PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carney Duffy (ranked 1961 p4p, 298 weight class) and Jozef Beast (ranked 2388 p4p, 374 weight class). Duffy comes into the arena with Brawl - Bloody spit blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duffy
vs
Beast

183 cm
31
181 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

183 cm
35
175 lbs
24 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Carney Duffy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jozef Beast!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffy with a jab.

It looks like Jozef Beast has been cut.
Beast rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duffy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beast blocks a head kick by Duffy.
Beast throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duffy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duffy scores with a head kick. Beast tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A swing and a miss from Beast.
Duffy misses with a low kick.
Beast connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duffy momentarily.
Duffy misses with a hook
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
Beast lands a slapping body shot.
Duffy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beast swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duffy lands a leg kick that knocks Beast off balance momentarily.
Beast jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duffy takes one on the button.
Beast connects with an inside leg kick.
Beast takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Beast jabs Duffy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Duffy throws a hook but Beast blocks it.
Duffy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beast is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beast clinches up against the cage.
Duffy missing with knees to the body.
Beast working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Beast unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beast lands with a left to the head.
Beast lands a hook that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.
Duffy misses with a punch on the inside.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beast blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beast.
Duffy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duffy trying to control the position but instead, Beast has worked for underhooks and has pushed Duffy into the cage.
Beast working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Beast.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beast using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duffy is breathing heavily.
Beast lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Beast misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Beast.
Beast working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beast lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.

Duffy is rocked!
Beast lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Duffy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beast with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duffy seems to have got his legs back now.
Duffy avoiding damage as Beast throws knees to the body.
Beast lands with a short shot to the head.
Beast working aggressively here.
Beast with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Beast fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duffy struggles to land a body shot inside as Beast controls his hands.
Beast lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beast working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duffy.
Beast throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duffy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beast throws a head punch that misses.
Duffy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beast looking to throw knees to the head but Duffy is blocking nicely.
Beast throws a punch but it's blocked by Duffy.
Duffy lands a hook that snaps the head of Beast backwards.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Beast swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duffy throws a head punch that misses.
Duffy blocks an uppercut.
Beast utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duffy wants to take the fight to the mat but Beast manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Beast.
Beast lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duffy backwards.
Beast fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beast with a knee to the head.
Beast lands a nice knee to the body.
Beast swings wildly with an uppercut but Duffy uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beast throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beast misses with some punches.
Beast softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beast lands a right hand.
Duffy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Beast fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beast misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duffy has a couple of punches blocked by Beast.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beast.
Duffy blocking some punches.
Duffy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Beast.
Duffy working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beast misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beast misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Beast.
Beast softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duffy takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jozef Beast dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jozef Beast's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Beast lands a body shot.
Duffy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beast finds it's way round the side to connect with Duffy's head.
Beast tries to clinch but Duffy is having none of it.
Duffy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beast.
Duffy just misses with a punch to the body.

Beast sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Duffy to the ground! Beast dives into full mount looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duffy tries to hold on but Beast pushes him away.

Beast stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Beast throws a hook to the side of Duffy's head but Duffy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duffy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Duffy scores with a jab to the body.
Beast throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beast takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Duffy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Beast will feel that in the morning.
Beast has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duffy loads up on a big right hand but Beast slips the punch.
Jozef Beast seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast doesn't manage to clinch there - Duffy circles away.
Beast lands with an overhand left.
Beast feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Duffys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Duffy. Beast shrugs it off though.
A telegraphed right hand from Duffy misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Beast on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beast misses with a body kick.
Beast takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duffy throws a head kick that misses.
Beast throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duffy scores with the left hand. Beast knows he should have avoided that one.
Decent striking displayed by Beast there.
Beast misses the shot to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Duffy misses its target.
Beast scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beast connects with a single shot there.
Duffy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffy lands a leg kick that knocks Beast off balance momentarily.
Duffy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Beast.
Duffy swats away the attempt to clinch by Beast.
Duffy checks the leg kick.
Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duffy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beast darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Duffy. Beautiful body shot.
Duffy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beast moves out of range of the body kick from Duffy.
Duffy gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Duffy tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Beast is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Duffy buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Duffy!! Duffy is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Beast throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jozef Beast!
During a confident post fight interview, Jozef Beast thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.