PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Jun Fan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamias Poochyena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poochyena has chosen This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jun Fan
vs
Poochyena

200 cm
20
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

225 cm
20
295 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Jun Fan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tamias Poochyena!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fan misses with a two punch combination.
Fan throws a nice looking combination but Poochyena bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poochyena.
Poochyena drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Poochyena misses with a body shot.
Poochyena thows a body shot but no joy.
Poochyena misses the shot to the body.
Fan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poochyena.
Poochyena throws a shot to the body.
Poochyena ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poochyena scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena scores with a body shot.
Fan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poochyena.
Poochyena misses with a hook
and Fan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Poochyena is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fan rather than just go for the knockout.
Poochyena throws a half hearted mid kick.
Poochyena thows a body shot but no joy.
Poochyena's corner calls for a 1-2. Poochyena obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Poochyena just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Fan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fan swings widly with a right hand
and Poochyena counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fan there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Poochyena throws a body punch but Fan moves out of range.
Poochyena looks to score with a jab to the body but Fan is just out of range.
Poochyena misses with a wild body shot.
Poochyena misses with a jab to the body
and Fan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poochyena.
Poochyena ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Poochyena misses with a body kick.
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poochyena tries to bum rush Fan with a series of wild strikes but Fan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poochyena has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fan takes a swing at Poochyena's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Poochyena changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fan throws out a loose jab but Poochyena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poochyena slips a straight right by Fan.
Poochyena ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fan moves away.
Poochyena fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Poochyena thows a body shot but no joy.
Poochyena lands a jab to Fan's midsection.
Fan lands a jab to the head.
Fan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poochyena.
Poochyena scores with a hook to the body. Fan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fan moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poochyena keeps control of Fan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poochyena working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poochyena.
Fan is looking to control Poochyena's arms but Poochyena gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fan has his back to the cage.
Fan is trying to force a seperation but Poochyena has the dominant position.
Poochyena working aggressively here.
Poochyena pushes Fan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poochyena tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Poochyena.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tamias Poochyena dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Poochyena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Poochyena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poochyena scores with a jab. Fan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Poochyena fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fan misses with a combination
and Poochyena counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poochyena. Fan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poochyena throws a shot from downtown. Fan moves away and avoids it.
Poochyena thows a body shot but no joy.
Poochyena cracks Fan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Poochyena lands with a nice combination. Fan backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Lee Jun Fan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poochyena avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Poochyena connects with the punch.
Poochyena feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Poochyena doesn't manage to clinch there - Fan circles away.
Poochyena looks to land a combination. Fan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poochyena. Fan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fan with a jab.
Poochyena is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poochyena throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Poochyena closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poochyena swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fan prevents Poochyena from breaking the clinch.
Poochyena tries to break free but Fan pushes him back against the cage.
Poochyena is trying to stall.
Poochyena misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poochyena creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena has a couple of punches blocked by Fan.
Fan blocks an uppercut.
Fan keeps control of Poochyena as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poochyena has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Poochyena taking a breather.
Fan is trying to break free.

Poochyena's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Poochyena finds it's way through Fan's defenses.
Poochyena throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poochyena throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Poochyena takes a swing at Fan's ribcage but misses.
Fan avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fan throws a lazy right hand but Poochyena sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Poochyena.
Poochyena misses with a hook. Fan ducked under it nicely.
Poochyena jabs Fan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Poochyena.
Fan moves out of range of the strikes.
Poochyena looks to score with a jab to the body but Fan is just out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fan throws a lazy uppercut
and Poochyena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fan throws the left hand but Poochyena avoids the punch easily.
Poochyena misses with a body shot
and Fan counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tamias Poochyena showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lee Jun Fan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A punch lands to the side of Fan 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Poochyena has closed the distance and engaged Fan in a clinch.
Poochyena is pressed up against the cage. Fan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Poochyena down to the mat. Poochyena avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A big right from Fan misses.
Fan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Fan misses.
Fan fails to land with a series of punches.
Poochyena digs a good hook to Fan's body.
A shot to the liver by Poochyena. Beautiful body shot.
Fan throws out a loose jab but Poochyena uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fan avoids a kick to the body.
Poochyena dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Fan.
Poochyena lands a glancing blow to the side of Fan's head.
Poochyena looks to land a body kick but Fan moved away.
Poochyena tests Fan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Poochyena jabs Fan right on the nose. Fan blinks but takes it well.
Poochyena looks to score with a jab to the body but Fan is just out of range.
Poochyena throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Poochyena misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena lands with an overhand left.
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!
Poochyena scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Poochyena throws a right and a left that both miss.
Poochyena pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fan tries to move into range but Poochyena moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Poochyena as he connects with a hook.
Poochyena lands a nice shot that snaps Fan's head back.
Poochyena connects with a nice looking jab.
Fan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fan avoids the body shot from Poochyena.
Poochyena fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poochyena moves in looking to clinch but Fan pushes him off.
Poochyena connects with a nice looking jab.
Decent striking displayed by Poochyena there.
Poochyena is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poochyena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Poochyena.
Poochyena lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lee Jun Fan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch combination from Poochyena misses.
Poochyena lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poochyena with a hook.
Poochyena connects with the punch.
Tamias Poochyena is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poochyena.
Poochyena fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fan manages to avoid it.
Poochyena tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tamias Poochyena comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poochyena has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tamias Poochyena!
Tamias Poochyena managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30, into his post fight interview.