PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Dukes (ranked 5568 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denislav Gabachev (ranked 7428 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dukes
vs
Gabachev

178 cm
23
220 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

205 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Vegan Gains

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Dukes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denislav Gabachev!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabachev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dukes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gabachev is looking to clinch.
Dukes tries to counter with a takedown but Gabachev is quick to defend against it.

Dukes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Dukes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Dukes closes the distance and clinches.
Gabachev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gabachev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Dukes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Dukes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gabachev's guard.

Dukes gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gabachev is looking to clinch.

Dukes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gabachev gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dukes with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dukes looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Dukes looking to isolate an arm here. Gabachev doesn't see it coming and as Dukes extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Dukes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). David Dukes!