PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kalju Kulli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poe has chosen How it is done as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kulli
vs
Poe

185 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
33
182 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Jamu Goyang Dumang

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kalju Kulli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cameron Poe!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kulli, right into the meat.
Kulli has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Body Pain_14elite_650$+VM in the buildup to the fight.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kulli.
Kulli paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Poe, right into the meat.
Poe avoids a kick to the body.
Poe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses.
Kulli cracks a nice hook into Poe's ribs.
Kulli throws a big shot that misses.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses.
Poe lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Poe catches Kulli with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Poe misses.
Kulli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Poe blocks a head kick by Kulli.
Kulli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kulli checks a leg kick.
Poe misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulli slips a straight right by Poe.
Poe feints and then cracks Kulli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kulli down.
Poe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kulli's sensitive parts.
Kulli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kulli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Poe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kulli catches Poe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Poe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Poe throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kalju Kulli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kulli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poe.
Kulli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Poe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kulli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Poe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poe throws a sloppy head kick and Kulli moves out of range easily.
Cameron Poe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poe ducks under a wild hook from Kulli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kulli feinted with a counter takedown.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poe connects with a leg kick. Kulli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kulli moves out of range as Poe strikes.
A shot to the liver by Poe. Beautiful body shot.
Kulli throws a series of punches but Poe moves out of range.
Poe connects with a solid leg kick.
Kulli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kulli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poe.
Kulli backing away here, and Poe unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Poe scores with a punch to the head.
Poe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Poe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kulli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kulli throws a sloppy head kick and Poe moves out of range easily.
Kulli takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kulli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Poe connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe blocks a jab.

Kulli closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Poe.
Poe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kulli.
Kulli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Poe misses with an elbow over the top.
Poe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kulli can't find room to land a body shot as Poe controls the action.
Kulli has a couple of punches blocked by Poe.
Kulli tries to work over Poe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kulli misses with a punch on the inside.
Poe takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poe.
Poe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulli letting Poe take a breather here.
Poe prevents a body shot from Kulli.
Poe throws an elbow but it misses.
Poe slows down the pace here.
Kulli tries for a takedown but Poe manages to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kulli.
Poe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poe misses with the head strike.
Poe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poe lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kulli misses with a knee strike.
Poe lands an elbow just above Kulli 's eye.
Poe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Poe dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Poe lands with a good body shot.
Kulli keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Poe misses with a head kick.
Kulli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poe has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kulli finds it's way round the side to connect with Poe's head.
Poe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Poe tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kulli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Poe checks a leg kick.
Poe throws a hook but Kulli blocks it.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poe swings for the body but Kulli moves out of range.
Kulli throwing a counter right hand but Poe manages to avoid it.
Poe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kulli was well out of range. Poor timing from Poe.
Kulli goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Poe - just one landing.
Sloppy strikes from Kulli. Those never looked like landing.
Poe delivers a nice body kick.
Kulli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulli pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Kulli clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kulli's elbow.
Poe looking to stall.
Poe trying to stall but Kulli improves his position.
Poe tries to throw a body punch but Kulli avoids it by throwing Poe back against the ropes.
Kulli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Poes head.
Kulli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kulli avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Kulli throws a punch but it's blocked by Poe.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Kulli in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kulli looking to stall.
A short right from Kulli.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Poe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Poe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kulli misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Kulli.
Poe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kulli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circle momentarily. Poe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kulli smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kulli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poe swats away the attempt to clinch by Kulli.
Kulli throws a right and a left that Poe avoids nicely.
Poe connects with a leg kick. Kulli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kulli takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick misses from Kulli.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poe. Kulli does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Kulli misses
and Poe counters with a straight right hand.
Poe takes a swing at Kulli's ribcage but misses.
Kulli throws a lazy right hand but Poe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kulli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kulli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulli throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poe.
Kulli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Poe digs a good body shot into Kulli's ribs.
Kulli scores with a hook to the body. Poe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poe misses with a looping right.
Kulli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Kulli misses.
Poe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Poe avoids the body shot from Kulli.
Kulli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kulli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poe.
Poe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kulli.
Kulli shoots in for a double leg but Poe sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Poe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kulli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kulli slips a straight right by Poe.
Kulli blocks a head kick by Poe.
Poe throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kulli.
Kulli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kulli looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poe digs a good hook to Kulli's body.
Kulli throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poe misses with a two punch combination.
Kulli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cameron Poe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poe misses with a body shot.
Poe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kulli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poe is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kulli with a body shot.
Poe walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kulli.
Kulli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kulli thows a leg kick but Poe checks it
and Poe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kulli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kulli is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Poe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Poe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poe misses with a looping right.
Kulli slips a straight right by Poe.
Poe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kulli.
Kulli lands a head kick!
Poe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kulli.
Kulli is looking to clinch.
Poe let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kulli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Poe throws a leg kick but Kulli checks it.
Kulli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by Poe.
Kulli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kulli drives through and clinches with Poe against the ropes.
Kulli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kulli is keeping busy.
Poe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kulli is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kulli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poe lands an uppercut.
Kulli is trying to pull guard but Poe has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Poe fails to land.
Kulli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poe trying to control the position but instead, Kulli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Poe into the ropes.
Poe swings wildly with an uppercut but Kulli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kulli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kulli tries a body shot but Poe blocks it.
Kulli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poe's elbow.
Poe scores with a shot to the side of Kulli's head.
Poe wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Poe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe looking to slow down the pace here.
Kulli working aggressively here.
Poe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kulli tries a knee to the head but Poe blocks it.
Poe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kulli misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Kulli.
Kulli tries to land a knee to the head but Poe blocks with his arms.
Poe swings wildly with an uppercut but Kulli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kulli tries to work over Poe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Poe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poe swings for the body but Kulli moves out of range.
Kulli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poe looks to score with a jab to the body but Kulli is just out of range.
Kulli fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe scoring well with a low kick there.
Kulli moves out of range of the strikes.
Poe connects with a solid leg kick.
Poe tests Kulli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kulli wants to clinch
and Poe counters with a stiff right hand.
Kulli dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poe misses the shot to the body.
Poe scores with a hook to the body. Kulli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kulli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Poe throws a jab but it's blocked by Kulli.
Kulli quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Poe cracks Kulli with an open hand slap.
Kulli avoids the body shot from Poe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poe scores with a jab. Kulli acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A head kick misses from Kulli.
A jab from Poe does it's job there.
Kulli tries a head kick but it misses.
Kulli misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Poe is looking to clinch.
Kulli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kulli is looking to clinch but Poe is avoiding it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Poe! But no joy.
Poe tries to clinch there but Kulli circles away.
Poe tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick from Poe misses.
Poe loads up on a big right hand but Kulli slips the punch.
Poe misses the shot to the body.
Kalju Kulli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kulli throws the kick towards the body but Poe avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Poe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Poe!
A very excited looking Cameron Poe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.