PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chocolate Al (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Poutsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al comes to the cage accompanied by HammerFall - Head Over Heels. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tim Poutsi was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Al
vs
Poutsi

188 cm
25
191 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

183 cm
25
200 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best 160
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chocolate Al!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Poutsi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poutsi throws a hook but Al blocks it.
Poutsi jabs Al right on the nose. Al blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Chocolate Al has been cut.
Al thumps Poutsi with a low kick.

Al drives through and clinches with Poutsi against the cage.
Al tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poutsi avoids it.
Al with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poutsi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Poutsi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Al misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poutsi misses with a punch on the inside.
Poutsi lands a hook that snaps the head of Al backwards.
Poutsi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al's elbow.
Al misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poutsi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Al.
Poutsi is trying to maintain a safe position but Al gets an underhook and turns Poutsi into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Poutsi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Al with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Al digs a right hand underneath Poutsi's ribcage. Poutsi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Al blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poutsi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Al's efforts to push away.
Our sources have told us that Al has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poutsi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Al backwards.
Al swings wildly with an uppercut but Poutsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poutsi avoids it.
Poutsi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Al using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poutsi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Al pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Al misses.
A big left from Poutsi misses.
Poutsi scores with a jab to the body.
Poutsi lands with an uppercut that bounces Al off the cage and back into range.

Al is rocked!
Al uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poutsi.
Oh Al is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
BAM! Poutsi delivers a spinning backfist that drops Al like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Tim Poutsi!
After the fight, Tim Poutsi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.