PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Maxwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Polle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Polle has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Maxwell
vs
Polle

180 cm
25
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aaron Maxwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Polle!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxwell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Polle, as that shot connected.
Maxwell misses with a wild combination.
Polle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Polle throws a right and a left that Maxwell avoids nicely.
Maxwell shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Polle as he jumps to the side.
Polle throws a series of punches but Maxwell moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Polle.
Maxwell is looking to clinch but Polle is avoiding it.
Polle tries to bum rush Maxwell with a series of wild strikes but Maxwell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maxwell lands a jab-cross combination.
Polle misses with a two punch combination.
Polle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Maxwell is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polle tries to bum rush Maxwell with a series of wild strikes but Maxwell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh Maxwell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Polle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maxwell seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters circling a little - Maxwell finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Polle misses with a wild combination.
Maxwell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Maxwell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maxwell misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maxwell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Polle throws a series of punches but Maxwell avoids them all with ease.
Maxwell has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Polle looks gassed!
Maxwell tries to clinch up.

Maxwell drives through and clinches with Polle against the cage.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polle avoids it.
Maxwell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Polle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maxwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Polle avoids the damage to the body.
Polle prevents Maxwell from breaking the clinch.
Polle avoiding damage as Maxwell throws knees to the body.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Polle lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Polle wants to stall.
Maxwell tries a knee to the head but Polle blocks it.

Maxwell breaks the clinch.

Maxwell moves into the clinch.

Maxwell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Polle blocks a head kick by Maxwell.
Maxwell tries to clinch there but Polle circles away.
Maxwell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maxwell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Polle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Polle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Polle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Polle tries to bum rush Maxwell with a series of wild strikes but Maxwell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Polle drops his hands momentarily and Maxwell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A punch combination from Polle misses.
Maxwell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Polle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Polle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Polle misses with a wild body shot.
Maxwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maxwell wants to clinch.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Polle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Polle with a hook.
Maxwell fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Polle.
Polle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maxwell on the side of the head.
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Maxwell tries to clinch but Polle is having none of it.
Polle misses with a series of wild punches.
Maxwell tries to clinch up.
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Maxwell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Polle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Polle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maxwell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Maxwell misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Polle finds it's way through Maxwell's defenses.
Polle throws a hook but Maxwell blocks it.
Polle stalks Maxwell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maxwell's face. Maxwell staggers backwards, shaken.
Maxwell lands with a nice combination. Polle backs away looking to recover.
Maxwell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Maxwell darts in and clinches Polle up against the cage.
Polle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maxwell's efforts to push away.
Maxwell is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Polle avoids the damage to the body.

Maxwell breaks from the clinch.
Maxwell tries to clinch there but Polle circles away.
Polle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch but Polle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maxwell momentarily.
Nice body punch from Polle.
Maxwell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Polle.
Polle swinging wildly here.
Polle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Polle is working the combinations to good effect here.
Polle avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch but Polle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maxwell wants to clinch up but Polle keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Polle dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Polle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maxwell.
Polle swats away the attempt to clinch by Maxwell.
Polle misses with a two punch combination.
Maxwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maxwell drops his hands momentarily and Polle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Aaron Maxwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maxwell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Polle throws a right and a left that Maxwell avoids nicely.
Maxwell tries to clinch there but Polle circles away.
Maxwell tries to bum rush Polle with a series of wild strikes but Polle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Polle misses with a series of wild punches.
Maxwell lands a high kick!
Polle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maxwell tries to clinch up.
Maxwell swinging wildly here.
Maxwell dodges the punch combination from Polle.
A right-left combo lands from Polle.

Maxwell pushes Polle up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Maxwell as Polle tries to tie him up.

Maxwell breaks the clinch.

