PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Poggle (ranked 3411 p4p, 361 weight class) and Leandro Jones (ranked 3551 p4p, 375 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Poggle
vs
Jones

178 cm
32
169 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

183 cm
36
181 lbs
19 - 21 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Timothy Poggle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leandro Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poggle tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Poggle misses with a leg kick.
Jones is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Poggle feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poggle.
Poggle misses with a kick to the body.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones cracks Poggle with an open hand slap.
Poggle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Poggle fakes the leg kick and cracks Jones in the body.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones checks a low kick from Poggle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poggle.
Poggle motions for Jones to come forward. Poggle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Poggle lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poggle lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice head kick!
Poggle throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Poggle moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poggle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Poggle.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Poggle counters with a left to the body.
Jones has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poggle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Poggle tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poggle works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poggle tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poggle struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones tries to circle away but Poggle has him pinned against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Poggle.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poggle presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poggle gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poggle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
and Poggle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Timothy Poggle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Poggle keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Poggle misses the target.
Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poggle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jones throws a series of punches but Poggle moves out of range.
Poggle appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Poggle thumps Jones with a low kick.
Leandro Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poggle throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it.
Poggle cracks Jones with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Poggle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Poggle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Poggle has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Poggle there as he acknowledges the shot.
Poggle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poggle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Poggle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones.
Poggle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Poggle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Poggle thumps Jones with a low kick.
Jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Poggle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Poggle lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Poggle's head but Poggle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Poggle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Poggle tries a head kick but it misses.
Poggle slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Jones takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Poggle, right into the meat.
Poggle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Poggle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Poggle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Poggle.
Poggle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jones takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Poggle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Poggle slips under a jab from Jones.
Poggle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Poggle jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Poggle tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Jones misses with a looping left.
Poggle is looking to land body kicks.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Poggle counters with a right hand to the body.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
A counter left hand to the body from Poggle misses its target.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
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!
Jones tries a body shot but Poggle blocks it.
Poggle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones prevents a body shot from Poggle.
Jones tries to break free but Poggle pushes him back against the cage.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poggle has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Poggle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Poggle tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Poggle back against the cage.
Poggle slowing the pace effectively.
Poggle misses with a body punch.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Jones.

Jones moves into range and clinches up with Poggle.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Poggle tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Poggle back against the cage.

Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones moves out of range as Poggle throws a body kick.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poggle cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Poggle's head but Poggle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poggle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones throws out a counter right but Poggle avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poggle lands with a shot to the body.
Timothy Poggle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poggle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Poggle counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poggle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poggle connects with a body shot that sends Jones's belly button to the back.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Poggle.
Poggle scores with a leg kick.
Poggle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Poggle looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Poggle.
A shot to the liver by Poggle. Beautiful body shot.
Timothy Poggle is winning the standup battle so far.
Poggle swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Poggle is out of range.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poggle.
Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poggle looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Poggle throws a leg kick but Jones moved away.
Poggle works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Poggle is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good leg kick by Poggle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Poggle had a free shot at his head there.
Jones throws a right and a left that Poggle avoids nicely.
Poggle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Poggle scoring well with a low kick there.
Poggle digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook but Poggle avoids it easily.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Poggle fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jones just manages to avoid it.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Poggle defends it nicely.
Timothy Poggle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Poggle lands with a good body shot.
Jones has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Poggle.
Leandro Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poggle lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Poggle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poggle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Poggle lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poggle. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones is looking to chop away at Poggle's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Poggle dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Poggle.
Jones throws the left hand but Poggle avoids the punch easily.
Poggle misses with a few strikes there.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones wants to slow Poggle down by chopping away at his legs.
Poggle scores with a leg kick.
You can see that Jones has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Poggle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jones throws out a counter right but Poggle avoids it with no problem.
Poggle feints and then cracks Jones's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jones down.
Poggle slips under a jab from Jones.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Poggle's head backwards.
Donk. Jones catches Poggle right on the button with a cross.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Poggle scores with a body shot.
Poggle throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Poggle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poggle throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
Poggle throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Poggle connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Poggle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Poggle misses with a low kick as Jones jumps back.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Poggle moves out of range easily.
Jones tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Poggle saw that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Poggle, right into the meat.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Poggle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Poggle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Poggle swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Poggle chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poggle connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jones cracks Poggle with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Poggle is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
Jones wants to clinch but Poggle slips to the side
and Poggle counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body kick from Poggle.
Jones throws a series of punches but Poggle avoids them all with ease.
Jones throws a head kick but Poggle moves out of range.
Poggle lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Poggle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Poggle.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Poggle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Poggle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poggle pushes Jones away with a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch there but Poggle circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Poggle.
Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Poggle, which made it look bad.
Poggle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jones takes a step back to recover.
Poggle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Poggle lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jones takes a step back to recover.
Poggle slips a straight right by Jones.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poggle.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Poggle throws a leg kick but Jones checks it.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poggle moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a hook to the body
and Poggle counters with a straight right hand.
Leandro Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Poggle thinks about countering with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Poggle.
Jones misses with a hook. Poggle ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones with a poor takedown
and Poggle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Timothy Poggle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leandro Jones.
Poggle connects with an inside leg kick.
Poggle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Poggle misses with a wild body shot.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Jones blocks the low kick.
Jones throws an off balance right hand
and Poggle counters with a nice leg kick.
Poggle is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
Jones throws a series of punches but Poggle avoids them all with ease.
A chopping leg kick lands by Poggle.
Poggle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poggle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timothy Poggle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Poggle 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Poggle!