PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ange Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Poon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jerk It Out-Caesars kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Lonnie Poon will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Fili
vs
Poon

176 cm
27
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ange Fili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lonnie Poon!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fili lands with a hook. Poon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Poon lands with a right hand.
Fili tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Poon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fili but Fili pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Fili pushes Poon up against the cage in a clinch.
Poon is trying to break free.
Poon wants a takedown but no success here.
Fili tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poon avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Poon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fili tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fili gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poon dodges an elbow strike from Fili.
Fili missing with knees to the body.
Poon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fili looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fili holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fili throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili just leaning against Poon, taking a breather.
Fili pushes off an throws an elbow but Poon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fili throws an elbow but it misses.
Poon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fili has him pressed against the cage.
Fili tries to land knees in the clinch but Poon avoids the damage to the body.
Fili stalls.
Poon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fili has him pressed against the cage.
Fili with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Poon dodges an elbow strike from Fili.
Poon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poon can't break the clinch.
Poon can't get the takedown.
Ange Fili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lonnie Poon.
Nice elbow from Fili.
Poon wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fili throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poon tries to break the clinch but Fili is controlling the position.
Fili lands a nice elbow.
Fili stalling in the clinch.
Fili tries a knee to the head but Poon blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fili throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fili creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poon blocks the elbow strike.
Poon avoids a wild elbow strike from Fili.
Fili trying to land knees to the body.
Fili looking to throw knees to the head but Poon is blocking nicely.
Fili lands a nice elbow.
Fili creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fili misses with an elbow over the top.
Fili pushes off an throws an elbow but Poon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fili throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
Poon tries to circle away but Fili has him pinned against the cage.
Fili creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poon blocks an elbow strike from Fili.
Fili displaying some good clinch control by pressing Poon up against the cage.
Fili tries to land a knee to the head but Poon blocks with his arms.
Poon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fili throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fili looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fili lands an elbow inside that Poon shrugs off.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fili throws an elbow but misses.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
Poon working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fili missing with knees to the body.
Poon is trying to force a seperation but Fili has the dominant position.

Poon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Fili. Those never looked like landing.
Ange Fili is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poon scores with a sloppy right hand. Fili should have avoided that one.
Fili scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fili misses with the combination.
Poon sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Poon misses with a straight left.
Poon moves out of range of the leg kick from Fili.
Fili pivots, looking for a leg kick but Poon is out of range and Fili settles back down.
Fili takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Fili moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fili keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Poon's efforts to push away.
Poon has had enough of the clinch but Fili keeps him there for the moment.
Fili misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ange Fili dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fili throws a sloppy head kick and Poon moves out of range easily.
Fili lands a head kick. Poon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Fili is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Poon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fili. Fili obviously looking to wear him down.
Fili throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Poon to counter with a crisp jab.
Fili moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fili with a nice cross.
Fili is looking to chop away at Poon's legs.
Fili tries a head kick but it misses.
Fili swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fili bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fili tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fili misses the body punch
and Poon counters with a nice body shot.
Ange Fili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poon misses with a takedown attempt - Fili sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fili needs to keep his hands up - Poon had a free shot at his head there.
Fili dodges the punch combination from Poon.
Poon circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Poon checks a leg kick.
Fili scores with a leg kick.
Fili tries to close the distance and clinch but Poon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poon blocks a head kick by Fili.
Fili wants to clinch up but Poon keeps it at a distance.
Fili tries to clinch there but Poon circles away.
Fili throws the kick towards the body but Poon avoids it.
Poon misses with a hook to the body
and Fili counters with a big head kick but Poon shrugs it off.
Poon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Poon misses with the combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Poon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Poon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Poon misses the jab.
Poon throws a nice looking combination but Fili bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fili fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Poon.
Poon moves out of range of the body kick.
Fili fakes the leg kick and cracks Poon in the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fili throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Fili throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fili wants to land a leg kick but Poon is out of range.
Poon misses with a wild combination.
Fili avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fili misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poon.
Poon on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fili. Fili obviously looking to wear him down.
Poon tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fili throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fili misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fili bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Poon's head.
Poon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Poon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fili throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Poon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fili on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fili is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Fili moves into range and clinches up with Poon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fili trying to land knees to the body.
Poon managing to block the knees to the body from Fili.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
Fili lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fili scores a nice knee to the body.

Poon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fili slips a jab and a cross from Poon.
Poon works the jab nicely.
Ange Fili is winning the standup battle so far.
Poon tests Fili's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fili scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fili lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fili connects with an inside leg kick.
Fili pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poon back to the cage. Fili follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Poon is rocked!
Fili throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poon is still on wobbly legs! Can Fili finish him?
Fili 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.
Poon seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fili blocks a head kick by Poon.
A head kick misses from Fili.
Fili throws a leg kick which misses Poon's front leg but catches the back leg as Poon tries to avoid it.
Fili throws a lazy uppercut
and Poon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fili takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fili works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Poon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fili lands a high kick!
Fili pushes Poon away with a front kick.
Poon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poon blocks the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fili.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fili tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Poon swats away the attempt to clinch by Fili.
Danga de danga de dang - Poon scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ange Fili dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Poon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fili.
Poon moves out of range of the body kick.
Fili misses with a head kick.
Ange Fili is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poon throws a series of punches but Fili avoids them all with ease.
Fili scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Poon takes one to the side of the head.
Fili lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fili looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fili looks for the body kick but Poon saw that one coming.
Fili takes a swing at Poon's ribcage but misses.

Fili closes the distance and clinches.
Fili tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poon avoids it.
Poon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fili trying to land knees to the body.
Fili throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fili lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poon is trying to break the clinch but Fili is controlling him.
Poon tries to break the clinch but Fili is controlling the position.
Ange Fili has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fili lands an elbow inside.
Fili trying to land knees to the body.
Poon tries to break the clinch but Fili is controlling the position.
Fili throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poon blocks an elbow strike from Fili.
Fili is stalling here.
Fili tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fili lands an elbow just above Poon 's eye.
Fili is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Poon is keeping busy.
Fili pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fili with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Poon breaks from the clinch.
Fili looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fili misses with a low kick as Poon jumps back.
Poon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fili throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Poon.
Poon keeps the fight on the outside.
Poon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fili chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fili's head backwards.
A big left from Fili misses.
Poon avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Poon stuns Fili with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Poon.
Fili will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fili swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fili throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poon throws a body punch but Fili moves out of range.

Poon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Fili did well to prevent Poon getting side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Poon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fili keeps working.
Fili on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fili tries to get out of the position.
Well, if Poon is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lonnie Poon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Poon is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Fili has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fili might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Poon is trying to control. Fili wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Fili looks like he's trying to stand up.
Poon is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poon prevents Fili from standing back up.
Poon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Lonnie Poon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Poon dives in and grabs Fili's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fili pushes down on Poon's head and hops out.
Fili throws a head kick but Poon moves out of range.
Poon is looking to score with low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fili fails to land with a series of punches.
Fili throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fili throws a nice looking combination but Poon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fili tries a head kick but it misses.

Poon cracks Fili with an uppercut from hell and Fili crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Poon's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Ange Fili is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Poon pushes down on Fili's leg and manages to get into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lonnie Poon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fili 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ange Fili!
Ange Fili looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Thanks to my new team at Ancient Alien they were the missing piece. I feel complete...'.