PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Better Dead (ranked 2880 p4p, 306 weight class) and Timothy Poggle (ranked 2354 p4p, 258 weight class). Dead comes into the arena with Death March - Motionless in White blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dead
vs
Poggle

183 cm
38
168 lbs
31 - 38 - 0

178 cm
37
169 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Better Dead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Timothy Poggle!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poggle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Poggle cracks Dead with a good jab.
Better Dead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Dead.
Poggle is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dead with a body shot.
Poggle scores with a body shot.
Poggle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dead has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Poggle finds it's way round the side to connect with Dead's head.
Dead doesn't manage to clinch there - Poggle circles away.

Dead closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poggle blocks an elbow strike from Dead.
Poggle is looking to control Dead's arms but Dead gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poggle has his back to the cage.

Poggle breaks the clinch.
Poggle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dead throws a head kick that misses.
Dead lands a jab to the nose.

Dead has Poggle up against the cage in a clinch.
Poggle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Poggle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dead's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dead pushes Poggle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dead tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poggle's elbow.
Poggle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Dead.

Poggle manages to break the clinch.
Poggle 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.
Dead tries to clinch up
and Poggle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dead blocks the body kick.

Dead moves into the clinch.
Poggle lands a shoulder strike.
Dead is trying to push Poggle away but Poggle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Dead.
A short right from Poggle on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poggle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poggle throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dead backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poggle throws an elbow but misses.
Poggle takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dead letting Poggle take a breather here.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poggle tries a body shot but Dead blocks it.
Poggle stalling against the cage.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dead working aggressively here.
Poggle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dead's defenses.
Dead tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poggle avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poggle lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dead trying to stall but Poggle improves his position.
Poggle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dead throws an elbow that misses.
Poggle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Poggle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Poggle.
Poggle lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee calls for Poggle to work.
Dead misses with a knee to the head.
Dead pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dead throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dead fails to land.
Poggle throws an elbow but it misses.
Poggle lands a body punch.

Poggle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poggle lands with a shot to the body.
Dead tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Poggle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dead is breathing heavily.
Dead stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poggle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dead lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poggle makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Poggle keeps control of Dead as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poggle lands a nice shot to the body.
Dead lands with a light punch inside.
Poggle is working Dead over against the cage.
Poggle stalling against the cage.
Poggle tries to throw a body punch but Dead avoids it by throwing Poggle back against the cage.
Poggle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Deads head.
Dead misses with the head strike.
Dead tries to stall but Poggle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dead being controlled against the cage.
Dead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poggle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dead blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poggle lands an elbow just above Dead 's eye.
Dead avoids the elbow strike from Poggle, against the cage.
Poggle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dead being controlled against the cage.
Poggle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timothy Poggle dominated that 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.

Poggle slips a jab from Dead.
Dead throws a sloppy head kick and Poggle moves out of range easily.
Poggle throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dead.

Poggle lands a big head kick that sends Dead tumbling to the mat! Poggle takes a step backwards and waves Dead back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Dead is rocked!
Poggle cracks Dead with a left hook right on the temple and Dead goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Poggle lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Dead is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Timothy Poggle!
Better Dead spoke after the fight, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.