PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Flash Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon comes to the cage accompanied by Slipknot-The Blister Exists. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Gordon
vs
Duke

175 cm
28
146 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

172 cm
20
144 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flash Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul Duke!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but Gordon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duke tries to clinch up but Gordon circles away and keeps his distance.
Duke tries to clinch up
and Gordon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Gordon breaks the clinch.

Duke gets tackled into the cage by Gordon. Gordon maintains the clinch.
Duke is looking to break free of the clinch but Gordon has double underhooks.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling him.
Duke can't break the clinch.
Duke wants to get back to striking at distance but Gordon won't allow it.
Gordon misses with a knee strike.
Gordon stalling in the clinch.
Duke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Gordon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gordon swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Duke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gordon tries a body shot but Duke blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke being controlled against the cage.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Gordon - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gordon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duke blocks it with crossed arms.
Gordon controlling the action here for a moment.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.
Gordon scores with a knee to the head.
Duke tries to break free but Gordon pushes him back against the cage.
Duke wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Gordon fails to land.
Duke tries to pull guard but Gordon won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Gordon.
Duke can't break the clinch.
Gordon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duke tries to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Duke as Gordon tries to tie him up.
Maybe Gordon would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gordon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gordon leaning against his opponent.
Gordon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gordon lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Gordon.
Gordon looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Flash Gordon.
Gordon scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gordon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling him.

Duke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duke moves to clinch but Gordon breaks away
and Gordon counters with a leg kick.
Gordon doesn't manage to clinch there - Duke circles away.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gordon counters with a solid body kick.
Duke moves in looking to clinch but Gordon pushes him off.
Duke tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.
Duke looks to clinch
and Gordon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Gordon has closed the distance and engaged Duke in a clinch.
Duke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gordon taking a breather.
Duke tries to break free but Gordon pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke is trying to push Gordon away but Gordon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Duke is trying to push Gordon away but Gordon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gordon is leaning against Duke and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gordon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.
Gordon lands an uppercut.
Gordon will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Duke up against the cage.
Duke has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gordon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Duke can turn it around.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duke blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duke is looking to break free of the clinch but Gordon has double underhooks.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duke is trying to push Gordon away but Gordon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flash Gordon dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Duke loads up on a big right hand but Gordon slips the punch.

Gordon moves into the clinch.
Gordon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Duke tries to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling the position.
Duke is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gordon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gordon keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordon can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.

Duke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duke misses with a head kick.
Flash Gordon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gordon clinches up against the cage.
Gordon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Duke is trying to pull guard but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Duke is trying to push Gordon away but Gordon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gordon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Flash Gordon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gordon avoiding damage.
Duke tries to circle away but Gordon has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gordon has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Gordon is looking to control Duke's arms but Duke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gordon has his back to the cage.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gordon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duke blocks it with crossed arms.
Gordon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duke's efforts to push away.
Gordon effectively controlling the action here.
Duke can't break the clinch.

Gordon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gordon circles away from the clinch attempt.

Gordon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Duke tries for a takedown but Gordon manages to get underhooks.
Flash Gordon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raoul Duke.
Gordon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Gordon to work.
Gordon stops a takedown attempt from Duke.
Duke wants to break free but Gordon has control.
Gordon missing with knees to the body.
Gordon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Duke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gordon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duke can't break the clinch.
Gordon keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gordon lands an elbow just above Duke 's eye.
Gordon stalling in the clinch but Duke improves position.
Duke tries to break free but Gordon pushes him back against the cage.
Gordon landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gordon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gordon lands a knee to the body.
Gordon has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gordon scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon stalling.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.

Duke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gordon cracks Duke with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Duke has closed the distance and engaged Gordon in a clinch.
Gordon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gordon misses with a knee to the head.
Duke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gordon taking a breather.
Gordon lands a knee to the head.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Gordon misses with the head strike.
Duke wants to get back to striking at distance but Gordon won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.
Gordon scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.

Gordon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gordon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duke swats away the attempt to clinch by Gordon.

Gordon moves into range and clinches up with Duke.
Gordon prevents Duke from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gordon.
Gordon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Duke is rocked!

It looks like Raoul Duke has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gordon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duke is still on wobbly legs! Can Gordon finish him?
Gordon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gordon lands a big knee! That's hurt Duke! Oh, he's all over the place! Gordon lands another knee that sends Duke to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flash Gordon!
A relieved looking Flash Gordon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.