PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bornas Lopette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poe comes to the cage accompanied by How it is done. Lopette comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Back from the dead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Poe
vs
Lopette

185 cm
34
182 lbs
22 - 7 - 0

190 cm
33
186 lbs
28 - 9 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cameron Poe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bornas Lopette!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Poe just misses with a punch to the body.
Cameron Poe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lopette circles away quickly and effectively.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopette swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Poe misses with a low kick.
Poe takes a swing at Lopette's ribcage but misses.
Poe throws a body punch but Lopette moves out of range.
Lopette looks for a takedown but Poe sprawls well.
Lopette throws a jab but it's blocked by Poe.
A left lands for Poe.
Poe misses with a hook
and Poe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poe lands an overhand right.
Lopette scores with a nice body kick.
Poe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopette moves away.
Lopette swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
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 misses with a looping right.
Lopette lands a nice leg kick that just misses Poe's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lopette takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lopette lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Poe throws a sloppy body shot
and Lopette counters with a nice body shot.
Poe throws out a leg kick but Lopette moves out of range and Poe only half commits.
Poe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopette moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lopette swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopette takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Poe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Poe.
Poe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopette finds it's way round the side to connect with Poe's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopette swings for the body but Poe moves out of range.
Lopette throws a jab but it's blocked by Poe.
Lopette throws a low kick, looking for Poe's leg but Poe calmly moves out of range.
Poe throws a wild body kick that Lopette sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette 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.
Lopette takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lopette steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poe.
Lopette has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Poe.
Poe lands a lovely overhand right.
Poe is looking to slow Lopette down with leg kicks.
Poe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poe is looking to slow Lopette down with leg kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Poe. That's going to slow Lopette down.
Lopette scores with a jab to the body.
Poe scores with a jab to the head.
Poe swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopette.
Poe throws a series of punches but Lopette moves out of range.
Lopette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A lazy left from Poe finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopette connects with a single shot there.
Poe is looking to chop away at Lopette's legs.

Poe has closed the distance and engaged Lopette in a clinch.
Lopette misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poe misses with the head strike.
Lopette trying to land knees to the body.
Poe blocking some punches.
Poe has Lopette pushed against the cage.
Lopette blocks an uppercut.
Lopette's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lopette misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lopette tries to work over Poe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poe.
Poe scores with a shot to the side of Lopette's head.
Poe misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poe lands with a short shot to the head.
Poe is struggling to control the position.
Lopette tries to land knees in the clinch but Poe avoids the damage to the body.
Poe prevents a body shot from Lopette.
Poe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Poe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopette's brow.
Lopette tries a body shot but Poe blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Lopette.
Lopette blocks an uppercut.
Poe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Poe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poe is trying to maintain a safe position but Lopette gets an underhook and turns Poe into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Poe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lopette pivots, looking for a leg kick but Poe is out of range and Lopette settles back down.
Lopette stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poe.
Poe scores with a jab.
Lopette thumps Poe with a low kick.
Poe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lopette.
Lopette thinks about the counter body kick.
Poe throws a looping overhand right but Lopette ducks down to avoid it.
Lopette checks a leg kick.
Poe tries a low kick but Lopette avoids it.
Poe missing with a left hand there. Lopette was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopette keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lopette lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Poe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Poe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poe lands a jab.
A solid body kick from Lopette.
Nice straight punches there by Lopette. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lopette.
Lopette throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poe tries to clinch but Lopette is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Lopette.
Nice uppercut there from Lopette.
Poe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Poe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopette was well out of range. Poor timing from Poe.
Lopette blocks a head kick by Poe.
Lopette pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lopette moves out of range of the strikes.
Poe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Poe is looking to clinch but Lopette is avoiding it.
Poe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Poe misses the jab.
Lopette waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poe.
Poe throws a sloppy head kick
and Lopette counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lopette throws a low kick, looking for Poe's leg but Poe calmly moves out of range.
Poe lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopette takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Poe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Poe ducks under a wild hook from Lopette.
Cameron Poe is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poe. Lopette does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopette looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Poe scores with a nice strike.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopette swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lopette only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Poe throws a hook to the side of Lopette's head but Lopette sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A countering left hand to the body from Lopette misses.
Poe swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lopette counters with a nice kick to the body.
Poe cracks the inside of Lopette's front leg.
Poe checks a low kick from Lopette.
Poe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopette scores with a jab.
Lopette throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Poe misses its intended target.
Poe misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe misses with a straight left.
Lopette connects with a body shot that sends Poe's belly button to the back.
Poe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lopette scores with a hook to the body. Poe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donk. Lopette catches Poe right on the button with a cross.
Poe throws a hook to the side of Lopette's head but Lopette sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopette ducks under a wild hook from Poe.
Lopette misses with a head kick.
Poe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lopette misses with a looping right.
Lopette tries to bum rush Poe with a series of wild strikes but Poe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Poe misses its intended target.
Lopette lands a front kick.
Poe bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopette takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Poe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopette manages to avoid it.
Poe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy body kick from Lopette
and Poe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopette throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poe.
Lopette misses with a hook. Poe ducked under it nicely.
Poe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lopette uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poe.
Lopette fakes the leg kick and cracks Poe in the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Poe - that will leave a mark!
Poe lands a nice hook to Lopette's body. Lopette takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Poe looks to land a right hand but Lopette moved out of range.
Lopette looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lopette lunges at Poe with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Poe's hand.

