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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Olof Bonde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and EA Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bonde might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hayden James - Embrace. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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181 lbs
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179 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olof Bonde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, EA Poe!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Poe. That snapped Bonde's head back.
Poe tries a head kick but it misses.
Bonde throws a solid leg kick but Poe takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bonde.
Poe tries to clinch but Bonde moves out of range.
Poe missing with a left hand there. Bonde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bonde moves out of range as Poe strikes.
Poe misses with a series of wild punches.
Poe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bonde walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Poe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bonde showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poe.
As Poe tries to get set, Bonde tries to push him back and clinch up but Poe manages to avoid the attempt.
Poe throws a series of punches but Bonde moves out of range.
Poe misses with a straight right.
Bonde finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Poe raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Poe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Poe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Poe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Bonde misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonde throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe can't break the clinch.
Bonde blocks a body shot from Poe.
Bonde jumps guard.
Poe wants to stand but Bonde has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Poe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bonde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Poe tries to stand but Bonde is controlling from the bottom.
Bonde utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Poe trying to control the position from guard on top but Bonde is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Poe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Poe engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bonde wants to sweep here but Poe controlling him for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Poe's coach down at Ironfist MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Poe's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Poe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bonde tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Poe is able to avoid easily.
Poe's corner calls for a 1-2. Poe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Poe throws a shot to the body.
Olof Bonde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bonde fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poe throws a counter combo.
The fighters circling - Poe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bonde is looking to counter the offense by Poe and move into the clinch.
Poe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bondes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Poe throws an overhand right that lands on Bonde's shoulder, as Bonde tries to avoid the shot.
Bonde tries to clinch up.
Poe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bonde blocks a jab.
Bonde moves into the clinch.
Poe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bonde or not.
Poe looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bonde throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poe lands a body punch.
Bonde takes an elbow to the temple.
Bonde jumps guard but Poe turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bonde misses with an elbow over the top.
Bonde managing to block the knees to the body from Poe.
Poe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Poe blocks an elbow strike.
Bonde drops down looking for an ankle pick but Poe pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bonde motions for Poe to come forward. Bonde throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Poe gets tackled into the cage by Bonde. Bonde maintains the clinch.
Poe lands a nice uppercut.
Poe tries to work over Bonde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bonde.
Bonde tries to pull guard but Poe won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olof Bonde. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poe wants to break free but Bonde has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe avoids a wild elbow strike from Bonde.
Poe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bonde is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
I was talking to Bonde's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Poe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poe drops Bonde with a beautiful combination! Bonde stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Poe is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonde steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poe.
Bonde tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Poe is able to avoid easily.
Bonde misses with a low kick.
Bonde tries to clinch up but Poe circles away and keeps his distance.
Bonde closes the distance and clinches.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonde.
Bonde throws an elbow that misses.
Poe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bonde backwards.
Poe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poe throws a series of punches but Bonde moves out of range.
Poe 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.
Poe throws a right and a left that Bonde avoids nicely.
Bonde tries to counter by clinching up but Poe breaks away and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
EA Poe dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Poe keeps the fight on the outside.
Poe throws a head kick that misses.
Poe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poe missing with a left hand there. Bonde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bonde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poe.
Poe swinging wildly here.
Bonde on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Poe misses with a head kick.
Bonde tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Poe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bonde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poe.
Poe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Poe keeps the fight on the outside.
Bonde throws a leg kick but Poe moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonde wants to clinch.
Bonde is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Poe throws a shot from downtown. Bonde moves away and avoids it.
Poe uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Poe misses.
Bonde tried to counter with a leg kick but Poe avoided it.
Poe misses with a hook. Bonde ducked under it nicely.
Bonde is looking to slow Poe down with leg kicks.
Poe checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Poe throws a series of punches but Bonde avoids them all with ease.
Poe throws a series of punches but Bonde moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Poe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Poe does no damage.
Poe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bonde slips a jab and a cross from Poe.
Bonde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poe.
Bonde throws a leg kick but Poe moved away.
Bonde tries to score with a low kick but Poe moves his leg out of the way.
Poe misses with a hook. Bonde ducked under it nicely.
