PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luka Poli (ranked 3908 p4p, 4217 weight class) and Wilbur Reckling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Poli
vs
Reckling

176 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luka Poli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wilbur Reckling!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poli stalks Reckling and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reckling's face. Reckling staggers backwards, shaken.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poli.

Poli gets tackled into the cage by Reckling. Reckling maintains the clinch.
Poli jumps guard but Reckling turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Reckling gets underhooks to prevent Poli's takedown attempt.
Poli avoiding damage as Reckling throws knees to the body.
Reckling is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Poli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poli taking a breather.
Reckling using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reckling unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poli lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reckling putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poli in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reckling utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poli is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Reckling with a knee to the head.
Poli is looking to break free of the clinch but Reckling has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reckling drops Poli with a big knee straight up the middle! Poli is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Poli is rocked!

It looks like Luka Poli has been cut.

Reckling has Poli up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Poli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reckling obliges.
Reckling has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Poli - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Reckling, and another! Poli is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Wilbur Reckling!
A relieved looking Wilbur Reckling thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.