PBP Commentary

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

Duffy
vs
Zahav

208 cm
27
260 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

196 cm
26
258 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Duffy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baruch Zahav!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Duffy coming out on top.
Duffy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zahav.
Zahav throws a jab but it's blocked by Duffy.
Zahav uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duffy has time to react.

It looks like Phil Duffy has been cut.
Zahav misses with a double jab.
Duffy throws a nice looking combination but Zahav bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Zahav misses.

Zahav cracks Duffy with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Zahav has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Duffy to stand back up!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duffy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zahav backs up against the cage.
Duffy misses with a double jab.
Zahav misses with a hook.
Duffy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zahav.
Duffy looks to land a combination but Zahav avoids it well.
Zahav thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zahav misses the shot to the body.
Zahav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zahav just misses with a punch to the body.
Zahav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duffy tries to bum rush Zahav with a series of wild strikes but Zahav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zahav scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Duffy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy throws a right hand that Zahav ducks under and follows up with a left that Zahav also avoids with ease.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duffy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zahav looks to land a left hand but Duffy moved out of range nicely.
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Zahav misses.
Zahav throws a body shot but no joy.
Zahav throws a hook to the side of Duffy's head but Duffy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duffy pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zahav back to the cage. Duffy follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Zahav misses with a shot to the body
and Duffy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zahav throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duffy counters with a one-two to the body.
Zahav throws a hook but Duffy avoids it easily.
Duffy throws a big counter combination but Zahav scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A right-left combo lands from Duffy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duffy ducks under a wild hook from Zahav.
A little feinted left hand from Duffy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zahav looks winded!
Duffy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Duffy throws a right and a left that Zahav avoids nicely.
Zahav lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Duffy ducks under a wild hook from Zahav.
Duffy is looking for a counter combo.
Duffy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Duffy does no damage.
Zahav throws out a loose jab but Duffy uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy fails to land with a series of punches.
Duffy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
Zahav misses the shot to the body.
Zahav looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duffy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zahav swinging wildly here.
Duffy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Duffy misses.
Zahav is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Duffy tries to bum rush Zahav with a series of wild strikes but Zahav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duffy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Donk. Zahav catches Duffy right on the button with a cross.

Phil Duffy's cut is getting worse.
Zahav throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duffy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zahav throws a poor cross that misses
and Duffy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duffy connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duffy.
A right-left combo lands from Duffy.
Duffy tries to bum rush Zahav with a series of wild strikes but Zahav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duffy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Zahav gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duffy.
Zahav looks to throw the jab but Duffy is out of range.
Duffy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duffy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Duffy.
Duffy is working the combinations to good effect here.
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 a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Duffy.
Duffy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zahav misses with a two punch combination.
Duffy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duffy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Duffy.
Duffy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Zahav misses with a hook to the body
and Zahav takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.
Zahav misses with a wild body shot.
Duffy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zahav backs up against the cage.
A big left from Zahav misses.
Duffy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zahav throws a right and a left that Duffy avoids nicely.
Zahav has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Duffy throws a nice looking combination but Zahav bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duffy throws a right and a left that Zahav avoids nicely.
Zahav misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Zahav misses with a double jab
enabling Duffy to counter with a crisp jab.
Duffy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Duffy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Phil Duffy's cut.
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.

