PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Enzo Deep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Duquesnoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Deep
vs
Duquesnoy

183 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Enzo Deep!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Duquesnoy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duquesnoy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Deep tries to bum rush Duquesnoy with a series of wild strikes but Duquesnoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Duquesnoy forces Deep back against the cage and clinches.
Deep tries to break the clinch but Duquesnoy is controlling the position.
Duquesnoy throws a head punch that misses.
Deep blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Duquesnoy breaks the clinch.
Duquesnoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deep swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Deep pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Duquesnoy back to the cage. Deep follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A combination from Deep does no damage.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deep swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deep lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Duquesnoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deep throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tom Duquesnoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duquesnoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Deep, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Duquesnoy drives through and clinches with Deep against the cage.
Duquesnoy lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deep wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Deep working hard to break the clinch.
Deep blocking some punches.
Deep tries to break the clinch but Duquesnoy is controlling the position.
Duquesnoy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Deep breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duquesnoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duquesnoy misses with the body kick
and Deep counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Deep throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And Duquesnoy tries to counter it with a takedown but Deep pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd cheers as Deep lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duquesnoy doesn't seem phased though.
Deep misses with a wild combination.
Deep misses with a double jab.
Deep avoids the head kick by Duquesnoy.
Deep misses with a two punch combination.
Duquesnoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duquesnoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Deep is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deep checks the leg kick.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deep misses with a two punch combination.

Duquesnoy drives through and clinches with Deep against the cage.
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!
Deep is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duquesnoy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Deep's efforts to push away.

Duquesnoy jumps guard.
Duquesnoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Deep is one step ahead there.

Deep gets to his feet. Duquesnoy looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Duquesnoy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Deep throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy shoots in but no luck this time.
Duquesnoy throws a leg kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duquesnoy has him pressed against the cage.
Deep lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Deep is looking to break free of the clinch but Duquesnoy has double underhooks.

Duquesnoy manages to break the clinch.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up but Deep circles away and keeps his distance.
Deep fails to land with a series of punches.
Deep fails to land with a series of punches.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Deep paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deep has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duquesnoy.
Enzo Deep is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duquesnoy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Deep.
Some wild striking there from Deep.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deep swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deep lands a two punch combo.
Duquesnoy dives in for a single leg takedown but Deep sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deep will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duquesnoy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Deep.
Deep misses with the combination.
Deep feints a jab promting Duquesnoy to slip. Deep then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Duquesnoy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Duquesnoy darts in looking for a takedown but Deep gets double underhooks and turns Duquesnoy into the cage.
Enzo Deep has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Duquesnoy.
Deep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Deep misses with a double jab.
Duquesnoy is looking to clinch.
Duquesnoy throws a sloppy head kick and Deep moves out of range easily.
Duquesnoy tries a head kick but it misses.
Deep appears to be looking for a big counter.
Deep throws a series of punches but Duquesnoy moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deep feints a jab promting Duquesnoy to slip. Deep then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Duquesnoy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Deep misses with a two punch combination.
Duquesnoy dodges the punch combination from Deep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enzo Deep dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A leg kick checked by Deep.
Deep throws a nice looking combination but Duquesnoy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Deep is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duquesnoy can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Duquesnoy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up but Deep circles away and keeps his distance.
Deep misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deep misses with a wild combination.
Deep misses with a wild combination.
Duquesnoy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Deep sprawls well. Deep wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Duquesnoy gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duquesnoy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Deep.
Enzo Deep is winning the standup battle so far.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but Deep moves out of range.
Deep lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duquesnoy circles away quickly and effectively.
Duquesnoy misses with a series of wild punches.
Enzo Deep is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Deep swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Deep misses.
Deep fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duquesnoy misses with a double jab.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Deep swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duquesnoy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deep tries to bum rush Duquesnoy with a series of wild strikes but Duquesnoy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Deep scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Duquesnoy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Deep is looking for a counter combo.
Deep throws a right and a left that both miss.
Deep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Deep blocks a head kick by Duquesnoy.
A head kick misses from Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Some wild striking there from Deep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duquesnoy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but Deep moves out of range.
Deep went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Deep throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duquesnoy.
Deep looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duquesnoy moves in looking to clinch but Deep pushes him off.
Deep throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up.
Duquesnoy wants to clinch up but Deep keeps it at a distance.
We've been informed that Duquesnoy has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deep swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duquesnoy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Deep went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Deep misses with a two punch combination.
Deep lands a jab to the head.
Deep throws a one two combo.
Duquesnoy takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duquesnoy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up but Deep circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Duquesnoy.
A left and a right from Deep both land. Nice combination.
Deep swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duquesnoy moves in looking to clinch but Deep pushes him off.
Duquesnoy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Deep circles away from the clinch attempt.
Deep is looking for a counter combo.

