PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Francisco Modesto (ranked 4245 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Poirier (ranked 2634 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Modesto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire. Anton Poirier has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Francisco Modesto
vs
Poirier

166 cm
27
146 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

173 cm
28
146 lbs
7 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Francisco Modesto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Poirier!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poirier scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Modesto. Poirier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Modesto.
We've been informed that Poirier has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Modesto misses with a hook. Poirier ducked under it nicely.
Modesto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poirier bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Poirier takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Modesto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Modesto ducks under a wild hook from Poirier.
Anton Poirier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poirier misses the shot to the body.
Modesto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Poirier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Modesto.
Poirier connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Modesto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poirier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Modesto misses the target.
Poirier throws a counter combo.
Modesto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Modesto misses the shot to the body.
Modesto throws a jab when Poirier was well out of range.
Poirier thuds a left hand into Modesto's body.
A jab from Poirier finds it's way through Modesto's defenses.
Poirier lands a head shot.
Poirier has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Modesto looks to score with a jab to the body but Poirier is just out of range.
Modesto missing with a left hand there. Poirier was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Modesto looks to throw the jab but Poirier is out of range.
Modesto misses with a jab to the body
and Poirier counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Poirier drives through and clinches with Modesto against the cage.
Poirier misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Modesto.
Modesto lands a left hand.
Modesto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Poirier backwards.
Modesto tries a body shot but Poirier blocks it.
Poirier blocks a body shot from Modesto.
Modesto misses with a punch on the inside.
Modesto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Poirier as Modesto tries to tie him up.

Poirier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poirier is looking to slow Modesto down with leg kicks.
Modesto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Poirier keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Modesto.
Modesto looks to land a left hand but Poirier moved out of range nicely.
Poirier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poirier lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poirier goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Modesto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Modesto dodges the punch combination from Poirier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Modesto misses the jab.
Poirier dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Modesto. That did some damage!
Modesto just misses with a punch to the body.
Poirier scores with a hook to the body. Modesto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poirier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Modesto.
Modesto is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Poirier's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Modesto misses with a few strikes there.
Modesto just misses with a punch to the body.
Modesto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poirier.
Modesto moves away from the strike by Poirier.
Poirier scores with a leg kick.
Poirier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Modesto misses with a wild body shot.
Modesto throws a series of punches but Poirier moves out of range.
Modesto misses with an uppercut. Poirier saw that one coming.
Poirier looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Poirier connects with a jab.
Poirier fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Modesto pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poirier back to the cage. Modesto follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Poirier lands.

Modesto is rocked!

Poirier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Modesto, pushing him back against the cage.
Oh Modesto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poirier lands with a light punch inside.

Poirier breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Modesto takes a swing at Poirier's ribcage but misses.
Modesto is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Poirier doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Modesto crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Modesto's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anton Poirier!
Anton Poirier tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.