PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Poole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquin Guzman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Poole
vs
Guzman

194 cm
18
238 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

202 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

DC Unrivaled

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Will Poole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joaquin Guzman!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Poole.
Poole is looking to counter punch.
Poole lands a jab.
Poole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guzman.
Poole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guzman counters with a stiff right hand.
Poole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guzman moves away.
Poole lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Poole throws a jab when Guzman was well out of range.
Poole looks to land a left hand but Guzman moved out of range nicely.
We've been informed that Guzman has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Guzman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Guzman avoids the body shot from Poole.
Poole connects with the punch.
A big right from Guzman misses.
Guzman throws a chopping leg kick but Poole manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Poole scores with a crisp jab that stopped Guzman in his tracks.
Guzman throws a quick inside leg kick.
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!
Guzman throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman blocks a jab.
Poole throws a hook to the side of Guzman's head but Guzman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guzman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guzman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guzman.
Poole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guzman moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Poole misses with a looping left.
Guzman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Poole looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Poole lands a jab to the head.
Poole takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Poole misses with a body shot.
Poole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guzman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Poole throws a right hand that misses
and Guzman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Poole misses.
Guzman misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poole misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poole bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Guzman's head.
Guzman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Poole.
Poole throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guzman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Guzman! But no joy.
Guzman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Poole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guzman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guzman moves out of range of the strikes.
Poole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guzman.
Poole throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Guzman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Poole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guzman was well out of range. Poor timing from Poole.
Guzman looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Poole misses with a jab to the body
and Guzman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab by Guzman.
Guzman throws out a loose jab but Poole uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Poole as he checks the leg kick.
Poole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guzman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poole.
Guzman only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Poole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guzman moves away.
Poole bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guzman throws a shot from downtown. Poole moves away and avoids it.
Guzman misses with a left hand
and Poole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guzman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Poole swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Guzman.
Poole throws a hook to the side of Guzman's head but Guzman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guzman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guzman looks to land a right hand but Poole moved out of range.
Poole works the jab nicely.
Poole swings for the body but Guzman moves out of range.
Poole slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guzman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A decent looking cross lands there for Guzman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poole catches Guzman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Poole getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Poole scores with a jab.
Guzman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Poole has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Poole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Guzman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Poole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poole throws a body punch but Guzman moves out of range.
Poole takes one on the button.

It looks like Will Poole has been cut.
Poole blocks a jab.
It looked like Poole wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Poole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Poole throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poole with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Guzman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poole.
Poole thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Guzman! But no joy.
Guzman misses with a left hand
and Poole counters with a nice body shot.
A jab from Guzman misses.
Poole digs a good body shot into Guzman's ribs.
Poole looks to score with a jab to the body but Guzman is just out of range.
Poole throws a hook but Guzman blocks it.
Guzman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Poole throws a nice looking combination but Guzman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Poole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poole. Guzman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guzman ducks under a wild hook from Poole.
Guzman has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Guzman there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Poole misses.
Guzman feints a counter leg kick.
Poole lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Poole staying out of range there.
Poole was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Poole misses with a wild body shot.
Guzman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab from Guzman.
Poole has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Guzman.
Nice shot by Guzman.
Poole misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Guzman misses its intended target.
Guzman lands a leg kick that knocks Poole off balance momentarily.
Poole slips a straight right by Guzman.
Guzman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Guzman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Poole swings for the body but Guzman moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poole. Guzman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guzman throws out a counter right but Poole avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Guzman misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Poole misses the target.
Poole slips a jab from Guzman.
Guzman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guzman throws a lazy uppercut
letting Poole counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poole lands with a shot to the body.
Poole lands a jab to the head.
Nice jab there from Poole.
Some wild striking there from Poole.
Guzman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guzman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Poole misses with a body shot.
Poole connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Guzman momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guzman misses with a lunging right hand
and Poole cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guzman misses the jab.
Poole throws a big counter combination but Guzman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A big right from Guzman misses.
Poole misses with a body shot.
Poole slips under a jab from Guzman.
A little feinted left hand from Poole on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Guzman looks to land a right hand but Poole moved out of range.
Poole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poole misses with a hook.
Poole ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Guzman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Poole.
Poole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poole slips under a jab.
Poole lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guzman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poole.
Guzman throws out a counter right but Poole avoids it with no problem.
Guzman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Poole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guzman was well out of range. Poor timing from Poole.
Guzman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Poole misses with a hook. Guzman ducked under it nicely.
Will Poole is winning the standup battle so far.
Guzman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Guzman misses.
Poole bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Guzman's head backwards.
Poole's jab looks to have found its range, popping Guzman under the eye.
Poole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Poole just misses with a punch to the body.
Guzman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Guzman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Poole misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Poole dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Will Poole's cut.
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!

A big right from Poole misses.
Poole moves out of range as Guzman strikes.
Guzman throws a front kick aimed at Poole's knee but Poole avoids it well.
A big right from Guzman misses.
Poole misses with a body shot.
Poole swings widly with a right hand
and Guzman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Poole loads up on a big right hand but Guzman slips the punch.
A punch combination from Poole misses.
It seemed like Guzman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice body punch from Poole.
Guzman throws an off balance right hand
and Poole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Poole.
Guzman scores with a jab. Poole acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Guzman misses with a right hand
and Poole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Poole misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman is looking to slow Poole down with leg kicks.
Guzman misses the jab.
Poole swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Poole comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guzman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Poole fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Poole thuds his right hand into Guzman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Poole throws a looping overhand right but Guzman ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Guzman does it's job there.
Guzman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An inside leg kick from Guzman misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Poole misses the target.
Poole blocks a leg kick.
Poole fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Guzman on the side of the head.
Poole lands with a right hand.

Guzman is rocked!
Guzman defending well as Poole loads up on a big left hand.
Guzman clobbers Poole with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poole moves out of range of the body kick from Guzman.
Guzman misses with a straight right.
Poole missing with a left hand there. Guzman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Guzman. That's going to slow Poole down.
Guzman misses the jab.
Poole throws a hook but Guzman avoids it easily.
Poole fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guzman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot lands for Guzman.
Poole lands a nice shot to the body.
A slow jab from Guzman misses its intended target.
Guzman scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Poole - just one landing.
Poole connects with a body shot that sends Guzman's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poole tests Guzman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guzman is still on wobbly legs! Can Poole finish him?
Poole is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Guzman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poole.
Guzman seems to have recovered his senses.
Guzman slips a straight right by Poole.
Poole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guzman manages to avoid it.
Guzman misses with a hook. Poole ducked under it nicely.
Guzman throws a poor cross that misses
and Poole counters with a right hand to the body.
Guzman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Guzman throws a shot from downtown. Poole moves away and avoids it.
Guzman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Poole misses the target.
Poole throws a lazy right hand but Guzman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Poole sizes up Guzman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Poole rushes Guzman with punches - Guzman moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Guzman goes down! Poole follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Will Poole!
An out of breath Will Poole thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.