PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moses King (ranked 5712 p4p, 5471 weight class) and Pat Poutine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Poutine

185 cm
25
186
1 - 4 - 0

186 cm
25
176
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Moses King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pat Poutine!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King wants to clinch but Poutine slips to the side
and Poutine counters with a straight right hand.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poutine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poutine steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from King.

Poutine closes the distance and pushes King back into the cage.
King prevents the takedown attempt.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Poutine has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics King uses from the top position.
Poutine pulls King in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Poutine is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.
King sitting in guard, not really doing much.
King scoring with punches to the head and body.
Our spies down at at Cozad The Island inform us that Poutine has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Poutine looking for submissions from the bottom but instead King passes into side control.
King working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two 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.
King is looking to take a break and control but Poutine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King working away.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
King looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poutine back to the cage. King follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
King 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.
King's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and King duly obliges.

Poutine clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Poutine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King throws a right hand that Poutine ducks under and follows up with a left that Poutine also avoids with ease.
King shoots in but Poutine avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Poutine fails with the takedown
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by King.
A lazy left from King finds it's target.
King misses the shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Poutine has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.

Poutine ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Poutine no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moses King dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

King connects with a jab.
Poutine takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Poutine moves into the clinch.

Poutine ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Poutine no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
King slips nicely into half guard.
Poutine is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

King postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Poutine to stand up.
Poutine avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutine darts in looking for a takedown but King gets double underhooks and turns Poutine into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poutine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from King is defended easily by Poutine.

Poutine forces King back against the cage and clinches.
King tries to circle away but Poutine has him pinned against the cage.
Poutine wants a takedown.
King is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Poutine.
Poutine taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Poutine lands a nice shot to the body.
King is working for takedown but Poutine is calmly controlling the position for now.
King is trying to force a seperation but Poutine has the dominant position.

Poutine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King closes this distance looking for a takedown but Poutine circles away.
Poutine drops down looking to force a counter takedown but King defends it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses King. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Poutine drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Poutine working the ground and pound but King is defending the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Poutine decides to stand back up. Poutine steps back and let's King get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine shoots in and drives through. King sprawls well.
Moses King is winning the standup battle so far.
Poutine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
King lands a jab to Poutine's midsection.
Poutine throws a head kick that King semi-blocks.
Poutine closes this distance looking for a takedown but King circles away.

Poutine throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. King was covering up waiting for the punch and Poutine finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Poutine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poutine prevents King from getting back to his feet.
King looking to control.
Poutine trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
King has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Poutine has passed into side control.
King is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Poutine is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Pat Poutine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Poutine shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Poutine trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
Poutine not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poutine is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutine content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Poutine prevents King from improving his position.
Poutine is trying to control the action in half guard but King is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two 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.

Poutine is working for a submission of some sort.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
King scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Poutine moves into the clinch.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poutine tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King tries to break free but Poutine pushes him back against the cage.
King has had enough of the clinch but Poutine keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutine drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.
Poutine circles away from the clinch attempt.

Poutine has taken the fight to the clinch.
King is looking to control Poutine's arms but Poutine gets an underhook and turns him. Now King has his back to the cage.
Poutine gets underhooks to prevent King's takedown attempt.
Poutine lands a hook to the side of the head.
King looking to slow down the pace here.

Poutine decides to pull guard.

Poutine working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because King has passed into half guard!
Poutine trying to control but King postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Poutine is defending against the submission attempts here by King.
King wants to control but Poutine is keeping him busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Poutine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Poutine 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 David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Poutine!