PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kung Po (ranked 1904 p4p, 216 weight class) and Erik Eriksson (ranked 1882 p4p, 214 weight class). Eriksson has chosen The Script - Hall of Fame as his entrance music. Erik Eriksson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Po
vs
Eriksson

185 cm
25
177 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

180 cm
21
182 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
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Sin City Allstars

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kung Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Eriksson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po lands a leg kick that knocks Eriksson off balance momentarily.
Po stuns Eriksson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Eriksson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Eriksson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Po has managed to clinch.
Eriksson has a couple of punches blocked by Po.
Po has Eriksson pressed against the cage, preventing Eriksson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Po pushes off an throws an elbow but Eriksson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Po.
Po misses with some punches.
Po looking to throw knees to the head but Eriksson is blocking nicely.
Eriksson taking a breather.
Po scores with a shot to the side of Eriksson's head.
A bit of stalling here from Eriksson.
Eriksson tries to work over Po's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Po doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eriksson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Po backwards.
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 a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Po.
Eriksson misses with some punches.

Eriksson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Po connects with a right hand. Eriksson shakes it off.
Eriksson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Po works Eriksson's body with a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Po.
Po looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Po digs a good hook to Eriksson's body.
Eriksson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Eriksson throws a hook but Po avoids it easily.
Eriksson lands a jab to Po's midsection.
Eriksson fails to land with a series of punches.
It looked like Po wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Po lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice shot by Eriksson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Eriksson misses with a looping left.
Eriksson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Eriksson throws a lazy right hand but Po sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eriksson misses with a two punch combination.
Po connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Eriksson misses.
Po jabs at Eriksson's body.
Po lands a glancing blow to the side of Eriksson's head.
Eriksson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Po.
Po wants to land a leg kick but Eriksson is out of range.
It seemed like Eriksson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Donk. Po catches Eriksson right on the button with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Po defending well as Eriksson loads up on a big left hand.
Po scores with a nice right hand.
Po lands a head shot.
Po dodges the punch combination from Eriksson.
Po scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Po throws a sloppy head kick and Eriksson moves out of range easily.
Po catches Eriksson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Po.
Eriksson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Po.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eriksson slips under a jab from Po.
The crowd cheers as Eriksson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Po doesn't seem phased though.
Po avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Po misses the target.
Kung Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eriksson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Po lands with an overhand left.
Po uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eriksson.
Po feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Erikssons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Po dips to his left and cracks Eriksson with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Po avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Po finds it's way through Eriksson's defenses.
Eriksson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Po dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Po drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Po digs a good body shot into Eriksson's ribs.
Po lands with a hook. Eriksson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Eriksson walks into a jab.
Eriksson just misses with a punch to the body.
Po moves into range and connects with a jab.

Eriksson is rocked!
Po fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Eriksson to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Eriksson looks to clinch but Po throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Eriksson taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kung Po!
A less than humble Kung Po misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Erik Eriksson spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better fighter this time. You win lose, and you some some.'.