PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reigomed Maratov (ranked 3977 p4p, 2390 weight class) and James Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Maratov
vs
Duke

178 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
158
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reigomed Maratov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Duke!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maratov struggles to land a body shot inside as Duke controls his hands.
Duke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duke misses with a punch to the body.
Maratov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duke blocks a body shot from Maratov.
Duke blocks an uppercut.
Duke lands a body shot in the clinch.
Maratov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maratov or not.
Duke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duke blocking some punches.
Maratov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maratov can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
Duke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Maratov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maratov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maratov.
A short body shot lands from Duke as the two fighters clinch.
Maratov is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Duke.
Maratov working aggressively here.
Maratov has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Maratov misses with some punches.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maratov misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duke.
Duke drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maratov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Duke stalling in the clinch.
Duke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maratov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duke scores with a shoulder strike.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duke lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maratov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duke gets through Maratov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Maratov is rocked!
Duke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maratov backwards.
Oh Maratov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duke presses Maratov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duke pushes Maratov against the cage and as Maratov bounces back, Duke cracks him with a massive overhand right that sends him crashing to the mat! Duke follows up with more strikes but Maratov was out from that first, devastating punch! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Duke!
James Duke tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.