Maxwell rushes Polle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maxwell has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Polle is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Polle has Maxwell pressed against the cage, preventing Maxwell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polle lands a hook that snaps the head of Maxwell backwards.
Polle lands a nice shot to the body.
Maxwell misses with a knee strike.
Maxwell is looking to break free of the clinch but Polle has double underhooks.
Polle is leaning against Maxwell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Polle prevents Maxwell from breaking the clinch.
Polle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Polle pressing his opponent against the cage.
Polle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maxwell letting Polle take a breather here.
Maxwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Polle avoids the damage to the body.
Maxwell missing with knees to the body.
Polle lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Polle taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Polle avoiding damage as Maxwell throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Polle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Polle lands a left hand.
Maxwell wants to stall.
A short right from Polle on the inside.
A short right from Polle.
Polle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Polle pushes Maxwell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maxwell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Maxwell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Polle tries to bum rush Maxwell with a series of wild strikes but Maxwell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Polle throws a one two combo.
Maxwell tries to clinch but Polle is having none of it.
Maxwell moves in looking to clinch but Polle pushes him off.
Polle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maxwell.
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maxwell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Polle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Polle.
Polle looks to land a combination but Maxwell avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell lands with a kick to the temple. Polle shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Polle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Polle.
Maxwell tries to clinch there but Polle circles away.
Some wild striking there from Polle.
Maxwell doesn't manage to clinch there - Polle circles away.
No joy there for Maxwell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Polle throws a right hand that Maxwell ducks under and follows up with a left that Maxwell also avoids with ease.
Maxwell doesn't manage to clinch there - Polle circles away.
Polle misses with a double jab.
Aaron Maxwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Polle does no damage.
Maxwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maxwell wants to clinch.
Polle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maxwell circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Maxwell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice straight punches there by Polle. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Polle.
Polle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maxwell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maxwell wants to clinch up but Polle keeps it at a distance.
Polle scores with a three punch combo!
Polle connects with a body shot.
Polle misses with the combination.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Polle keeps the fight on the outside.
Maxwell tries to clinch but Polle moves out of range.
Maxwell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Polle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Polle swats away the attempt to clinch by Maxwell.
Maxwell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charles Polle will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Polle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Polle lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maxwell backs up against the cage.
No joy there for Polle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Polle misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Maxwell misses.
Polle slips a jab and a cross from Maxwell.
Maxwell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maxwell tries to clinch there but Polle circles away.
Polle misses with a straight right.
Maxwell is looking to clinch.
Polle throws a right hand that Maxwell ducks under and follows up with a left that Maxwell also avoids with ease.
Maxwell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maxwell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polle swats away the attempt to clinch by Maxwell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maxwell showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Polle.
Polle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Polle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell scores with a head kick.

Maxwell takes the fight into the clinch.
Maxwell tries to land knees in the clinch but Polle avoids the damage to the body.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Polle cracks Maxwell with a nice body shot.
Polle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Polle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Polle lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Polle.
Maxwell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maxwell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Polle.
Maxwell tries a knee to the head but Polle blocks it.
Maxwell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polle avoids it.
Polle is trying to break free.
Polle taking a breather.
Polle lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Maxwell has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Polle is trying to keep an underhook but Maxwell manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Maxwell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maxwell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Polle's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maxwell winds up and cracks Polle with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Maxwell lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Maxwell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Polle defending well though.
Maxwell has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maxwell throws some wild stikes that Polle manages to avoid easily.
Maxwell punching from mount but Polle doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maxwell throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Polle working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polle avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maxwell.
Maxwell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Maxwell thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Maxwell there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Maxwell scoring with strikes but Polle is staying in there.
Maxwell pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maxwell misses with a head shot.
Maxwell lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Polle is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Polle is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Maxwell.
Polle is working to get back to half guard.
Maxwell lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Maxwell with shots to the head and body - Polle looks very uncomfortable down there.
Maxwell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maxwell thowing shots but they're missing.
Aaron Maxwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maxwell looking to finish Polle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Polle!

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Maxwell showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Polle 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Polle!