PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rick Duthie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Issac CyMike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duthie
vs
CyMike

185 cm
24
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

MMA Elite Nutrition
MMA Elite Nutrition

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Duthie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Issac CyMike!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

CyMike shoots in and bounces Duthie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

CyMike drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Duthie manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now CyMike has Duthie in his guard.
Duthie wants to get up but he can't break CyMike's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Duthie postures up.

CyMike has his foot on Duthie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duthie works his way back into a safe position though.
CyMike preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duthie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

CyMike is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Duthie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of CyMike's head.
CyMike tries to strike from the bottom.

CyMike is working an open guard so Duthie takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Duthie there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CyMike avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
CyMike fails to land with a series of punches.

Duthie gets a clinch.
CyMike has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Duthie is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
CyMike wants to stall.

CyMike's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
CyMike misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duthie's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Duthie duly obliges.

It looks like Issac CyMike has been cut.
CyMike looks gassed!
A telegraphed right hand from CyMike misses the target.
Duthie tries to bum rush CyMike with a series of wild strikes but CyMike uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
CyMike has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duthie finds it's way round the side to connect with CyMike's head.
Duthie misses with a series of wild punches.
CyMike throws a combination that misses
and Duthie counters with a one-two to the body.

Duthie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
CyMike striking off his back but it's not causing Duthie any problems.
Duthie landing some decent shots from guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

CyMike looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duthie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Duthie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
CyMike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duthie manages to avoid it.
CyMike misses with a combination

and Duthie counters by clinching up.

Duthie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
CyMike misses with a combination
and Duthie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duthie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
CyMike takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Duthie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by CyMike.
Duthie fails with the takedown.
Duthie misses with a double jab.
Duthie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Duthie scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CyMike takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Duthie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
CyMike misses the jab.
Duthie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Duthie!

Duthie rushes CyMike and presses him up against the cage.
CyMike is trying to break the clinch but Duthie has him pressed against the cage.

Duthie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut lands for Duthie. That snapped CyMike's head back.
CyMike throws a combination that misses
and Duthie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
CyMike avoids a kick to the body.
Duthie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Issac CyMike seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duthie misses with a series of wild punches.
Duthie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. CyMike doesn't seem bothered though.
Duthie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Duthie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - CyMike throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duthie misses with a two punch combination.
CyMike misses with a combination
enabling Duthie to counter with a crisp jab.
CyMike throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
CyMike looks to land a right hand but Duthie moved out of range.

Duthie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for CyMike!
Duthie scoring with strikes but CyMike is staying in there.
CyMike is in a horrible position here. Duthie smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
CyMike really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Duthie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Duthie is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. CyMike can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Duthie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Issac CyMike's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Duthie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but CyMike moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
CyMike misses with a takedown
and Duthie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Duthie clinches up against the cage.
Duthie is pressed up against the cage. CyMike has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Duthie down to the mat. Duthie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A left and a right from CyMike both land. Nice combination.

Duthie moves into the clinch.

Duthie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
CyMike throws a right hand that Duthie ducks under and follows up with a left that Duthie also avoids with ease.
CyMike throws a left and a right that both miss

and Duthie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Duthie.

Duthie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
CyMike changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Duthie tries to avoid it but CyMike manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Duthie to the ground. Duthie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rick Duthie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Issac CyMike.
Duthie moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
CyMike ducks right into an uppercut from Duthie.
CyMike shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
CyMike is breathing heavily.
Duthie scores with a one two! CyMike had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Duthie scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Duthie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Duthie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Duthie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can CyMike hang on?
CyMike tries to reverse the position but Duthie maintains control.
CyMike taking shots to the head.
Duthie breaks from CyMike's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Duthie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
CyMike tries to get back to half guard but can't.
CyMike is squirming around, avoiding Duthie's attempts to control the action.
Duthie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
CyMike sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
CyMike tries to roll over but Duthie keeps him under control.
Duthie looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duthie lands with a punch from half guard.

