PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Duseki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Whelan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whelan has chosen Get Up - Korn Ft. Skrillex as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Duseki
vs
Whelan

175 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Duseki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Connor Whelan!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whelan throws a series of punches but Duseki moves out of range.

Whelan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Whelan manages to pull guard.
Duseki tries to stand but Whelan is controlling from the bottom.
Whelan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Whelan stops Duseki from getting back to his feet.
Whelan is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Duseki!
Duseki really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Whelan unloads with some shots from mount but Duseki bucks and avoids them well.
Whelan lands a nice shot to the head.
Whelan controlling his opponent.

Whelan is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Duseki is surviving well by controlling Whelan's body position as best he can.
Duseki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Whelan on the ground.
Whelan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duseki squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Whelan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Duseki trying desperately to get to his feet.
Whelan throws some wild stikes that Duseki manages to avoid easily.
Whelan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Duseki in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Whelan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Whelan wants to finish this one by submission but Duseki is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Whelan.
Whelan tries to control but Duseki wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duseki is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Duseki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Whelan.
Whelan looking to finish with strikes here!
Whelan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Whelan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Whelan punching from mount but Duseki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Whelan throwing strikes here but Duseki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Whelan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Whelan looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Whelan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Duseki is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Whelan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Whelan throwing strikes but Duseki recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Whelan is taking a breather. Duseki says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Duseki is trying to stand.
Whelan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Whelan content to control rather than advance.
Whelan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duseki wants to get back to his feet.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Connor Whelan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Whelan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duseki avoids it really well and circles away.

Whelan moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Whelan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duseki's efforts to push away.
Whelan is stalling here.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Whelan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Whelan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duseki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Whelan slips a jab and a cross from Duseki.
Duseki tries to clinch but Whelan moves away
and Whelan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Duseki tries to clinch there but Whelan circles away.
Duseki stuffs the takedown attempt from Whelan. Whelan gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Duseki.
Whelan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whelan tries to bum rush Duseki with a series of wild strikes but Duseki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Whelan moves into the clinch.
Duseki blocks an elbow strike from Whelan.
Whelan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duseki looks to land a combination but Whelan avoids it well.
Duseki lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duseki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duseki blocks a head kick by Whelan.
Duseki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Whelan under the eye.

Whelan moves into the clinch.
Duseki tries a body shot but Whelan blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Whelan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duseki tries to clinch there but Whelan circles away.
Duseki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Whelan gets a clinch.
Duseki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whelan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Duseki walks away with a smile on his face. Whelan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Whelan keeps the fight on the outside.
Whelan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duseki throws a body kick that misses
and Whelan counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whelan throws a sloppy head kick and Duseki moves out of range easily.
Whelan throws a head kick that misses.
Whelan is breathing heavily.

Whelan has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duseki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whelan's face.
Duseki tries to break free but Whelan pushes him back against the cage.
Whelan is trying to pull guard but Duseki has him pressed against the cage.
Jason Duseki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Whelan.
Duseki misses with a punch to the body.
Duseki avoids the elbow strike from Whelan, against the cage.
Whelan is trying to pull guard but Duseki has him pressed against the cage.
Duseki is trying to maintain a safe position but Whelan gets an underhook and turns Duseki into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Duseki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duseki can't break the clinch.
Duseki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duseki misses with a punch on the inside.
Duseki taking a breather.
Duseki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Whelan is looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duseki cracks Whelan with a nice body shot.
Duseki wants to get back to striking at distance but Whelan won't allow it.
Duseki throws an elbow but it misses.
Duseki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duseki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duseki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duseki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whelan prevents Duseki from breaking the clinch.
Whelan tries to land knees in the clinch but Duseki avoids the damage to the body.
Duseki managing to block the knees to the body from Whelan.
Whelan tries a knee to the head but Duseki blocks it.
Duseki tries to break free but Whelan pushes him back against the cage.

Duseki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whelan circles away from the clinch attempt.

Whelan darts in and clinches Duseki up against the cage.
Duseki tries to break the clinch but Whelan is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duseki is trying to maintain a safe position but Whelan gets an underhook and turns Duseki into the cage.
Duseki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Whelan lands an elbow that stopped Duseki in his tracks for a moment.
Whelan is working for takedown but Duseki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Duseki trying to control the position but instead, Whelan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Duseki into the cage.
Whelan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Duseki gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Duseki misses with a body punch.
Whelan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duseki wants to get back to striking at distance but Whelan won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duseki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Duseki as the two fighters clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duseki stalling the fight.
Duseki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duseki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duseki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Duseki dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Duseki shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Whelan eats them both and turns towards Duseki to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Whelan clinches up against the cage.
Duseki is looking to break free of the clinch but Whelan has double underhooks.
Whelan is trying to pull guard but Duseki turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Duseki stalling in the clinch but Whelan improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Duseki fails to land.
Whelan keeps control of Duseki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duseki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Duseki.
Duseki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Whelan is defending well for now.
Duseki struggles to land a body shot inside as Whelan controls his hands.
Whelan misses with a knee strike.
Whelan takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Whelan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duseki's brow.
Duseki tries to break the clinch but Whelan is controlling the position.
Whelan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Whelan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jason Duseki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duseki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Whelan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duseki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Whelan forces Duseki back against the cage and clinches.
Whelan goes for a takedown attempt but Duseki pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Whelan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duseki scores with a nice head shot.
Duseki doesn't manage to clinch there - Whelan circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Duseki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duseki digs a good body shot into Whelan's ribs.
Whelan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duseki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Whelan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jason Duseki is winning the standup battle so far.
Whelan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duseki throws a combination. Whelan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Whelan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Whelan darts in and clinches Duseki up against the cage.
Whelan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duseki's face.
Duseki tries to throw a body punch but Whelan avoids it by throwing Duseki back against the cage.
Duseki is looking to break free of the clinch but Whelan has double underhooks.

Whelan breaks the clinch.
Whelan misses with a two punch combination.

Duseki moves into the clinch.
Duseki wants to break free but Whelan has control.
Whelan misses with an elbow over the top.
Duseki can't find room to land a body shot as Whelan controls the action.
Duseki wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duseki landing knees to the body.
Duseki wants to break free but Whelan has control.
Duseki misses with a punch to the body.
Duseki misses with a punch on the inside.
Whelan wants to take the fight to the mat but Duseki manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jason Duseki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Whelan.

Whelan drags the fight down to the ground.
Duseki is looking to stand up but Whelan won't let him.

Whelan wriggles free and stands up.
Duseki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whelan paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Whelan rushes Duseki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Duseki digs a right hand underneath Whelan's ribcage. Whelan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duseki can't find room to land a body shot as Whelan controls the action.
Duseki is trying to force a seperation but Whelan has the dominant position.
Duseki is looking to break free of the clinch but Whelan has double underhooks.
Jason Duseki has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whelan has Duseki pressed against the cage, preventing Duseki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duseki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Whelan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Whelan closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whelan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duseki.
Whelan tries to pull guard but Duseki forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Duseki misses with a punch to the body.
Duseki is trying to break the clinch but Whelan has him pressed against the cage.
Duseki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Duseki tries to work over Whelan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duseki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duseki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Whelan is keeping busy.
Whelan can't get the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Duseki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Duseki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Duseki!