PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Zuiderwijk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Poon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poon is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Jerk It Out-Caesars. Lonnie Poon is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Zuiderwijk
vs
Poon

190 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Zuiderwijk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lonnie Poon!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Poon scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Paul Zuiderwijk has been cut.
Zuiderwijk misses with a lunging right hand

and Poon decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zuiderwijk's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuiderwijk is trying to control the position but Poon postures up.
Zuiderwijk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Poon.
Poon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Poon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Poon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Poon scoring with some ground and pound.
Poon engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Poon is in close to Zuiderwijk's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zuiderwijk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Poon on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poon landing some decent shots from guard.
Poon not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Poon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Poon lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Poon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuiderwijk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Poon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Poon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Poon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poon scoring with punches from side control.
Zuiderwijk trying to remain calm as Poon controls from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poon in side control lands a decent elbow.
Poon controls the position.
Zuiderwijk is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Poon has an Americana. Zuiderwijk didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Poon is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Poon hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Lonnie Poon!
Lonnie Poon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.