PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jones Zica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zdravko Dukic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zica comes to the cage accompanied by Master of Puppets by Metallica. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Zica
vs
Dukic

180 cm
30
162 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
165 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jones Zica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zdravko Dukic!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zica wants to clinch.
Dukic staying out of range there.
Dukic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Zica ducks under a wild hook from Dukic.
Zica displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dukic throws out the jab.
Dukic misses with a looping left.
Zica looks to score with a jab to the body but Dukic is just out of range.
Dukic misses with a body shot.
Zica lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dukic's sensitive parts.
Zica dips to his left and cracks Dukic with an uppercut!
Zica connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dukic. Dukic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dukic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dukic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zica takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dukic misses with a hook.
Dukic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dukic thows a body kick. Zica tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zica looks to score with a jab to the body but Dukic is just out of range.
Dukic is looking to score with low kicks.
No joy there for Zica, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dukic wants to land a leg kick but Zica is out of range.
Zica moves out of range as Dukic strikes.
Zica on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Jones Zica has been cut.
Dukic connects with a right hand. Zica shakes it off.
Dukic throws a chopping leg kick but Zica manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zica keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dukic.
Zica misses the jab.
Zica throws a jab when Dukic was well out of range.
Zica lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dukic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zica throws out the jab.
Dukic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zica was well out of range. Poor timing from Dukic.
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!
Zica throws a nice looking combination but Dukic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zica slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dukic scores with a head kick.
Zica lands a two punch combo.
Dukic scores with a jab.
Dukic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dukic misses with a low kick as Zica jumps back.
Zica doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dukic, right into the meat.
Dukic misses with a body kick.
Dukic lands a two punch combo.
Dukic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dukic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dukic misses with a straight right.
Zica throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukic lands a nice shot that snaps Zica's head back.

Jones Zica's cut is getting worse.
Dukic jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zica scores with a three punch combo!
Dukic misses with a hook.
Dukic throws a jab but it's blocked by Zica.
Zica misses with a straight right.
Dukic connects with a single shot there.
Dukic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zica moves away.
Zica avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zica uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dukic.
Zica catches Dukic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zica looks to land a left hand but Dukic moved out of range nicely.
Zica throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukic scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Dukic.
Zica avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zica throws a lazy right hand but Dukic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zica.
Dukic misses with a wild body shot.
Zica ducks under a wild hook from Dukic.
Dukic looks to score with a jab to the body but Zica is just out of range.
Dukic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zica.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Zica does it's job there.
Zica rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dukic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zica tries to clinch there but Dukic circles away.
Dukic is looking to slow Zica down with leg kicks.
Zica throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dukic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dukic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zica throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes from Zica. Those never looked like landing.
Dukic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zica misses with a hook. Dukic ducked under it nicely.
Dukic is looking to slow Zica down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdravko Dukic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jones Zica's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dukic connects with an inside leg kick.
Zica walks into a left hand.
Zica scores with a one two! Dukic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dukic throws a leg kick but Zica sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zica lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dukic throws a lazy right hand but Zica sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dukic misses with a hook.
Dukic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dukic throws a lazy right hand but Zica sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zica dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dukic. That did some damage!
Dukic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zica. Zica obviously looking to wear him down.
Zica swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dukic.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dukic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dukic avoids a kick to the body.
Jab by Zica.
Zica misses with an uppercut. Dukic saw that one coming.
Dukic throws a hook but Zica avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zica throws a looping overhand right but Dukic ducks down to avoid it.
Zica jabs Dukic right on the nose. Dukic blinks but takes it well.
Zica uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dukic.
Zica tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dukic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dukic misses with a body kick.
Dukic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zica's sensitive parts.
Zica catches Dukic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dukic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zica moves away.
Dukic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zica takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Zica blocks a jab.
Dukic misses with a looping right.
Zica throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dukic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dukic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zica.
Dukic throws a leg kick which misses Zica's front leg but catches the back leg as Zica tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zica steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dukic.
Dukic scores with a sloppy right hand. Zica should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dukic ducks under a wild hook from Zica.
Zica is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dukic moves away from the strike by Zica.
Dukic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dukic 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.
Dukic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dukic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zica's calf.
Zdravko Dukic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zica. Dukic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dukic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zica is out of range and Dukic settles back down.
Dukic throws a shot from downtown. Zica moves away and avoids it.
Zica takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dukic misses with a wild combination.
Zica scores with the left hand. Dukic knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic scoring well with a low kick there.
Zica lands with an uppercut that bounces Dukic off the cage and back into range.
Zica throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukic scores with a punch to the head.
Dukic wants to slow Zica down by chopping away at his legs.
Dukic misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zica.
Dukic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zica moves away.
Dukic throws a hook but Zica avoids it easily.
Dukic pushes Zica away with a front kick.
Dukic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Zica misses.
Dukic misses with a low kick as Zica jumps back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dukic.
Dukic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zica dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dukic. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dukic takes one on the button.
A combination from Dukic does no damage.
Dukic scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Zica misses.
Dukic looks to land a right hand but Zica moved out of range.
Zica just misses with a punch to the body.
Dukic is looking to chop away at Zica's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dukic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zica has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zica and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dukic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zica.
Zica uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dukic.
Zica avoids the body shot from Dukic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zica defending well as Dukic loads up on a big left hand.
Zica lands a head shot.
Dukic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dukic wants to slow Zica down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zdravko Dukic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jones Zica's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dukic lunges at Zica with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zica's hand.
Zica feints and then cracks Dukic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dukic down.
Dukic throws a hook but Zica blocks it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Zica might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Dukic throws out a loose jab but Zica uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dukic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zica moves away.
Dukic throws a solid leg kick but Zica takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dukic.

