PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Duck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Duck has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Duck
vs
Baker

190 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

201 cm
24
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Duck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jerome Baker!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baker keeps the fight on the outside.
Baker throws a left and a right that both miss

and Duck holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Duck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Baker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck connects with a knee to the head.
Duck throws an elbow but it misses.
Baker avoids a wild elbow strike from Duck.
Baker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baker tries to break the clinch but Duck is controlling the position.
Baker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baker is trying to break the clinch but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Duck tries to land a knee to the head but Baker blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duck lands an elbow that stopped Baker in his tracks for a moment.
Duck lands an elbow just above Baker 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duck obliges.
Duck scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Duck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baker's defenses.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Baker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Baker has had enough of the clinch but Duck keeps him there for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duck landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baker looks gassed!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duck obliges.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Baker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck connects with a nasty looking knee right to Baker's face.
Duck lands an elbow inside.
Duck lands a good knee to the midsection. Baker won't want to take too many of those.
Duck with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duck lands a good knee to the midsection. Baker won't want to take too many of those.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Duck landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duck obliges.
Duck with a knee to the head.
Baker is trying to force a seperation but Duck has the dominant position.
Duck lands a good knee to the midsection. Baker won't want to take too many of those.
Baker is looking to break free of the clinch but Duck has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Duck landing knees to the body.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Duck scores with a knee to the head.
Duck landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.
Duck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Baker tries to stall but Duck uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baker's defenses.
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duck throws an elbow but it misses.
Duck tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baker avoids it.
Baker misses with some punches.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duck lands a nice 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!
Duck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Duck lands an elbow that stopped Baker in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duck obliges.
Baker can't break the clinch.
Duck misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Baker tries to circle away but Duck has him pinned against the cage.
Duck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Duck dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Duck fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Baker, pushing him back against the cage.
Baker is trying to push Duck away but Duck has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mike Duck has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duck utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duck missing with knees to the body.
Duck lands an elbow that stopped Baker in his tracks for a moment.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Baker taking a breather.
Baker blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Duck.
Duck lands an elbow that stopped Baker in his tracks for a moment.
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duck lands an elbow just above Baker 's eye.
Duck with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duck comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duck missing with knees to the body.
Baker misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker throws a punch but it's blocked by Duck.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Duck using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duck tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck lands a good knee to the midsection. Baker won't want to take too many of those.
Duck lands a good knee to the midsection. Baker won't want to take too many of those.
Duck tries a knee to the head but Baker blocks it.
Baker is trying to break free.
Duck using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Baker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Baker managing to block the knees to the body from Duck.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck crunches a lovely knee into Baker's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Baker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck lands a knee to the head.
Baker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Baker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Baker wants to get back to striking at distance but Duck won't allow it.
Duck has Baker pressed against the cage, preventing Baker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Baker.
Duck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baker can do to turn this around?
Baker is trying to break the clinch but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Baker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baker's defenses.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Baker has had enough of the clinch but Duck keeps him there for the moment.
Duck lands a knee to the head.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Duck using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Baker is trying to push Duck away but Duck has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck misses with a knee strike.
Duck scores a nice knee to the body.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Baker tries to break free but Duck pushes him back against the cage.
Baker tries to break the clinch but Duck is controlling the position.
Baker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duck lands an elbow inside.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duck crunches a lovely knee into Baker's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Duck.
A frustrated look appears on Baker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Baker misses with a punch to the body.
Baker tries to break free but Duck pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Baker blocks an elbow strike from Duck.
Duck unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Baker throws a head punch that misses.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Duck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duck lands an elbow inside.
Baker misses with some punches.
Duck keeps control of Baker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Duck dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Duck gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Baker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baker avoids the elbow strike from Duck, against the cage.
Duck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baker's defenses.
Duck crunches a lovely knee into Baker's ribcage.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duck crunches a lovely knee into Baker's ribcage.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck scores with a knee to the head.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Baker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Baker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duck lands a nice knee to the body.
Duck landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duck landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Baker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Duck lands an elbow inside that Baker shrugs off.
Duck lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Baker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duck has him pressed against the cage.
Duck lands a knee to the body.
Duck lands a knee to the head.
Duck with a knee to the head.
Duck using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Baker tries to work over Duck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duck creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Baker's defenses.
Baker tries to break free but Duck pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Duck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Baker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duck has Baker pressed against the cage, preventing Baker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baker misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duck.
Duck working Baker over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker working hard to break the clinch.
Duck misses with a knee to the head.
Duck unloads a knee to the mid-section. Baker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Baker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baker wants to break free but Duck has control.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Baker working hard to break the clinch.
Baker throws a head punch that misses.
Duck putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duck keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baker's efforts to push away.
Duck lands a nice knee to the body.
Duck lands an elbow that stopped Baker in his tracks for a moment.
Duck throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Baker is trying to push Duck away but Duck has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jerome Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baker has had enough of the clinch but Duck keeps him there for the moment.
Baker tries to stall but Duck uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Duck prevents Baker from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duck.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Duck lands a damaging elbow.
Baker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Duck.
Duck lands a nice elbow.
Baker tries to work over Duck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duck looking to throw knees to the head but Baker is blocking nicely.
Duck lands an elbow just above Baker 's eye.
Baker takes an elbow to the temple.
Baker working aggressively here.
Duck gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duck lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duck scores a nice knee to the body.
Duck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Duck.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baker.
Baker swings wildly with an uppercut but Duck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike Duck is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baker throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Duck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Josh West scores the fight for Mike Duck!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Mike Duck!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Mike Duck!

Mike Duck wins by unanimous decision!