!
Devil lands a big head kick that sends Plo to the canvas! Devil follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taz Devil!
A very excited looking Taz Devil made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.