Zica gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Dukic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zica throws a body punch but Dukic moves out of range.
Dukic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukic connects with the punch.
Dukic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dukic staying out of range there.
Dukic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zica sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zica looks to land a left hand but Dukic moved out of range nicely.
Dukic misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zica.
The fighters circling - Zica throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dukic is looking to land body kicks.
Zica misses the shot to the body.
Dukic throws a hook but Zica blocks it.
Dukic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dukic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dukic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dukic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Zica misses the target.
Dukic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zica moves away.
Dukic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zica throws out the jab.
Dukic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zica keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dukic.
Zica tries to clinch up.
Dukic drops his hands momentarily and Zica takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dukic tries to work over Zica's front leg with a kick but Zica checks it.
Dukic takes a swing at Zica's ribcage but misses.
Zica uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dukic.
Dukic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zica throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zica checks a leg kick nicely.
Dukic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zica.
Zica misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Dukic misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Zica misses its intended target.
Zica misses with a hook. Dukic ducked under it nicely.
Zica moves away from the strike by Dukic.
Zica takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dukic throws a leg kick but Zica moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dukic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zica.
Zica uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dukic.
Zica tries to clinch up but Dukic circles away and keeps his distance.
Zica tries a head kick but it misses.
Dukic throws a jab but it's blocked by Zica.
Jones Zica has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dukic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zica was well out of range. Poor timing from Dukic.
Zica uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dukic.
Dukic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zica.
Zica moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zica blocks a leg kick.
Jab from Dukic.
Dukic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zica.
Dukic digs a good hook to Zica's body.
Zica throws a lazy uppercut
and Dukic makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zdravko Dukic is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zica tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dukic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dukic throws a low kick, looking for Zica's leg but Zica calmly moves out of range.
Dukic slips a jab from Zica.
Zica throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dukic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zica swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dukic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zica momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zica misses with a shot to the body
and Dukic counters with a straight right hand.
Zica throws a low kick, looking for Dukic's leg but Dukic calmly moves out of range.
Dukic tries to land a front kick but Zica steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dukic misses with a kick to the body.
Zica tries to clinch but Dukic is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A clash of legs there as Dukic blocks the low kick.
Zica is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dukic.
Zica lands a nice shot that snaps Dukic's head back.
Zica misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zdravko Dukic.
I've got Dukic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zdravko Dukic!