PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wilhelm Strauss (ranked 306 p4p, 49 weight class) and Roli Poli (ranked 38 p4p, 5 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Strauss might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Root Of All Evil. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Strauss
vs
Poli

174 cm
33
170 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

183 cm
27
170 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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PWNAGE

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 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilhelm Strauss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roli Poli!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strauss scores with a jab to the jaw.
Strauss is looking to clinch.
Poli unleashes a big counter combination but Strauss bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Poli throws a shot from downtown. Strauss moves away and avoids it.
Strauss misses with a right hand
and Poli counters with a stiff right hand.
Poli takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Poli slips under a jab from Strauss.
Poli throws a jab but it's blocked by Strauss.
Poli throws a lazy right hand but Strauss sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strauss 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.

Strauss has Poli up against the cage in a clinch.
Strauss misses with a punch on the inside.
Poli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strauss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poli blocks an uppercut.
Poli struggles to land a body shot inside as Strauss controls his hands.
Poli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strauss misses with the head strike.
Strauss lands a body punch in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poli lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poli misses with a punch to the body.
Strauss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strauss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poli pushes Strauss back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strauss swings wildly with an uppercut but Poli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strauss's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Strauss misses with a body punch.
Poli pushes Strauss back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strauss misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Strauss.
Poli is trying to break the clinch but Strauss has him pressed against the cage.
Strauss misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Strauss fails to land.
Strauss misses with a short punch on the inside.
Strauss lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Strauss keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poli's efforts to push away.
Poli blocks a body shot from Strauss.
Poli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Strauss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strauss scores with a shoulder strike.

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!
Poli lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Poli on the inside.
Strauss lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Strauss tries to throw a body punch but Poli avoids it by throwing Strauss back against the cage.
Strauss misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strauss misses with some punches.
Strauss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strauss misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Strauss.
Strauss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poli's elbow.
Strauss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Polis head.
Poli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Poli.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poli.
Strauss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poli lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poli.

Poli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poli defending well as Strauss loads up on a big left hand.
Strauss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strauss tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Poli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Wilhelm Strauss has been cut.
Strauss throws a hook but Poli blocks it.
Strauss misses with a body shot.
Strauss wants to land a leg kick but Poli is out of range.
Poli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strauss manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Strauss there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Poli takes one to the chin there.

Strauss closes the distance and clinches.
Poli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Strauss misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strauss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poli.
Strauss swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Poli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strauss throws a leg kick that is checked
and Poli counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Strauss thinking.
Strauss misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strauss scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poli lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Strauss feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Polis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheers as Strauss lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poli doesn't seem phased though.
Strauss throws an off balance right hand
and Poli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poli ducks under a wild hook from Strauss.
Poli slips a straight right by Strauss.
Strauss misses the shot to the body.
Poli throws out a counter right but Strauss avoids it with no problem.
Strauss dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Poli. That did some damage!
Strauss throws a lazy uppercut
and Strauss takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strauss throws a looping overhand right but Poli ducks down to avoid it.
Poli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Strauss tries to clinch up
and Poli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wilhelm Strauss dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilhelm Strauss's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Strauss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Poli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilhelm Strauss is winning the standup battle so far.
Strauss throws a right hand that Poli ducks under and follows up with a left that Poli also avoids with ease.
Poli throws out a counter right but Strauss avoids it with no problem.
A head kick from Strauss lands but Poli takes it in his stride.
Poli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Strauss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Poli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Strauss holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Poli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Strauss misses its intended target.
Strauss looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Poli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strauss moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strauss swinging wildly here.
Poli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strauss was well out of range. Poor timing from Poli.
Poli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Strauss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strauss ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poli moves away.
Poli throws a hook to the side of Strauss's head but Strauss sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Strauss uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poli.
Strauss takes one to the side of the head.
Poli throws out a loose jab but Strauss uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strauss.
Poli needs to keep his hands up - Strauss had a free shot at his head there.
Strauss just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Poli does no damage.
As Poli tries to get set, Strauss tries to push him back and clinch up but Poli manages to avoid the attempt.
Poli avoids the body shot from Strauss.
Poli only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Poli throws a looping overhand right but Strauss ducks down to avoid it.
Strauss avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strauss is looking to counter the offense by Poli and move into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poli takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Strauss throws a big shot that misses.
Strauss is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poli can do to turn this around?
Strauss fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Poli is out of range.
Poli throws out a counter right but Strauss avoids it with no problem.
Wilhelm Strauss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strauss scores with a jab to the body.
Strauss scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Strauss works Poli's body with a nice hook.
Strauss is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Poli.
Strauss throws a leg kick
enabling Poli to counter with a crisp jab.
Strauss throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Poli counter with a right hand.
Strauss tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poli was well out of range. Poor timing from Strauss.
Strauss lands a jab to the nose.
Poli takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Strauss cracks Poli with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poli checks a low kick from Strauss.

