PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bovo Taskerson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duncan comes into the arena with Come to Daddy blaring out of the sound system. Bovo Taskerson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Duncan
vs
Taskerson

182 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bovo Taskerson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab-cross combination lands for Duncan and sends Taskerson crashing to the mat! Duncan follows him down to the mat - Taskerson regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Duncan postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Taskerson to stand up.
Taskerson throws a sloppy head kick and Duncan moves out of range easily.
Taskerson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adrian Duncan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taskerson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duncan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Taskerson moves into range and clinches up with Duncan.
Duncan wants to get back to striking at distance but Taskerson won't allow it.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Duncan wants to get back to striking at distance but Taskerson won't allow it.
Taskerson misses with an elbow over the top.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taskerson landing knees to the head.
Taskerson throws a punch but it's blocked by Duncan.

Duncan manages to break the clinch.
Taskerson wants to clinch up but Duncan keeps it at a distance.
Duncan connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taskerson tries to clinch up.
Duncan misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taskerson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duncan misses with a jab, cross combination.

Taskerson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Taskerson stalling against the cage.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Duncan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taskerson has Duncan pushed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson is pushing Duncan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taskerson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taskerson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duncan's face.
Taskerson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duncan's face.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Taskerson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duncan up against the cage.
Taskerson continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taskerson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duncan.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
Duncan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taskerson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson landing knees to the head.

Duncan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duncan throws a head kick but Taskerson moves out of range.

Taskerson closes the distance and clinches.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Taskerson lands a knee to the body.
Taskerson stalls.
Duncan wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taskerson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duncan up against the cage.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The is referee keeping an eye on Taskerson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taskerson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson scores with a knee to the head.
Taskerson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Duncan up against the cage.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Taskerson taking a breather.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Knees to the body from Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.

Duncan breaks from the clinch.
Taskerson tries to clinch up.
Taskerson misses the shot to the body.
Duncan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taskerson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taskerson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taskerson wants to clinch.

Taskerson pushes Duncan up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duncan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bovo Taskerson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Taskerson is looking to clinch.
Duncan throws a right hand that Taskerson ducks under and follows up with a left that Taskerson also avoids with ease.

Taskerson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Taskerson scores with a knee to the head.
Taskerson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Duncan is looking to break free of the clinch but Taskerson has double underhooks.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.
Taskerson lands a nice knee to the body.
Bovo Taskerson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson connects with a knee to the head.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taskerson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson lands a knee to the body.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Duncan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taskerson connects with a knee to the head.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duncan.
Duncan tries to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling the position.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Taskerson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duncan's face.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taskerson lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Taskerson.
Taskerson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taskerson slows down the pace here.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Taskerson throws a punch but it's blocked by Duncan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Taskerson effectively controlling the action here.
Nice elbow from Taskerson.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Taskerson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taskerson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taskerson pushes off an throws an elbow but Duncan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Duncan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan wants to get back to striking at distance but Taskerson won't allow it.
Taskerson swings wildly with an uppercut but Duncan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Duncan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taskerson stalls.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.
Duncan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taskerson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Duncan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan letting Taskerson take a breather here.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside that Duncan shrugs off.
Taskerson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duncan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Taskerson lands a nice knee to the body.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Duncan tries to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duncan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taskerson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duncan is looking to break free of the clinch but Taskerson has double underhooks.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee calls for Taskerson to work.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head.
Duncan wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taskerson trying to land knees to the body.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
Duncan wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Taskerson is pushing Duncan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bovo Taskerson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Taskerson moves in looking to clinch but Duncan pushes him off.
Taskerson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duncan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duncan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Taskerson circles away quickly and effectively.
A left and a right from Duncan both land. Nice combination.

Taskerson drives through and clinches with Duncan against the cage.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson with a knee to the head.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taskerson.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taskerson landing knees to the body.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Taskerson, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Duncan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duncan can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taskerson landing knees to the head.
Duncan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Taskerson lands a knee to the body.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duncan tries to break the clinch but Taskerson is controlling the position.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duncan is looking to break free of the clinch but Taskerson has double underhooks.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Taskerson.
Duncan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duncan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duncan wants to get back to striking at distance but Taskerson won't allow it.
Taskerson stalls.
Duncan wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Taskerson.

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.
Taskerson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duncan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Taskerson.
Taskerson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duncan has had enough of the clinch but Taskerson keeps him there for the moment.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Taskerson is stalling here.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Come on Taskerson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Taskerson keeps control of Duncan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Taskerson landing knees to the head.
Taskerson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Taskerson is pushing Duncan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Duncan is looking to break free of the clinch but Taskerson has double underhooks.
Taskerson lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Taskerson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duncan's elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Taskerson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Taskerson.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside.
Duncan is looking to break free of the clinch but Taskerson has double underhooks.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Duncan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
Taskerson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duncan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taskerson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taskerson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duncan blocks it with crossed arms.
Taskerson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Taskerson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Taskerson lands an elbow inside that Duncan shrugs off.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taskerson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Taskerson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan can't break the clinch.
Taskerson lands a damaging elbow.
Duncan wants to break free but Taskerson has control.
Duncan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taskerson lands a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Taskerson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taskerson controlling the action here for a moment.
Duncan is trying to break free.
Duncan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taskerson stalling the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taskerson prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Taskerson scores a nice knee to the body.
Taskerson tries to land a knee to the head but Duncan blocks with his arms.
Duncan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Adrian Duncan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bovo Taskerson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Taskerson has him pressed against the cage.
Duncan misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bovo Taskerson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Taskerson 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bovo Taskerson!