Duthie decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
CyMike jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duthie cracks CyMike with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut there from Duthie.
Duthie moves out of range as CyMike strikes.
CyMike stuns Duthie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duthie scores with a sloppy right hand. CyMike should have avoided that one.
CyMike misses with a straight right.
Duthie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Duthie.

Duthie pushes CyMike up against the cage in a clinch.

CyMike breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
CyMike falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duthie counters with a three punch combo that has CyMike backing up. CyMike nods at Duthie to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duthie throws a right hand that CyMike ducks under and follows up with a left that CyMike also avoids with ease.
CyMike has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
CyMike throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duthie counters with a straight right hand.
Duthie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left lands for CyMike.
CyMike misses with a combination
and CyMike takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duthie throws a combination. CyMike tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Duthie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on CyMike. That did some damage!
Duthie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Duthie scores with a jab. CyMike acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Duthie is working the combinations to good effect here.
Duthie lands with a right hand.
CyMike doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Duthie counters with a left to the body.

Duthie clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Duthie.
CyMike keeps control of Duthie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
CyMike swings wildly with an uppercut but Duthie uses good head movement to avoid it.

CyMike pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duthie thuds a left hand into CyMike's body.
Duthie lands a head kick. CyMike smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
CyMike misses with a body punch
enabling Duthie to counter with a crisp jab.
Duthie scores with a three punch combo!
Duthie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and CyMike counters with a three punch combo that has Duthie backing up. Duthie nods at CyMike to acknowledge the strikes.
Duthie cracks CyMike with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Duthie lands with an overhand left.
CyMike misses with a combination

and Duthie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
CyMike is looking to control Duthie's arms but Duthie gets an underhook and turns him. Now CyMike has his back to the cage.
CyMike is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
CyMike tries to break the clinch but Duthie is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Duthie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Issac CyMike's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Duthie lands a jab-cross combination.

CyMike tries to keep at a distance but Duthie has taken the fight into the clinch.
CyMike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
CyMike can't break the clinch.
CyMike tries for a takedown but Duthie manages to get underhooks.

Duthie breaks from the clinch.
CyMike misses with a double jab

and Duthie counters with a nice double leg into side control. CyMike won't be happy with that.

Duthie stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Duthie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that CyMike can do to turn this around?
Duthie tries to clinch up.
Duthie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duthie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from CyMike.
CyMike swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Duthie counters by clinching up.

Duthie breaks from the clinch.
Duthie misses with the combination.
Duthie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
CyMike throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duthie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duthie. That's going to slow CyMike down.
Duthie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duthie misses with the combination.
Duthie throws a solid leg kick but CyMike takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Duthie.
CyMike throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Duthie counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Duthie working some strikes from top position.
Duthie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duthie tries to stand but CyMike is controlling from the bottom.
Duthie preventing the sweep.

CyMike working for a triangle but Duthie defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

CyMike looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Duthie passes into half guard.
Duthie prevents CyMike from improving his position.

CyMike actively working from the bottom here.

CyMike looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Duthie trying to control from half guard but CyMike is working away.

CyMike actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duthie tries to stand but can't do so whilst CyMike controls his leg.
Duthie trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
CyMike throws a combination that misses
and CyMike takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
CyMike scores with a sloppy right hand. Duthie should have avoided that one.
CyMike throws a combination that misses
and Duthie counters with a nice uppercut.
CyMike misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rick Duthie is winning the standup battle so far.
Duthie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duthie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
CyMike misses with a combination
and Duthie counters with a right hand to the body.
CyMike misses with a jab, cross combination.

Duthie feints and as CyMike raises his hands in defense, Duthie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Duthie has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duthie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duthie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as CyMike works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duthie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for CyMike on the ground.

CyMike has his foot on Duthie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duthie works his way back into a safe position though.

CyMike has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Duthie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

CyMike working for a triangle but Duthie defends it easily.
Issac CyMike has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

CyMike has his foot on Duthie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duthie works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

CyMike has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Duthie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Duthie stands and steps away. CyMike gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Duthie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duthie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Rick Duthie!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Rick Duthie!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Rick Duthie!

Rick Duthie wins by unanimous decision!