PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cmano Zungo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Smith Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zungo
vs
Smith Poe

156 cm
25
134 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
20
140 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cmano Zungo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Walter Smith Poe!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zungo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Poe has eaten all the pies!
Nice takedown defense from Poe. No joy for Zungo on that attempt.
Poe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Poe throws a one two combo.
Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zungo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Poe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zungo tries for a takedown but Poe sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zungo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Zungo shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cmano Zungo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poe throws a nice looking combination but Zungo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poe just misses with a punch to the body.
Zungo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zungo slips a jab and a cross from Poe.
Poe misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zungo back to the cage. Poe follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Poe throws a right hand that Zungo ducks under and follows up with a left that Zungo also avoids with ease.
Poe swinging wildly here.
Poe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zungo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Walter Smith Poe has been cut.
Zungo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe.
Zungo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Walter Smith Poe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zungo fails to land the takedown.
Zungo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Poe fails to land with a series of punches.
Zungo has a takedown stuffed.
Zungo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walter Smith Poe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot by Poe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zungo fails to land the takedown.
Poe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Poe has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Poe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zungo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Poe misses with a few strikes there.
Zungo wants to clinch.
Poe cracks Zungo with an open hand slap.
Poe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zungo moves away.
Poe misses with a combination
and Zungo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zungo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Poe.
Zungo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Poe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Zungo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poe was well out of range. Poor timing from Zungo.
Zungo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zungo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Poe scores with a hook.
Poe is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zungo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Poe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Zungo.
Poe stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Poe wants it to stay on the feet.
Poe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Poe connects with a looping right hand.
Poe misses with a shot to the body
letting Zungo counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe throws a combination that misses

and Zungo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Poe's guard now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Zungo drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Zungo seems to have locked his on tight now - Poe screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Zungo, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Cmano Zungo!
A relieved looking Cmano Zungo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.