PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duarte
vs
Beck

181 cm
30
194 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

185 cm
29
196 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
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Conquer

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 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Duarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Beck!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duarte moves out of range of the strikes.
Duarte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duarte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beck.
Luka Beck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick there by Duarte.
Beck takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Beck shoots for a takedown but Duarte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duarte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beck walks into a left hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duarte checks a leg kick.
Duarte lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duarte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duarte throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Beck on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab, jab by Beck - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beck misses with a hook.
Beck misses the shot to the body.
Duarte fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Beck checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duarte misses with a low kick.
Beck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duarte will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice shot by Beck.
Beck throws a sloppy head kick and Duarte moves out of range easily.

Duarte looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Beck controlling the position.
Duarte sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Duarte postures up.
Beck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duarte is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Valhalla Training Grounds that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duarte postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duarte lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Beck controlling the position.
Duarte throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beck works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duarte has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Duarte preventing the sweep.
Beck controls Duarte momentarily but Duarte frees himself.
Beck pulls Duarte in close to his closed guard and prevents Duarte from doing any damage or advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Luka Beck was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Duarte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beck. Duarte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duarte shoots in looking for a takedown. Beck tries to sprawl out of it but Duarte keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beck manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Beck stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Beck wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Duarte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duarte throws the kick towards the body but Beck avoids it.
Beck throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Duarte needs to keep his hands up - Beck had a free shot at his head there.
Beck looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duarte checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beck keeps Duarte at a distance using the push kick.
Beck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duarte.
Duarte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck blocks a head kick by Duarte.
Good shot there by Beck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duarte fails to land the takedown.
Beck checks a leg kick.
Beck throws a body punch but Duarte moves out of range.
Duarte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beck.
Duarte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duarte shoots in and drives through. Beck sprawls well.
Beck pushes Duarte away with a front kick.
Beck scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duarte shoots in and drives through. Beck sprawls well.
Duarte misses with a wild body shot.
Beck throws a solid leg kick but Duarte takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Beck.
Beck throws a hook to the side of Duarte's head but Duarte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Beck dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Duarte connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Duarte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beck. That did some damage!
Beck cracks Duarte with an open hand slap.
Duarte connects with a single shot there.
Beck fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Beck catches Duarte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Duarte is rocked!
Duarte sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Beck! Duarte is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Beck!
Luka Beck made sure to mention his sponsor, KAISER in his post fight interview.