PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Duke Dukerson (ranked 4303 p4p, 214 weight class) and Zack Attack (ranked 8352 p4p, 375 weight class). Zack Attack has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Duke Dukerson's chin.

Dukerson
vs
Attack

165 cm
23
144 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
19
148 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Dukerson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zack Attack!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dukerson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Attack moves away.
Dukerson wants to clinch.
Attack swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dukerson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Attack misses with a straight left.
Attack lands a nice looking body shot.
Attack darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Attack throws a jab but it's blocked by Dukerson.
A telegraphed right hand from Attack misses the target.
Attack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dukerson feinted with a counter takedown.
Attack scores with a jab to the body.
Dukerson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukerson blocks a low kick nicely.
Dukerson feinted with a counter takedown.
Attack scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dukerson is looking to clinch but Attack is avoiding it.
Dukerson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Attack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Attack lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dukerson at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dukerson moves in looking to clinch but Attack pushes him off.
Attack misses with a body shot.
Dukerson misses with a straight right.
Dukerson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dukerson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Attack misses with a hook.
Attack misses with an uppercut.
Attack displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dukerson throws out the jab.
Attack punishes Dukerson's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Attack.
Attack just misses with a punch to the body.
Dukerson drops his hands momentarily and Attack takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Attack lands with a shot to the body.
Dukerson tries to clinch but Attack is having none of it.
Attack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dukerson defending well as Attack loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attack throws a lazy uppercut

and Dukerson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Attack moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dukerson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dukerson trying to control but Attack is working from the bottom.
Dukerson controlling from the top position.
Dukerson looking to pass the guard.
Attack pulls Dukerson in to control the position.
Dukerson tries to free his leg and advance position but Attack is retaining full guard.
Attack keeping moving, preventing Dukerson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukerson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Attack pulls Dukerson in close to prevent any damage.
Attack avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dukerson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Attack is pulling down on Dukerson's head. It's preventing any offense from Dukerson, at least for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dukerson fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Attack. Dukerson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Attack lands a jab.
Attack looks to score with a jab to the body but Dukerson is just out of range.
Dukerson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dukerson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Dukerson misses the target.
Attack paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Attack misses with a double jab.
Attack thuds a left hand into Dukerson's body.
A cross from Attack lands.
Dukerson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Attack sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Attack throws out a loose jab but Dukerson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Attack moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Dukerson misses.
A slow jab from Attack misses its intended target.
Attack lands a really nice looking cross but Dukerson seems unphased.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dukerson tries to close the distance and clinch but Attack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Attack scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Attack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dukerson attempts a counter takedown but Attack avoids it well and moves away.
Attack is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dukerson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Attack takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Attack swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Attack dominated that round.
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.

Dukerson clinches with his opponent.
Attack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dukerson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Attack misses with some punches.
Dukerson blocking some punches.
Attack prevents the takedown attempt.
Attack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dukerson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Attack.
Dukerson blocks a body shot from Attack.
Attack throws a punch but it's blocked by Dukerson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukerson working aggressively here.
Attack pushes Dukerson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Attack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Attack clobbers Dukerson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Attack moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Dukerson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dukerson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Attack misses the target.
Dukerson tries to clinch but Attack moves away
and Dukerson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dukerson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Attack.
Dukerson staying out of range there.
Dukerson is looking to clinch.
Zack Attack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dukerson tries to move into range but Attack moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dukerson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dukerson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Attack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dukerson lands with a nice combination. Attack backs away looking to recover.
Nice defenses there by Attack.
Dukerson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Attack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zack Attack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Dukerson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Attack.

Attack manages to break the clinch.
Attack throws a body punch but Dukerson moves out of range.
Attack lands a nice shot to the body.
Dukerson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Attack misses with the body kick

and Dukerson counters with a takedown into side control.
Attack tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dukerson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Attack's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dukerson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The ground and pound from Dukerson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Attack tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dukerson controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attack looking for a sweep but Dukerson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Attack wants to hold on but Dukerson pushes him away.
Dukerson looking to control but Attack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Attack is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Attack might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dukerson haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Attack is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dukerson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Attack is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukerson raining down shots from the mount!
Dukerson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Attack tries to lock up and control but Dukerson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dukerson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dukerson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Attack?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Attack wants to hold on but Dukerson pushes him away.
Dukerson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Attack really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Attack in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dukerson raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Dukerson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Attack swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Dukerson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Dukerson.
Dukerson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dukerson prevents Attack from improving his position.
Attack felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Duke Dukerson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dukerson lands strikes from half guard.
Dukerson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Attack knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Attack wants to improve his position but Dukerson is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukerson trying to control the action but Attack is working from the bottom.
Attack trying to hold on to Dukerson's head to control him but Dukerson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attack is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Attack is controlling Dukerson's trapped leg to prevent Dukerson from advancing to side control.
Attack is looking to improve his position.
Dukerson trying to control the action but Attack is working from the bottom.
Attack avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dukerson.
Dukerson wants to take a breather but Attack is having none of it.
Dukerson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Attack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dukerson.
Dukerson trying to pass the guard but Attack defending well.
Attack really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dukerson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Attack manages to get to full guard.
Attack can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dukerson controls the pace.
Attack pulls Dukerson in close to prevent any damage.
Dukerson is stalling in the full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dukerson tries to clinch there but Attack circles away.
Attack misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dukerson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attack.
Dukerson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dukerson misses with a body shot
enabling Attack to counter with a crisp jab.
Dukerson slips a jab from Attack.
Dukerson tries to counter with a takedown but Attack is quick to defend against it.
Attack comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Attack circles away from the clinch attempt.
Attack throws a looping overhand right but Dukerson ducks down to avoid it.
Attack misses with a looping left.
Attack waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dukerson.
Dukerson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Dukerson slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Attack there.
Dukerson throws a right hand that misses
and Attack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dukerson misses with an uppercut.
Dukerson looks to land a left hand but Attack moved out of range nicely.
Attack lands an overhand right.
Attack uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dukerson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Attack there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Attack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dukerson loads up on a big right hand but Attack slips the punch.
Attack takes a swing at Dukerson's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Attack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Attack.
Attack swings for the body but Dukerson moves out of range.
Dukerson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Attack looks to land a right hand but Dukerson moved out of range.
Dukerson feinted with a counter takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dukerson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zack Attack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Attack defending well as Dukerson loads up on a big left hand.
Dukerson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Attack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dukerson throws a nice looking combination but Attack bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Duke Dukerson.
I think Dukerson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!