Duffy lands with an overhand left.
Duffy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duffy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zahav circles away quickly and effectively.
Duffy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zahav finds it's way round the side to connect with Duffy's head.
Duffy tries to bum rush Zahav with a series of wild strikes but Zahav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Zahav misses.
Duffy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zahav throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duffy counters with a series of strikes. Zahav will be more careful next time no doubt.
Zahav throws a series of punches but Duffy avoids them all with ease.
Duffy lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zahav throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Zahav avoids them all with ease.
Zahav loads up on a big right hand but Duffy slips the punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zahav misses the shot to the body.
Zahav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duffy moves away.
Duffy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duffy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Phil Duffy is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zahav needs to keep his hands up - Duffy had a free shot at his head there.
Zahav just misses with a punch to the body.
Zahav misses with a looping right.
Baruch Zahav seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duffy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Zahav moves out of range.
Duffy staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Duffy misses the target.
Zahav ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duffy moves away.
Zahav rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duffy counters with a three punch combo that has Zahav backing up. Zahav nods at Duffy to acknowledge the strikes.
Zahav throws a combination that misses
and Duffy counters with a two punch combo.
A combination from Duffy does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Duffy. Those never looked like landing.
Zahav loads up on a big right hand but Duffy slips the punch.
Zahav takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zahav thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duffy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Duffy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Duffy scores with a jab to the body.
Zahav takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Phil Duffy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy dips to his left and cracks Zahav with an uppercut!
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Zahav misses with a two punch combination.
Duffy throws a good cross that connects.
Zahav throws the left hand but Duffy avoids the punch easily.
As Zahav looks to move away, Duffy throws a big counter combo but Zahav just gets out of the way.
Zahav has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duffy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zahav avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duffy fails to land with a series of punches.
Zahav throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duffy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Zahav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duffy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Duffy lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Duffy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zahav let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zahav throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duffy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duffy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Duffy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Duffy misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffy scores with a punch to the head.
Duffy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zahav throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duffy on the side of the head.
Zahav with a nice cross.
Duffy thuds his right hand into Zahav's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Duffy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zahav.
Duffy throws out a powerful jab.
Zahav misses with a wild body shot.
Zahav showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duffy.
Duffy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Zahav moves out of range.
Zahav throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Zahav moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duffy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duffy slips a jab from Zahav.
Zahav closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Duffy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zahav throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zahav throws a hook but Duffy avoids it easily.
Duffy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zahav.
Duffy connects with a single shot there.
Duffy fails to land with a series of punches.
Zahav throws a counter combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zahav rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duffy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duffy swinging wildly here.
Zahav dodges the punch combination from Duffy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Duffy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Phil Duffy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Duffy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duffy cracks a nice hook into Zahav's ribs.
Zahav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zahav jabs at Duffy's body.
Some wild striking there from Zahav.
Duffy dips to his left and cracks Zahav with an uppercut!
Duffy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slow jab from Duffy misses its intended target.
Zahav fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zahav tries to bum rush Duffy with a series of wild strikes but Duffy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duffy throws a series of strikes that have Zahav backpedaling.
A punch combination from Duffy misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duffy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duffy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zahav!
Duffy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zahav just misses with a punch to the body.
Zahav throws a big shot that misses.
Zahav misses with a combination
and Duffy counters with a one-two to the body.
Duffy throws a nice looking combination but Zahav bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Zahav just misses with a punch to the body.
Duffy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zahav can do to turn this around?
Zahav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Duffy misses.
Zahav lands a jab to the nose.
Zahav paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Duffy.
Duffy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baruch Zahav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Duffy.
Jab from Duffy.
Duffy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duffy scores with a three punch combo!
Zahav smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Zahav looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Duffy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duffy slips a straight right by Zahav.
Duffy throws a shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Duffy!
Zahav falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duffy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zahav throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duffy.
A nice combination there by Duffy.
A left and a right from Duffy both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Zahav misses.
Duffy lands with a cross.
Duffy throws a series of punches but Zahav moves out of range.
Zahav avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zahav misses with a hook. Duffy ducked under it nicely.
Duffy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zahav takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duffy ducks under a wild hook from Zahav.
Duffy tries to bum rush Zahav with a series of wild strikes but Zahav uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duffy.
Zahav scores with a hook.
Duffy ducks under a wild hook from Zahav.
Duffy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zahav momentarily.
Zahav misses with a hook. Duffy ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zahav takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zahav slips a jab and a cross from Duffy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zahav throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duffy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Duffy misses with a few strikes there.
Duffy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duffy lands with a nice combination. Zahav backs away looking to recover.
Zahav misses with a straight left.
Sloppy strikes from Zahav. Those never looked like landing.
Zahav throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duffy throws a combination. Zahav tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Duffy.
Duffy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Duffy scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zahav throws out a loose jab but Duffy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duffy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fighters circling - Zahav throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Phil Duffy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duffy with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Duffy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duffy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

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