PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lucio Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Axe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Duncan
vs
Axe

184 cm
24
151 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucio Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugene Axe!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Axe. Beautiful body shot.
Axe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Axe lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Axe. Beautiful body shot.

Duncan shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Axe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Axe looks winded!
Duncan controls the position from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duncan is working Axe over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
Duncan moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
Duncan lands a nice forearm strike.
Duncan lands a nice forearm strike.
Duncan just content to control the position.
Axe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duncan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Axe taking punishment in the form of punches.
Duncan 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.
Duncan landing a few strikes.
Duncan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Axe trying to remain calm as Duncan controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Axe some visible discomfort.
Axe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan controlling from side mount.
Duncan lands a few punches from side control.
Duncan taking a breather here.
Duncan looks up at the clock and then as Axe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Duncan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Axe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axe is working to avoid the ground and pound but Duncan connects with a decent elbow.
Duncan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Duncan cracks Axe with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Duncan lands some shots froms side control.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Duncan looks up at the clock and then as Axe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Duncan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Axe is being controlled here.
Duncan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Axe for as long as he can get away with.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan cracks Axe with a big right hand but Axe just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Duncan just content to control the position.
Duncan scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Duncan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duncan cracks Axe with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Axe takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Duncan working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Duncan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Axe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Duncan looks up at the clock and then as Axe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Duncan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Duncan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Axe can do to turn this around?
Axe takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
Axe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan scoring with punches and elbows.
Duncan cracks Axe with a big elbow.
Duncan lands some shots froms side control.
Duncan working the head with strikes.
Axe is breathing heavily.
Axe is working to avoid the ground and pound but Duncan connects with a decent elbow.
Duncan is staying tight to Axe's torso, preventing him from escaping.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duncan working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan slows the pace down.
Duncan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Axe down.
Duncan taking a breather here.

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.
Duncan lands some shots froms side control.
Axe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan scoring with punches and elbows.
Lucio Duncan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duncan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Axe!
Duncan landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Duncan.
We've been informed that Axe has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Duncan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Duncan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duncan working Axe over with strikes here.
Duncan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan with a couple of short strikes.
Duncan with the ground and pound from mount.
Axe is in a horrible position here. Duncan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Axe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duncan raining down shots from the mount!
Duncan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duncan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duncan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Duncan lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan lands a big shot there that rocks Axe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duncan working Axe over with strikes here.
Duncan unloading with bombs!
Duncan controlling the pace for now.
Duncan lands a big elbow.
Duncan unloading with bombs!
Axe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duncan controlling from the full mount.
Duncan with shots to the head and body - Axe looks very uncomfortable down there.
Duncan working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucio Duncan dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Axe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Duncan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Duncan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duncan chips away with some ground and pound.
Duncan works over Axe with some ground and pound from guard.
Duncan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Axe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duncan postures up and lands a big shot to Axe's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Axe has momentary wrist control but Duncan slips an elbow through the middle.
Duncan landing some decent shots from guard.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Axe's head.
Duncan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Axe's head.
Duncan distracts Axe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Duncan cracks Axe with a solid left hand.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duncan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Duncan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan postures up and lands a big shot to Axe's brow.
Duncan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Duncan scoring with some ground and pound.
Duncan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Axe can't keep his opponent in guard - Duncan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Axe has hold of Duncan's hands but Duncan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan controlling the pace.
Duncan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Duncan seems to be looking for submissions.
Duncan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duncan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Still in half guard, Duncan seems content to control.
Duncan lands with a punch from half guard.
Eugene Axe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucio Duncan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duncan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucio Duncan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Duncan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucio Duncan!