PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anton Poirier (ranked 2771 p4p, 231 weight class) and William Dewey (ranked 3570 p4p, 278 weight class). Poirier's entrance music is The Chariot - . . . and Shot Each Other. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Poirier
vs
Dewey

173 cm
30
146 lbs
10 - 11 - 1

167 cm
32
150 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Poirier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Dewey!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Poirier closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dewey.
A head punch on the inside from Poirier fails to land.
Dewey misses with a punch to the body.
Poirier tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dewey's elbow.
Poirier has a couple of punches blocked by Dewey.
Poirier goes for a takedown attempt but Dewey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dewey throws a body punch but Poirier moves out of range.
Anton Poirier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dewey stalks Poirier and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Poirier's face. Poirier staggers backwards, shaken.
A big left from Dewey misses.
We've been hearing reports that Poirier has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Poirier scores with a jab.
Dewey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poirier throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dewey counters with a stiff right hand.
Poirier throws a lazy right hand but Dewey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Poirier. That snapped Dewey's head back.
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!
Poirier tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dewey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poirier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dewey.
Dewey cracks Poirier with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poirier misses with a wild body shot.
Poirier moves out of range as Dewey strikes.
Poirier misses with a left hand
and Dewey counters with a nice leg kick.
Poirier scores with a shot to the body.
Dewey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dewey scores with a jab to the head.
Dewey misses with an uppercut. Poirier saw that one coming.
Poirier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Poirier uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dewey.
Dewey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Poirier takes the fight into the clinch.
Poirier working aggressively here.
Dewey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Poirier backwards.
Poirier misses with a punch to the body.
Poirier stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dewey misses with some punches.
Poirier has a couple of punches blocked by Dewey.
Poirier wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poirier is struggling to control the position.
Come on Dewey - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hand to the body from Poirier.
Poirier controlling the action here for a moment.

Poirier breaks from the clinch.
Poirier misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poirier thuds a left hand into Dewey's body.
Poirier listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dewey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Poirier attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dewey connects with a solid leg kick.
Dewey digs a good hook to Poirier's body.
Poirier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poirier misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dewey is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Poirier throws a leg kick which misses Dewey's front leg but catches the back leg as Dewey tries to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dewey, as that shot connected.
Poirier moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Poirier tries a head kick but it misses.
Dewey feints a counter leg kick.
Poirier moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poirier with a nice cross.
Dewey throws a low kick but Poirier avoids it.
Dewey takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Poirier checks a low kick from Dewey.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poirier uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dewey has time to react.
Dewey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poirier moves out of range of the body kick from Dewey.
Poirier turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Poirier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dewey appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Poirier throws an overhand right that lands on Dewey's shoulder, as Dewey tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dewey! But no joy.
Dewey takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Poirier misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Poirier throws a solid leg kick but Dewey takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Poirier.
Poirier has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dewey.
Dewey tries to land a leg kick but Poirier saw it coming and moves away.
Dewey just misses with a punch to the body.
Dewey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poirier sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dewey throws a sloppy head kick and Poirier moves out of range easily.
Poirier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Poirier dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Poirier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dewey keeps the fight on the outside.
Dewey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dewey throws a leg kick which misses Poirier's front leg but catches the back leg as Poirier tries to avoid it.

Dewey closes the distance and pushes Poirier back into the cage.
Poirier blocks an uppercut.
Dewey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poirier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dewey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poirier blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poirier scores with a hook to the body.

