PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Duendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar James Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Duendes
vs
James Ardona

178 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Duendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cesar James Ardona!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duendes clinches up against the cage.
Duendes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Duendes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ardona will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Duendes closes the distance and clinches.
Ardona working aggressively here.
Ardona can't break the clinch.
Ardona's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ardona is trying to break free.
Ardona is trying to push Duendes away but Duendes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Duendes is leaning against Ardona and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Duendes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duendes with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duendes.
Ardona misses with a hook. Duendes ducked under it nicely.
Duendes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duendes just misses with a punch to the body.
Duendes tries to clinch but Ardona moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Duendes!
Duendes thows a body shot but no joy.
Ardona throws a series of punches but Duendes avoids them all with ease.
Ardona fails to land with a series of punches.
Duendes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ardona swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tommy Duendes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Duendes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ardona, pushing him back against the cage.
Duendes cracks Ardona with a nice body shot.
Ardona wants to get back to striking at distance but Duendes won't allow it.
Ardona misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duendes prevents Ardona from breaking the clinch.
Duendes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ardona backwards.
Duendes lands a left hand.
Duendes lands a nice uppercut.
Duendes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ardonas head.
Duendes lands a shot to the body.
Duendes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Duendes.
A hook to the body from Duendes.
Duendes gets through Ardona's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duendes lands a left hand.
Duendes lands with a right to the head.

Duendes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duendes jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Duendes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ardona.
Duendes wants to clinch.
Ardona keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duendes throws a nice looking combination but Ardona bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duendes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Duendes has closed the distance and engaged Ardona in a clinch.
Duendes has Ardona pressed against the cage, preventing Ardona from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Duendes breaks the clinch.
Ardona takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Duendes clinches up against the cage.
Ardona misses with the head strike.
A short right from Duendes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duendes lands a left hand.
Ardona wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duendes has him pressed against the cage.

Duendes manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Ardona, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ardona wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duendes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ardona counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duendes thinking.
Ardona throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duendes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Ardona. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duendes digs a good hook to Ardona's body.
Duendes throws a right and a left that Ardona avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Duendes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ardona misses with an uppercut. Duendes saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duendes. Ardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ardona uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duendes.

Duendes closes the distance and clinches.
Ardona is trying to push Duendes away but Duendes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ardona looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duendes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Duendes.
Duendes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ardona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ardona throws a head punch that misses.
Duendes scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Duendes as the two fighters clinch.
Tommy Duendes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duendes.
Duendes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ardona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Duendes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duendes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ardona, pushing him back against the cage.

Duendes breaks from the clinch.
Duendes misses with a few strikes there.
Duendes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duendes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ardona throws a series of punches but Duendes moves out of range.
Ardona looks to throw the jab but Duendes is out of range.

Duendes moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duendes.
A short left from Duendes.
A right hook to the body lands for Duendes.
A short right from Duendes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duendes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Ardona is rocked!

Duendes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ardona is still on wobbly legs! Can Duendes finish him?

Ardona tries to keep at a distance but Duendes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Duendes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ardona backwards.
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!
Duendes lands a right hand.
Duendes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ardona backwards.
Ardona wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duendes dips a shoulder and cracks Ardona with a mighty uppercut! Ardona falls back against the cage and Duendes unloads with a barrage of strikes! Ardona is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Duendes screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Duendes!
After winning the bout, Tommy Duendes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.