PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rory Duckkyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duckkyson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Eye of the tiger. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Duckkyson
vs
Rua

180 cm
26
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rory Duckkyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duckkyson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duckkyson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua blocks a head kick by Duckkyson.
Duckkyson tries a head kick but it misses.
Duckkyson avoids the head kick by Rua.
Duckkyson swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Rua looks to clinch

and Duckkyson counters with a single leg into guard. Rua didn't expect that.
Duckkyson throwing strikes but missing.

Rua pushes Duckkyson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rua blocks a head kick by Duckkyson.
Rua tries to clinch but Duckkyson is having none of it.
Duckkyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duckkyson throws a head kick that misses

and Rua moves into the clinch.
Duckkyson avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua avoids a wild elbow strike from Duckkyson.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Duckkyson blocks it.
Duckkyson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Rory Duckkyson has been cut.
Duckkyson avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Duckkyson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rua is defending well for now.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Duckkyson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Duckkyson in his tracks for a moment.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duckkyson is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Duckkyson lands a damaging elbow.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Duckkyson's ribcage.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duckkyson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua working Duckkyson over with knees to the body.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua lands an elbow just above Duckkyson 's eye.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua lands an elbow inside.

Rory Duckkyson's cut is getting worse.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duckkyson.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Rua pushes off an throws an elbow but Duckkyson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duckkyson's face.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duckkyson tries to score a body lock takedown but Rua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Duckkyson managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duckkyson blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua lands an elbow just above Duckkyson 's eye.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duckkyson.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duckkyson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Duckkyson is blocking nicely.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duckkyson's brow.
Duckkyson stalling against the cage.
Duckkyson managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Duckkyson avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Duckkyson's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Duckkyson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rua just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duckkyson is defending well for now.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Duckkyson avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Duckkyson avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Duckkyson blocks with his arms.
Duckkyson avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Rua.

Duckkyson breaks from the clinch.
Duckkyson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rory Duckkyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Duckkyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
Duckkyson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Duckkyson avoids the damage to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Duckkyson is blocking nicely.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duckkyson.
Rua avoids a wild elbow strike from Duckkyson.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua prevents Duckkyson from breaking the clinch.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Duckkyson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Duckkyson blocks it.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.

Duckkyson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rua works his way to full guard. Good work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duckkyson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duckkyson throws a big right hand that misses.
Rua bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Duckkyson's guard.

Rua gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rory Duckkyson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Duckkyson throws a head kick but Rua moves out of range.
Duckkyson circles away from the clinch attempt.

Duckkyson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rua looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rua is not content to let Duckkyson control the position.
Rua manages to work his way to half guard, despite Duckkyson's best efforts.
Rua gets back to full guard.

Rua is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Duckkyson shrugs off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duckkyson avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua trying to land knees to the body.

Duckkyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua slips under a jab.
Duckkyson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rua. That's going to slow Duckkyson down.
Rua lands a front kick.
Rua lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rua tries to clinch there but Duckkyson circles away.
Rory Duckkyson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua tries to clinch up but Duckkyson circles away and keeps his distance.

Rua moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Duckkyson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Duckkyson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Duckkyson is blocking nicely.
Duckkyson working hard to break the clinch.
Duckkyson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Duckkyson in his tracks for a moment.
Duckkyson avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Duckkyson avoids the damage to the body.
Duckkyson throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Mauricio Rua seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duckkyson fails to pull guard.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Duckkyson is blocking nicely.
Duckkyson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Duckkyson tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Duckkyson's ribcage.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duckkyson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duckkyson.
Duckkyson misses with some punches.
Duckkyson tries to land a knee to the head but Rua blocks with his arms.
Rua blocks an elbow strike from Duckkyson.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duckkyson avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Duckkyson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duckkyson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duckkyson pulls guard effortlessly.

Rua gets to his feet - Duckkyson follows without any prompting.
Duckkyson dives in and grabs Rua's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rua pushes down on Duckkyson's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rory Duckkyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rua gets a clinch.
Rua lands an elbow just above Duckkyson 's eye.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Duckkyson avoids the damage to the body.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duckkyson is defending well for now.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duckkyson.

Duckkyson has hold of one of Rua's legs. Rua is fighting the takedown attempt but Duckkyson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Rua looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Duckkyson is pushing down on Rua's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rua is fighting to maintain full guard but Duckkyson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rua tries to get to full guard but Duckkyson has control of the leg.
Duckkyson not doing much here.

Rua kicks Duckkyson off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duckkyson throws a leg kick
and Rua counters with a good low kick that Duckkyson was not able to check.
Duckkyson tries to land a body kick

and Rua moves into the clinch.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duckkyson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Duckkyson blocks an elbow strike.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duckkyson blocks it with crossed arms.
Duckkyson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duckkyson is defending well for now.
Duckkyson fails to pull guard.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duckkyson's defenses.
Duckkyson dodges an elbow strike from Rua.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Duckkyson avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Duckkyson blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Rua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rory Duckkyson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Duckkyson misses

and Rua counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rua missing with knees to the body.

Rua is fighting off a takedown attempt but Duckkyson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Rua to the mat. Rua regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duckkyson trying to control the position from guard on top but Rua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rua is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rua escapes and gets back to his feet.

Rua moves into range and clinches up with Duckkyson.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duckkyson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Duckkyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duckkyson throws a lazy head kick
and Rua counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duckkyson.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duckkyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duckkyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua wants to clinch
and Duckkyson counters with a head kick.
Duckkyson throws a sloppy head kick

and Rua counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Duckkyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
Duckkyson tries a knee to the head but Rua blocks it.
Duckkyson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Duckkyson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
Duckkyson is working for takedown but Rua is calmly controlling the position for now.
Duckkyson managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Duckkyson crunches a lovely knee into Rua's ribcage.
Rua misses with an elbow over the top.
Duckkyson looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rory Duckkyson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duckkyson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rory Duckkyson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duckkyson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rua is keeping busy.
Duckkyson tries for a takedown but Rua manages to get underhooks.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Duckkyson shrugs off.
Rua stops a takedown attempt from Duckkyson.
Rua working Duckkyson over with knees to the body.
Duckkyson managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Duckkyson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rua pulls his leg out and moves away.
Duckkyson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rua but Rua pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duckkyson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rua is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rua closes the distance and clinches.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duckkyson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rua.
Rua landing knees to the body.
Duckkyson managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.
Duckkyson misses with a knee to the head.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duckkyson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duckkyson blocks the elbow strike.
Rua stops a takedown attempt from Duckkyson.
A knee to the head by Rua.

Duckkyson manages to break the clinch.
Duckkyson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rua is fending him off so far but Duckkyson persists. Nope, Rua circles away and we're back to standing.
Duckkyson fails with the takedown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
Rua tries to clinch up.

Rua shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rua trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rory Duckkyson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauricio Rua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duckkyson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Rua is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Duckkyson takes a kick to the side of the head.

Rua clinches up with Duckkyson and pushes him back against the cage.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duckkyson is defending well for now.
Rua misses with an elbow over the top.
Duckkyson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Duckkyson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Rua regains half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rua trying to hold on to Duckkyson's head to control him but Duckkyson postures up.

Duckkyson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rua is just riding it out for now. Duckkyson eventually gives up the hold.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Rua comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rua winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Rua!