PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carey Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and English Hooligan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). English Hooligan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Duke
vs
Hooligan

173 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

182 cm
18
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Carey Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, English Hooligan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooligan throws a right and a left that Duke avoids nicely.
Hooligan misses with a wild combination.
Hooligan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duke could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hooligan lands a jab.

It looks like Carey Duke has been cut.
Hooligan scores with a jab to the jaw.

Duke manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hooligan on his heels. He'll look to pass Hooligan's guard now, I'm sure.
Hooligan wants to stand and escape but Duke is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hooligan wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Duke manages to pass to side control.
Hooligan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Duke takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Hooligan tries to kick Duke off but Duke keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duke is controlling the pace.
Hooligan wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

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.
Duke avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Hooligan looks to move away, Duke throws a big counter combo but Hooligan just gets out of the way.
Hooligan looks to land a combination but Duke avoids it well.
Duke misses with the combination.
Hooligan lands a jab to the nose.
Duke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hooligan.
As Hooligan looks to move away, Duke throws a big counter combo but Hooligan just gets out of the way.
No joy there for Hooligan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duke is looking for a counter combo.
Hooligan looks winded!
A nice combination there by Hooligan.
Hooligan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Duke is rocked!
English Hooligan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hooligan connects with a superb combination that knocks Duke out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Hooligan before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Duke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). English Hooligan!