PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erik Eriksson (ranked 7588 p4p, 539 weight class) and Roli Poli (ranked 4143 p4p, 382 weight class). Eriksson comes into the arena with The Script - Hall of Fame blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Eriksson
vs
Poli

180 cm
20
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Eriksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roli Poli!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Poli gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Poli lands a nice shot to the body.
Eriksson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Poli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eriksson backwards.
Poli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poli lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poli working aggressively here.
Poli misses with the head strike.
Poli pushes Eriksson back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Eriksson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poli swings wildly with an uppercut but Eriksson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eriksson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poli lands with a right to the head.
Eriksson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Eriksson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poli displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eriksson up against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Eriksson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Eriksson backwards.
Eriksson is trying to break the clinch but Poli has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poli misses with a short punch on the inside.

Eriksson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roli Poli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poli wants to clinch up but Eriksson keeps it at a distance.
Poli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Eriksson connects with a right hand. Poli shakes it off.
Eriksson looks to throw the jab but Poli is out of range.
Eriksson sets himself, and Poli steps forward looking for the clinch! Eriksson avoids it this time.
Eriksson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Poli scores with a jab to the body.
Poli cracks Eriksson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Eriksson throws an off balance right hand
and Poli counters with a stiff right hand.
A left lands for Eriksson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poli bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Eriksson's head backwards.
Poli cracks Eriksson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Eriksson throws a shot from downtown. Poli moves away and avoids it.
Poli swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poli thuds a left hand into Eriksson's body.
Poli scores with a shot to the body.

Poli pushes Eriksson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Poli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eriksson backwards.
Poli lands a shoulder strike.
Poli misses with a punch on the inside.
Eriksson tries a body shot but Poli blocks it.
Poli lands with a left to the head.
Eriksson misses with the head strike.
Eriksson tries to circle away but Poli has him pinned against the ropes.
Poli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poli throws a punch but it's blocked by Eriksson.
Eriksson swings wildly with an uppercut but Poli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eriksson blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Poli fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Eriksson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Poli lands a body shot.
Eriksson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Eriksson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Poli throws a poor cross that misses
and Eriksson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poli scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eriksson in his tracks.
Eriksson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Poli moves out of range as Eriksson strikes.

Poli moves into range and clinches up with Eriksson.
Eriksson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poli lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Eriksson breaks the clinch.
Poli has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Poli lands with a straight right. Eriksson didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Poli cracks Eriksson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Eriksson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Poli finish him?

Eriksson is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poli cracks Eriksson on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Eriksson falls backwards against the ropes. Poli follows up with more strikes that drop Eriksson to his knees. Poli keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Eriksson! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roli Poli!
After winning the bout, Roli Poli thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Erik Eriksson stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better fighter this time. You win lose, and you some some.'.