PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russian Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Keep it going louder!. Boy has chosen Миша Маваши - & as his entrance music. 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.

Duke
vs
Boy

188 cm
24
235 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

192 cm
21
245 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian Boy!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke tests Boy's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Russian Boy has been cut.
Duke throws a head kick but Boy moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duke.
Duke throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Duke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but Boy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Duke or perhaps it was just good defense by Boy which made him look bad.
Duke slips under a jab from Boy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duke scoring well with a low kick there.
Boy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duke.
Duke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Boy avoids the head kick by Duke.
Duke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Boy's sensitive parts.
Duke fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harrison Duke. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boy.
Duke misses with a knee to the head.
Boy tries to break free but Duke pushes him back against the cage.

Duke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duke takes one to the chin there.
Duke shoots in for a double leg but Boy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Duke rushes Boy and presses him up against the cage.
Boy dodges an elbow strike from Duke.
Duke lands a right hand.

Boy breaks from the clinch.
Boy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boy throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Boy misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A swing and a miss from Boy.
Russian Boy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boy misses with a lunging right hand
and Duke counters with a good, hard body kick but Boy shrugs it off.
Duke defending well as Boy loads up on a big left hand.
Duke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Boy.
Boy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Duke throws a head kick that misses.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Duke throws a wild body kick that Boy sees coming a mile off.
Duke goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Boy jabs Duke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Duke explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Boy ducks under a wild hook from Duke.
Duke cracks Boy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duke scores with a body shot.
Duke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boy.
Duke misses with a head kick.
Duke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab by Boy.
Boy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boy lands an overhand right.
Duke wants to clinch up but Boy keeps it at a distance.
Duke lands a nice looking body kick.
Boy looks gassed!
Duke misses with a head kick.
Duke tries to clinch but Boy moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boy looks to land a left hand but Duke moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duke, right into the meat.
Duke shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Boy pinned against the cage. Boy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Boy misses with a double jab
and Duke counters with a big head kick but Boy shrugs it off.
Duke is looking to clinch but Boy is avoiding it.
Duke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Duke closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Boy did well to prevent Duke getting side control.
Duke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Boy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Duke lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duke throwing shots but Boy is blocking nicely.
Duke throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Duke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russian Boy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Boy misses with a looping right.
Duke moves away from the strike by Boy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duke.
Duke throws a head kick but Boy moves out of range.
Duke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boy moves out of range of the body kick from Duke.
Boy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duke chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Duke closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Boy quickly recovers to half guard.
Boy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Duke is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duke.
Duke throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Duke thows a huge punch but Boy dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duke winds up and cracks Boy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Boy wants to get back to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Boy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Boy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duke.
Duke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duke wants to pass the guard but Boy is defending well.
Duke working Boy over with strikes.
Boy is trying to stand back up but Duke is controlling him
Ground and pound from Duke.
Duke prevents Boy from standing back up.
Duke sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Boy defending well though.
Duke prevents Boy from improving his position.
Boy is breathing heavily.
Duke trying to mount his opponent but Boy defends it.
Boy is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke throwing shots but Boy is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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.
Duke lands a big elbow - Boy is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Duke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison Duke!
A determined Harrison Duke didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!