PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Poisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Hell's Bells. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hall
vs
Poisson

178 cm
20
177 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

176 cm
21
173 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Poisson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Poisson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hall lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Josh Poisson has been cut.
Poisson lands with a nice body punch.
Hall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Poisson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hall. Hall obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab lands there for Poisson.
Poisson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poisson misses with a hook. Hall ducked under it nicely.
Hall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hall has closed the distance and engaged Poisson in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hall scores with a knee to the head.
Poisson lands a body punch.
Poisson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Poisson scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poisson.
Poisson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poisson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hall throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hall's defenses.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Poisson blocks it.
Poisson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Poisson.
Poisson scores with a hook to the body.
Hall with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hall.
Poisson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poisson blocks an elbow strike from Hall.
Poisson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Poisson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Poisson blocks it.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poisson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall digs a right hand into Poisson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Poisson's gas tank.
Hall lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hall pushes Poisson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poisson avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hall.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poisson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poisson lands a shoulder strike.
Poisson lands a body shot.
Hall lands a knee to the head.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Poisson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poisson. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poisson swinging wilding here.
Hall throws and low kick but Poisson moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Poisson.
Poisson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poisson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall loads up on a big right hand but Poisson slips the punch.
An inside leg kick from Hall misses.
Hall looks to throw a body kick
and Poisson counters with a one-two to the body.
Poisson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Poisson pushes him off.
Poisson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Poisson blocks the leg kick.
Hall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hall tries to work over Poisson's front leg with a kick but Poisson checks it.

Hall clinches with his opponent.
Poisson lands an uppercut.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall scores a nice knee to the body.
Poisson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall avoiding damage as Poisson throws knees to the body.
Poisson lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Poisson controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poisson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Poisson.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hall.
Poisson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Poisson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Poisson avoids the damage to the body.
Poisson throws an elbow but it misses.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Poisson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poisson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Poisson misses.
Poisson throws a sloppy head kick and Hall moves out of range easily.
Poisson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Poisson looks gassed!
Hall does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hall connects with a good right hand that stumbles Poisson. Poisson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Poisson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hall is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Poisson.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Poisson pushes him off.
Hall looks to land a combination but Poisson avoids it well.
Hall scores with a nice head shot.
Poisson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Poisson forces Hall back against the cage and clinches.
Poisson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Poisson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Poisson.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Poisson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Poisson tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Poisson managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Poisson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poisson pushes off an throws an elbow but Hall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Poisson blocks it.
Hall connects with a knee to the head.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Poisson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Poisson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poisson stalling in the clinch.
Poisson cracks Hall with a nice body shot.
Poisson blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Poisson - that landed with a thud.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Poisson blocks a body shot from Hall.
A body shot lands from Poisson.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson misses with the head strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Poisson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hall up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poisson is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns Poisson into the cage.
Poisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Poisson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hall is keeping busy.
Hall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poisson lands a body punch.
Poisson swings wildly with an uppercut but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poisson avoiding damage.
A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Poisson digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
Poisson digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hall just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poisson's brow.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Poisson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poisson lands an uppercut.
A short right from Poisson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poisson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall lands a body shot.
Poisson avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Poisson.
A short right from Poisson.
A hook to the body from Poisson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
Hall throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Poisson.
A short uppercut from Poisson.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poisson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poisson leaning against his opponent.
Poisson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The is referee keeping an eye on Poisson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Poisson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Poisson has Hall pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poisson.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Hall with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poisson leaning against his opponent.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Poisson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Josh Poisson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Poisson taking a breather.
Poisson is looking to control Hall's arms but Hall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poisson has his back to the cage.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poisson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Poisson.
Poisson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Poisson managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Poisson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Josh Poisson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Poisson lands a slapping body shot.
Hall attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Poisson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Poisson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hall throws a hook to the side of Poisson's head but Poisson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poisson lands a nice shot to the body.
Poisson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poisson lands a nice shot to the body.
Poisson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall tries to move into range but Poisson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sam Hall is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poisson tries to close the distance and clinch but Hall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poisson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hall swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Poisson closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Poisson.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Hall has a couple of punches blocked by Poisson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poisson.
A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
Poisson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Poisson.
Poisson lands a left hand.
Poisson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Poisson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poisson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Poisson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Poisson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hall takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poisson lands an elbow just above Hall 's eye.
A right hook to the body lands for Poisson.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Poisson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hall's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Poisson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poisson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poisson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poisson digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Poisson.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson.
Poisson tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Poisson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poisson has Hall pushed against the cage.
A short right from Poisson on the inside.
Poisson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poisson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hall or not.
Poisson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hall.
Poisson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
A short right from Poisson.
Hall misses with an elbow over the top.
Poisson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Poisson.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Hall avoids a wild elbow strike from Poisson.
A shot in the inside from Poisson.
Stalling in the clinch from Poisson.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poisson works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
Poisson lands a body punch.
Poisson lands a right hand.
Poisson working aggressively here.
Poisson pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poisson scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Nice body punch from Poisson - that landed with a thud.
Poisson lands a body shot.
Poisson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poisson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poisson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Poisson scores with a hook to the body.
Poisson lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poisson lands a body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Poisson.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poisson.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hall.
Poisson lands an uppercut.
Poisson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poisson presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poisson lands a right hand.
Poisson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Poisson trying to land knees to the body.
Poisson stalling.
Poisson lands a shot to the body.
Poisson is leaning against Hall and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Poisson pushes Hall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poisson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poisson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hall with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poisson misses with a knee strike.
Poisson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Poisson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Poisson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Poisson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hall takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Poisson scores with a three punch combo!
Poisson checks the leg kick.
Hall walks into a jab.
Poisson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Poisson throws a nice looking combination but Hall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hall tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Poisson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hall throws a head kick but Poisson moves out of range.
Hall closes the distance but Poisson moves to the side
and Poisson counters with a three punch combo that has Hall backing up. Hall nods at Poisson to acknowledge the strikes.
The fighters circling - Hall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poisson misses the shot to the body.
Poisson lands a right hook to the body.
Poisson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poisson slips a straight right by Hall.
Hall wants to clinch
letting Poisson counter with a right hand.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hall wants to clinch

