PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nardong Putik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Percy Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Putik
vs
Duke

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nardong Putik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Percy Duke!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duke. That's going to slow Putik down.
Putik loads up on a big right hand but Duke slips the punch.
Duke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Putik bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duke's head.
Nardong Putik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Putik takes a swing at Duke's ribcage but misses.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Putik.
Putik misses with a wild body shot.
Duke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Putik avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Duke slips under a jab from Putik.
Putik throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Putik swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duke lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Putik checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Duke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duke throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Putik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duke throws a head kick but Putik moves out of range.
Putik misses the body punch
and Duke counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Putik is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A nice combination there by Putik.

It looks like Percy Duke has been cut.
Putik misses with a right hand
and Duke counters with a body kick.
Putik blocks a head kick by Duke.
Putik is looking to counter punch.
Putik works Duke's body with a nice hook.
Putik throws a lazy right hand but Duke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Putik checks a low kick from Duke.
Putik's jab looks to have found its range, popping Duke under the eye.
Putik throws a right and a left that Duke avoids nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Putik throws a series of punches but Duke avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duke throws a low kick but Putik moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke throws the kick towards the body but Putik avoids it.
Duke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some bone on bone action there as Putik checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Putik checks a leg kick.
Duke throws a leg kick
enabling Putik to counter with a crisp jab.
Duke tries to score with a low kick but Putik moves his leg out of the way.
Putik scores with a jab to the head.
Duke slips a straight right by Putik.
Duke replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Putik blocks it well.
Duke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Putik throws out the jab.
Putik throws a series of punches but Duke moves out of range.
Duke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Putik throws a looping overhand right but Duke ducks down to avoid it.
Duke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Putik lands a lovely overhand right.
Putik throws out a loose jab but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke takes one to the side of the head.
Putik misses with a hook
and Duke counters with a thumping low kick.
Putik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Putik tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duke takes one on the button.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Duke lands a leg kick that knocks Putik off balance momentarily.
Duke looks winded!
Duke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Putik.
Duke moves out of range as Putik strikes.
Putik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Duke throws a low kick but Putik moves out of range easily.
Putik is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Duke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Putik has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duke throws a low kick but Putik avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke throws a leg kick which misses Putik's front leg but catches the back leg as Putik tries to avoid it.
Putik lands a really nice looking cross but Duke seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Putik throws a series of punches but Duke avoids them all with ease.
Putik throws a looping overhand right but Duke ducks down to avoid it.
Duke throws a wild body kick that Putik sees coming a mile off.
Duke misses with a leg kick
and Putik counters with a straight right hand.
Putik misses with a looping right.
Putik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke feints and then cracks Putik's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Putik down.
Nice shot lands for Putik.
Putik is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Duke tries to move into range but Putik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duke takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Putik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duke circles away quickly and effectively.
Putik scores with a sloppy right hand. Duke should have avoided that one.

Duke is rocked!
No joy there for Putik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duke lands a nice leg kick that just misses Putik's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nardong Putik dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Percy Duke'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.

A big left from Putik misses.
Putik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duke can do to turn this around?
Duke misses with a body kick.
Duke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Duke might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Putik has got the better of the exchanges.
A telegraphed right hand from Putik misses the target.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Putik.
Nardong Putik is winning the standup battle so far.
Duke is looking to slow Putik down with leg kicks.
Duke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Putik.
Putik throws a hook but Duke blocks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Duke lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Putik has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Putik and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It looked like Putik wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Putik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Putik.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Putik misses with an uppercut. Duke saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Putik misses the target.
Nice shot by Putik.
Duke throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Putik.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Duke.
Putik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duke.
Duke was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Putik.
Duke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Putik.
Duke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Putik.
Duke flicks out a counter leg kick but Putik steps away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duke.
Duke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Putik throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body kick there by Duke.
Duke staying out of range there.
Duke feints a counter leg kick.
Duke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Putik.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duke slips a straight right by Putik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Putik.
Duke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Putik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duke 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!
Putik looks to throw the jab but Duke is out of range.
Putik misses with a wild body shot.
Duke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duke throws a wild body kick that Putik sees coming a mile off.
Duke gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Duke throws a wild body kick that Putik sees coming a mile off.
Duke is breathing heavily.
Duke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Duke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Putik misses.
Putik looks to score with a jab to the body but Duke is just out of range.
Putik misses the jab.
Duke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Putik.
Putik is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A swing and a miss from Putik.
Putik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duke.
Putik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Putik throws out a loose jab but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Duke.
Nice shot lands for Putik.
Putik rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duke counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Putik keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Duke.
A low kick from Duke misses
and Putik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Putik misses with a lunging right hand
and Duke counters with a body kick that stops Putik in his tracks momentarily.
Putik darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Putik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duke manages to avoid it.
Duke misses with the body kick
and Putik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duke wants to land a leg kick but Putik is out of range.
Putik throws a shot from downtown. Duke moves away and avoids it.
Putik pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Duke back to the cage. Putik follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Duke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Duke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Duke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Putik connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duke momentarily.
Duke is still on wobbly legs! Can Putik finish him?
Putik throws out a powerful jab.
Duke looks up at the clock. Bad move! Putik lands a right hand from hell, dropping Duke. Putik pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nardong Putik!