PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Runt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Duggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duggan's choice of entrance music: Five Finger Death Punch- Bad Company . Chris Runt has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Runt
vs
Duggan

205 cm
21
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

200 cm
21
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Runt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Duggan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Runt throws an overhand right that lands on Duggan's shoulder, as Duggan tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duggan.
Runt works over Duggan's head and body with a nice combination.
Chris Runt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duggan misses with a body shot.
Runt lands a slapping body shot.
Runt connects with a jab.
Runt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duggan now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Duggan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Runt connects with a looping right hand.
Runt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Runt looks to score with a jab to the body but Duggan is just out of range.
Runt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duggan scores with a body shot.
Duggan throws a low kick, looking for Runt's leg but Runt calmly moves out of range.
Duggan throws a body kick that misses.

Duggan closes the distance and pushes Runt back into the cage.
Runt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Runt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've been informed that Duggan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Duggan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duggan struggles to land a body shot inside as Runt controls his hands.
Duggan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duggan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Duggan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Runt lands a hook that snaps the head of Duggan backwards.

Duggan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Duggan moves into the clinch.
Duggan lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duggan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Runt.
Duggan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Duggan swings wildly with an uppercut but Runt uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Runt is trying to break the clinch but Duggan has him pressed against the cage.
Duggan misses with a body punch.
Duggan works on Runt's body with a couple of short punches.
Duggan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Duggan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Runt regains guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duggan throwing strikes but missing.
Duggan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Duggan is looking to work some ground and pound but Runt has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duggan wants to control from the top but Runt keeps moving.
Duggan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Runt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Duggan throwing strikes from guard but Runt blocks nicely.
Duggan postures up in Runt's guard and throws a big left but Runt blocks it.
Runt is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Runt throws a right and a left that Duggan avoids nicely.
Duggan throws out a counter right but Runt avoids it with no problem.
Duggan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Runt takes a step back to recover.
Runt misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duggan tried to score with a low kick but Runt checks it.
Duggan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Runt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Duggan.
A jab from Runt misses.
Duggan misses with a leg kick.
Runt misses with a few strikes there.
Duggan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Runt throws a hook to the side of Duggan's head but Duggan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Runt lands with a shot to the body.
Duggan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Duggan cracks the inside of Runt's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Runt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duggan. Duggan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice uppercut lands for Runt. That snapped Duggan's head back.
Runt tries to move into range but Duggan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Duggan clinches with his opponent.
Duggan misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jim Duggan will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Runt throws the left hand but Duggan avoids the punch easily.
Duggan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Runt misses the target.
Runt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Runt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duggan throws a hook to the side of Runt's head but Runt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Runt is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Runt misses with a straight left.
Runt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Duggan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Duggan scoring well with a low kick there.
Duggan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Runt connects with a looping right hand.
Duggan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Runt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duggan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duggan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duggan lands with a good body shot.
Duggan just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Runt misses its target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Runt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duggan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Runt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duggan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Runt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duggan.
Duggan tries to bum rush Runt with a series of wild strikes but Runt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A telegraphed right hand from Runt misses the target.

Duggan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Duggan is stalling here. Runt is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Duggan seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Runt has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duggan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Runt is working away from the top position though.
Runt wants to stand up but Duggan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Duggan gets back to full guard.
Runt is looking to stand up but Duggan won't let him.
Duggan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Duggan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Runt passes into side control.
Runt wants to control but Duggan is keeping him busy.
Runt slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Runt trying to control the action but Duggan is working from the bottom.
Runt tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Duggan can't do much from the bottom here.
Runt trying to control the action but Duggan is working from the bottom.
Runt is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Runt is looking to take a break and control but Duggan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Runt working away.
Runt taking a breather here.
Duggan can't do much from the bottom here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Chris Runt will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Duggan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Runt momentarily.
Duggan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Runt throws out the jab.
Duggan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duggan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Duggan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Runt walks forward, straight into a front kick from Duggan.
Duggan misses with a left hand
and Runt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duggan throws a right hand that Runt ducks under and follows up with a left that Runt also avoids with ease.
Runt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Runt throws a body shot but no joy.
Runt misses the jab.
Duggan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Some wild striking there from Runt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duggan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Runt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duggan moves into range and clinches up with Runt.
Duggan working aggressively here.
Runt blocks an uppercut.
Duggan throws a punch but it's blocked by Runt.
Duggan blocks an uppercut.
Duggan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Runt backwards.
Duggan tries to throw a body punch but Runt avoids it by throwing Duggan back against the cage.
Jim Duggan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duggan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duggan misses with a punch to the body.
Duggan can't find room to land a body shot as Runt controls the action.
Runt cracks Duggan with a nice body shot.
Duggan tries to work over Runt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duggan wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duggan tries a body shot but Runt blocks it.
Runt misses with the head strike.
Duggan is working Runt over against the cage.
Runt blocks an uppercut.

Duggan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Runt throws a lazy uppercut
and Duggan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duggan slips a straight right by Runt.
Good work by Runt as he checks the leg kick.
Runt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duggan.
Duggan scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duggan with a nice cross.

Runt is rocked!
Duggan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oh Runt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Duggan.
Runt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Runt has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Duggan.
Duggan circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Runt tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Duggan wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jim Duggan!
A very excited looking Jim Duggan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.