and Poisson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Poisson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hall up against the cage.
Poisson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hall lands a nice knee to the body.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poisson leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Poisson.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Poisson to work.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poisson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
A right hook to the body lands for Hall.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poisson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
Poisson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Poisson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A hook to the body from Poisson.
Poisson has Hall pushed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Poisson.
Poisson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Poisson gets through Hall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Poisson.
Poisson slows down the pace here.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Poisson.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poisson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poisson lands a body shot.
Poisson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
Poisson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poisson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Poisson blocks an uppercut.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson lands an elbow inside that Hall shrugs off.
Poisson lands a body punch.
Poisson stalling the fight.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poisson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Poisson pushes Hall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Poisson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Poisson scores with a shoulder strike.
Poisson misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Poisson misses with a knee to the head.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Poisson digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Stalling in the clinch from Poisson.
Poisson missing with knees to the body.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Poisson.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
Poisson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Hall.
Poisson presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poisson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hall blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Poisson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Poisson.
Nice body punch from Poisson - that landed with a thud.
Poisson trying to land knees to the body.
Poisson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Poisson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Josh Poisson's cut.
That's time! Hall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hall slips a jab and a cross from Poisson.
Hall avoids the body shot from Poisson.
Poisson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Poisson closes the distance and clinches.
Poisson tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Poisson back against the cage.
Poisson is struggling to control the position.
Hall lands a nice elbow.
Hall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poisson.
Hall lands a nice knee to the body.
Hall connects with a knee to the head.
Poisson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hall avoids the damage to the body.
Hall lands a body shot.
Poisson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hall crunches a lovely knee into Poisson's ribcage.
Hall using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poisson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hall throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hall lands a knee to the body.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poisson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poisson tries a body shot but Hall blocks it.
Hall lands a knee to the body.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poisson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poisson throws a head punch that misses.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poisson.
Poisson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Hall lands with a left to the head.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Poisson fails to land.
Poisson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hall or not.
Hall blocks an elbow strike.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hall.
Poisson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Poisson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Poisson controls the action.
Poisson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A short body shot lands from Hall as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Poisson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Poisson.
Poisson presses Hall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poisson scores with a hook to the body.
Sam Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short body shot lands from Poisson as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poisson.
Hall letting Poisson take a breather here.
Poisson lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Nice body punch from Poisson.
Hall avoiding damage as Poisson throws knees to the body.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson avoids the elbow strike from Hall, against the cage.
Poisson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poisson lands a nice uppercut.
Poisson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Poisson lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poisson throws an elbow but it misses.
Poisson cracks Hall with a nice body shot.
Poisson works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
Poisson is struggling to control the position.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Poisson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Poisson avoiding damage.
Poisson lands a left hand.
Poisson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short left from Poisson.
Hall blocking some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Poisson.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hall misses with some punches.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Poisson blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Poisson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poisson tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
Hall throws a front kick aimed at Poisson's knee but Poisson avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Poisson ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Poisson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from Poisson.
Poisson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Poisson throws a right hand that Hall ducks under and follows up with a left that Hall also avoids with ease.
Poisson lands with a nice body punch.

Poisson takes the fight into the clinch.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Hall.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poisson misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Poisson.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poisson digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poisson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poisson.
Josh Poisson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poisson scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Hall misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sam Hall.
Well Poisson 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 46:48
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 46:48
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 44:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Poisson!
Josh Poisson is the new welterweight champion!