PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aziz Khattou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Aziz Khattou has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Khattou
vs
Duncan

186 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

193 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aziz Khattou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Duncan!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khattou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duncan.
Duncan wants to counter with a clinch but Khattou pushes him away.

Khattou closes the distance and clinches.
Duncan missing with knees to the body.
Khattou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khattou throws a punch but it's blocked by Duncan.
Khattou misses with a punch on the inside.
Duncan crunches a lovely knee into Khattou's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Duncan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Khattou is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Khattou is trying to push Duncan away but Duncan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duncan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Duncan with a nice head shot there.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Duncan lands a decent elbow from side control.

Duncan tries for a kimura but Khattou is defending well.

Duncan is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Khattou looks calm but he's in trouble here. Duncan gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Khattou is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Duncan lets go of the hold and Khattou can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tony Duncan!