PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ziga Duhec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chingis Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duhec
vs
Chan

176 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

5th Round

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ziga Duhec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chingis Chan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duhec misses with a wild combination.
Duhec jabs at Chan's body.
Duhec throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan is looking to clinch.
Chan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duhec rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chan scores with a kick to the body.
Duhec scores with a sloppy right hand. Chan should have avoided that one.

Chan pushes Duhec up against the cage in a clinch.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan throws a head kick that half lands.
Chan is looking to clinch but Duhec is avoiding it.
Duhec misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duhec throws a head kick that misses.
Chan wants to clinch up but Duhec keeps it at a distance.
Duhec ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chan moves away.
Chan is looking to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Chan blocks the leg kick.
Duhec is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Chan 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Chan clinches with his opponent.
Duhec is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duhec lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Duhec is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Duhec trying to stall but Chan improves his position.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duhec lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duhec tries to stall but Chan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chan lands a head kick. Duhec smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Duhec fails with an attempt to clinch.

Duhec clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec is breathing heavily.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duhec avoids the damage to the body.
Chan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duhec takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duhec is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chan lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duhec blocks an elbow strike.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Chan throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Duhec manages to break the clinch.
Duhec throws a hook but Chan blocks it.
Chan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duhec tries a head kick but it misses.
Duhec tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chan lands with a nice body kick.
Chan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Duhec 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 Chan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chan swats away the attempt to clinch by Duhec.
Duhec circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan is looking to clinch.

Duhec moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duhec takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.

Duhec breaks from the clinch.
Chan lands a body shot.
Duhec misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duhec. That's going to slow Chan down.

Chan closes the distance and clinches.
Duhec takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right hand to the body from Duhec.
Knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec wants to stall.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duhec avoids the damage to the body.
Duhec working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duhec lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duhec pushes Chan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chan connects with a knee to the head.
Duhec managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec is working Chan over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Duhec pushes Chan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duhec has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duhec clobbers Chan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Chan instigates a clinch.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duhec is trying to stall.
Duhec is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chan looking to throw knees to the head but Duhec is blocking nicely.
Duhec taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Duhec manages to break the clinch.
Chan wants to clinch but Duhec slips to the side

and Duhec counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Duhec.
Duhec avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Duhec lands a shot to the body.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
Duhec tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Chan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ziga Duhec will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Duhec avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duhec throws a right hand that Chan ducks under and follows up with a left that Chan also avoids with ease.
Duhec throws and low kick but Chan moves out of range easily.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Duhec circles away.

Duhec moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chan throws an elbow but misses.
Duhec wants to break free but Chan has control.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.

Duhec breaks from the clinch.
Chan tries to clinch but Duhec is having none of it.
Duhec takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duhec fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duhec paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duhec misses with a straight left.
Chan throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chan closes the distance and clinches.
Duhec is trying to break free.
Chan lands a knee to the body.
Duhec is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Chan in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Duhec stalling in the clinch but Chan improves position.
Chan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chan with a knee to the head.
Chan landing knees to the body.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duhec avoids the damage to the body.
Duhec avoids the elbow strike from Chan, against the cage.
Duhec lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chan.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Duhec.
Chan avoids the elbow strike from Duhec, against the cage.
Duhec wants to get back to striking at distance but Chan won't allow it.
Chan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chan connects with a knee to the head.
Duhec looking to slow down the pace here.
Chan lands a knee to the body.
Duhec cracks Chan with a nice body shot.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
Duhec avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Duhec lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chan or not.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Duhec.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Duhec has had enough of the clinch but Chan keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Duhec - that landed with a thud.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Duhec is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
Duhec avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.

Duhec escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chan wants to clinch
and Duhec counters with a one-two to the body.
Duhec throws a hook but Chan blocks it.

Chan clinches.
Nice elbow from Chan.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right from Duhec on the inside.
Chan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chan lands an elbow that stopped Duhec in his tracks for a moment.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Duhec lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duhec pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chan clinches.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Duhec blocks it.
Duhec is looking to break free of the clinch but Chan has double underhooks.
Chan lands a knee to the head.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Duhec is trying to break the clinch but Chan has him pressed against the cage.
Chan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duhec lands a nice shot to the body.
Chan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duhec avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duhec's brow.
Chan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duhec lands a hook that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duhec lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duhec managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Duhec.
Duhec connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Chan rushes Duhec and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duhec lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Duhec lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Chan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duhec avoiding damage.
Duhec lands a body shot.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but Duhec blocks with his arms.
Duhec is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Chan.
Duhec digs a right hand underneath Chan's ribcage. Chan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Chan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duhec tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan lands a nice elbow.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duhec circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan wants to clinch up but Duhec keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chan dodges the punch combination from Duhec.
Chan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chingis Chan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Duhec throws a predictable looking body shot

and Chan counters by clinching up.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duhec doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Chan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duhec at a distance.
Chan doesn't manage to clinch there - Duhec circles away.

Chan gets a clinch.
Chan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duhec's face.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duhec lands with a left to the head.
Chan misses with a knee to the head.
Duhec gets through Chan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chan throws an elbow but misses.
Duhec dodges an elbow strike from Chan.
Duhec cracks Chan with a nice body shot.
Chan prevents Duhec from breaking the clinch.
Duhec lands with a short shot to the head.

Duhec manages to break the clinch.
Duhec swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chan lands a nice knee to the body.
Chan landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duhec tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Duhec wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Duhec fails to land.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chan throws an elbow but misses.
Duhec blocks the elbow strike.
Duhec managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec stalling in the clinch but Chan improves position.
Duhec digs a right hand into Chan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chan's gas tank.
Chan trying to land knees to the body.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duhec avoids the damage to the body.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duhec lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Duhec blocks it.

Duhec breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan looks to clinch
and Duhec counters with a one-two to the body.
Duhec fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duhec circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duhec swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Chan has Duhec up against the cage in a clinch.
Duhec lands a knee to the head.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duhec avoids the elbow strike from Chan, against the cage.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan throws an elbow but it misses.
Duhec taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Duhec misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chan.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Chan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duhec throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chans head.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
Chan misses with a knee strike.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Nice elbow from Chan.
Chan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Chan landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Duhec.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Duhec lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Duhec lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duhec managing to block the knees to the body from Chan.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duhec wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Duhec scores with a hook to the body.
Duhec trying to stall but Chan improves his position.
Duhec is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Chan lands an elbow just above Duhec 's eye.
Duhec lands with a short shot to the head.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chan.
Chan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duhec lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duhec lands with a right to the head.
Chan scores a nice knee to the body.
Duhec lands a body punch.
Duhec tries to break the clinch but Chan is controlling the position.
Chan lands an elbow just above Duhec 's eye.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Chan missing with knees to the body.
Duhec wants to break free but Chan has control.
Chan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duhec cracks Chan with a nice body shot.
Duhec on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chan lands an elbow that stopped Duhec in his tracks for a moment.
Chan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duhec.
Chan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duhec pushes Chan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duhec lands a nice shot to the body.
Duhec lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A knee to the head by Chan.
Chan lands a knee to the head.
Chan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duhec lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chan lands a nice elbow.
Duhec avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Chan lands a nice elbow.
Chan lands an elbow that stopped Duhec in his tracks for a moment.
Chan tries a knee to the head but Duhec blocks it.
Duhec digs a right hand into Chan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chan's gas tank.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Chingis Chan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duhec takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duhec blocks it with crossed arms.
Duhec lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Duhec escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duhec fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duhec throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chan.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duhec misses with a combination
and Chan counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Duhec is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Chan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duhec.

Chan clinches with his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chingis Chan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chingis Chan!