QFC Tournament 413 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carney Duffy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carney Duffy has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Duffy
vs
Nurmagomedov

183 cm
18
183 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carney Duffy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fedor Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duffy sprawls well. Duffy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nurmagomedov gets slowly back to his feet.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duffy sprawls well. Duffy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nurmagomedov gets slowly back to his feet.
Duffy connects with a solid leg kick.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duffy but Duffy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Carney Duffy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Duffy defends it nicely.
Nurmagomedov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duffy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Duffy jabs at Nurmagomedov's body.

Nurmagomedov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nurmagomedov showed some decent athleticism there.
Duffy looks like he's trying to stand up.
Duffy is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov lands strikes from half guard.
Nurmagomedov slips a nice elbow through Duffy's hands, connecting with Duffy's forehead.
Duffy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Nurmagomedov maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Duffy could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Nurmagomedov has cracked it and Duffy is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Nurmagomedov!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fedor Nurmagomedov!
Fedor Nurmagomedov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Droppings Hudston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lloyd Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Hudston
vs
Thomas

170 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Droppings Hudston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lloyd Thomas!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hudston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hudston could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Hudston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hudston jabs at Thomas's body.
Hudston displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thomas.

Thomas closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hudston's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Thomas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thomas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hudston is trying to keep Thomas in close.
Thomas connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is stalling in the full guard.
Thomas looking to pass the guard.
Thomas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hudston has momentary wrist control but Thomas slips an elbow through the middle.
Hudston looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Thomas puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Thomas connects with a nice short shot to Hudston's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Thomas working Hudston over with strikes.
Hudston on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hudston tries to get out of the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Thomas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Thomas seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Thomas scores with a big shot! Hudston's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Hudston! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lloyd Thomas!