PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Duke
vs
Cristo

150 cm
18
166 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
18
166 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerry Cristo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duke drives through with a takedown into guard.
Duke is stalling in the full guard.
Duke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cristo's head.
Duke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duke won't allow Cristo to get back to his feet.
Duke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duke slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Duke throwing strikes from guard but Cristo blocks nicely.
Cristo wants to stand and escape but Duke is having none of it.
Duke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Duke connects with a couple of short punches.
Duke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cristo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Duke is controlling him.
Duke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Duke really is a fat lump.
Duke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Duke advances position into side control!
Check out the look on Duke's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cristo pushes Duke away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Duke gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Duke lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Duke is working Cristo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Duke in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke working the body and head with strikes.
Cristo taking a bit of punishment here - Duke scoring with strikes.
Cristo stops Duke from passing to mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cristo takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cristo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Duke landing strikes.
Cristo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cristo is pushing Duke's head away, looking to escape. Duke manages to hold on to the position though.
Cristo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Duke moves into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke cracks Cristo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Duke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Duke scoring with strikes but Cristo is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cristo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Cristo looks gassed!
Cristo takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Duke working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Cristo is rocked!
Duke scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cristo?
Cristo is still in real trouble! Can Duke finish him?
Duke connects with a bit shot that sees Cristo covering up! More strikes from Duke and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Duke is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raoul Duke!