PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Weathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Duck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Weathers
vs
Duck

190 cm
22
221 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carl Weathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Howard Duck!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weathers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Weathers lands a body shot.
Duck misses with a straight left.
Weathers throws a sloppy body shot
and Duck finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Weathers takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duck moves out of range as Weathers strikes.
Duck throws a lazy right hand but Weathers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Weathers throws a lazy uppercut
and Duck counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Duck misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Weathers throws a series of punches but Duck moves out of range.
Duck looks to land a right hand but Weathers moved out of range.
A shot to the body from Duck misses
and Weathers counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Weathers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duck rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Weathers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duck thuds a left hand into Weathers's body.
Duck scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Carl Weathers has been cut.
Weathers tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Duck is able to avoid easily.
Duck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Weathers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carl Weathers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duck takes a swing at Weathers's ribcage but misses.
Duck is looking to clinch but Weathers is avoiding it.
Weathers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duck takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Weathers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Weathers is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weathers throws the left hand but Duck avoids the punch easily.
Weathers takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Weathers slips under a jab.
Duck with a hook.
Duck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duck will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duck fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck scores with a jab.
That kick from Duck tenderised Weathers's leg. Weathers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duck tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weathers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duck.
A nice combination there by Duck.
Duck tries to clinch up.
Weathers moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duck connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Weathers's hands.
Weathers staying out of range there.
Duck stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Weathers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Weathers.
Duck scores with a shot to the body.
Duck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duck works Weathers's body with a nice hook.

Duck shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Duck.
Duck working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Weathers is staying active underneath Duck, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Duck not doing much here.
Duck throwing shots but Weathers is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Duck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Weathers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Duck slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Duck misses with a series of wild punches.
Duck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duck cracks the inside of Weathers's front leg.
Duck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Duck finds it's target.
Duck tries to close the distance and clinch but Weathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Duck.
Weathers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Weathers.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duck. Weathers does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Weathers misses
and Duck counters with a two punch combo.
Duck has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Weathers throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Duck to counter with a crisp jab.
Weathers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duck connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Duck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weathers.
Duck swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Weathers to counter with a crisp jab.
Duck looks to score with a jab to the body but Weathers is just out of range.
Duck scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duck gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duck throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Duck working the ground and pound but Weathers is defending the strikes.

Duck is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Weathers has escaped the position, nice work there.
Weathers stops Duck from passing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duck misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Duck is chipping away with strikes.
Duck tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weathers avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Duck.
Duck advances nicely into full mount.
Weathers on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Weathers tries to get out of the position.
Duck raining down hammerfists from mount.
Duck scoring with strikes but Weathers is staying in there.
Duck looking to finish with strikes here!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poor strikes thrown by Duck there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Weathers avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duck.
Duck lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duck breaks from Weathers's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Duck scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Weathers?
Duck has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Duck looking to control but Weathers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Duck looking to finish Weathers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Weathers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Weathers tries to reverse the position but Duck maintains control.
Weathers knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duck on the ground.
Duck unloads with some shots from mount but Weathers bucks and avoids them well.
Duck thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duck controlling his opponent.
Duck breaks from Weathers's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Duck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carl Weathers's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Weathers slips a jab from Duck.
Weathers thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard Duck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Weathers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Weathers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Duck counters with an inside leg kick.
Duck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weathers was well out of range. Poor timing from Duck.
Duck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duck swinging wildly here.
Weathers throws an off balance right hand
enabling Duck to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duck slips a straight right by Weathers.
Duck misses with a jab to the body
and Weathers counters with a nice uppercut.
Weathers swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Weathers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duck.
Jab, jab by Duck - just one landing.
Duck scores with a punch to the head.
Weathers throws an off balance right hand
and Duck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duck shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Weathers misses with a hook.
Duck misses with a lunging right hand
and Weathers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Weathers swings for the body but Duck moves out of range.
A low kick from Weathers is predictable there
and Duck counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Weathers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Weathers misses the target.
Duck connects with a crisp jab.

Weathers is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Weathers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duck counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duck throws a shot from downtown. Weathers moves away and avoids it.
Duck misses with a double jab.
Duck misses with a few strikes there.
Weathers swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Duck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Duck lands a nice hook to Weathers's body. Weathers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Weathers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck misses with a right hand
enabling Weathers to counter with a crisp jab.
Duck throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Weathers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Weathers avoids the body shot from Duck.
Duck lands a two punch combo.
Weathers finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Duck's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Weathers falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Howard Duck!