PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seyran Zeynalabdinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zeynalabdinov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Saku kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Duarte
vs
Zeynalabdinov

181 cm
28
194 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

180 cm
28
204 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Duarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seyran Zeynalabdinov!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeynalabdinov connects with the punch.
Zeynalabdinov blocks the body kick.
Duarte is looking to land body kicks.
Duarte will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marcos Duarte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zeynalabdinov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zeynalabdinov cracks Duarte with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Duarte throws a sloppy head kick and Zeynalabdinov moves out of range easily.

Duarte changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Zeynalabdinov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zeynalabdinov tries to improve position but can't.
Zeynalabdinov struggling a bit here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zeynalabdinov tries to improve position but can't.
Zeynalabdinov struggling a bit here.
Zeynalabdinov is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duarte scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zeynalabdinov tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Duarte wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Duarte wants to control but Zeynalabdinov is keeping him busy.
Duarte scoring with punches from side control.
Duarte lands a decent elbow from side control.
Zeynalabdinov is looking to reverse the position.

Duarte looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Zeynalabdinov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zeynalabdinov is trying to control Duarte's posture but Duarte avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duarte is chipping away with strikes.
Duarte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zeynalabdinov keeps working.
Zeynalabdinov tries to buck Duarte off but Duarte is having none of it.
Duarte working the ground and pound from side control.
Duarte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zeynalabdinov keeps working.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zeynalabdinov looking for a sweep but Duarte has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Zeynalabdinov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Zeynalabdinov taking shots to the head.
Duarte landing strikes from the mount.

Zeynalabdinov is rocked!

It looks like Seyran Zeynalabdinov has been cut.
Duarte trying to control but Zeynalabdinov is having none of it.
Zeynalabdinov is still in real trouble! Can Duarte finish him?
Zeynalabdinov tries to reverse the position but Duarte maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeynalabdinov seems to have recovered his senses.
Zeynalabdinov tries to hold on but Duarte pushes him away.
Duarte scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duarte with good strikes from the mount here!
Zeynalabdinov tries to hold on but Duarte pushes him away.
Duarte lands a couple of good shots and Zeynalabdinov has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Duarte cracks Zeynalabdinov with a big shot to the side of the head Zeynalabdinov is covering up - he's in big trouble! Duarte connects with another shot that knocks Zeynalabdinov out cold! Duarte stands above his unconscious opponent and soaks up the roars from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcos Duarte!
A very excited looking Marcos Duarte made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.