PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Liew (ranked 4404 p4p, 4366 weight class) and Jaxon Duval (ranked 348 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Liew
vs
Duval

175 cm
25
148
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Liew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaxon Duval!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liew throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Duval's waist but Duval gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Liew off to one side.
Duval looks to land a right hand but Liew moved out of range.
Liew tries for a takedown but Duval sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Liew lands a jab.
Duval looks to land a left hand but Liew moved out of range nicely.
Duval looks to land a left hand but Liew moved out of range nicely.
Johnny Liew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liew tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duval paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Liew.
Duval jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duval rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Liew counter with a right hand.
Liew tries for a takedown but Duval sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Liew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duval misses with a lunging right hand
and Liew counters with a left and a right that stings Duval.
Liew slips a straight right by Duval.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duval throws a shot from downtown. Liew moves away and avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Liew.
Duval with the counter takedown but Liew avoids it easily.

Liew moves into range and clinches up with Duval.
Liew is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Duval to keep the fight standing.
Duval misses with a punch on the inside.
Duval misses with a punch on the inside.
Liew has Duval pushed against the cage.
Duval misses with a punch on the inside.
Duval tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duval misses with a short punch on the inside.
Liew prevents a body shot from Duval.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duval misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duval.
Duval misses with a hook to the ribs.
Liew is looking to take this one to the mat.
Duval wants a takedown but no success here.
Duval misses with the head strike.

Liew breaks the clinch.
Liew shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Duval defends it nicely.
Liew lands a nice hook to Duval's body. Duval takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duval throws a hook to the side of Liew's head but Liew sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Liew misses the target.
Duval looks to throw the jab but Liew is out of range.
Liew shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Liew is breathing heavily.
Liew closes the distance and clinches up with Duval, looking for a takedown. Liew pushes Duval against the cage but Duval circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Duval throws an off balance right hand
and Liew counters with a left to the body.
Liew steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duval.
Liew scores with a hook to the body. Duval takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Duval throws a shot from downtown. Liew moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Liew is defended easily by Duval.
Duval moves in looking to clinch but Liew pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liew tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duval swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duval throws a shot from downtown. Liew moves away and avoids it.
Liew wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Liew throws a series of punches but Duval moves out of range.
Duval looks to score with a jab to the body but Liew is just out of range.
Duval throws a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Duval misses.
Liew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duval doesn't manage to clinch there - Liew circles away.
Duval throws out a loose jab but Liew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liew shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duval sprawls well. Duval wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Liew gets slowly back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jaxon Duval will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Duval throws a hook to the side of Liew's head but Liew sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liew swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Liew ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duval takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Liew looks to land a combination but Duval avoids it well.
Duval looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duval looks to land a right hand but Liew moved out of range.
Liew seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Liew will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Duval misses with an uppercut. Liew saw that one coming.
Liew changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Liew scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liew misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duval swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Liew keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duval.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duval misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Liew.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Liew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duval uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liew.
Liew shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duval but Duval pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Duval drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Liew defends it well.
Duval throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Liew defending well as Duval loads up on a big left hand.
Duval swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liew was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Liew avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Duval misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duval missing with a left hand there. Liew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duval throws a poor cross that misses
and Liew counters with a three punch combo that has Duval backing up. Duval nods at Liew to acknowledge the strikes.

Duval feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Duval controls from within his opponent's guard.
Duval throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duval advances position into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duval in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duval grinds an elbow into Liew's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Check out the look on Duval's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Duval in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duval happy to just control the position for now.
Duval trying to control the action but Liew is working from the bottom.
Liew knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duval on the ground.
Duval landing a few strikes.
Liew takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Duval works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Duval lands a few punches from side control.
Duval is chipping away with strikes.
Duval lands some shots froms side control.
Duval has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liew is working to avoid the ground and pound but Duval connects with a decent elbow.
Liew on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liew tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duval scoring with punches from side control.
Duval working the head and body with strikes.
Duval creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Liew is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Duval scoring with punches from side control.
Duval connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Liew some visible discomfort.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Liew takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Duval cracks Liew with a big right hand but Liew just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duval lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duval looks up at the clock and then as Liew takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Duval smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Duval connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Liew some visible discomfort.
Liew on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Duval has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jaxon Duval showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Duval misses with an uppercut. Liew saw that one coming.
Liew tries to clinch but Duval moves out of range.
Jaxon Duval seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duval stuffs the takedown.
Liew staying out of range there.
Liew swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Liew shoots in for a takedown but Duval shows good takedown defense.
Liew looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duval is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Liew. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duval throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Liew counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnny Liew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duval loads up on a big right hand but Liew slips the punch.
Duval throws a shot from downtown. Liew moves away and avoids it.
Liew throws a combination that misses

and Duval counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Duval works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liew is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duval scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duval working Liew over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Duval there.
Duval stalling.
Duval lands with a punch from half guard.
Duval landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duval takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duval keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Duval looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Duval is nestled in close to Liew, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Duval looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duval working the head and body with strikes.
Duval scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duval is controlling the pace.
Duval lands with a punch from half guard.
Duval slips a nice elbow through Liew's hands, connecting with Liew's forehead.
Nice strikes from Duval there.
Liew taking some punishment here, with Duval in his half guard.
Duval lands strikes from half guard.
Duval is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Liew has hold of Duval's hands but Duval slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duval working over Liew with some ground and pound. Liew looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Liew taking some punishment here, with Duval in his half guard.
Duval landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jaxon Duval has got the better of the ground game so far.
Liew trying to control but Duval postures up.
Duval is pressing down on Liew's thigh, looking to free his foot. Liew is holding on for now.
Duval working Liew over with strikes.
Duval 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. Duval connects with a nice short shot to Liew's temple.
Duval takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duval wants to take a breather but Liew is having none of it.
Duval is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Duval working Liew over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duval seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Duval has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duval lands strikes from half guard.
Duval lands with a punch from half guard.
Duval winds up and cracks Liew with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Duval content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Liew taking some punishment here, with Duval in his half guard.
Duval is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice strikes from Duval there.
Johnny Liew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaxon Duval is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duval seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaxon Duval comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Duval has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaxon Duval!