PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marc Hollistan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Poe Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marc Hollistan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hollistan
vs
Poe Jr

198 cm
21
184 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

185 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

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 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marc Hollistan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fernando Poe Jr!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollistan fails to land the takedown.
Poe Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hollistan.
Poe Jr swings for the body but Hollistan moves out of range.
Hollistan shoots in looking for a takedown. Poe Jr tries to sprawl out of it but Hollistan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Poe Jr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Hollistan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poe Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Hollistan fails to land the takedown.
Hollistan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Poe Jr defends it nicely.
Marc Hollistan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poe Jr. Hollistan does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poe Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Poe Jr misses with a body shot.
Poe Jr looks to throw the jab but Hollistan is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollistan shoots in for a takedown but Poe Jr shows good takedown defense.
Poe Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Poe Jr looks to land a right hand but Hollistan moved out of range.
Hollistan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hollistan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Poe Jr. No joy for Hollistan on that attempt.
Fernando Poe Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hollistan slips a jab from Poe Jr.
Hollistan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Poe Jr circles away.
Hollistan fails with a takedown attempt.
Poe Jr tests Hollistan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Poe Jr looks to land a right hand but Hollistan moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollistan has a takedown stuffed.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hollistan.
Hollistan is breathing heavily.
Poe Jr punishes Hollistan's body with a nice straight punch.
Hollistan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Poe Jr avoids it really well and circles away.
Poe Jr throws a lazy right hand but Hollistan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hollistan shoots in but Poe Jr avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Poe Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hollistan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Poe Jr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hollistan somewhat.
Nice shot lands for Poe Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hollistan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Poe Jr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hollistan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poe Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hollistan is defended easily by Poe Jr.
Hollistan shoots in and drives through. Poe Jr sprawls well.
A jab from Poe Jr does it's job there.
Poe Jr jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hollistan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Poe Jr jabs Hollistan right on the nose. Hollistan blinks but takes it well.
Hollistan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr lands a nice hook to Hollistan's body. Hollistan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hollistan closes the distance and clinches up with Poe Jr, looking for a takedown. Hollistan pushes Poe Jr against the cage but Poe Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hollistan. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Poe Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr loads up on a big right hand but Hollistan slips the punch.
Hollistan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Poe Jr tries to avoid it but Hollistan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Poe Jr to the ground. Poe Jr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hollistan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poe Jr.
Hollistan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hollistan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Poe Jr is fending him off so far but Hollistan persists. Nope, Poe Jr circles away and we're back to standing.
Poe Jr punishes Hollistan's body with a nice straight punch.
Poe Jr lands a jab to the head.
Poe Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hollistan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Poe Jr but Poe Jr pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Poe Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Poe Jr looks to throw the jab but Hollistan is out of range.
Poe Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Poe Jr's corner calls for a 1-2. Poe Jr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Poe Jr dominated that round.
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.

Poe Jr scores with a punch to the head.
Poe Jr stuffs the takedown attempt from Hollistan. Hollistan gets slowly back to his feet.
Hollistan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hollistan shoots for a takedown but Poe Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Hollistan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hollistan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Poe Jr circles away.
Hollistan fails to land the takedown.
Hollistan fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poe Jr connects with a single shot there.
Poe Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Hollistan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marc Hollistan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hollistan closes the distance and clinches up with Poe Jr, looking for a takedown. Hollistan pushes Poe Jr against the cage but Poe Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Poe Jr throws a body punch but Hollistan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hollistan is defended easily by Poe Jr.
Fernando Poe Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hollistan fails to land the takedown.
Poe Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hollistan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Poe Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poe Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hollistan was well out of range. Poor timing from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hollistan at a distance.
Nice shot by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hollistan was well out of range. Poor timing from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Poe Jr thuds a left hand into Hollistan's body.
Hollistan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Poe Jr misses with a hook.
Hollistan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Poe Jr sprawls well. Poe Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hollistan gets slowly back to his feet.
Poe Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Poe Jr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hollistan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Poe Jr finds it's way round the side to connect with Hollistan's head.
Hollistan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Poe Jr swivels and escapes.
Poe Jr swings for the body but Hollistan moves out of range.
Poe Jr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hollistan moves in looking to clinch but Poe Jr pushes him off.
Poe Jr throws a body punch but Hollistan moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr digs a good body shot into Hollistan's ribs.
Hollistan shoots in but no luck this time.
Hollistan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe Jr.
Hollistan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Poe Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hollistan moves away.
Poe Jr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice body punch from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr blocks a head kick by Hollistan.
Hollistan closes the distance and clinches up with Poe Jr, looking for a takedown. Hollistan pushes Poe Jr against the cage but Poe Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Poe Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Poe Jr is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hollistan rather than just go for the knockout.
Poe Jr scores with a hook to the body. Hollistan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hollistan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hollistan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hollistan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Poe Jr to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr misses with a body shot.
Hollistan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hollistan avoids the body shot from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hollistan on the side of the head.
Poe Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hollistan slips under a jab from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Poe Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hollistan at a distance.
Poe Jr cracks Hollistan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Poe Jr throws a body punch but Hollistan moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hollistan is defended easily by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr throws a body punch but Hollistan moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Poe Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Poe Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Poe Jr as Hollistan shoots in.
Hollistan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hollistan walks into a stiff left hand from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marc Hollistan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hollistan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Poe Jr lands with a good body shot.
Poe Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hollistan at a distance.
Hollistan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Poe Jr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hollistan somewhat.
Poe Jr punishes Hollistan's body with a nice straight punch.
Hollistan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poe Jr punishes Hollistan's body with a nice straight punch.
Hollistan takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollistan shoots in but no luck this time.
Poe Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Poe Jr cracks Hollistan with an open hand slap.
Poe Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hollistan moves away.
Poe Jr with a jab.
Hollistan tries for a takedown but Poe Jr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Poe Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Poe Jr connects with a body shot.
Poe Jr takes a swing at Hollistan's ribcage but misses.
Poe Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hollistan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hollistan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hollistan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Poe Jr lands a jab.
Poe Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe Jr dips to his left and cracks Hollistan with an uppercut!
Poe Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hollistan ducks under a wild hook from Poe Jr.
Good shot there by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr lands a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hollistan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Poe Jr with a jab.
Hollistan avoids the body shot from Poe Jr.
Poe Jr scores with a hook.
Poe Jr throws a jab when Hollistan was well out of range.
Poe Jr's corner calls for a 1-2. Poe Jr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Poe Jr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hollistan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poe Jr misses with a hook. Hollistan ducked under it nicely.
Poe Jr thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollistan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hollistan shoots in but Poe Jr avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hollistan is defended easily by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr 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.
Poe Jr misses with a body shot.
Hollistan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Poe Jr.
Poe Jr misses with a hook.
Poe Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Hollistan shoots in looking for a takedown. Poe Jr tries to sprawl out of it but Hollistan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Poe Jr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Poe Jr takes a swing at Hollistan's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hollistan shoots for a takedown but Poe Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hollistan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Poe Jr throws a jab when Hollistan was well out of range.
Poe Jr scores with a punch to the head.
Hollistan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hollistan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe Jr.
Hollistan fails with a takedown attempt.
Poe Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poe Jr lands with a cross.
Hollistan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poe Jr tests Hollistan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marc Hollistan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poe Jr ducks under a wild hook from Hollistan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fernando Poe Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poe Jr 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 24:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fernando Poe Jr!