PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Poisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AC/DC - Hell's Bells kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Sam Hall enters the cage!

Poisson
vs
Hall

176 cm
19
173 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Blueprint Clothing

Berserker Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Poisson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Hall!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Hall instigates a clinch.
Poisson tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A body shot lands from Poisson.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Poisson.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poisson stalling.
Poisson has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Poisson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Poisson.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hall leaning against his opponent.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Josh Poisson has been cut.
Poisson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson.
A shot in the inside from Poisson.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
Poisson avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hall.
Hall tries to land a knee to the head but Poisson blocks with his arms.
Hall blocks a body shot from Poisson.
A knee to the head by Hall.
Hall trying to stall but Poisson improves his position.
Hall unloads a knee to the mid-section. Poisson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Poisson avoids the damage to the body.
Hall lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poisson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Poisson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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 looks gassed!
Hall is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Poisson is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Poisson.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poisson.
Poisson gets through Hall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hall tries a knee to the head but Poisson blocks it.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Poisson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good body shot from Poisson.
Hall lands a right hand.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Poisson cracks Hall with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Poisson.
Hall missing with knees to the body.
Poisson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Poisson.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poisson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall lands with a right to the head.
Poisson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hall blocking some punches.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Poisson scores with a shot to the side of Hall's head.
Hall using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poisson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poisson is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns Poisson into the cage.
Poisson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hall looking to throw knees to the head but Poisson is blocking nicely.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hall lands a knee to the body.
Hall lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hall tries to stall but Poisson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Poisson tries to stall but Hall uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Poisson can't find room to land a body shot as Hall controls the action.
Poisson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hall's elbow.
Poisson is trying to stall.
Hall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poisson lands a body shot.
A short right from Poisson.
Poisson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poisson avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Hall misses with a knee strike.
Poisson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Poisson tries to throw a body punch but Hall avoids it by throwing Poisson back against the cage.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hall with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hall lands an elbow just above Poisson 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a knee to the head.
Poisson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poisson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hall is keeping busy.
Poisson lands with a right to the head.
Poisson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hall misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Hall content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hall trying to land knees to the body.
Hall lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
Hall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poisson blocks it with crossed arms.
Hall pushes off an throws an elbow but Poisson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hall with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poisson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hall lands a damaging elbow.
Poisson lands a shot to the body.
Hall creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Poisson.
Poisson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poisson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poisson lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poisson.
Poisson crunches a lovely knee into Hall's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poisson gets through Hall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Poisson - that landed with a thud.
Poisson gets through Hall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hall landing knees to the head.
Poisson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hall is keeping busy.
Hall with a knee to the head.
Hall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Hall.
Hall throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson.
Hall throws an elbow but it misses.
Poisson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hall.
Poisson misses with the head strike.
Hall lands with a left to the head.
Poisson trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Poisson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poisson is working Hall over against the cage.
Poisson lands with a left to the head.
Poisson lands with a short shot to the head.
Poisson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poisson stalling in the clinch but Hall improves position.
Hall's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Poisson managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Poisson lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poisson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Poisson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Poisson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Poisson scores with a decent looking hook.

Hall is rocked!
A thudding body kick lands there by Poisson!
Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Poisson finish him?

Poisson takes the fight into the clinch.
Poisson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poisson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hall misses with a knee to the head.
Poisson blocking some punches.
Poisson pushes Hall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poisson.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Josh Poisson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Poisson controlling the action here for a moment.
Poisson lands with a short shot to the head.
Poisson avoiding damage as Hall throws knees to the body.
Poisson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Poisson creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hall's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hall drops to his knees and Poisson pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Poisson!