PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kangeroo Poo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hermio Piekny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermio Piekny will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Poo
vs
Piekny

185 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kangeroo Poo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hermio Piekny!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piekny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poo swats away the attempt to clinch by Piekny.
Poo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Piekny throws out the jab.
Poo misses with a double jab.
Poo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Poo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Piekny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hermio Piekny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piekny looks to throw the jab but Poo is out of range.
Poo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Piekny takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Piekny tries to break the clinch but Poo is controlling the position.
Piekny wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Poo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Poo stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Poo moves into range and clinches up with Piekny.
Piekny wants to get back to striking at distance but Poo won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Poo gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Piekny regains guard.

Piekny pushes Poo off and gets back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Piekny.
Piekny is looking to clinch but Poo is avoiding it.
Poo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Poo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Piekny moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Piekny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Poo. Those never looked like landing.
Poo throws a series of punches but Piekny moves out of range.
Piekny throws a right hand that misses

and Poo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Poo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Poo decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Piekny misses with a hook.
Piekny thows a body shot but no joy.

Poo gets the takedown into side control.
Piekny is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Poo is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Poo decides to stand up, so the ref orders Piekny to his feet.
Piekny tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Piekny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Poo.
Piekny misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Piekny throws a hook to the side of Poo's head but Poo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Piekny fails to land with a series of punches.
Piekny throws a looping overhand right but Poo ducks down to avoid it.
Piekny looks gassed!
Poo blocks a jab.
Poo looks to land a combination but Piekny avoids it well.

Poo shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Piekny is trying to defend but Poo finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Piekny looks like he's trying to stand up.

Poo is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Poo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Piekny has managed to free his arm - good work.
Piekny is refusing to be controlled, as Poo sits in half guard.

Piekny has one foot on Poo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Piekny should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The fighters circling - Piekny throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poo is looking to clinch.
Piekny might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Poo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poo swinging wildly here.
Poo slips under a jab from Piekny.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piekny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poo was well out of range. Poor timing from Piekny.
Piekny wants to clinch

and Poo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Piekny is looking to escape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Poo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Poo wants to work for an arm triangle but Piekny is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Poo seems to be looking for submissions.
Piekny looks like he's trying to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Poo escapes and gets back to his feet.

Poo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Piekny's half guard.
Piekny pushes Poo off looking to stand but Poo dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kangeroo Poo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Poo slips a jab and a cross from Piekny.
Poo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Piekny is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piekny is looking to clinch.
Poo throws a leg kick but Piekny moved away.
Poo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Piekny tries to clinch up but Poo circles away and keeps his distance.
Poo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Piekny throws out the jab.
Poo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piekny.
Piekny tries to clinch up.
A nice combination there by Poo.
Piekny tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Piekny has Poo up against the cage in a clinch.

Poo has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Piekny regains guard immediately.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Poo gets to his feet. Piekny looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Piekny fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Poo feints and as Piekny raises his hands in defense, Poo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Poo prevents Piekny from getting back to his feet.

Poo gets to his feet - Piekny follows without any prompting.
Hermio Piekny seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poo swinging wildly here.
Piekny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poo.

Poo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Piekny sprawls well initially but Poo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kangeroo Poo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Piekny is looking to escape.

Poo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Piekny sees it coming and defends easily.
Piekny is looking to escape.

Poo has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Piekny defend it? Poo steps over the head and cranks it - Piekny is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Poo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kangeroo Poo!
Kangeroo Poo took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.