PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Duckworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blair has chosen Tiocfaidh ar la as his entrance music. Eric Blair will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Duckworth
vs
Blair

199 cm
21
270 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

218 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Lion Fightwear

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Desmond Duckworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Blair!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Blair misses

and Duckworth counters with a single leg into guard. Blair didn't expect that.
Duckworth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Duckworth thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Duckworth working some strikes from top position.
Duckworth might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Duckworth stays in close to Blair's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duckworth's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Blair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duckworth connects with a couple of short punches.
Duckworth engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Further stalling from Duckworth.
Duckworth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blair works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duckworth with a nice head shot there.
Duckworth with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Duckworth showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Duckworth working some strikes from top position.
Blair wants to improve his position but instead Duckworth has moved into half guard.
Duckworth scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duckworth landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duckworth stalling.
Duckworth lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duckworth.
Duckworth lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Duckworth landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duckworth lands with a punch from half guard.
Duckworth scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blair is trying to stand back up but Duckworth is controlling him
Nice strikes from Duckworth there.
Ground and pound from Duckworth.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Duckworth lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duckworth drops an elbow to the side of Blair's head.
Duckworth lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Duckworth sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Duckworth lands strikes from half guard.
Blair really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duckworth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blair looks winded!
Duckworth working Blair over with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duckworth working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Duckworth content to control rather than advance.
Duckworth lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Duckworth darts in and clinches Blair up against the cage.
Duckworth fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Blair has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Duckworth uses from the top position.
Desmond Duckworth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blair preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duckworth passes Blair's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Duckworth seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Duckworth scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duckworth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blair can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duckworth is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Duckworth throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Blair has his hands clasped together but Duckworth breaks the hold and Blair is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Duckworth!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Desmond Duckworth!