Duquesnoy moves into the clinch successfully.
Duquesnoy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duquesnoy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deep is keeping busy.
Duquesnoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Deep avoids the damage to the body.

Deep breaks the clinch.
Deep throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deep is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Deep swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duquesnoy shoots in but Deep avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Deep throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duquesnoy.
Deep swats away the attempt to clinch by Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Duquesnoy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duquesnoy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Deep tries to avoid it but Duquesnoy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Deep to the ground. Deep escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Enzo Deep has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy is breathing heavily.
Duquesnoy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Deep is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Deep goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Duquesnoy throws a low kick but Deep avoids it.
Deep moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Duquesnoy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Deep.
Duquesnoy with the counter takedown but Deep avoids it easily.

Duquesnoy takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enzo Deep dominated that second round.
That's time! Deep's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Duquesnoy tries to clinch there but Deep circles away.
Deep misses with a double jab.
Duquesnoy moves in looking to clinch but Deep pushes him off.
Duquesnoy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Deep misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duquesnoy changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Duquesnoy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Deep as he jumps to the side.
Duquesnoy doesn't manage to clinch there - Deep circles away.
Deep displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Deep checks a low kick from Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deep throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duquesnoy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Deep counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Duquesnoy looks to clinch
and Deep counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Deep throws a right and a left that Duquesnoy avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but Deep moves away
and Deep counters with a right hand to the body.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up.
As Duquesnoy looks to move away, Deep throws a big counter combo but Duquesnoy just gets out of the way.
Duquesnoy slips a jab and a cross from Deep.
Deep throws a right and a left that Duquesnoy avoids nicely.
Deep scores with a hook.
Duquesnoy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deep.
Deep went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Duquesnoy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duquesnoy shoots in for a double leg but Deep sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Deep is looking for a counter combo.
Enzo Deep has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Duquesnoy.
Duquesnoy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Deep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but Deep moves out of range.
Duquesnoy tries to clinch up.
Duquesnoy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Deep defends well and Duquesnoy ends up having to push Deep into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deep swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deep is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Duquesnoy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Deep counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duquesnoy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Deep is able to avoid easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Deep checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deep misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deep looks to land a combination but Duquesnoy avoids it well.
Deep keeps the fight on the outside.
Deep is looking for a counter combo.
Deep slips a jab and a cross from Duquesnoy.
Deep misses with a two punch combination.
Deep lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duquesnoy circles away quickly and effectively.
Duquesnoy is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Deep misses with a few strikes there.
Deep throws a one two combo.
Deep moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Duquesnoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deep swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deep is looking for a counter combo.
Duquesnoy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Deep.

Duquesnoy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Duquesnoy breaks from the clinch.
Deep cracks a nice hook into Duquesnoy's ribs.
Duquesnoy slips a jab and a cross from Deep.
Deep looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duquesnoy darts in and clinches Deep up against the cage.
Duquesnoy keeps control of Deep as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Deep can't break the clinch.
Tom Duquesnoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duquesnoy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deep.
Deep tries to break the clinch but Duquesnoy is controlling the position.
Duquesnoy pushes off an throws an elbow but Deep leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Deep scores with a shot to the side of Duquesnoy's head.
Duquesnoy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Deep can't break the clinch.

Deep's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deep chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duquesnoy can pounce on him.
Deep throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Deep throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deep throws a right and a left that both miss.

Duquesnoy rushes Deep and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deep is looking to break free of the clinch but Duquesnoy has double underhooks.
Duquesnoy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Deep gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Duquesnoy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Duquesnoy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Deep gets to his feet. Duquesnoy looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Duquesnoy tries to clinch but Deep moves out of range.
Deep fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deep's corner calls for a 1-2. Deep obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Duquesnoy fails with a takedown attempt.
Deep closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Deep will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duquesnoy throws a nice looking combination but Deep bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enzo Deep showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Deep, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enzo Deep!