Poe throws an overhand right that lands on Bonde's shoulder, as Bonde tries to avoid the shot.
Poe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonde tried to counter with a leg kick but Poe avoided it.
Bonde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Poe misses with a double jab.
Poe is breathing heavily.
Poe misses with a low kick as Bonde jumps back.
EA Poe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bonde is looking to clinch.
Bonde tries to clinch there but Poe circles away.
Bonde misses with a low kick as Poe jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poe misses with the combination.
Bonde uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poe.
Poe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bonde throws a leg kick which misses Poe's front leg but catches the back leg as Poe tries to avoid it.
Bonde attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bonde tries a low kick but Poe avoids it.
EA Poe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bonde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bonde tried to score with a low kick but Poe checks it.
Poe misses with a wild combination.
Poe is looking to clinch but Bonde is avoiding it.
Bonde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Poe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Poe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Poe swats away the attempt to clinch by Bonde.
Poe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bonde tries to land a leg kick but Poe saw it coming and moves away.
Poe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bonde fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poe wants to counter with a clinch but Bonde pushes him away.
Poe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bonde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Poe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe stalks Bonde and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bonde's face. Bonde staggers backwards, shaken.
Poe throws a head kick but Bonde moves out of range.
Bonde tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Poe is able to avoid easily.
Bonde clinches.
Poe lands a hook that snaps the head of Bonde backwards.
Poe tries to work over Bonde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bonde successfully pulls guard.
Poe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Poe wants to control from the top but Bonde keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bonde is on top in guard.
Bonde throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bonde missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poe keeping moving, preventing Bonde from controlling successfully.
Bonde postures up in Poe's guard and throws a big left but Poe blocks it.
Bonde stops Poe from standing up.
Bonde advances position into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonde creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Poe sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bonde lands some shots froms side control.
Bonde scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Poe to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
EA Poe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Poe shoots in for a takedown but Bonde shows good takedown defense.
A lazy left from Poe finds it's target.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bonde paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bonde slips a jab and a cross from Poe.
A punch combination from Poe misses.
Sloppy strikes from Poe. Those never looked like landing.
Bonde misses with a leg kick.
Bonde 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.
Bonde is looking to chop away at Poe's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Poe misses the target.
As Poe tries to get set, Bonde tries to push him back and clinch up but Poe manages to avoid the attempt.
Bonde walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Poe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Poe checks a leg kick.
Poe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bonde avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bonde throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonde lands a nice elbow.
Poe throws an elbow that misses.
Poe cracks Bonde with a nice body shot.
Bonde is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Poe to keep the fight standing.
A shot in the inside from Poe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe blocks an elbow strike from Bonde.
Bonde looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bondes head.
Bonde pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bonde 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.
Poe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bonde 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 Poe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Poe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Poe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bonde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Poe looks to land a body kick but Bonde moved away.
Bonde tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Poe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bonde 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.
Bonde looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Poe tries to close the distance and clinch but Bonde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poe scores with a punch to the head.
Bonde throws a leg kick but Poe checks it.
Poe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Poe is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonde is looking to chop away at Poe's legs.
Poe checks a leg kick.
Bonde tries to clinch but Poe moves out of range.
Poe digs a good body shot into Bonde's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poe misses with a body shot.
Bonde thumps Poe with a low kick.
Bonde throws a leg kick but Poe moved away.
Poe checks a low kick from Bonde.
Bonde moves out of range as Poe strikes.
Bonde is looking to slow Poe down with leg kicks.
Bonde finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bonde throws a low kick but Poe avoids it.
Poe misses with a straight left.
Bonde throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Poe moves out of range of the leg kick from Bonde.
Poe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Poe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bonde not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Poe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bonde works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bonde is on top in guard.
Poe is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Bonde dives into side control.
Poe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Poe is looking to reverse the position.
Olof Bonde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bonde working the ground and pound.
Poe taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bonde happy to just control the position for now.
Poe striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bonde wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Bonde.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Bonde seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Poe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bonde moves into full guard.
Bonde looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
EA Poe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bonde controls Poe momentarily but Poe frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
EA Poe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Poe winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... EA Poe!
Our winner, EA Poe, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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