Poirier manages to break the clinch.
Poirier tries to bum rush Dewey with a series of wild strikes but Dewey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Dewey. Those never looked like landing.
Poirier swings for the body but Dewey moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Poirier clinches with his opponent.
Dewey blocks a body shot from Poirier.
Poirier wants a takedown.
Poirier throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Poirier tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dewey tries to throw a body punch but Poirier avoids it by throwing Dewey back against the cage.
Dewey has a couple of punches blocked by Poirier.
Poirier misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Poirier fails to land.
Poirier tries to throw a body punch but Dewey avoids it by throwing Poirier back against the cage.
Poirier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dewey pushes Poirier back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dewey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dewey digs a right hand underneath Poirier's ribcage. Poirier let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Poirier taking a breather.
Dewey misses with the head strike.
Dewey can't find room to land a body shot as Poirier controls the action.
Poirier tries to throw a body punch but Dewey avoids it by throwing Poirier back against the cage.
Poirier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poirier controlling the action here for a moment.
Dewey lands an uppercut.
Poirier tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Poirier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poirier lands a shot to the body.
Anton Poirier has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dewey swings wildly with an uppercut but Poirier uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poirier blocks a body shot from Dewey.
Poirier stalls.
Dewey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poirier drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dewey pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dewey works Poirier's body with a nice hook.
Poirier takes a swing at Dewey's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dewey! But no joy.
Poirier tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dewey jabs at Poirier's body.
Dewey throws a leg kick but Poirier sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Poirier tries to work over Dewey's front leg with a kick but Dewey checks it.
Poirier tests Dewey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Poirier thows a body kick. Dewey tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dewey tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Poirier will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dewey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poirier.
Dewey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poirier.
Poirier checks a leg kick nicely.
Poirier throws an overhand right that lands on Dewey's shoulder, as Dewey tries to avoid the shot.
Dewey raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Anton Poirier is winning the standup battle so far.
Dewey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Poirier.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dewey connects with a high kick.

It looks like Anton Poirier has been cut.
Poirier throws a jab when Dewey was well out of range.
Dewey scores with a sloppy right hand. Poirier should have avoided that one.
Poirier fails with a takedown attempt.
Poirier throws a low kick but Dewey moves out of range easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dewey.
Dewey lands with an uppercut that bounces Poirier off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Dewey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anton Poirier's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Poirier keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dewey.
Dewey lands a leg kick that knocks Poirier off balance momentarily.
Poirier scores with a jab to the head.
Poirier pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dewey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poirier will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dewey scores with a head kick. Poirier tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Poirier throws a hook to the side of Dewey's head but Dewey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Poirier throws a nice inside leg kick.
Poirier tried to score with a low kick but Dewey checks it.
Poirier takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Poirier tries to land a front kick but Dewey steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Poirier connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dewey throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poirier goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dewey throws a head kick but Poirier moves out of range.
Poirier blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dewey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poirier moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Poirier. That snapped Dewey's head back.
Poirier misses with a wild body shot.
Poirier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dewey was well out of range. Poor timing from Poirier.
Dewey shapes to counter with a head kick.
Poirier wants to clinch up but Dewey keeps it at a distance.
Dewey unleashes a big counter combination but Poirier bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Poirier keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dewey checks a leg kick.
William Dewey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dewey blocks the body kick.
A head kick by Poirier misses
and Dewey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dewey lands a jab.
Poirier fails to land with a series of punches.
Poirier scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dewey in his tracks.
Dewey is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dewey scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dewey throws a low kick but Poirier avoids it.
Dewey needs to keep his hands up - Poirier had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dewey. Poirier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poirier throws a combination. Dewey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Dewey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Poirier throws out the jab.
Poirier throws a hook to the side of Dewey's head but Dewey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dewey! But no joy.
Poirier takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Poirier throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poirier needs to keep his hands up - Dewey had a free shot at his head there.
Poirier throws a looping overhand right but Dewey ducks down to avoid it.
Dewey steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Poirier.
Poirier with a nice cross.
A good leg kick by Poirier.
Dewey digs a good hook to Poirier's body.
Poirier misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dewey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dewey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poirier moves away.
Dewey looks to land a combination but Poirier avoids it well.
Dewey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Poirier.
Horrible takedown attempt by Poirier or perhaps it was just good defense by Dewey, which made it look bad.
Poirier cracks Dewey with a good jab.
Poirier looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dewey lands with a straight right. Poirier didn't see that one coming.
Poirier shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dewey counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Poirier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dewey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Poirier. Poirier circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Poirier lands a front kick.
Poirier lands a front kick.

Dewey clinches with his opponent.
Poirier is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Poirier controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poirier swings wildly with an uppercut but Dewey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poirier goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dewey prevents it.
Poirier tries to stall but Dewey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dewey scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dewey tries a body shot but Poirier blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Dewey as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Poirier fails to land.
Poirier content to slow the pace in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Anton Poirier.
I think Poirier has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Poirier!
Our winner, Anton Poirier, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.