PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tyyp
vs
Poulter

190 cm
31
185 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

189 cm
41
171 lbs
42 - 23 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mingi Tyyp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 23 - 2, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp connects with a solid leg kick.
Tyyp throws a hook to the side of Poulter's head but Poulter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poulter let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tyyp seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A solid body kick from Poulter.
Poulter tries to bum rush Tyyp with a series of wild strikes but Tyyp uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyyp lands a head kick. Poulter smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tyyp tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poulter swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Poulter clinches with his opponent.
Tyyp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyyp lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tyyp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Tyyp.
Knees to the body from Tyyp.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyyp managing to block the knees to the body from Poulter.
Tyyp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poulter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyyp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tries to work over Poulter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poulter has Tyyp pushed against the cage.
Poulter is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyyp gets an underhook and turns Poulter into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyyp lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poulter backwards.
A hook to the body from Tyyp.
Tyyp putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poulter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tyyp throws a head punch that misses.
Poulter avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Tyyp working Poulter over with knees to the body.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poulter avoids it.
Tyyp utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poulter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poulter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tries a body shot but Poulter blocks it.
Tyyp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poulter tries to land knees in the clinch but Tyyp avoids the damage to the body.
Poulter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyyp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poulter prevents a body shot from Tyyp.
Poulter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyyp tries a body shot but Poulter blocks it.
Poulter scores with a shot to the side of Tyyp's head.
Poulter prevents a body shot from Tyyp.
Tyyp with a knee to the head.
Tyyp swings wildly with an uppercut but Poulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poulter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poulter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tyyps head.
Tyyp lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tyyp avoiding damage.
Still in the clinch, Tyyp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poulter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Poulter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A shot in the inside from Tyyp.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tyyp tries a knee to the head but Poulter blocks it.
Tyyp working aggressively here.
Tyyp using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poulter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poulter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tyyp trying to land knees to the body.
Poulter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyyp struggles to land a body shot inside as Poulter controls his hands.
Tyyp missing with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Tyyp.
Poulter looking to throw knees to the head but Tyyp is blocking nicely.
Tyyp is trying to maintain a safe position but Poulter gets an underhook and turns Tyyp into the cage.
Tyyp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp looking to throw knees to the head but Poulter is blocking nicely.
Poulter avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
A short right from Poulter on the inside.
Tyyp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tyyp tries to land knees in the clinch but Poulter avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poulter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tyyp blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice body punch from Tyyp - that landed with a thud.
Tyyp can't find room to land a body shot as Poulter controls the action.
Poulter tries to land knees in the clinch but Tyyp avoids the damage to the body.
Tyyp misses with a knee to the head.
Poulter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyyp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poulter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tyyp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyyp tries a body shot but Poulter blocks it.
Poulter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyyp.
Tyyp misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poulter.
Tyyp swings wildly with an uppercut but Poulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyyp trying to land knees to the body.
Poulter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tyyp wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tyyp scores with a jab to the body.
Tyyp lands with a slapping head kick.
Mingi Tyyp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tyyp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyyp tries to clinch up but Poulter circles away and keeps his distance.

Poulter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poulter scores a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Poulter.
Poulter misses with a knee to the head.
Tyyp lands a knee to the head.
Poulter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyyp up against the cage.
Tyyp pushes Poulter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poulter avoids it.
Tyyp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Poulters head.
Poulter looking to throw knees to the head but Tyyp is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tyyp up against the cage.
Poulter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tyyp pushes Poulter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyyp avoids it.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the head but Poulter blocks with his arms.
Tyyp scores with a shoulder strike.
Poulter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poulter avoids it.
Tyyp scores with a shot to the side of Poulter's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poulter.
Tyyp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tyyp trying to control the position but instead, Poulter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tyyp into the cage.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tyyp fails to land.
Tyyp throws a head punch that misses.
Tyyp scores with a shot to the side of Poulter's head.
Poulter avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Poulter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tyyp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyyp blocking some punches.
Poulter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Poulter lands with a short shot to the head.
Tyyp lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Poulter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyyp tries a body shot but Poulter blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tyyp misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the head but Poulter blocks with his arms.
Tyyp is trying to maintain a safe position but Poulter gets an underhook and turns Tyyp into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.
A short left from Poulter.
A short body shot lands from Tyyp as the two fighters clinch.
Poulter misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Poulter.
Tyyp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tyyp crunches a lovely knee into Poulter's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Tyyp.
Poulter landing knees to the head.
Poulter landing knees to the body.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mingi Tyyp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Poulter misses with a knee strike.
Poulter lands an uppercut.
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!
Tyyp misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp managing to block the knees to the body from Poulter.
Tyyp lands a body shot.
Tyyp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Poulter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.
Tyyp misses with a punch to the body.
Tyyp stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tyyp misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tyyp creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Poulter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Poulter taking a breather.
Tyyp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poulter avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tyyp.
Poulter blocks an elbow strike from Tyyp.
Tyyp using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mingi Tyyp dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tyyp swings for the body but Poulter moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Poulter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Poulter moves into the clinch successfully.
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Poulter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tyyp using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tyyp tries a knee to the head but Poulter blocks it.
Tyyp misses with a knee strike.
Poulter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Poulter trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Tyyp.
Tyyp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyyp misses with some punches.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the head but Tyyp blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.
Tyyp tries to throw a body punch but Poulter avoids it by throwing Tyyp back against the cage.
Poulter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tyyp is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyyp lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Poulter or not.
Poulter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyyp.
Come on Tyyp - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.
Tyyp misses with a punch on the inside.
Poulter looking to slow down the pace here.
Poulter managing to block the knees to the body from Tyyp.
Tyyp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyyp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyyp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poulter leaning against his opponent.
Tyyp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tyyp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyyp avoids it.
Tyyp can't find room to land a body shot as Poulter controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tyyp blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Tyyp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poulter avoiding damage as Tyyp throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tyyp obliges.
Tyyp working aggressively here.
Poulter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tyyp creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tyyp lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poulter stalling in the clinch.
Poulter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Poulter.
Tyyp lands a knee to the body.
Tyyp misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Tyyp fails to land.
Tyyp looking to throw knees to the head but Poulter is blocking nicely.
Poulter misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poulter.
Tyyp lands a hook that snaps the head of Poulter backwards.
Tyyp is looking to control Poulter's arms but Poulter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tyyp has his back to the cage.
Poulter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tyyp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poulter can do to turn this around?
Tyyp being controlled against the cage.
Tyyp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tyyp throws an elbow but misses.
Poulter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tyyp is keeping busy.
Tyyp swings wildly with an uppercut but Poulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp looking to throw knees to the head but Poulter is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp looking to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tyyp as Poulter tries to tie him up.
Poulter lands an uppercut.
Tyyp tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poulter's elbow.
Tyyp misses with a knee strike.
Tyyp blocks a body shot from Poulter.
Poulter using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyyp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyyp lands a knee to the head.
Tyyp lands with a short shot to the head.
Poulter landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyyp with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poulter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mingi Tyyp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyyp misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mingi Tyyp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tyyp has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mingi Tyyp!