Strauss darts in and clinches Poli up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Strauss.
Strauss lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Poli.
Poli lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Strauss.
Strauss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poli.

Poli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Strauss scores with a jab.

Strauss gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Strauss tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Strauss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poli lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Poli.
Poli misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strauss misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poli blocking some punches.
Poli struggles to land a body shot inside as Strauss controls his hands.
Poli misses with a body punch.
Poli prevents a body shot from Strauss.
A left hand lands to the body for Poli.
Strauss tries to work over Poli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poli swings wildly with an uppercut but Strauss uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strauss working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Strauss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poli backwards.
Strauss blocks an uppercut.

Poli breaks from the clinch.
Poli misses with a straight left.
Poli blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Poli.
Poli throws an off balance right hand
enabling Strauss to counter with a crisp jab.
Poli might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Poli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wilhelm Strauss dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wilhelm Strauss's cut.
That's time! Strauss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Poli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strauss.
Poli throws a right hand that misses
and Strauss counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Strauss wants to clinch but Poli slips to the side
and Poli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strauss misses with a left hand
and Poli counters with a nice uppercut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Poli 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 Strauss has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Strauss and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Strauss lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Strauss looks to throw a body kick
and Poli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Poli connects with a crisp jab.
Strauss throws the left hand but Poli avoids the punch easily.
Strauss misses with a hook.
Strauss with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Strauss. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strauss looks to throw the jab but Poli is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strauss throws a hook but Poli blocks it.
Strauss throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strauss throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Poli counter with a right hand.

Strauss is rocked!

Wilhelm Strauss's cut is getting worse.
Strauss with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Strauss scores with a jab. Poli acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Strauss throws a leg kick that is checked
and Poli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Strauss throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strauss is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Poli.
Strauss looks to throw the jab but Poli is out of range.
Poli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Poli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strauss scores with a jab. Poli acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strauss darts in and clinches Poli up against the cage.
Poli tries a body shot but Strauss blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poli takes a shot to the head.
Strauss has a couple of punches blocked by Poli.
Strauss scores with a shoulder strike.

Poli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strauss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Poli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strauss.
Strauss throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Strauss misses with a wild combination.
Strauss staying out of range there.
Strauss wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strauss throws a lazy uppercut
and Poli counters with a nice uppercut.
Strauss thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Poli was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Strauss moves into the clinch successfully.
Poli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Strauss misses with the head strike.
Strauss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poli works on Strauss's body with a couple of short punches.
Poli lands with a short shot to the head.
Poli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strausss head.

Poli manages to break the clinch.
Strauss shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Strauss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Poli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Poli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strauss wants to clinch up but Poli keeps it at a distance.
Roli Poli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Strauss throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strauss moves in looking to clinch but Poli pushes him off.
Strauss throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Poli throws a lazy uppercut
and Strauss counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Poli thinking.
Strauss throws a solid leg kick but Poli takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Strauss.
Poli looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Strauss rushes Poli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poli lands a shot to the body.

Poli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Strauss connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Poli momentarily.
Poli throws a shot from downtown. Strauss moves away and avoids it.
Poli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strauss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poli.
An attempted straight right counter from Strauss misses the target.

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 Wilhelm Strauss.
Well Strauss 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilhelm Strauss!
Wilhelm Strauss decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.