PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryszard Duch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Keskisarja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Duch might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to John Cage's 4'33". There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Duch
vs
Keskisarja

199 cm
33
191 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

187 cm
25
186 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryszard Duch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Keskisarja!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Keskisarja.
Duch blocks a head kick by Keskisarja.

Duch shoots in and gets a takedown into Keskisarja's guard.
Keskisarja looking to hit a scissor sweep but Duch is one step ahead there.

Duch drops back looking for a leg! Keskisarja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Keskisarja manages to kick Duch off! Duch jumps back into Keskisarja's guard.

Duch drops back looking for a leg! Keskisarja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Keskisarja manages to kick Duch off! Duch jumps back into Keskisarja's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Duch's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duch has gone for a leg lock! Keskisarja slips out almost immediately though and dives into Duch's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duch keeping moving, preventing Keskisarja from controlling successfully.

Duch is looking to cinch up a triangle. Keskisarja throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Duch's body to avoid the submission. Duch has instead reached around Keskisarja's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Duch arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryszard Duch!
Ryszard Duch tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.