PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Deal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Duffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Deal
vs
Duffe

198 cm
23
245 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Deal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Duffe!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duffe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Deal tries to clinch but Duffe is having none of it.
Duffe tries to close the distance and clinch but Deal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duffe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Deal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duffe.
Duffe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Deal.

Duffe shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Deal napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Duffe takes a little break here. Deal wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Deal on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Deal tries to get out of the position.
Deal wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Deal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Deal throws up a few punches.
Deal tries to bench press Duffe off him but Duffe keeps the position.
Deal struggling a bit here.
Duffe just content to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deal is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Deal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Deal wants to get back to full guard.
Deal has his hands clasped together around Duffe's back. He's all about the action.
Deal wants to control but Duffe is keeping busy.
Deal wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Deal misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Duffe with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Deal trying to control but Duffe postures up.
Duffe sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Deal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Duffe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Deal gets full guard.
Duffe wants to control from the top but Deal keeps moving.

Deal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Deal is looking for a triangle but Duffe pushes his legs off easily.
Deal is breathing heavily.
Deal striking off his back but it's not causing Duffe any problems.
Deal tries to strike from the bottom.
Duffe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Duffe wants to control from the top but Deal keeps moving.
Duffe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Deal wants to sweep here but Duffe controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Deal is striking from the bottom but Duffe uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Deal flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Duffe misses with a wild body shot.
Duffe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duffe should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Deal.
Duffe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duffe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deal moves away.
Duffe scores with a punch to the head.
Duffe misses the shot to the body.
Duffe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Deal doesn't manage to clinch there - Duffe circles away.

Deal is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Duffe's half guard.
Duffe manages to get to full guard.
Duffe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Duffe dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Deal shoots for a takedown but Duffe saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Duffe has his takedown stuffed

and Deal counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Duffe looking to control.
Deal scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Deal is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Deal content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Deal stands up over Duffe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Deal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Deal stands up over Duffe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Deal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Duffe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Deal.
Deal is in close to Duffe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Deal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Duffe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duffe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Duffe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Deal has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deal won't allow Duffe to sweep him here.
Deal trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Duffe tries to clinch there but Deal circles away.

Deal scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Duffe wants to control but Deal postures up.
Duffe on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Deal working away.
Deal scoring with punches from side control.
Deal working the ground and pound from side control.
Deal scores with a couple of short elbows.
Duffe struggling a bit here.
Deal is putting a hurting on Duffe here, landing some big shots from side control.
Deal scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Duffe to see if he's OK.
Deal landing strikes.
Deal working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deal in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duffe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Deal cracks Duffe with a big right hand but Duffe just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Deal working the ground and pound.
Deal in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duffe tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Duffe takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duffe wants to control but Deal postures up.
Deal working the head and body with strikes.
Deal lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Deal working the ground and pound from side control.
Deal scoring with punches and elbows.
Duffe struggling a bit here.
Duffe taking a bit of punishment here - Deal scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Deal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Deal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Deal taking a break here but Duffe is having none of it and regains half guard.
Duffe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Deal.
Deal drops an elbow to the side of Duffe's head.
Al Deal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deal is nestled in close to Duffe, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Deal lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deal is trying to control. Duffe wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Duffe keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Duffe punching from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deal is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Duffe is concentrating on defense, preventing Deal from advancing position.
Deal wants to pass the guard but Duffe is defending well.
Deal scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Deal working over Duffe with some ground and pound. Duffe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duffe trying to hold on to Deal's head to control him but Deal postures up.
Deal slips a nice elbow through Duffe's hands, connecting with Duffe's forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duffe keeping control of the position.
Duffe has hold of Deal's hands but Deal slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Deal dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Duffe blocks a head kick by Deal.

Duffe drives through and clinches with Deal against the cage.
Duffe changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Deal fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Duffe fails with the takedown

and Deal counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Deal winds up and cracks Duffe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Deal working Duffe over with strikes.
Deal takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Deal lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Deal lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Deal is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Deal seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Deal slips a nice elbow through Duffe's hands, connecting with Duffe's forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Deal lands strikes from half guard.
Duffe is trying to control but can't.
Deal working the head and body with strikes.
Deal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Deal lands with a punch from half guard.
Deal is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Deal lands with a punch from half guard.
Deal is thwarting Duffe's attempts to control the position.
Deal is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Duffe!
Deal lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Duffe wants to get back to his feet.
Deal with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Duffe?
Deal working the ground and pound effectively.
Deal landing shots from mount.
Deal lands a big shot there that rocks Duffe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duffe tries to reverse the position but Deal maintains control.
BOOM! Deal connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Duffe tries to lock up and control but Deal gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Deal landing punches.
Deal in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Deal working the ground and pound effectively.
Deal scoring with strikes but Duffe is staying in there.
Deal looking to finish Duffe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duffe!
Duffe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Duffe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffe really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Deal with shots to the head and body - Duffe looks very uncomfortable down there.
Deal lands a nice shot to the head.
Deal lands with some strikes.
Duffe is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duffe wants to control but Deal is having none of it.
Deal dominating with strikes here.
Deal punishing his opponent with strikes.
Deal lands a big shot there that rocks Duffe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duffe taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Deal cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Deal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deal working Duffe over with strikes here.
Duffe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Deal in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Deal connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Duffe is looking to get to half guard.
Duffe is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Duffe is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Duffe is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Duffe wants to hold on but Deal pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deal pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Deal landing shots from mount.
Deal landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Deal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Deal has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Deal!