PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danger David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duncan has chosen Moonlit Masquerade as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

David
vs
Duncan

190 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

:: Happy Pills ::

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danger David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Duncan!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duncan fails with a takedown attempt.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts David as he jumps to the side.

David drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
David landing strikes.
Duncan avoids any damage from the ground and pound of David.
Duncan is trying to improve his position.
Duncan prevents David from moving into mount.
David postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duncan tries to buck David off but David is having none of it.

David decides to stand back up. David steps back and let's Duncan get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

David gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David tries a knee to the head but Duncan blocks it.

Duncan is fighting off a takedown attempt but David is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Duncan to the mat. Duncan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
David working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duncan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Duncan working for a triangle but David defends it easily.

Duncan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
David will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
David sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Duncan's guard.

Duncan looking for submissions off his back.
Duncan wants to control but David is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Duncan.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Duncan manages to escape and get back to his feet!

David rushes Duncan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duncan is defending well for now.

David lands a takedown into guard.

Duncan working for submissions but it's allowed David to get to half guard.
Duncan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. David is working away from the top position though.
Duncan punching from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

David wants to work for an arm triangle but Duncan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Duncan looking for subs from the bottom but David mounts him!
David throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

David wants to finish this one by submission but Duncan is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from David.
David is breathing heavily.
Duncan tries to hold on but David pushes him away.
David throwing strikes here but Duncan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by David there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Duncan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan is bucking up trying to escape but David cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duncan is desperately trying to improve his position but David has a good base and remains in mount.
Duncan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Duncan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Duncan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Duncan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
David throwing shots but Duncan is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danger David dominated that round.
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.

David pushes Duncan up against the cage in a clinch.
Duncan avoiding damage as David throws knees to the body.

Duncan wants the takedown. David is fighting it off but Duncan persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in David's guard against the cage.
Duncan won't allow David to get back to his feet.
Duncan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Duncan throws a strike but David rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
David throwing strikes from guard but Duncan blocks nicely.

Duncan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Duncan looking for a guillotine here but David defends easily.
David has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Duncan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because David has passed into half guard!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duncan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Danger David overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duncan wants to improve his position but David is controlling well.
David throwing shots but Duncan is blocking nicely.
David not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Duncan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from David.

Duncan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
David throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan moves into full guard.

Duncan looking for a guillotine here but David defends easily.
Duncan is breathing heavily.

Duncan has an active guard here but David has managed to pass into half guard.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duncan's head.

Duncan is defending against the submission attempts here by David.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duncan's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David works his way into side control.
The strikes coming from David are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Duncan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Duncan looking for submissions off his back.
Duncan is looking for a sweep. David is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duncan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
David postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Duncan working for a triangle but David defends it easily.
David throwing strikes from guard but Duncan blocks nicely.

Duncan working for a triangle but David defends it easily.
Duncan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Duncan isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. David stacks Duncan on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by David!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Duncan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

David swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duncan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? David is fending him off so far but Duncan persists. Nope, David circles away and we're back to standing.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as David sprawls well. David wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Duncan gets slowly back to his feet.
Danger David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says David as he avoids it easily.
Danger David has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Duncan.
David misses with a series of wild punches.
Duncan dives in and grabs David's left leg, looking for a takedown. David pushes down on Duncan's head and hops out.
Duncan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

David scores with a takedown into Duncan's guard.

Duncan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. David doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. David manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David tries to stand but Duncan is controlling from the bottom.

Duncan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. David gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
David throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Duncan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duncan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duncan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
David throws a big elbow that misses.

Duncan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because David has passed into half guard!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

David stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

David closes the distance and clinches.

David has picked Duncan up - he's going for a ride! David dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
David sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duncan defending well though.
Duncan trying to hold on to David's head to control him but David postures up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duncan blocking the ground and pound attempt from David.
David thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duncan's head.
David prevents Duncan from improving his position.
David wants to pass the guard but Duncan is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan trying to control from the bottom.
Duncan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Duncan actively working from the bottom here.

David is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Duncan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Duncan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of David's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take David's back!

Duncan looking for the choke from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan is trying to stick to David's back but David is turning into Duncan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Duncan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by David.

Duncan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Duncan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
David postures up in Duncan's guard and throws a big left but Duncan blocks it.
Duncan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duncan working a defensive guard here.
David missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
David postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
David trying to stand up but can't free himself from Duncan's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danger David showed his dominance in that final round.
Well David has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danger David!