PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Immortal Technique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Duff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Technique comes to the cage accompanied by Eye in the sky . Duff has chosen Determined by Mudvayne as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Brendan Duff enters the cage!

Technique
vs
Duff

179 cm
28
164 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

178 cm
28
170 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Immortal Technique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brendan Duff!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duff lands with a straight right. Technique didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Immortal Technique has been cut.

Technique forces Duff back against the cage and clinches.
Duff lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.

Duff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duff moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Technique moves into the clinch.
Technique tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duff misses with some punches.
Duff takes a knee right on the jaw!
Technique lands an elbow inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A bit of stalling here from Duff.
Duff misses with a punch on the inside.
Technique misses with a knee to the head.
Technique pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Technique tries to land a knee to the head but Duff blocks with his arms.
Technique throws a punch but it's blocked by Duff.
Technique on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duff throws a head punch that misses.

Duff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Technique tries to clinch up but Duff circles away and keeps his distance.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Duff was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Technique on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Technique fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duff avoids it really well and circles away.
Technique wants to clinch.
Technique moves to clinch but Duff breaks away
and Duff counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Technique thinking.
Duff lands with a kick to the temple. Technique shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Technique.
Technique displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duff throws out the jab.
Duff misses with a hook. Technique ducked under it nicely.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Technique with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Technique walks into a jab.
Technique defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Duff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Technique lands a knee to the head.
Technique connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duff's face.

Duff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Technique looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Technique tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duff.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Technique moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Technique gets a clinch.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Technique with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Technique blocks the elbow strike.

Duff breaks from the clinch.

Technique gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Duff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Technique gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Duff takes a knee right on the jaw!
Technique tries a knee to the head but Duff blocks it.
Technique using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Technique lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Duff breaks from the clinch.

Duff looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Technique wants to stand up but Duff is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Technique keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is fighting to break Technique's control of his arms but Technique is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Technique keeping full guard, as Duff tries to pass.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Technique is adopting a defensive guard.
Duff stands and throws Technique's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Technique taking a bit of punishment here - Duff scoring with strikes.
Duff creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Technique is trying to control Duff's posture but Duff avoids it.
Technique is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Jacks Fight Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Duff misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Immortal Technique's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Technique closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Duff blocks an elbow strike.

Duff manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duff misses with a body kick.
Duff stuffs the takedown.
Duff lands with an uppercut that bounces Technique off the cage and back into range.
Technique is looking to clinch but Duff is avoiding it.
Duff let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Technique ducks under a wild hook from Duff.

Technique clinches.
Duff has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Duff breaks the clinch.
Duff throws a hook but Technique blocks it.
Technique fails with the takedown
and Duff counters with a stiff right hand.
Technique on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duff. Duff obviously looking to wear him down.
Technique takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Technique slips a straight right by Duff.
A left lands for Duff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff thuds his right hand into Technique's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Technique moves into the clinch.
Duff is trying to maintain a safe position but Technique gets an underhook and turns Duff into the cage.
Duff throws a punch but it's blocked by Technique.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Technique.
Technique slips under a jab.
Technique was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brendan Duff seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Technique moves into the clinch.
Duff is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Technique pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Duff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Duff is looking to take this one to the mat.
Technique throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duff blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Technique.
Technique tries a knee to the head but Duff blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Technique throws an elbow but it misses.
Duff is working for takedown but Technique is calmly controlling the position for now.
Immortal Technique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
Technique throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duff is looking for a takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Duff breaks from the clinch.

Technique closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Duff has picked Technique up - he's going for a ride! Duff dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Technique wants to get back to his feet.
Duff is trying to control the action in half guard but Technique is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Duff takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Technique trying to hold on to Duff's head to control him but Duff postures up.
Duff missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Technique manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Technique stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duff.
Jab by Duff.

Technique clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duff breaks the clinch.
Technique tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Technique moves out of range of the body kick from Duff.
Duff has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Technique is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Duff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good standup being displayed there by Duff as he connects with a hook.
Technique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Technique tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Duff stuns Technique with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot by Duff.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Duff.
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Technique shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Duff as he jumps to the side.
Duff throws the left hand but Technique avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Technique fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duff, pushing him back against the cage.
Technique with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Duff manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Technique tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Duff doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Duff throws a body shot but no joy.
Technique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duff throws out a counter right but Technique avoids it with no problem.
Duff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Technique.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Technique sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duff bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Technique closes the distance but Duff moves to the side
and Duff counters with a nice uppercut.
Duff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Immortal Technique is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duff scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Technique looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brendan Duff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Immortal Technique's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Duff throws a good cross that connects.
Technique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Technique moves out of range of the strikes.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Technique moves away.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Technique sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Technique on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Technique shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Duff is trying to defend but Technique finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Technique working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Technique working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Technique connects with a nice short shot to Duff's temple.

Technique is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Duff defends it well.
Immortal Technique overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Technique working the head and body with strikes.
Technique sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duff defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Technique thows a huge punch but Duff dodges it nicely.
Duff wants to get back to full guard.
Technique lands with a punch from half guard.
Duff gets back to full guard.
Duff lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Duff trying to control but Technique is working from the bottom.
Duff trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Technique keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is fighting to break Technique's control of his arms but Technique is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Technique is looking to stand up but Duff isn't so interested in that idea.
Duff forces his way into half guard.
Duff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duff prevents Technique from standing back up.
Duff drops an elbow to the side of Technique's head.
Technique is trying to stand back up but Duff is controlling him
Duff throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Technique is trying to control but can't.
Technique controlling the position for now.
Technique on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Technique is controlling Duff's trapped leg to prevent Duff from advancing to side control.
Duff thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Technique's head.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.
Technique keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duff prevents Technique from standing back up.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.
Duff works his way into full mount!
Technique is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Duff throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Technique is trying desperately to improve position.
Technique is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Technique tries to hold on but Duff pushes him away.
Technique squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Duff lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff landing shots from mount.
Duff pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Technique sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Technique is trying to stand up here but Duff is controlling him well.
Duff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Technique wants to get back to his feet.
Duff takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duff wants to pass to mount but Technique is defending the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Technique pushes Duff off looking to stand but Duff dives back in and keeps control.
Duff wants to take a breather but Technique is having none of it.
Technique is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duff scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duff passes to full mount!
Immortal Technique has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brendan Duff is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duff scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Duff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Duff winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff thanked the fans post fight for their support.