PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Poblano (ranked 4706 p4p, 3868 weight class) and Kamehameha The King (ranked 447 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Poblano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Poblano
vs
The King

183 cm
18
265
1 - 0 - 0

202 cm
24
274
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Poblano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kamehameha The King !
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The King fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Poblano ducks under a wild hook from The King .
The King ducks under a wild hook from Poblano.
Poblano swings away with a body shot that misses
and The King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Pablo Poblano has been cut.
Poblano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The King moves away.
Poblano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The King takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Poblano tries to close the distance and clinch up but The King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch lands to the side of The King 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Poblano moves in looking to clinch but The King pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from The King . Those never looked like landing.
The King cracks Poblano with a good jab.
Poblano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Poblano drives through and clinches with The King against the cage.
Poblano swings wildly with an uppercut but The King uses good head movement to avoid it.
The King lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Poblano on the inside.
Poblano misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Poblano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King blocks an uppercut.
The King looking for a takedown.
Poblano swings wildly with an uppercut but The King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poblano cracks The King with a nice body shot.
Poblano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poblano tries to throw a body punch but The King avoids it by throwing Poblano back against the cage.
The King drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Poblano gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pablo Poblano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kamehameha The King .
Poblano misses with a punch to the body.
Poblano can't find room to land a body shot as The King controls the action.
The King 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Poblano lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Poblano.
A nice left hand lands by Poblano.
The King looks winded!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The King 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poblano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The King ! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from The King misses the target.
The King avoids the body shot from Poblano.
A swing and a miss from The King .
Poblano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poblano looks to land a right hand but The King moved out of range.
The King throws a hook but Poblano avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poblano misses with a straight left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Poblano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Poblano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Poblano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poblano throws the left hand but The King avoids the punch easily.
Some wild striking there from Poblano.

The King decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Poblano looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The King working Poblano over with strikes.
The King throwing shots but Poblano is blocking nicely.
Poblano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Poblano tries to get out of the position.
The King not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The King really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Poblano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Poblano wants to control but The King is keeping busy.
Poblano regains full guard. Nicely done.
Poblano working a defensive guard here.
Poblano manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The King manages to get himself to full guard.

Poblano trying to control the position from guard on top but The King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poblano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Poblano gets to his feet. The King looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Poblano misses with a lunging right hand
and The King counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The King throws a series of punches but Poblano moves out of range.
The King fails to land with a series of punches.
The King lands a nice shot to the body.
The King lands with a straight right. Poblano didn't see that one coming.
Nice defenses there by The King .
No joy there for The King , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Poblano moves forwards but The King connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poblano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The King shoots for a takedown but Poblano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The King with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Poblano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pablo Poblano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pablo Poblano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The King staying out of range there.
Some wild striking there from Poblano.
The King blocks a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Poblano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Poblano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The King was well out of range. Poor timing from Poblano.
The King scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Poblano stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Poblano wants it to stay on the feet.
Poblano swings widly with a right hand
and The King counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as The King lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poblano doesn't seem phased though.
Poblano tries to clinch up but The King circles away and keeps his distance.
The King throws out a counter right but Poblano avoids it with no problem.
Kamehameha The King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poblano. The King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poblano misses the shot to the body.
The King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Poblano.
A right-left combo lands from The King .
The King is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The King swinging wildly here.
Poblano misses with a hook
letting The King counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The King closes the distance and clinches up with Poblano, looking for a takedown. The King pushes Poblano against the cage but Poblano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Poblano is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from The King .
Kamehameha The King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poblano tries to close the distance and clinch but The King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The King closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A slow jab from Poblano misses its intended target.
The King has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Poblano.
The King 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The King duly obliges.
Poblano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Poblano closes the distance and clinches.
Poblano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The King 's elbow.
The King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poblano has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Poblano tries a body shot but The King blocks it.

The King has Poblano pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. The King pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Poblano tumbling to the mat - The King dives into Poblano's guard.
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!
Poblano has momentary wrist control but The King slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Poblano is on top in guard.

Poblano slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The King keeping moving, preventing Poblano from controlling successfully.
The King wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Poblano manages to pass to side control.
The King won't allow Poblano to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poblano trying to control the pace.
Poblano trying to mount his opponent but The King defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Poblano.
Poblano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Poblano stops The King from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Poblano perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Poblano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Poblano content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The King is trying to stand up here but Poblano is controlling him well.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The King swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Poblano.
The fighters circling - Poblano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poblano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and The King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kamehameha The King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pablo Poblano's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

The King lands a left and a right that sends Poblano crashing to the canvas! The King dives into mount looking to finish!
Poblano avoids a strike by The King and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in The King 's guard! Fantastic escape!
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!
Poblano wants to control from the top but The King keeps moving.
Poblano content to stall in guard here.
Poblano stops The King from standing up.
Poblano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The King keeping moving, preventing Poblano from controlling successfully.
Poblano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The King is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Poblano is controlling him.
The King keeping moving, preventing Poblano from controlling successfully.
The King is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Poblano is controlling him.
Poblano's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Poblano trying to control but The King is working from the bottom.
The King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The King avoids the body shot from Poblano.
The King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Poblano does no damage.
The King throws out a counter right but Poblano avoids it with no problem.
Poblano throws a hook to the side of The King 's head but The King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

The King manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Poblano on his heels. He'll look to pass Poblano's guard now, I'm sure.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Poblano holds on and takes a little breather.
Poblano wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poblano bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The King 's guard.

Poblano wants to control from the top but The King keeps moving.
The King wants to stand and escape but Poblano is having none of it.
Poblano is pushing down on The King 's leg trying to pass to half guard. The King is fighting to maintain full guard but Poblano has managed to sneak the leg through.
Poblano trying to control the action but The King is working from the bottom.
Poblano tries to pass the half guard into mount. The King knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Poblano is controlling the pace.
Kamehameha The King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poblano is keen to just control but The King is a slippery customer.
Poblano thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The King 's head.
The King blocking the ground and pound attempt from Poblano.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Poblano throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pablo Poblano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The King is trying to stand.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kamehameha The King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The King has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Kamehameha The King !
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Kamehameha The King !
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Kamehameha The King !

Kamehameha The King wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Kamehameha The King thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.