PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Multtuli Margabiaru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nukem
vs
Margabiaru

193 cm
28
246 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

225 cm
35
299 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Duke Nukem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Multtuli Margabiaru!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Margabiaru cracks Nukem with a right hand to the side of the head.
Margabiaru misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Nukem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nukem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Margabiaru.
A head kick from Nukem lands but Margabiaru takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Margabiaru.
Nukem has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Lightning Kicks (MaxID260K) in the buildup to the fight.
Nukem fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Margabiaru manages to avoid it.
Nukem misses with a low kick.
Nukem throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Nukem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem cracks Margabiaru with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Margabiaru doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Nukem.
Nukem misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem swings for the body but Margabiaru moves out of range.
Nukem throws a leg kick which misses Margabiaru's front leg but catches the back leg as Margabiaru tries to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Margabiaru.
Duke Nukem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Margabiaru throws a nice looking combination but Nukem bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nukem feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nukem displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nukem throws a nice outside leg kick.
Margabiaru throws a right and a left that Nukem avoids nicely.
Nukem misses with a head kick.
Margabiaru throws a right and a left that Nukem avoids nicely.
Nukem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Margabiaru.
Nukem connects with an inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Margabiaru blocks the low kick.
Margabiaru throws a jab but it's blocked by Nukem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Margabiaru misses with a combination
and Nukem counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Margabiaru steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nukem.
Nukem looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Margabiaru throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Margabiaru fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Margabiaru. Those never looked like landing.
As Margabiaru tries to get set, Nukem tries to push him back and clinch up but Margabiaru manages to avoid the attempt.
Margabiaru dodges the punch combination from Nukem.
A good leg kick by Nukem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Margabiaru. Nukem does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nukem appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Margabiaru misses with a jab to the body
and Nukem counters with a stiff right hand.
Nukem scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Nukem misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Margabiaru! But no joy.
Nukem misses the shot to the body.
Margabiaru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Margabiaru swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nukem buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No luck for Nukem with that takedown attempt.
Multtuli Margabiaru is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nukem digs a good hook to Margabiaru's body.
Margabiaru with a nice cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Margabiaru walks into a straight right hand from Nukem.
Margabiaru slaps away a takedown attempt from Nukem, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nukem is looking to slow Margabiaru down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nukem uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Margabiaru.
Nukem lands a jab to Margabiaru's midsection.
Margabiaru lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Margabiaru blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nukem.
Nukem buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nukem fails with a takedown attempt.
Margabiaru now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Nukem dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nukem throws a leg kick which misses Margabiaru's front leg but catches the back leg as Margabiaru tries to avoid it.
A combination from Nukem does no damage.
Nukem will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nukem swings for the body but Margabiaru moves out of range.
Margabiaru let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nukem looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Margabiaru takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Margabiaru's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nukem tries a head kick but it misses.
Margabiaru tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nukem was well out of range. Poor timing from Margabiaru.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Margabiaru might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nukem has got the better of the exchanges.
Margabiaru throws a looping overhand right but Nukem ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margabiaru looks to land a left hand but Nukem moved out of range nicely.
Nukem misses with an uppercut. Margabiaru saw that one coming.
Nukem ducks right into an uppercut from Margabiaru.
Margabiaru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nukem.
A good leg kick by Nukem.
Nukem scores with a leg kick.
Margabiaru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Margabiaru misses with a left hand
and Nukem cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot lands for Margabiaru.
Margabiaru missing with a left hand there. Nukem was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nukem looks to land a right hand but Margabiaru moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nukem uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Margabiaru.
Nukem avoids the body shot from Margabiaru.
Nukem fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Margabiaru misses with a hook
and Nukem counters with an inside leg kick.
Margabiaru connects with a nice looking jab.
Nukem scores with a head kick.
Margabiaru ducks under a wild hook from Nukem.
Nice defenses there by Margabiaru.
Nukem throws a head kick that misses.
Nukem throws a shot from downtown. Margabiaru moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nukem, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nukem throws a jab when Margabiaru was well out of range.
Margabiaru walks into a stiff left hand from Nukem.
Margabiaru is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nukem throws a body shot but no joy.
Nukem pushes Margabiaru away with a front kick.
Duke Nukem is winning the standup battle so far.
Margabiaru slips under a jab from Nukem.
Nukem misses with a wild body shot.
Nukem throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nukem swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Margabiaru dips to his left and cracks Nukem with an uppercut!
Margabiaru displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nukem throws out the jab.
Nukem does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Margabiaru on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nukem swings for the body but Margabiaru moves out of range.
Margabiaru throws a body punch but Nukem moves out of range.
Margabiaru uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nukem.
Margabiaru throws a body punch but Nukem moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nukem fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Margabiaru.
Margabiaru looks to land a left hand but Nukem moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Margabiaru does it's job there.
Nukem connects with a leg kick. Margabiaru looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nukem throws a series of strikes that have Margabiaru backpedaling.
Nukem lands with a hook. Margabiaru tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Nukem dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Margabiaru's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nukem under the eye.
Nukem shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Margabiaru pinned against the cage. Margabiaru gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nukem feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Margabiaru's calf.
You can see that Margabiaru has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Nukem moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nukem lands the left hand.
Margabiaru misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nukem.
Margabiaru misses with a wild body shot.
Nukem dodges the punch combination from Margabiaru.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margabiaru lands a body shot.
Nukem tries to land a leg kick but Margabiaru saw it coming and moves away.
Nukem fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Margabiaru has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Margabiaru misses with a wild body shot.
Nukem throws a jab but it's blocked by Margabiaru.
Nukem pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nukem is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Margabiaru pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nukem throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nukem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Margabiaru can do to turn this around?
Nukem misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem scores with a leg kick.
Margabiaru takes a swing at Nukem's ribcage but misses.
Margabiaru 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.
Margabiaru takes a swing at Nukem's ribcage but misses.
Margabiaru thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good leg kick by Nukem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
No luck for Nukem with that takedown attempt.
Nukem throws a leg kick
and Margabiaru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nukem misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Margabiaru.
Jab from Nukem.
Duke Nukem is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Margabiaru swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Nukem lands but Margabiaru takes it in his stride.
Nukem cracks the inside of Margabiaru's front leg.
Nukem bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Margabiaru avoids the body shot from Nukem.
Margabiaru swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Margabiaru takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Margabiaru staying out of range there.
Margabiaru throws out a counter right but Nukem avoids it with no problem.
Nukem throws a body shot but no joy.
Margabiaru throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nukem lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nukem wants to slow Margabiaru down by chopping away at his legs.
Margabiaru throws out a counter right but Nukem avoids it with no problem.
Margabiaru throws a jab when Nukem was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nukem moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Margabiaru misses with a looping left.
Nukem is looking to counter with a body kick.
Nukem throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nukem throws a lazy right hand but Margabiaru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Margabiaru appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nukem misses with an uppercut. Margabiaru saw that one coming.
Margabiaru swings widly with a right hand
and Nukem counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab by Margabiaru.
Margabiaru throws a right hand that Nukem ducks under and follows up with a left that Nukem also avoids with ease.
Nukem appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Margabiaru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nukem. Margabiaru does a little dance to reset his feet.
Multtuli Margabiaru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nukem thumps Margabiaru with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Nukem showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nukem has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Nukem!
Duke Nukem decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.