PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryszard Duch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duch comes to the cage accompanied by John Cage's 4'33". Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Duch
vs
Quaid

199 cm
26
191 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

181 cm
22
199 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryszard Duch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Douglas Quaid!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duch gets the takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Duch thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Duch working away.
Duch will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Quaid is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Duch's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Duch! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Quaid has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryszard Duch!
Ryszard Duch was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.