PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke has chosen Posse! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jeremy Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Duke

200 cm
23
276 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeremy Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duke closes the distance and clinches.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Duke stalling against the cage.
Johnson misses with a knee to the head.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke scores with a shot to the side of Johnson's head.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Duke.
Duke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Duke won't allow it.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Duke scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duke.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Duke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duke darts in and clinches Johnson up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
A left hand lands to the body for Duke.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Johnson's defenses.

It looks like Jeremy Johnson has been cut.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke connects with a knee to the head.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Knees to the body from Duke.
Duke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duke crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Duke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Duke landing knees to the head.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands with a light punch inside.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Duke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Duke.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Duke.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Johnson tries a body shot but Duke blocks it.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Johnson wants a takedown.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Duke.
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duke gets through Johnson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duke digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duke landing knees to the head.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duke connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
A body shot lands from Duke.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duke lands an elbow just above Johnson 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a knee to the head.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Johnson wants to break free but Duke has control.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke lands a knee to the head.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Johnson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Johnson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Duke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Duke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Johnson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duke drives through and clinches with Johnson against the cage.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson jumps guard but Duke stands there with Johnson around his waist. Johnson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke trying to land knees to the body.
Duke crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Duke lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Harrison Duke seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Duke.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Come on Duke - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A hook to the body from Duke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke blocks an uppercut.
Duke lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
The referee calls for Duke to work.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Duke is controlling the position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
Duke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Johnson avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson is trying to maintain a safe position but Duke gets an underhook and turns Johnson into the cage.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Duke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Johnson blocks it with crossed arms.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnson avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Duke. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Duke tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson tries a body shot but Duke blocks it.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
Duke lands a nice elbow.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Duke pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a jab-cross combination.

Duke has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Duke lands with a right to the head.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Duke keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson taking a breather.
Duke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Johnson avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Johnson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Duke gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Johnson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duke lands a good knee to the midsection. Johnson won't want to take too many of those.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Johnson is trying to stall.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Johnson stalling in the clinch but Duke improves position.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duke working Johnson over with knees to the body.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Johnson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Duke won't allow it.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Duke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Johnson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Duke throws a head kick that misses.

Duke has closed the distance and engaged Johnson in a clinch.
Duke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Johnson taking a breather.
Duke crunches a lovely knee into Johnson's ribcage.
Johnson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Johnson tries to break free but Duke pushes him back against the cage.
Duke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Johnson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Duke.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duke lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duke has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Duke prevents the takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Duke.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Johnson avoids the damage to the body.
Duke trying to land knees to the body.
Johnson goes for a takedown attempt but Duke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jeremy Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Duke moves into the clinch.
Duke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Johnson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Johnson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Duke gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke lands a hook that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Duke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Johnson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.

Johnson jumps into guard, dragging Duke to the mat.
Duke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Johnson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Duke works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Duke prevents Johnson from improving his position.
Duke working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to stand.
Duke lands strikes from half guard.
Duke lands strikes from half guard.
Duke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Duke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Duke there.
Duke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Duke trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Duke connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duke lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Duke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Duke winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Duke connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Duke connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
Jeremy Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harrison Duke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Duke seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Johnson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Harrison Duke!