PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Childish Gambino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Duff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gambino's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, RAW (backwards). Duff has chosen Determined by Mudvayne as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gambino
vs
Duff

182 cm
39
166 lbs
31 - 18 - 0

178 cm
26
170 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Childish Gambino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brendan Duff!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gambino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Duff to score with a decent uppercut.
Gambino avoids the body shot from Duff.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gambino went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Duff throws a hook but Gambino blocks it.
Duff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gambino sprawls well. Gambino wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Duff gets slowly back to his feet.

Duff clinches up against the cage.
Gambino is trying to force a seperation but Duff has the dominant position.
Gambino tries to circle away but Duff has him pinned against the cage.
Duff gets through Gambino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gambino backwards.
Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gambino backwards.

Gambino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gambino works over Duff's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambino takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff looks to land a right hand but Gambino moved out of range.
It looked like Gambino wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Duff.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gambino was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duff.
Danga de danga de dang - Gambino scores with a four punch combination!
Duff wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duff digs a good hook to Gambino's body.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Gambino throws a body shot but no joy.
Gambino misses the shot to the body.
Duff shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gambino but Gambino pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Childish Gambino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff throws a lazy head kick
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Gambino throws a series of punches but Duff avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duff misses with a looping left.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Gambino blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambino misses with a two punch combination.
Duff is looking to clinch.
Duff takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duff thumps Gambino with a low kick.
Gambino lands a head shot.
Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gambino manages to avoid it.
Gambino moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Gambino as he connects with a hook.
Duff throws a combination that misses
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Gambino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gambino swings for the body but Duff moves out of range.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff misses with a straight right.
A big right from Duff misses.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Nice defenses there by Gambino.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duff lands a nice hook to Gambino's body. Gambino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gambino looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range.
Duff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Duff walks into a left hand.
Gambino dodges the punch combination from Duff.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Gambino backing away here, and Duff unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duff's coach down at Fight Factory was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Duff's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Duff throws a lazy head kick
and Gambino counters with a right hand to the body.
Gambino connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duff momentarily.
A head kick misses from Gambino.
Duff moves away from the strike by Gambino.
Duff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gambino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gambino keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gambino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff fails to land the takedown.
Gambino seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Childish Gambino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Gambino is looking to wear down Duff with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Duff takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gambino was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
Duff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gambino connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duff scrambles back to his feet.
Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Gambino to counter with a crisp jab.
Duff takes one on the button.

Duff is rocked!
Gambino Throws a clean left jab. Gambino Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Duff's chin! Duff crumbles to the ground and Gambino follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Gambino!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Childish Gambino!
After winning the bout, Childish Gambino thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.