PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Hearse (ranked 3739 p4p, 3625 weight class) and Plugger Dukes (ranked 440 p4p, 429 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Hearse
vs
Dukes

188 cm
24
210
4 - 1 - 1

195 cm
25
212
1 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Un-Kaged Nutrition
Wrestler Wayfare

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Marvin Hearse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Plugger Dukes!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearse throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dukes's waist but Dukes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hearse off to one side.
Hearse misses with an uppercut. Dukes saw that one coming.
Plugger Dukes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dukes slips under a jab.
Dukes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Dukes does it's job there.
Hearse throws a lazy right hand but Dukes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dukes feints the counter takedown.
Hearse tries to move into range but Dukes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hearse dips to his left and cracks Dukes with an uppercut!
Hearse throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dukes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hearse throws a jab but it's blocked by Dukes.
Dukes lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Marvin Hearse has been cut.
Hearse misses with a looping left.

Hearse looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearse loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hearse throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dukes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hearse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hearse trying to control the position from guard on top but Dukes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearse throwing strikes from guard but Dukes blocks nicely.
Hearse connects with a couple of short punches.
Hearse throws a big right hand that misses.
Hearse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hearse wants to pass the guard but Dukes is keeping the position.
Hearse is looking to work some ground and pound but Dukes has wrist control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dukes holds on and takes a little breather.
Hearse trying to control the position from guard on top but Dukes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hearse trying to control but Dukes is working from the bottom.
Dukes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hearse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hearse trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hearse is in close to Dukes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hearse trying to control but Dukes is working from the bottom.
Hearse with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hearse throwing strikes but missing.
Hearse 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.
Hearse loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearse with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hearse landing some decent shots from guard.
Hearse lands a couple of elbows.
Hearse throwing strikes from guard but Dukes blocks nicely.
Hearse lands a couple of elbows.
Dukes looks winded!
Hearse chips away with some ground and pound.
Hearse is looking to work some ground and pound but Dukes has wrist control.
Dukes keeping moving, preventing Hearse from controlling successfully.
Dukes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearse scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hearse throws a big right hand that misses.
Hearse trying to control the position from guard on top but Dukes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearse throws a big right hand that misses.
Hearse postures up in Dukes's guard and throws a big left but Dukes blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hearse accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hearse content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hearse scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dukes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hearse throws an elbow that misses. Dukes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hearse's guard. Nice move by Dukes!

Hearse being controlled here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Hearse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marvin Hearse's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hearse misses with a hook. Dukes ducked under it nicely.
Dukes ducks under a wild hook from Hearse.

Dukes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Marvin Hearse overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hearse connects with a couple of short punches.
Hearse is looking to work some ground and pound but Dukes has wrist control.
Hearse postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hearse is looking to work some ground and pound but Dukes has wrist control.
Hearse missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dukes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearse stands up over Dukes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dukes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dukes keeping moving, preventing Hearse from controlling successfully.
Dukes is breathing heavily.
Hearse working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearse in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hearse content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hearse throwing strikes but missing.
Hearse throws a big elbow that misses.
Hearse scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hearse is looking to work some ground and pound but Dukes has wrist control.
Hearse working some strikes from top position.
Hearse throws an elbow that misses. Dukes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hearse's guard. Nice move by Dukes!

Hearse looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hearse is looking to stand up but Dukes isn't so interested in that idea.

Hearse pushes Dukes off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hearse was well out of range. Poor timing from Dukes.
Hearse jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hearse throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dukes lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hearse closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dukes quickly recovers to half guard.
Hearse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dukes can do to turn this around?
Hearse missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hearse not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hearse moves nicely into side control.
Hearse working the ground and pound but Dukes is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hearse works to advance to full mount. Dukes defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hearse lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearse scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dukes?

Dukes is rocked!
Hearse postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Dukes badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Hearse around the waist but Hearse pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Hearse is the winner by TKO! Hearse jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Hearse!