Lopette takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cameron Poe will probably get the nod.
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. And we move into the final round!

A jab from Poe misses.
Lopette is looking for the big counter here.
Lopette blocks a head kick by Poe.
No joy there for Poe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poe misses with a body punch
enabling Lopette to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, jab by Lopette - just one landing.
Poe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lopette in his tracks.
Poe missing with a left hand there. Lopette was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Poe misses with a two punch combination.
Lopette only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Lopette displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Poe throws out the jab.
Poe throws the kick towards the body but Lopette avoids it.
Lopette doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poe lands with a hook. Lopette tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Poe throws a hook but Lopette blocks it.
The fighters circling - Poe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poe misses with a wild body shot.
Lopette throws the kick towards the body but Poe avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Poe will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Poe throws a hook but Lopette avoids it easily.
Poe throws out a loose jab but Lopette uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopette feints a counter leg kick.
Lopette scores with a leg kick.
Poe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lopette.
Poe throws a body punch but Lopette moves out of range.
Poe throws a big shot that misses.
Lopette lands a head kick. Poe smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Poe throws a shot from downtown. Lopette moves away and avoids it.
Poe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Poe moves out of range of the body kick.
Lopette chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Poe can pounce on him.
Poe defending well as Lopette loads up on a big left hand.
Poe lands with a good body shot.
Lopette checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopette throws a lazy body kick
and Poe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Poe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lopette.
Poe misses with a hook. Lopette ducked under it nicely.
Lopette keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopette walks into a left hand.
Lopette throws a front kick aimed at Poe's knee but Poe avoids it well.
Lopette misses the shot to the body.
Poe misses with the combination.
Bornas Lopette has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopette ducks under a wild hook from Poe.
Lopette throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Poe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Poe cracks the inside of Lopette's front leg.
Nice defenses there by Poe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Lopette.
Lopette throws a hook to the side of Poe's head but Poe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poe misses with a wild body shot.
Poe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lopette sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Poe moves in looking to clinch but Lopette pushes him off.
Lopette looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Poe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lopette takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Poe - that will leave a mark!
Poe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lopette.
Poe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Poe tries to bum rush Lopette with a series of wild strikes but Lopette uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poe connects with a leg kick. Lopette looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lopette looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopette.
Poe fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lopette just manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopette throws a low kick but Poe avoids it.
Lopette bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poe moves away from the strike by Lopette.
Poe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Poe blocks the body kick.
Lopette checks a low kick from Poe.
Lopette avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Poe looks for the body kick but Lopette saw that one coming.
Poe avoids the head kick by Lopette.
A jab from Poe misses.
Poe throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lopette throws a head kick but Poe moves out of range.
Poe misses with a wild body shot.
Poe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Poe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Poe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Poe!
Cameron Poe thanked the fans post fight for their support.