PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rinta Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke has chosen Pillz as his entrance music. Raoul Duke acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pelle
vs
Duke

193 cm
30
276 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

215 cm
25
277 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rinta Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Raoul Duke!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pelle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big right from Pelle misses.
Pelle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duke throws a leg kick which misses Pelle's front leg but catches the back leg as Pelle tries to avoid it.
Rinta Pelle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pelle misses with a few strikes there.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Pelle throws a series of punches but Duke avoids them all with ease.
Duke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pelle's hands.
Pelle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pelle misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pelle. Duke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pelle throws a shot from downtown. Duke moves away and avoids it.
Duke looks for the body kick but Pelle saw that one coming.
Pelle misses with the combination.
Pelle punishes Duke's body with a nice straight punch.
Pelle lands with a hook. Duke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pelle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duke's head.
Duke thuds his shin into the meat of Pelle's side.
Pelle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Duke in his tracks.
Pelle throws a right and a left that Duke avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Pelle.
Pelle scores with a body shot.
Pelle cracks Duke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pelle looks to land a combination but Duke avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Pelle.
Pelle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duke.
Pelle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duke manages to avoid it.
Pelle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duke walks into a left hand.
Pelle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duke cracks Pelle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pelle looks to throw a body kick
and Duke counters with a good low kick that Pelle was not able to check.
Pelle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pelle throws the left hand but Duke avoids the punch easily.
Duke fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pelle is breathing heavily.
Pelle throws a lazy right hand but Duke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Duke rushes Pelle and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A frustrated look appears on Pelle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pelle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Duke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duke lands a body shot.
Duke lands an elbow that stopped Pelle in his tracks for a moment.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Pelle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Duke.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.
Pelle throws a punch but it's blocked by Duke.
Pelle wants to break free but Duke has control.
Duke cracks Pelle with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pelle avoids it.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelle avoids the damage to the body.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pelle's defenses.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters up against the cage, Duke throws an elbow but misses.
Duke lands with a left to the head.
Duke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pelle or not.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pelle's elbow.
Duke pushes Pelle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pelle backwards.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but Pelle blocks with his arms.
Duke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pelle backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Duke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.
Duke lands an elbow inside that Pelle shrugs off.
Duke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duke tries to work over Pelle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pelle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pelle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Duke is keeping busy.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Pelle controls his hands.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Pelle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke cracks Pelle with a nice body shot.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but Pelle blocks with his arms.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Duke scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raoul Duke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Duke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Pelle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pelle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pelle tries to move into range but Duke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duke has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Duke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelle.
Duke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pelle.
Pelle takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duke circles away quickly and effectively.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duke, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Duke rushes Pelle and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Duke lands an elbow just above Pelle 's eye.
Duke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pelle's face.
Duke landing knees to the body.
A short left from Duke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A hook to the body from Duke.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pelle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Pelle takes a shot to the head.
Duke lands an elbow just above Pelle 's eye.
Good body shot from Duke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duke lands a nice elbow.

Pelle is rocked!
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Pelle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pelle backwards.
Pelle throws an elbow but it misses.
Pelle seems to have got his legs back now.
Duke tries to work over Pelle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duke misses with a body punch.
Duke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pelle pushes off an throws an elbow but Duke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Duke.

It looks like Rinta Pelle has been cut.
Duke with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duke lands with a right to the head.
A knee to the head by Duke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Duke.
Duke avoiding damage.
Duke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duke tries to work over Pelle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Pelle is looking to break free of the clinch but Duke has double underhooks.
Duke landing knees to the head.
Duke lands a left hand.
Duke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pelle's face.
Pelle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pelle dodges an elbow strike from Duke.
Pelle tries to circle away but Duke has him pinned against the cage.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but Pelle avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Pelle is trying to stall.
Duke lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duke lands a big knee to the head and Pelle goes down! Duke pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raoul Duke!
Raoul Duke seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.