PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Baduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes to the cage accompanied by Posse!. Baduk is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Leontiev Valera - Sokrovische Chernogo Morya. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duke
vs
Baduk

188 cm
22
235 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

196 cm
23
271 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Baduk!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke is looking to clinch.
Duke connects with a high kick.
Baduk cracks Duke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Duke moves out of range as Baduk strikes.
Duke shoots in for a takedown but Baduk shows good takedown defense.
Baduk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duke counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Baduk is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Baduk misses with a body shot.
Duke dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baduk. That did some damage!
Harrison Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but Baduk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baduk throws a head kick that misses

and Duke counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Baduk!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Duke there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baduk is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Duke unloading with bombs!
Duke throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Baduk because Duke loaded up on that one.
Duke looking to finish with strikes here!
Duke unloads with some shots from mount but Baduk bucks and avoids them well.
Baduk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Duke dominating with strikes here.
Baduk is squirming around, avoiding Duke's attempts to control the action.
Duke thowing shots but they're missing.
Baduk avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baduk wants to try and get back to his feet.
Duke thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Baduk blocking the ground and pound.
Duke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Sergei Baduk has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duke thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Baduk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Duke throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Duke working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That has opened up Sergei Baduk's cut even more.
Duke with shots to the head and body - Baduk looks very uncomfortable down there.
Duke misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke throwing strikes but Baduk bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Baduk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duke.
Duke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duke postures up in Baduk's guard and throws a big left but Baduk blocks it.
Duke 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.
Baduk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duke working some strikes from top position.

The cut above Sergei Baduk's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Duke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duke throwing strikes from guard but Baduk blocks nicely.
Duke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Duke landing some decent shots from guard.

Sergei Baduk's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sergei Baduk's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Harrison Duke!