QFC Tournament 923 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tournament Win (ranked 4351 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Duran (ranked 4147 p4p, 223 weight class). Tournament Win could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Diego Duran's chin.

Win
vs
Duran

165 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Pit Bull Development

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tournament Win!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diego Duran!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Topper Green and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Win thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duran misses with a looping left.
Win was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Duran will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Duran throws a left and a right that both miss
and Win connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Win punishes Duran's body with a nice straight punch.
Win missing with a left hand there. Duran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duran looks to land a combination. Win sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Duran avoids the body shot from Win.
Win jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duran.
Win throws out a loose jab but Duran 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!
Duran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tournament Win seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Duran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Win avoids a punch combination nicely.
Win swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Win swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Win backs off Duran throws a huge counter combo but Win manages to avoid it all.
Duran scores with a three punch combo!
Duran looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tournament Win is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duran takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Duran scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Win misses the jab.
Duran misses with a wild combination.
Win throws a poor cross that misses
and Duran connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duran ducks right into an uppercut from Win.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Win works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duran takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Win throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Duran.
Duran misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran tries to close the distance and clinch but Win swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Win throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Win misses with a looping left.
Win throws a hook but Duran blocks it.
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Win.
Win throws an overhand right that lands on Duran's shoulder, as Duran tries to avoid the shot.
Duran swinging wildly here.
Win slaps away a takedown attempt from Duran, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Duran looks winded!
Win is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duran.
Duran throws a right hand that Win ducks under and follows up with a left that Win also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Duran. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Duran does no damage.
Win throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duran unleashes a big counter combination but Win bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Win misses with a hook. Duran ducked under it nicely.
Win looks to land a right hand but Duran moved out of range.
Win is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Duran's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Win swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Win cracks Duran with a right hand to the side of the head.
Win connects with a right hand. Duran shakes it off.
Win lands a jab to the nose.
Win takes a swing at Duran's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Win misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Duran! But no joy.
Duran is looking to score with low kicks.
Win swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Win dodges the punch combination from Duran.
Duran falls off balance throwing a combination
and Win makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Win.
Duran throws a right and a left that Win avoids nicely.
Win lands with a cross.
Duran moves in looking to clinch but Win pushes him off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Win throws a hook but Duran avoids it easily.
Duran throws out a counter right but Win avoids it with no problem.
Duran tries to clinch there but Win circles away.
Win lands with a nice body punch.
Duran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duran looks to land a combination but Win avoids it well.
Duran defending well as Win loads up on a big left hand.
Duran is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Duran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Win.
Win throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duran just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duran closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tournament Win will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Duran just misses with a punch to the body.
Win stuns Duran with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Win misses the jab.
Win throws a poor cross that misses
and Duran counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Win thinking.
Duran throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Win.
A looping hook to the body misses from Win. Duran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tournament Win is winning the standup battle so far.
Win tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Win moves out of range of the leg kick from Duran.
Win has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Win there as he acknowledges the shot.
Win with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A big left from Win misses.
Duran takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Win misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Duran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran closes the distance and clinches up with Win, looking for a takedown. Duran pushes Win against the cage but Win circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Duran is breathing heavily.
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Win.
Duran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Win.
Diego Duran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Win misses with a looping left.
Duran gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Win.
Win keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Duran is rocked!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Duran might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Win has got the better of the exchanges.
Win is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duran.
Duran is still on wobbly legs! Can Win finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Duran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Win is looking to counter punch.
Win scores with a nice strike.
Win scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Duran doesn't seem bothered though.
Duran swinging wildly here.
Win is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duran can do to turn this around?
Win drops Duran with a huge uppercut! Duran drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Win is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tournament Win!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
62%

Main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Qfc Tournament (ranked 4263 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Ward (ranked 4261 p4p, 229 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tournament
vs
Ward

225 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Qfc Tournament!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Ward!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tournament moves in looking to clinch but Ward pushes him off.
Ward throws a counter combo.
A combination from Ward does no damage.
Tournament tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ward swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tournament tries to clinch but Ward is having none of it.

Tournament pushes Ward up against the cage in a clinch.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ward's defenses.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Ward looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament lands a damaging elbow.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament has Ward pressed against the cage, preventing Ward from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ward blocks an elbow strike.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward is trying to break free.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ward's brow.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Ward pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tournament takes the fight into the clinch.
Ward is looking to break free of the clinch but Tournament has double underhooks.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Ward 's eye.
Ward tries to circle away but Tournament has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward is trying to break the clinch but Tournament is controlling him.
Tournament lands an elbow that stopped Ward in his tracks for a moment.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Ward shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament prevents Ward from breaking the clinch.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ward's efforts to push away.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ward's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Ward takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qfc Tournament dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tournament tries to clinch there but Ward circles away.
Tournament fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tournament moves in looking to clinch but Ward pushes him off.
Some wild striking there from Ward.
A punch combination from Ward misses.
Tournament is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ward can do to turn this around?
Ward missing with a left hand there. Tournament was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Ward gets tackled into the cage by Tournament. Tournament maintains the clinch.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ward avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Qfc Tournament has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Ward looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Ward wants to get back to striking at distance but Tournament won't allow it.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tournament lands an elbow just above Ward 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament lands a nice elbow.
Tournament lands a damaging elbow.
Tournament looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Nice elbow from Tournament.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward tries to break the clinch but Tournament is controlling the position.
Ward is trying to push Tournament away but Tournament has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament throws an elbow but it misses.
Ward is trying to break the clinch but Tournament has him pressed against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ward's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Tournament.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tournament.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ward's defenses.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Ward is looking to break free of the clinch but Tournament has double underhooks.
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tournament throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ward wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ward avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Qfc Tournament dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ward misses with a leg kick.
Qfc Tournament is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tournament fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tournament is looking to clinch but Ward is avoiding it.
Ward circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ward avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ward is looking for the big counter here.
Ward lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tournament circles away quickly and effectively.
Tournament looks to clinch
and Ward counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tournament tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ward counters with a straight right hand.
Tournament moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ward tries to bum rush Tournament with a series of wild strikes but Tournament uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ward rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tournament moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tournament tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Ward's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Tournament gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ward's brow.
Tournament lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Ward shrugs off.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ward's defenses.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
Ward blocks an elbow strike.
Ward is trying to break the clinch but Tournament has him pressed against the cage.
Tournament misses with an elbow strike.
Tournament misses with an elbow over the top.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tournament lands an elbow inside.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Ward wants to break free but Tournament has control.
Ward is trying to push Tournament away but Tournament has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tournament throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ward's brow.
Tournament has Ward pressed against the cage, preventing Ward from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tournament comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward tries to circle away but Tournament has him pinned against the cage.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ward blocks an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Ward avoids a wild elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ward's efforts to push away.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Tournament.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tournament keeps control of Ward as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tournament just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ward's brow.
Ward blocks an elbow strike.
Tournament gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ward blocks the elbow strike.
Tournament lands an elbow that stopped Ward in his tracks for a moment.
Ward is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tournament throws an elbow that misses.
Andre Ward has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tournament lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament pushes off an throws an elbow but Ward leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tournament creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ward avoids the elbow strike from Tournament, against the cage.
Tournament pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tournament on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tournament lands an elbow inside that Ward shrugs off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Qfc Tournament showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tournament, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight for Qfc Tournament!
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight for Qfc Tournament!
Judge Topper Green scores the fight for Qfc Tournament!

Qfc Tournament wins by unanimous decision!