PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Project Doom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zak Duffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Doom
vs
Duffy

195 cm
21
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
21
197 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Project Doom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zak Duffy!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Duffy darts in and clinches Doom up against the cage.
Duffy is trying to maintain a safe position but Doom gets an underhook and turns Duffy into the cage.

Doom breaks from the clinch.
Duffy tries to clinch up but Doom circles away and keeps his distance.
Duffy tries to clinch but Doom moves out of range.
Doom misses with a body kick.

Duffy instigates a clinch.
Doom blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Doom.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Doom manages to break the clinch.
Duffy is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duffy drives through and clinches with Doom against the cage.
Doom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Doom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Doom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Doom.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Doom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doom lands a nice uppercut.
Doom slows down the pace here.

Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doom takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Duffy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Doom, pushing him back against the cage.
Duffy tries to land knees in the clinch but Doom avoids the damage to the body.

Doom manages to break the clinch.

Duffy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Doom.
Duffy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Doom seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Duffy can turn it around.
A shot in the inside from Duffy.
Duffy throws a punch but it's blocked by Doom.

Duffy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duffy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Duffy tries to clinch up but Doom circles away and keeps his distance.
Doom tries to land a body kick
and Duffy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doom dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duffy. That did some damage!
Doom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Doom takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Duffy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Doom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duffy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

Duffy closes the distance and clinches.
Doom really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Duffy struggles to land a body shot inside as Doom controls his hands.

Doom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Doom digs a good body shot into Duffy's ribs.
Doom connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Doom is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duffy.
And Duffy tries to counter it with a takedown but Doom pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duffy throws a head kick but Doom moves out of range.

Duffy has Doom up against the cage in a clinch.
Doom displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duffy up against the cage.

Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy is looking to clinch but Doom is avoiding it.

Duffy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Doom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.

Doom breaks the clinch.
Doom loads up on a big right hand but Duffy slips the punch.
Doom misses with a body shot.
Doom throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duffy.

Duffy forces Doom back against the cage and clinches.
Doom managing to block the knees to the body from Duffy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Duffy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duffy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Doom is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom avoiding damage as Duffy throws knees to the body.
Duffy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doom lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffy misses with some punches.

Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duffy tries to clinch but Doom moves away
and Doom counters with a right hand to the body.
Duffy takes a jab right on the kisser.

Duffy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duffy swings wildly with an uppercut but Doom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duffy lands a shoulder strike.
Duffy tries to land knees in the clinch but Doom avoids the damage to the body.
Duffy misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy has Doom pushed against the cage.
Duffy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Duffy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Doom ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Doom has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Doom swats away the attempt to clinch by Duffy.
Doom jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Doom lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duffy moves in looking to clinch but Doom pushes him off.
Duffy wants to clinch up but Doom keeps it at a distance.

Duffy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Doom, pushing him back against the cage.

Duffy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duffy tries to clinch up but Doom circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Duffy misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duffy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duffy wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Duffy misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Doom counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duffy throws an off balance right hand
and Doom counters with a nice body shot.
Zak Duffy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duffy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Doom counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Duffy throws a shot from downtown. Doom moves away and avoids it.
Doom was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Doom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It appears Doom was looking to counter with a kick there.
Duffy lands a jab.
Duffy looks to score with a jab to the body but Doom is just out of range.
Project Doom is winning the standup battle so far.
Duffy is looking to clinch but Doom is avoiding it.
Duffy tries to clinch up.
Duffy scores with a decent looking hook.
Duffy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Doom paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doom scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duffy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Duffy moves into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Doom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duffy struggles to land a body shot inside as Doom controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Doom.
Duffy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duffy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doom scores with a shot to the side of Duffy's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Duffy can't find room to land a body shot as Doom controls the action.

Doom manages to break the clinch.
Doom throws a body shot but no joy.
Duffy tries to clinch there but Doom circles away.
Duffy fails in his attempt to clinch.

Duffy lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Doom sprawling to the canvas. Duffy follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Doom hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Doom kicks off Duffy and gets to his feet.
Doom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doom looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Doom looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Doom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Doom misses the target.
Duffy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Duffy has closed the distance and engaged Doom in a clinch.

Doom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duffy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Doom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duffy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice jab there from Doom.

Duffy instigates a clinch.
Doom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Doom stalling.
Doom throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Duffy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duffy presses Doom against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Doom manages to break the clinch.

Duffy darts in and clinches Doom up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duffy.
Doom leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zak Duffy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duffy cracks Doom with a nice body shot.
Doom lands a left hand.
A short left from Doom.
Doom misses with the head strike.

Doom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Zak Duffy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Duffy clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Duffy.
Duffy taking a breather.
Doom taking a breather.
Duffy misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Doom.
Doom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Doom takes a shot to the head.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duffy pushes Doom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duffy working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doom slows down the pace here.
Duffy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The referee calls for Doom to work.
Duffy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Doom is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duffy doesn't manage to clinch there - Doom circles away.
Duffy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Duffy takes the fight into the clinch.
Duffy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duffy tries to land knees in the clinch but Doom avoids the damage to the body.
Duffy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Doom.
Duffy swings wildly with an uppercut but Doom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duffy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Doom.
Doom avoiding damage as Duffy throws knees to the body.
Doom stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Duffy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy is looking to control Doom's arms but Doom gets an underhook and turns him. Now Duffy has his back to the cage.
Duffy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Doom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.

Doom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duffy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doom drops his hands momentarily and Duffy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doom keeps the fight on the outside.
Doom misses with a body kick.
Duffy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Doom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Doom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duffy was well out of range. Poor timing from Doom.
Duffy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Duffy moves into the clinch successfully.

Duffy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doom is looking to wear down Duffy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Duffy doesn't manage to clinch there - Doom circles away.
Duffy lands a glancing blow to the side of Doom's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doom digs a good hook to Duffy's body.
Doom scores with a sloppy right hand. Duffy should have avoided that one.
Duffy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Doom. Doom obviously looking to wear him down.
Duffy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Doom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Duffy takes the fight into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Duffy.
Doom lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Doom slows down the pace here.

Duffy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zak Duffy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duffy throws an off balance right hand
and Doom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doom throws a shot from downtown. Duffy moves away and avoids it.
Doom throws a leg kick which misses Duffy's front leg but catches the back leg as Duffy tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duffy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duffy wants to clinch
and Doom counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Duffy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Doom has time to react.
Doom misses with a shot to the body
and Duffy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Doom will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duffy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Project Doom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Doom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duffy moves in looking to clinch but Doom pushes him off.
Doom misses with a wild body shot.
Duffy lands with an overhand left.
Doom throws a body shot but no joy.
Duffy blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zak Duffy.
I've got Duffy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zak Duffy!