PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geert Visser (ranked 4284 p4p, 4948 weight class) and Jacob Pokorney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pokorney has chosen Never Gonna Give You Up as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Visser
vs
Pokorney

180 cm
18
177
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
175
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Geert Visser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacob Pokorney!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pokorney misses the shot to the body.
Visser throws a right and a left that Pokorney avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pokorney! But no joy.

Visser shoots in and bounces Pokorney off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Pokorney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Visser postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Pokorney looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pokorney pulls Visser in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pokorney is looking to stand up but Visser isn't so interested in that idea.
Visser in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Visser throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pokorney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Visser postures up.
Visser looking to sit in guard and control but Pokorney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Pokorney has gone for a leg lock! Visser slips out almost immediately though and dives into Pokorney's guard.

Visser looking to sit in guard and control but Pokorney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pokorney controls from within his opponent's guard.

Pokorney is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Visser is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Visser has escaped and now he's on top!

Visser trying to control the position from guard on top but Pokorney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Visser would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Visser controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pokorney keeping full guard, as Visser tries to pass.

Pokorney is looking for a triangle but Visser pushes his legs off easily.
Pokorney controlling the position.
Pokorney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Visser pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pokorney is keeping the position for now.
Pokorney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Visser might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pokorney can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Visser controls the pace.
Pokorney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Visser lands a couple of elbows.
Pokorney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Visser throws an elbow that misses. Pokorney uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Visser's guard. Nice move by Pokorney!

Pokorney sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Visser's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Visser is trying to stand back up but Pokorney is controlling him
Pokorney throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Visser to regain full guard.
Pokorney pushes down on Visser's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jacob Pokorney will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pokorney closes the distance and clinches up with Visser, looking for a takedown. Pokorney pushes Visser against the cage but Visser circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pokorney.
Pokorney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Visser misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pokorney.
Pokorney is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Pokorney lands a nice looking body kick.
Pokorney changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Visser tries to avoid it but Pokorney manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Visser to the ground. Visser escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Geert Visser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Pokorney.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pokorney. Visser does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pokorney has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Visser is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Pokorney tries to sprawl but Visser drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Geert Visser overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Visser is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Visser tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Visser sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pokorney defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Visser missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Visser not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pokorney trying to hold on to Visser's head to control him but Visser postures up.
Pokorney is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Visser seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pokorney does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Visser looks to land a strike but Pokorney avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

Visser stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Pokorney has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Visser manages to get his head free but now Pokorney has transitioned to an armbar! Visser grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Pokorney! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jacob Pokorney!
A very excited looking Jacob Pokorney rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.