PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neymar Da Silva Minh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Duffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Da Silva Minh
vs
Duffy

200 cm
26
230 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

208 cm
26
260 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neymar Da Silva Minh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Duffy!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffy scores with a nice right hand.
Duffy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Da Silva Minh is looking to counter the offense by Duffy and move into the clinch.
Duffy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Silva Minh is looking for a counter combo.
Duffy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Da Silva Minh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Duffy!
Da Silva Minh has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duffy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Da Silva Minh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Da Silva Minh moves out of range.
Da Silva Minh changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Duffy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Da Silva Minh counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Duffy wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva Minh is trying to control the action in half guard but Duffy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Duffy is trying to stand up here but Da Silva Minh is controlling him well.
Duffy is not content to let Da Silva Minh control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Silva Minh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Duffy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Da Silva Minh has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Da Silva Minh is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Duffy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Da Silva Minh.
Da Silva Minh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Duffy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Duffy wants to get back to his feet.

Duffy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Duffy fails to land with a series of punches.
Duffy lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy scores with a one two! Da Silva Minh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Duffy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duffy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Da Silva Minh momentarily.
Da Silva Minh has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duffy finds it's way round the side to connect with Da Silva Minh's head.
Da Silva Minh takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duffy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Da Silva Minh stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva Minh half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duffy is working the combinations to good effect here.
Duffy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Da Silva Minh makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Duffy really felt that one!
Duffy tries to bum rush Da Silva Minh with a series of wild strikes but Da Silva Minh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Silva Minh attempts a counter takedown but Duffy avoids it well and moves away.
Phil Duffy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duffy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duffy feints a jab promting Da Silva Minh to slip. Duffy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Da Silva Minh slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Duffy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Duffy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Da Silva Minh was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva Minh throws a counter high kick but Duffy was just alert enough to avoid it.
Duffy connects with a jab.
Duffy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
Da Silva Minh attempts a counter takedown but Duffy avoids it well and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
Da Silva Minh swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Duffy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Duffy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Duffy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duffy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Da Silva Minh.
Duffy throws a nice looking combination but Da Silva Minh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Da Silva Minh feinted with a counter takedown.
Duffy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duffy looks winded!
Duffy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Da Silva Minh counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva Minh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Duffy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Duffy stuns Da Silva Minh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duffy tries to bum rush Da Silva Minh with a series of wild strikes but Da Silva Minh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A little feinted left hand from Da Silva Minh on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Duffy throws a right and a left that Da Silva Minh avoids nicely.
Duffy throws a right hand that misses
and Da Silva Minh counters with a head kick.
Duffy throws a right and a left that Da Silva Minh avoids nicely.
Da Silva Minh throwing a counter right hand but Duffy manages to avoid it.
Da Silva Minh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Duffy throws a nice looking combination but Da Silva Minh bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As Duffy looks to move away, Da Silva Minh throws a big counter combo but Duffy just gets out of the way.
Phil Duffy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duffy throws a left and a right that both miss

and Da Silva Minh counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva Minh.
Duffy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva Minh lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Phil Duffy has been cut.

Da Silva Minh jumps into guard, dragging Duffy to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva Minh has his hands on Duffy's head, controlling the position.
Da Silva Minh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Da Silva Minh tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy is looking to stand up but Da Silva Minh won't let him.
Duffy preventing the sweep.
Duffy wants to get up but he can't break Da Silva Minh's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Da Silva Minh controls Duffy momentarily but Duffy frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duffy tries to stand but Da Silva Minh is controlling from the bottom.
Duffy wants to stand and escape but instead Da Silva Minh has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Da Silva Minh wants to control from the top but Duffy keeps moving.
Da Silva Minh is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Duffy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

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.

Da Silva Minh gets to his feet - Duffy follows without any prompting.
Duffy connects with a body shot.
No joy there for Duffy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duffy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Da Silva Minh stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duffy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Da Silva Minh.
Duffy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Da Silva Minh appears to be looking for a big counter.
Duffy swinging wildly here.
Duffy misses with a double jab
and Da Silva Minh counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy jabs Da Silva Minh right on the nose. Da Silva Minh blinks but takes it well.
Sloppy strikes from Duffy. Those never looked like landing.
Da Silva Minh thinks about countering with a head kick.
Duffy misses with a double jab
and Da Silva Minh counters with a good low kick that Duffy was not able to check.
Duffy scores with a one two! Da Silva Minh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Da Silva Minh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duffy.
Da Silva Minh wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Duffy digs a good hook to Da Silva Minh's body.
Da Silva Minh takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duffy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Da Silva Minh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Da Silva Minh looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Neymar Da Silva Minh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duffy is breathing heavily.
Da Silva Minh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duffy.
Duffy throws a combination that misses
and Da Silva Minh counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Duffy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Duffy throws a combination that misses

and Da Silva Minh counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva Minh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffy wants to break free but Da Silva Minh has control.
Duffy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Da Silva Minh.
Da Silva Minh looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Da Silva Minh stalling.

Da Silva Minh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duffy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Da Silva Minh moves into the clinch.
Da Silva Minh scores with a knee to the head.

Da Silva Minh pulls Duffy into guard.
Duffy is looking to stand up but Da Silva Minh won't let him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Da Silva Minh is on top in guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Phil Duffy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Phil Duffy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Duffy misses with a hook.
Da Silva Minh went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Duffy looks to land a combination. Da Silva Minh sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Da Silva Minh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Da Silva Minh avoids them all with ease.
Da Silva Minh half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duffy misses with a double jab

and Da Silva Minh moves into the clinch.
Da Silva Minh is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Duffy is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva Minh changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Duffy fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Duffy scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy misses with an uppercut. Da Silva Minh saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Da Silva Minh misses the target.
Duffy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Da Silva Minh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Duffy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Silva Minh throws a big counter combination but Duffy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
Da Silva Minh is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Duffy.
Duffy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left and a right from Duffy both land. Nice combination.
Duffy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Da Silva Minh counters by clinching up.
Duffy tries to break the clinch but Da Silva Minh is controlling the position.

Da Silva Minh pulls guard successfully.
Da Silva Minh is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Duffy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Da Silva Minh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duffy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Da Silva Minh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Da Silva Minh is on top in guard.

Da Silva Minh controlling from the top position.
Duffy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Duffy manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Duffy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy misses with a double jab
and Da Silva Minh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duffy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Duffy throws a combination. Da Silva Minh tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Duffy throws a combination that misses

and Da Silva Minh counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Da Silva Minh.
Duffy can't break the clinch.

Da Silva Minh manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Da Silva Minh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Da Silva Minh trying to control the position from guard on top but Duffy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Duffy has his feet on Da Silva Minh's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Duffy duly obliges.
Duffy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Da Silva Minh half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duffy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Da Silva Minh backs up against the cage.
Duffy fails to land with a series of punches.
Duffy swinging wildly here.
Da Silva Minh throws a big counter combination but Duffy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Neymar Da Silva Minh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phil Duffy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duffy connects with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Duffy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:30

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