PBP Commentary

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

Cristo
vs
Duke

225 cm
19
166 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

150 cm
19
166 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerry Cristo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raoul Duke!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duke drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Duke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duke connects with a couple of short punches.
Cristo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Duke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Duke stops Cristo from standing up.
Duke connects with a couple of short punches.
Duke prevents Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Duke landing with the ground and pound.
Duke lands a couple of digs.
Duke landing some decent shots from guard.
Cristo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Duke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duke prevents Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Duke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cristo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Duke is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke stands up over Cristo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Duke stands up over Cristo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Duke prevents Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Duke cracks Cristo with a solid left hand.
Cristo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Duke distracts Cristo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Duke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duke won't allow Cristo to get back to his feet.
Duke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Duke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cristo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cristo wants to stand but Duke is controlling the position.
Duke passes Cristo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Duke slips a nice elbow through Cristo's hands, connecting with Cristo's forehead.
Cristo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duke on the ground.
Duke looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cristo 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.
Duke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Duke is nestled in close to Cristo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Duke drops an elbow to the side of Cristo's head.
Cristo wants to get back to his feet.
Cristo scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Duke manages to mount him!
Duke is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cristo is trying to stand up.
Duke fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cristo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Duke lands a heavy elbow.
Cristo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Duke lands a heavy elbow.
Cristo really wants to buck Duke off and get back to his feet.
Duke scoring with strikes but Cristo is staying in there.
Duke is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cristo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Duke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duke dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke scoring with strikes but Cristo is staying in there.
Duke landing shots from mount.
Cristo tries to buck Duke off but he can't manage it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duke landing punches.
Cristo is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Duke unloading with bombs!
Duke landing punches.
Duke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cristo is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duke is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cristo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Cristo's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raoul Duke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duke fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cristo sprawls well initially but Duke persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Duke lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Duke working Cristo over with strikes.
Cristo pushes Duke off looking to stand but Duke dives back in and keeps control.
Cristo has hold of Duke's hands but Duke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cristo wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duke lands with a punch from half guard.
Duke working the head and body with strikes.
Duke prevents Cristo from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo taking some punishment here, with Duke in his half guard.
Cristo wants to get back to his feet.
Duke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duke working Cristo over with strikes.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
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 looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cristo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Cristo trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Duke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two 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.
Cristo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Raoul Duke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Duke throwing shots but Cristo is blocking nicely.
Duke thows a huge punch but Cristo dodges it nicely.
Cristo avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duke.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Cristo has hold of Duke's hands but Duke slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Duke not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cristo tries to kick Duke off but Duke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duke drops an elbow to the side of Cristo's head.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
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.
Cristo is trying to stand back up but Duke is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cristo is looking to escape.
Cristo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Duke working over Cristo with some ground and pound. Cristo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cristo looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Duke lands a nice short elbow.
Cristo is trying to stand back up but Duke is controlling him
Duke looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cristo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
Duke seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cristo is looking to escape.
Cristo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duke takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duke prevents Cristo from standing back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice strikes from Duke there.
Duke stops Cristo from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raoul Duke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cristo tries for a takedown but Duke circles away easily

and Duke counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cristo!
Duke lands a heavy elbow.
Cristo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Duke dominating with strikes here.
Duke with the ground and pound from mount.
Duke cracks Cristo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cristo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duke has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cristo's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke lands a big elbow.
Cristo really wants to buck Duke off and get back to his feet.
Duke connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cristo wants to get back to his feet.
Duke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cristo really wants to buck Duke off and get back to his feet.
Duke looking to finish Cristo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cristo!
Cristo trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Duke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cristo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Duke.
Cristo trying desperately to get to his feet.
Duke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duke with a couple of short strikes.
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke landing strikes from the mount and Cristo is in trouble!
Duke working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duke cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cristo is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cristo looks a forlorn figure.
Cristo really wants to buck Duke off and get back to his feet.
Duke with the ground and pound from mount.
Duke lands a nice shot to the head.
Duke lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cristo wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Cristo is bucking up trying to escape but Duke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cristo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Duke landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Duke has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cristo's face.
Duke punching from mount but Cristo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Duke connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duke looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
You get the feeling that Cristo really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Duke postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cristo looks a forlorn figure.
Duke thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Duke dominating with strikes here.
Duke looking to finish with strikes here!
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke is landing with some decent strikes but Cristo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jerry Cristo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cristo is trying to stand.
Duke scoring with strikes but Cristo is staying in there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raoul Duke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Duke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raoul Duke!