PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricki Suckerpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Duffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Suckerpunch
vs
Duffy

210 cm
33
270 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

208 cm
28
260 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricki Suckerpunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Duffy!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suckerpunch takes one on the button.
Suckerpunch moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duffy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Suckerpunch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Phil Duffy has been cut.
Suckerpunch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at DiscoClub in the buildup to the fight.
Duffy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suckerpunch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
As Duffy looks to move away, Suckerpunch throws a big counter combo but Duffy just gets out of the way.
Suckerpunch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Duffy throws a good cross that connects.
Duffy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Suckerpunch's hands.
Duffy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Suckerpunch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Suckerpunch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duffy.
Phil Duffy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suckerpunch dodges the punch combination from Duffy.
Duffy misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffy misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Duffy misses.
Duffy throws a one two combo.
No joy there for Duffy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duffy lands with a nice body punch.
Duffy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Suckerpunch circles away quickly and effectively.
Duffy looks to land a combination but Suckerpunch avoids it well.
Duffy throws a combination that misses
and Suckerpunch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Duffy looks winded!
Suckerpunch connects with a crisp jab.
Duffy throws an overhand right that lands on Suckerpunch's shoulder, as Suckerpunch tries to avoid the shot.

Suckerpunch lands a big uppercut and Duffy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Duffy looks OK. Suckerpunch waves Duffy back to his feet!

Duffy is rocked!

That has opened up Phil Duffy's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duffy is aggressively charging in as Suckerpunch backs up avoiding any damage. Suckerpunch tosses out a jab and Duffy runs right into it face first! Duffy is out cold! Suckerpunch dropped down on all fours and is barking in Duffy's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricki Suckerpunch!
Ricki Suckerpunch decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.