PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Po
vs
Doom

189 cm
32
224 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

182 cm
34
215 lbs
26 - 21 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Conquer

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tong Po !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Dave Doom!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doom shoots for a takedown but Po saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Po went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Doom moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Doom takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Dave Doom has been cut.
Doom is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Po stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Po using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Doom misses with an elbow strike.
Po looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Po .
With the fighters up against the cage, Po throws an elbow but misses.
Po lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po avoiding damage as Doom throws knees to the body.
Doom throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Po is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Doom looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Po lands an elbow that stopped Doom in his tracks for a moment.

Doom is rocked!
Po lands a damaging elbow.
Doom is still on wobbly legs! Can Po finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Po lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Po working Doom over with knees to the body.
Doom seems to have recovered his senses.
Po gets through Doom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Po cracks Doom with a nice body shot.
Po is working Doom over against the cage.
Come on Po - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short left from Po .
Po lands a shot to the body.
Nice elbow from Po .
Doom is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Po is keeping busy.
Po keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doom's efforts to push away.
Doom is trying to stall.
Po scores a nice knee to the body.
Po looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Po lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Doom letting Po take a breather here.
A right handed body shot lands from Po .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doom's defenses.
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!
Po lands an elbow just above Doom 's eye.

That has opened up Dave Doom's cut even more.
Po lands a nice elbow.

Po drops Doom onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Doom is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Po landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Po creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Po .
Clinched against the cage, Po lands a big elbow that drops Doom! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Doom is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tong Po !
Our winner, Tong Po , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.