PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howard Duck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajay Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Duck
vs
Bruno

188 cm
19
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
222 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Howard Duck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ajay Bruno!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duck bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bruno's head.
Some wild striking there from Bruno.
Duck thows a body shot but no joy.
Duck lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Duck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bruno fails to land with a series of punches.
Duck scores with a sloppy right hand. Bruno should have avoided that one.
Horrible takedown by Duck or perhaps it was just good defense by Bruno which made him look bad.
Bruno misses with a looping left.
Duck lands a nice looking body shot.
Duck stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duck is looking to clinch but Bruno is avoiding it.
Bruno scores with a sloppy right hand. Duck should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duck. Bruno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duck digs a good body shot into Bruno's ribs.
Bruno slips a jab from Duck.
Duck throws the left hand but Bruno avoids the punch easily.
A left lands for Duck.

Duck has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bruno takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck throws an elbow but it misses.
Bruno wants to get back to striking at distance but Duck won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bruno takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ajay Bruno has been cut.
Bruno tries to circle away but Duck has him pinned against the cage.
Bruno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duck throws an elbow but it misses.
Bruno has had enough of the clinch but Duck keeps him there for the moment.
Duck pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bruno's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bruno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duck throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bruno avoids the elbow strike from Duck, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Bruno is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duck lands an elbow just above Bruno 's eye.
Duck misses with an elbow over the top.
Bruno wants to break free but Duck has control.
Duck throws an elbow that misses.
Duck misses with an elbow over the top.
Bruno wants to break free but Duck has control.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Bruno working hard to break the clinch.
Bruno working hard to break the clinch.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bruno takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Ajay Bruno's cut even more.
Bruno avoids the elbow strike from Duck, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Duck throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Duck throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.
Duck is stalling here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.
Bruno blocks an elbow strike from Duck.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Ajay Bruno's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bruno wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Bruno dodges an elbow strike from Duck.
Duck lands an elbow just above Bruno 's eye.
Bruno wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Bruno is trying to break the clinch but Duck is controlling him.
Duck throws an elbow but it misses.
Duck trying to stall but Bruno improves his position.
Duck lands a nice elbow.

Ajay Bruno's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Duck prevents Bruno from breaking the clinch.
Bruno is looking to break free of the clinch but Duck has double underhooks.
Duck creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Duck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bruno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bruno blocks an elbow strike from Duck.
Bruno avoids a wild elbow strike from Duck.
Duck misses with an elbow strike.
Duck has Bruno pressed against the cage, preventing Bruno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bruno can't break the clinch.
Bruno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruno takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ajay Bruno's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Howard Duck!