PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kamakiri Yoritomo (ranked 7490 p4p, 583 weight class) and Hoki Poki (ranked 25420 p4p, 656 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yoritomo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Praying Mantis - Praying Mantis. Hoki Poki acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Yoritomo
vs
Poki

181 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Sinners Fight Wear
ZZ POPS

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kamakiri Yoritomo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hoki Poki!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Poki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Hoki Poki has been cut.
Yoritomo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poki's coach down at Island Safe Space was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Poki's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Poki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yoritomo finds it's way round the side to connect with Poki's head.
Yoritomo moves away from the strike by Poki.
Yoritomo is looking to counter the offense by Poki and move into the clinch.
Poki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Yoritomo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poki, pushing him back against the cage.
Yoritomo letting Poki take a breather here.
Yoritomo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yoritomo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yoritomo swings wildly with an uppercut but Poki uses good head movement to avoid it.

Yoritomo breaks the clinch.
Poki misses with a straight left.
Yoritomo tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Poki manages to circle out of the way.
Yoritomo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Poki is out of range.
Poki throws out a counter right but Yoritomo avoids it with no problem.
Yoritomo looks to land a right hand but Poki moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poki misses with a body shot.
Poki slips a straight right by Yoritomo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Poki! But no joy.
Poki lands with an overhand left.
Poki just misses with a punch to the body.
Poki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yoritomo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yoritomo looks to clinch
and Poki counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poki. Yoritomo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yoritomo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yoritomo misses with a body shot.

Yoritomo drives through and clinches with Poki against the cage.
Yoritomo lands a right hand.
Poki blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poki can't break the clinch.
Yoritomo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poki.

Poki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoritomo punishes Poki's body with a nice straight punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yoritomo, as that shot connected.
Poki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Poki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yoritomo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Poki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Poki misses with a combination
and Yoritomo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yoritomo tries to clinch but Poki is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yoritomo is looking to clinch.
Yoritomo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Poki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yoritomo.
Yoritomo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yoritomo connects with a solid leg kick.
Poki throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Yoritomo to counter with a crisp jab.
Poki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Yoritomo clinches up with Poki and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Yoritomo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yoritomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yoritomo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yoritomo misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poki blocks an uppercut.

Poki breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yoritomo throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Poki misses.
Yoritomo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Yoritomo takes the fight into the clinch.
Yoritomo lands a left hand.
Poki tries to circle away but Yoritomo has him pinned against the cage.
Yoritomo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yoritomo misses with some punches.
Poki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yoritomo swings wildly with an uppercut but Poki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamakiri Yoritomo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoki Poki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Poki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yoritomo.
It seemed like Poki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Poki throws an overhand right that lands on Yoritomo's shoulder, as Yoritomo tries to avoid the shot.
Yoritomo is looking to clinch but Poki is avoiding it.
Yoritomo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Poki doesn't seem bothered though.
Poki misses with a hook.
Poki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yoritomo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Poki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yoritomo clobbers Poki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Yoritomo has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoritomo tries to throw a body punch but Poki avoids it by throwing Yoritomo back against the cage.
Yoritomo misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Yoritomo.
Poki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Yoritomo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoritomo misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Yoritomo.
Yoritomo stalling against the cage.
Yoritomo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poki can do to turn this around?
Yoritomo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoritomo looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yoritomo.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Poki in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Yoritomo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yoritomo can't find room to land a body shot as Poki controls the action.
Yoritomo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yoritomo misses with the head strike.
Yoritomo misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poki blocks an uppercut.
Poki controlling the action here for a moment.
Yoritomo lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Yoritomo.
Poki can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Poki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yoritomo throws a punch but it's blocked by Poki.
Poki is trying to force a seperation but Yoritomo has the dominant position.
Yoritomo struggles to land a body shot inside as Poki controls his hands.
Yoritomo swings wildly with an uppercut but Poki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poki blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo tries to throw a body punch but Poki avoids it by throwing Yoritomo back against the cage.
Poki looking to stall.
Yoritomo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poki blocks an uppercut.
Poki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yoritomo backwards.
Poki blocks a punch to the side of the head.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Yoritomo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice jab there from Yoritomo.
Poki misses with a hook.
Yoritomo scores with the left hand. Poki knows he should have avoided that one.
Yoritomo ducks under a wild hook from Poki.
A little feinted left hand from Yoritomo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yoritomo cracks Poki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yoritomo misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoritomo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poki circles away quickly and effectively.
Yoritomo throws a shot from downtown. Poki moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Poki misses the target.
Poki connects with a right hand. Yoritomo shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Yoritomo moves into the clinch successfully.
Yoritomo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yoritomo lands a body punch.
Yoritomo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yoritomo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Poki backwards.
Yoritomo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yoritomo throws a head punch that misses.
Yoritomo slows down the pace here.
Yoritomo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poki's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamakiri Yoritomo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hoki Poki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Yoritomo throws a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yoritomo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoritomo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yoritomo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoritomo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yoritomo misses with some punches.
Poki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoritomo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Poki backwards.
Yoritomo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yoritomo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Hoki Poki's cut even more.
Yoritomo has a couple of punches blocked by Poki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Yoritomo.
Poki prevents a body shot from Yoritomo.
A bit of stalling here from Yoritomo.
Poki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Yoritomo.
Yoritomo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pokis head.
Yoritomo gets through Poki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yoritomo pushes Poki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Poki is rocked!

Yoritomo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poki is still on wobbly legs! Can Yoritomo finish him?
Poki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Yoritomo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Poki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yoritomo counters with a huge left! Poki is in big trouble! He's backing up but Yoritomo isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Poki from any more damage. A dominating finish by Yoritomo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kamakiri Yoritomo!
A relieved looking Kamakiri Yoritomo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.