PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Da Cookie Muncher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Poutsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tim Poutsi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Cookie Muncher
vs
Poutsi

186 cm
25
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Da Cookie Muncher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Poutsi!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poutsi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Muncher to score with a decent uppercut.
Muncher stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Muncher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muncher throws a looping overhand right but Poutsi ducks down to avoid it.
Muncher misses with an uppercut.
Poutsi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poutsi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Muncher misses with an uppercut. Poutsi saw that one coming.
Muncher connects with a leg kick. Poutsi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Poutsi throws a lazy body kick
and Muncher counters with a good low kick that Poutsi was not able to check.

Muncher gets tackled into the cage by Poutsi. Poutsi maintains the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Poutsi throws a head punch that misses.

Muncher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muncher throws a low kick, looking for Poutsi's leg but Poutsi calmly moves out of range.
Muncher tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Poutsi is able to avoid easily.
Muncher connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Muncher just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutsi scores with a three punch combo!
Poutsi lands a lovely overhand right.
Poutsi slips a jab from Muncher.
Poutsi scores with a decent looking hook.
Poutsi tries to clinch up but Muncher circles away and keeps his distance.
Tim Poutsi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poutsi slips a jab and a cross from Muncher.
Poutsi misses with a left hand
and Muncher counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Muncher. That's going to slow Poutsi down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poutsi throws a lazy uppercut
and Muncher counters with a stiff right hand.
Poutsi checks a leg kick.
Poutsi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Da Cookie Muncher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poutsi checks a low kick from Muncher.
Poutsi closes the distance and clinches up with Muncher, looking for a takedown. Poutsi pushes Muncher against the cage but Muncher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Poutsi throws a wild body kick that Muncher sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muncher throws a shot from downtown. Poutsi moves away and avoids it.
Poutsi moves away from the strike by Muncher.

Poutsi moves into the clinch.
Poutsi lands a body punch.
Poutsi slowing the pace effectively.
Muncher is trying to maintain a safe position but Poutsi gets an underhook and turns Muncher into the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Poutsi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Muncher.
A body shot lands from Poutsi.
I was talking to Muncher's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Muncher looking to stall.
Poutsi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Poutsi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poutsi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi looking to stall.
Muncher looking to slow down the pace here.
Poutsi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Muncher's elbow.
Muncher blocks a body shot from Poutsi.
Poutsi misses with a punch on the inside.
Muncher tries to circle away but Poutsi has him pinned against the cage.
Poutsi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Muncher after a bit of a struggle.
Poutsi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muncher working hard to break the clinch.
Poutsi lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Poutsi.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Poutsi blocking some punches.
Poutsi misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Muncher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Poutsi lands a nice uppercut.
Muncher avoiding damage as Poutsi throws knees to the body.
Poutsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Muncher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Poutsi.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Poutsi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Poutsi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poutsi tries to move into full mount but can't pass Muncher's legs.
Muncher sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Poutsi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Muncher misses with a looping right.
Muncher lands a jab.
Muncher moves out of range of the leg kick from Poutsi.
Muncher drops his hands momentarily and Poutsi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Muncher lands a nice shot to the body.
Muncher misses with a looping left.

Poutsi darts in and clinches Muncher up against the cage.
Muncher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Muncher is trying to break the clinch but Poutsi is controlling him.
Muncher is trying to push Poutsi away but Poutsi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Muncher is trying to maintain a safe position but Poutsi gets an underhook and turns Muncher into the cage.
The referee calls for Muncher to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muncher is trying to force a seperation but Poutsi has the dominant position.
Poutsi with a knee to the head.
Muncher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Poutsi scores with a shot to the side of Muncher's head.
Poutsi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Muncher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Muncher misses the jab.
Poutsi wants to clinch.
Poutsi scores with a hook to the body. Muncher takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poutsi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poutsi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poutsi lands a slapping body shot.
Horrible takedown by Poutsi or perhaps it was just good defense by Muncher which made him look bad.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poutsi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muncher throws out the jab.
Poutsi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muncher takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Poutsi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Muncher.
Poutsi tries to clinch up.

Poutsi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Poutsi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Poutsi lands a right hand.

Muncher is rocked!
Poutsi tries to throw a body punch but Muncher avoids it by throwing Poutsi back against the cage.
Oh Muncher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poutsi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Muncher is defending well.
Muncher seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Muncher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice straight punches there by Muncher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Muncher.
Da Cookie Muncher is winning the standup battle so far.
Muncher throws an overhand right that lands on Poutsi's shoulder, as Poutsi tries to avoid the shot.
Muncher stuffs the takedown.
Da Cookie Muncher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Poutsi.
Muncher misses the jab.
Muncher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poutsi.
Poutsi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Poutsi misses with an uppercut. Muncher saw that one coming.
Poutsi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Poutsi just misses with a punch to the body.
Muncher throws an overhand right that lands on Poutsi's shoulder, as Poutsi tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi misses the jab.
Poutsi lands a nice shot that snaps Muncher's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Muncher throws a leg kick but Poutsi sees it coming and moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Muncher checks a leg kick.
Muncher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Muncher throws a right and a left that Poutsi avoids nicely.
Poutsi scores with the left hand. Muncher knows he should have avoided that one.
Good leg kick by Muncher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Muncher.
Poutsi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Muncher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Muncher.
Muncher misses with an uppercut. Poutsi saw that one coming.
Poutsi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Muncher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tim Poutsi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Poutsi looks to land a right hand but Muncher moved out of range.
Muncher connects with a right hand. Poutsi shakes it off.
Poutsi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muncher keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Muncher drops his hands momentarily and Poutsi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Poutsi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Poutsi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Muncher to the mat! Muncher manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poutsi wants to control from the top but Muncher keeps moving.
Muncher preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Poutsi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Muncher has control of Poutsi's left arm, preventing Poutsi from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muncher preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Poutsi trying to control the position from guard on top but Muncher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Tim Poutsi hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Muncher throws out a loose jab but Poutsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poutsi is looking to clinch but Muncher is avoiding it.
Poutsi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Muncher is fending him off so far but Poutsi persists. Nope, Muncher circles away and we're back to standing.
Poutsi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Muncher as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muncher connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Poutsi throws a nice inside leg kick.

Muncher gets tackled into the cage by Poutsi. Poutsi maintains the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Muncher as Poutsi tries to tie him up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Da Cookie Muncher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muncher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poutsi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Muncher is keeping busy.
Poutsi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muncher is defending well for now.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tim Poutsi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi misses with the head strike.
Muncher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Poutsi lands a right hand.
Poutsi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Poutsi.
Muncher stalls.
Poutsi is pushing Muncher up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Poutsi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Muncher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poutsi blocks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Poutsi blocks the low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muncher tries a head kick but it misses.
Poutsi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muncher.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muncher lands with a good body shot.
Muncher misses with a head kick.
Good shot there by Poutsi.
Poutsi lands an overhand right.
Poutsi fails with a takedown attempt.
Da Cookie Muncher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Poutsi.
Muncher throws a body punch but Poutsi moves out of range.
Poutsi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Muncher lands a jab to the head.

Muncher tries to keep at a distance but Poutsi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tim Poutsi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A short uppercut from Muncher.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Poutsi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poutsi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Poutsi!
A very excited looking Tim Poutsi rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.