PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Justice
vs
Rooney

167 cm
25
152 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

190 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q156 Stam/159 Rec

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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wayne Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rooney looks to score with a jab to the body but Justice is just out of range.
Rooney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Justice swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Justice misses
and Justice takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rooney blocks a jab.
Justice gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rooney drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rooney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rooney throws a looping overhand right but Justice ducks down to avoid it.
Rooney misses the body punch
and Justice counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rooney avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rooney looks to land a right hand but Justice moved out of range.
Justice swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.
Justice tests Rooney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rooney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Rooney tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rooney manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Justice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rooney throws a hook but Justice avoids it easily.
Justice fails with the takedown.
A jab from Justice finds it's way through Rooney's defenses.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wayne Rooney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rooney lands a nice shot to the body.
Rooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rooney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Justice counters with a nice body shot.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice is looking to wear down Rooney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney misses with a hook. Justice ducked under it nicely.
Rooney stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rooney misses with a looping left.
Justice fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rooney avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duke Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice throws a hook but Rooney blocks it.

Rooney gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Justice to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing Justice from controlling successfully.
Justice throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rooney keeping full guard, as Justice tries to pass.
Justice has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Justice with a flurry of punches that miss.
Justice with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing Justice from controlling successfully.
Justice with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Rooney is keeping the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rooney throws a jab when Justice was well out of range.
Rooney stuffs the takedown attempt from Justice. Justice gets slowly back to his feet.
Rooney avoids the body shot from Justice.
Rooney darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Justice avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rooney manages to avoid it.
Justice tests Rooney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rooney misses with a shot to the body
and Justice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Justice staying out of range there.
Justice misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Duke Justice will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Justice getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rooney throws a jab when Justice was well out of range.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rooney manages to avoid it.
Rooney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Justice moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Justice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rooney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Justice.
Justice lands with a straight right. Rooney didn't see that one coming.
Rooney misses with a straight left.
Rooney avoids the body shot from Justice.
A slow jab from Justice misses its intended target.
Justice swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rooney takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rooney.
Justice takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice defenses there by Rooney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
Rooney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Justice sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Justice comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Justice.
Justice swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.
Rooney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rooney was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Rooney moves out of range as Justice strikes.
Rooney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Justice sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rooney walks into a left hand.
Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rooney moves away.
Rooney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Justice misses the target.
Justice looks to throw the jab but Rooney is out of range.
Duke Justice is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney just misses with a punch to the body.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Rooney swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Rooney throws the left hand but Justice avoids the punch easily.
Rooney changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rooney connects with a single shot there.
Justice throws and low kick but Rooney moves out of range easily.
Justice lands a nice shot to the body.
Justice bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rooney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Rooney takes one on the button.
Justice misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Rooney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rooney misses with an uppercut.
Justice throws a body punch but Rooney moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice takes a swing at Rooney's ribcage but misses.
Justice takes a swing at Rooney's ribcage but misses.
Rooney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justice throws out the jab.
Rooney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Rooney saw that one coming.
Justice swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.
Justice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rooney manages to avoid it.
Justice lands with a good body shot.
Rooney misses with a hook.
Rooney missing with a left hand there. Justice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justice swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justice misses with a hook to the body
and Rooney counters with a nice uppercut.
Rooney missing with a left hand there. Justice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justice misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rooney cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rooney misses with a looping left.
A jab from Justice does it's job there.
Justice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rooney.
Justice takes a swing at Rooney's ribcage but misses.
Justice throws a big shot that misses.
Justice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rooney.
Rooney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rooney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Nice straight punches there by Rooney. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rooney.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Duke Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice avoids the body shot from Rooney.
Rooney lands the left hand.
Justice connects with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wayne Rooney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Justice ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Justice lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Rooney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rooney throws a predictable looking body shot
and Justice counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rooney thinking.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rooney was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rooney was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice lands a jab to Rooney's midsection.
Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Rooney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justice gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rooney.
Justice throws a sloppy body shot
and Rooney connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rooney misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Justice counters with a nice body shot.
Justice is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Justice misses with a hook to the body
and Rooney counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Rooney misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rooney on the side of the head.
Rooney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Justice.
Justice looks to score with a jab to the body but Rooney is just out of range.
Justice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Justice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rooney.
Rooney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justice throws out the jab.
Justice staying out of range there.
Justice punishes Rooney's body with a nice straight punch.
Justice takes a swing at Rooney's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Justice.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Rooney looks to land a right hand but Justice moved out of range.
Justice looks to throw the jab but Rooney is out of range.
Rooney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Justice. Justice circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Justice with a hook.
A jab from Rooney misses.
Justice slips under a jab from Rooney.
Rooney throws a shot to the body.
Rooney scores with a body shot.
Rooney takes a swing at Justice's ribcage but misses.
Rooney throws a hook but Justice avoids it easily.
Justice misses with a body shot.
Rooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Justice moves away.
Rooney takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rooney was well out of range. Poor timing from Justice.
Justice misses with an uppercut. Rooney saw that one coming.
Justice lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Justice.
Justice swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rooney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No joy there for Rooney, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Justice tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rooney swivels and escapes.
Rooney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Rooney scores with a four punch combination!
Rooney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Justice misses with a few strikes there.
Justice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Justice tries for a takedown but Rooney sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Justice connects with a jab.
Rooney has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rooney throws a big shot that misses.
Justice slips under a jab from Rooney.
Rooney takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rooney swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Justice misses the jab.
Justice lands with a good body shot.
Justice throws a body punch but Rooney moves out of range.
Rooney slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Rooney misses the target.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Rooney thows a body shot but no joy.
Rooney tries to bum rush Justice with a series of wild strikes but Justice uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rooney swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Justice counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice connects with a single shot there.
Justice ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Justice misses the shot to the body.
Rooney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Duke Justice.
Well Justice has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Duke Justice!