PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Head Coach (ranked 2602 p4p, 287 weight class) and Timothy Poggle (ranked 2625 p4p, 291 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Coach
vs
Poggle

170 cm
38
165 lbs
28 - 21 - 3

178 cm
33
169 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

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 28 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Head Coach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Timothy Poggle!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coach dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Poggle. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Coach. Poggle does a little dance to reset his feet.

Coach darts in and clinches Poggle up against the cage.
Poggle stalling against the cage.
Coach is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Poggle misses with some punches.
Poggle leaning against his opponent.
Poggle lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poggle.
Coach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Coach can't find room to land a body shot as Poggle controls the action.
Poggle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coach definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Poggle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poggle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coach ducks under a wild hook from Poggle.
Coach thows a leg kick but Poggle checks it
and Poggle counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poggle throws a low kick, looking for Coach's leg but Coach calmly moves out of range.

Coach gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poggle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poggle misses with a body punch.
Coach is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Poggle is defending well.
Coach lands an elbow that stopped Poggle in his tracks for a moment.
Come on Poggle - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short uppercut from Poggle.
Poggle trying to stall but Coach improves his position.
Poggle misses with a punch on the inside.
Poggle lands with a light punch inside.
Coach misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Coach.
Coach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Poggle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Coach has a couple of punches blocked by Poggle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poggle.
Coach landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coach lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poggle has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poggle.
Poggle stalling the fight.
Poggle has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Poggle has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Poggle just leaning against Coach, taking a breather.
Poggle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poggle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poggle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poggle avoids it.
Coach lands a knee to the body.
Coach takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coach pushes Poggle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Poggle slows down the pace here.
Coach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poggle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Coach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Poggle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poggle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Poggle is working Coach over against the cage.
Poggle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Coach up against the cage.
Coach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poggle is defending well for now.
Coach looking to throw knees to the head but Poggle is blocking nicely.
Poggle is pushing Coach up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poggle avoids it.
Poggle throws a punch but it's blocked by Coach.
Coach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poggle has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
Poggle is stalling here.
Coach scores with a hook to the body.
Poggle has had enough of the clinch but Coach keeps him there for the moment.
Poggle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coach throws a head punch that misses.
Coach struggles to land a body shot inside as Poggle controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Coach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poggle's brow.
Poggle has a couple of punches blocked by Coach.
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 Head Coach will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Coach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poggle feints a counter leg kick.
A good leg kick by Coach.
Coach throws a leg kick but Poggle sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Poggle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coach's sensitive parts.
Coach just misses with a punch to the body.
Poggle takes a jab right on the kisser.
Poggle misses with a kick to the body.
Coach wants to clinch.
Coach slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poggle misses with a low kick as Coach jumps back.
Coach tries to clinch but Poggle is having none of it.
Coach tries to clinch
and Poggle counters with a leg kick.
Coach avoids a kick to the body.
Coach tries to counter by clinching up but Poggle breaks away and moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Poggle misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coach trying to land knees to the body.
Poggle stalls.
Poggle stalling in the clinch.
Coach can't find room to land a body shot as Poggle controls the action.
Poggle lands a nice shot to the body.
Poggle avoiding damage.
Coach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poggle avoids it.
Poggle blocks an uppercut.
Poggle struggles to land a body shot inside as Coach controls his hands.
Poggle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coach unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poggle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Coach looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poggle lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coach or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poggle trying to control the position but instead, Coach has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poggle into the cage.
Head Coach has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coach blocks a body shot from Poggle.
Poggle managing to block the knees to the body from Coach.
Poggle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poggle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coach lands a nice shot to the body.
Coach makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Coach escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poggle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Coach moves into the clinch.
Coach blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poggle.

Poggle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poggle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Coach sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poggle fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Coach checks it well.
Coach tries to clinch but Poggle is having none of it.
Nice straight punches there by Poggle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Poggle.
Poggle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Poggle counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Good work by Coach as he checks the leg kick.
Poggle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Poggle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poggle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Coach is able to avoid easily.
Coach ducks under a wild hook from Poggle.
Coach tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Poggle manages to circle out of the way.
Head Coach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Coach clinches up with Poggle and pushes him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Poggle.
Coach blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Coach.
Poggle misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poggle is defending well for now.
A short left from Coach.
Poggle throws a punch but it's blocked by Coach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poggle's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poggle.
Coach tries to land knees in the clinch but Poggle avoids the damage to the body.
Coach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coach struggles to land a body shot inside as Poggle controls his hands.
Poggle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poggle misses with some punches.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Poggle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Poggle tries a body shot but Coach blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poggle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Poggle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Poggle swats away the attempt to clinch by Coach.
Poggle let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Coach tries to close the distance and clinch but Poggle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Coach changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Coach gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Poggle.
Coach tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Poggle lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheers as Coach lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poggle doesn't seem phased though.
Poggle scores with a kick to the body.
Coach wants to clinch up but Poggle keeps it at a distance.
Coach throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Poggle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poggle bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Coach.
As Poggle tries to get set, Coach tries to push him back and clinch up but Poggle manages to avoid the attempt.
Jab by Coach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poggle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Poggle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Coach is able to avoid easily.
Timothy Poggle seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coach has Poggle up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Coach.
Poggle pushes Coach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Poggle avoiding damage as Coach throws knees to the body.
Coach blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poggle.
Poggle misses with a punch to the body.
Poggle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coach backwards.
Poggle can't break the clinch.
Coach lands an elbow that stopped Poggle in his tracks for a moment.
Poggle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poggle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poggle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poggle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coach's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poggle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poggle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poggle blocking some punches.
Poggle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Poggle misses with some punches.
Coach lands a hook that snaps the head of Poggle backwards.
Poggle scores with a shot to the side of Coach's head.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poggle.
Poggle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poggle misses with a body punch.
Poggle misses with a punch on the inside.
Poggle is pushing Coach up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poggle struggles to land a body shot inside as Coach controls his hands.
Coach blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Coach - that landed with a thud.
Coach lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Coach trying to land knees to the body.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poggle.
Poggle working aggressively here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coach.
Poggle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poggle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coach.
Poggle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Coach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poggle is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Coach scores with a nice short uppercut.
Coach with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poggle backwards.
Poggle throws a punch but it's blocked by Coach.
Coach lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coach tries to throw a body punch but Poggle avoids it by throwing Coach back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Poggle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poggle looking to stall.
Coach missing with knees to the body.
Coach leaning against his opponent.
Coach blocks an uppercut.
Coach lands a body punch.

Poggle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coach doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Poggle counters with a nice body kick.
Poggle throws a solid leg kick but Coach takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Poggle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Timothy Poggle.
I think Poggle has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Timothy Poggle!