PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between New Breed One (ranked 2410 p4p, 136 weight class) and Gene Steve Duterte (ranked 1828 p4p, 108 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Breed One
vs
Steve Duterte

177 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

165 cm
20
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, New Breed One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gene Steve Duterte!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duterte misses with a body punch
and One counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Duterte comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
One fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
One keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duterte cracks a nice hook into One's ribs.
Duterte defends well against a solid takedown attempt from One.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duterte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duterte lands a right hook to the body.
Duterte has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duterte lands a body shot.
Duterte is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down One rather than just go for the knockout.
Duterte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

One looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Duterte!
One tries to advance to mount but Duterte instead regains half guard.
One stops Duterte from getting back to his feet.
One is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
One thows a huge punch but Duterte dodges it nicely.
One seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
One trying to control the action but Duterte is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duterte is trying to stand up here but One is controlling him well.
One trying to control from half guard but Duterte is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duterte is looking to escape.
Ground and pound from One.
One is trying to control the action in half guard but Duterte is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
One lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
One lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
One moves into full mount! Duterte won't be happy about that!
One can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Duterte is looking to escape.
One lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Duterte hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duterte wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
One 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.

One looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, One cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
One with good strikes from the mount here!
One takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Duterte really wants to buck One off and get back to his feet.
One sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
One is landing with some decent strikes but Duterte is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
One in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
One breaks from Duterte's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Duterte is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

One working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Duterte looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by One! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). New Breed One!
An out of breath New Breed One thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.