PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gilberto Duque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Wolfen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Duque might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem- Lose Yourself. 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.

Duque
vs
Wolfen

183 cm
23
178 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

181 cm
23
178 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gilberto Duque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Wolfen!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolfen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duque. Duque circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duque, right into the meat.
Wolfen looks to land a right hand but Duque moved out of range.
Duque blocks a head kick by Wolfen.
Duque throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wolfen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wolfen throws a sloppy head kick and Duque moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Duque lands a big head kick that sends Wolfen tumbling to the mat! Duque takes a step backwards and waves Wolfen back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wolfen is rocked!
Duque looks to land a right hand but Wolfen moved out of range.
Wolfen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duque. That did some damage!
Wolfen connects with a crisp jab.

Wolfen clinches.

Duque lands a takedown into guard.
Duque trying to control but Wolfen is working from the bottom.
Duque throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wolfen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duque not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Duque thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Wolfen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duque trying to control but Wolfen is working from the bottom.
Duque throws a big right hand that misses.
Wolfen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wolfen keeping moving, preventing Duque from controlling successfully.
Wolfen controls Duque momentarily but Duque frees himself.
Wolfen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Wolfen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Duque is controlling him.

Duque drops back looking for a leg! Wolfen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wolfen manages to kick Duque off! Duque jumps back into Wolfen's guard.
Wolfen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duque trying to control but Wolfen is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duque postures up in Wolfen's guard and throws a big left but Wolfen blocks it.

Wolfen has his foot on Duque's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duque works his way back into a safe position though.
Wolfen keeping moving, preventing Duque from controlling successfully.
Duque in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wolfen trying to strike off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duque accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wolfen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duque.
Wolfen keeping moving, preventing Duque from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wolfen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wolfen looking to ground and pound but Duque is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wolfen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Duque wants to hold on but Wolfen pushes him away.
Wolfen looking to finish Duque with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duque!
Duque can't escape the position.
Wolfen throwing strikes here but Duque is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Duque wants to hold on but Wolfen pushes him away.
Duque is looking to get to half guard.
Wolfen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Duque's face.
Duque avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wolfen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duque blocking the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wolfen with shots to the head and body - Duque looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wolfen raining down shots from the mount!
Duque in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duque is desperately trying to improve his position but Wolfen has a good base and remains in mount.
Wolfen with good strikes from the mount here!
Wolfen with a couple of short strikes.

Duque is rocked!
Duque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duque in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Duque is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee warns Duque that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duque holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Wolfen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Duque 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.
Wolfen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Duque hang on?
Wolfen scoring with strikes but Duque is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Wolfen will probably get the nod.
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.

Wolfen moves into range and clinches up with Duque.
Duque seems to have got his legs back now.
Wolfen is trying to drag Duque to the mat but Duque just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Duque misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duque has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Wolfen after a bit of a struggle.
Duque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duque's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duque lands with a left to the head.

Duque's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Duque rushes Wolfen and presses him up against the cage.
Duque lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duque works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wolfen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Duque.
Duque blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wolfen wants a takedown but no success here.
Duque is leaning against Wolfen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duque is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gilberto Duque. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duque has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Wolfen after a bit of a struggle.
Wolfen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Duque pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short right from Duque.
Wolfen can't get the takedown.
Duque works on Wolfen's body with a couple of short punches.
Duque can't find room to land a body shot as Wolfen controls the action.

Duque lands a takedown into guard.
Duque wants to control from the top but Wolfen keeps moving.
Duque stops Wolfen from standing up.
Duque in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Duque throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wolfen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Wolfen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duque is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wolfen is trying to keep Duque in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duque throws a big elbow that misses.
Wolfen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Duque throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wolfen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Duque is looking to work some ground and pound but Wolfen has wrist control.
Frank Wolfen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wolfen wants to stand up but Duque is controlling him.

Wolfen uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Wolfen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wolfen throws a head punch that misses.
Duque blocks an uppercut.

Duque successfully pulls guard.
Duque is trying to keep Wolfen in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfen throwing strikes but missing.
Wolfen landing some decent shots from guard.

Wolfen gets to his feet. Duque looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gilberto Duque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Duque shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Duque showed some decent athleticism there.

Duque is looking for a kimura here.
Wolfen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wolfen has his feet on Duque's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A low kick from Wolfen is predictable there
and Duque counters with a good low kick that Wolfen was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duque throws a solid leg kick but Wolfen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Duque.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wolfen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Duque - the referee stops the clock and Wolfen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Duque. Wolfen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Duque throws a leg kick which misses Wolfen's front leg but catches the back leg as Wolfen tries to avoid it.
Duque checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duque. That's going to slow Wolfen down.

Duque drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wolfen is breathing heavily.
Wolfen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wolfen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wolfen punching from mount but Duque doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Duque tries to hold on but Wolfen postures up.
Wolfen unloads with some shots from mount but Duque bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gilberto Duque dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Duque finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A lazy left from Wolfen finds it's target.
Gilberto Duque is winning the standup battle so far.

Duque gets a takedown into half guard.
Wolfen tries to kick Duque off but Duque keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duque looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Duque prevents Wolfen from improving his position.
Duque is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Duque throwing shots but Wolfen is blocking nicely.

Wolfen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Duque trying to control from half guard but Wolfen is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duque stops Wolfen from getting back to his feet.
Wolfen trying to control but Duque postures up.
Wolfen moves into full guard.

Duque got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wolfen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Duque has managed to get both his arms back between Wolfen's legs - danger averted.
Wolfen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wolfen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duque wants to control from the top but Wolfen keeps moving.
Duque with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duque throwing strikes but missing.
Duque wants to control from the top but Wolfen keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duque throwing strikes but missing.
Wolfen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Duque controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Duque stopping the sweep attempt from Wolfen.

Duque drops back looking for a leg! Wolfen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wolfen manages to kick Duque off! Duque jumps back into Wolfen's guard.
Duque throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wolfen wants to stand and escape but Duque is having none of it.
Wolfen trying to keep a closed guard but Duque is proving a slippery customer.
Wolfen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Duque!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolfen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duque is looking to escape.
Duque is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wolfen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wolfen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Duque really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wolfen scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolfen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wolfen breaks from Duque's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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!
Wolfen dominating with strikes here.

Duque is rocked!
Wolfen landing strikes from the mount and Duque is in trouble!
Oh Duque is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wolfen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Duque can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wolfen postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Duque in real trouble here! The ref calls for Duque to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Wolfen!
A victorious Frank Wolfen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.