PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xent Douanue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Porco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xent Douanue could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Harry Porco's chin.

Douanue
vs
Porco

199 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xent Douanue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Porco!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douanue dives in and grabs Porco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Porco pushes down on Douanue's head and hops out.
Porco cracks a nice hook into Douanue's ribs.
No luck for Douanue with that takedown attempt.
Douanue will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xent Douanue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Porco stuffs the takedown.
Porco lands a nice hook to Douanue's body. Douanue takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Douanue avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Porco keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice sprawl there from Porco as Douanue shoots in.
Porco tries to clinch but Douanue moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porco moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Porco cracks Douanue with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Douanue takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Douanue is breathing heavily.
Porco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Porco jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Porco scores with the left hand. Douanue knows he should have avoided that one.
Porco digs a good hook to Douanue's body.
Porco wants to clinch up but Douanue keeps it at a distance.
Douanue shoots in but no luck this time.
Porco lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Douanue really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Porco instigates a clinch.
Douanue jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Porco walks away with a smile on his face. Douanue gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Porco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Porco jabs Douanue right on the nose. Douanue blinks but takes it well.

Xent Douanue's cut is getting worse.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Porco keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porco tries to clinch up but Douanue circles away and keeps his distance.
Porco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Jab from Porco.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porco connects with a looping right hand.
Douanue swats away the attempt to clinch by Porco.
Porco wants to clinch up but Douanue keeps it at a distance.
Douanue dodges the punch combination from Porco.
Porco is looking to clinch but Douanue is avoiding it.
Porco is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Douanue had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Porco scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Good standup being displayed there by Porco as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douanue swats away the attempt to clinch by Porco.
Porco tries to clinch but Douanue is having none of it.
Porco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Porco tries to close the distance and clinch but Douanue swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Porco throws a good cross that connects.
Harry Porco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Porco doesn't manage to clinch there - Douanue circles away.
Porco doesn't manage to clinch there - Douanue circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Porco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xent Douanue's cut.
That's time! Douanue's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Porco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Porco tries to clinch but Douanue moves out of range.
Harry Porco seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Douanue keeps the fight on the outside.
Douanue avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Porco ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Porco.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Douanue. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Porco scores with a nice right hand.
Porco leaves Douanue with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Porco throws a series of strikes that have Douanue backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douanue has a takedown stuffed.
Porco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Douanue showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Porco.
Porco scores with a shot to the body.
Porco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Douanue swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Porco tries to clinch but Douanue moves out of range.
Douanue swats away the attempt to clinch by Porco.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Porco cracks Douanue with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Porco shoots in for a double leg but Douanue sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Douanue shoots for a takedown but Porco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xent Douanue. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Porco lunges at Douanue with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Douanue's hand.
Porco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Douanue paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Porco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Xent Douanue is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Porco lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Douanue backs up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jab by Porco.
Douanue on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Xent Douanue's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Douanue takes one to the chin there.
Porco lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Porco throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Porco wants to clinch up but Douanue keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porco listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Douanue looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Porco lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Porco scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Porco, as that shot connected.
Douanue on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Jeez, Xent Douanue's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Douanue closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Porco scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Porco cracks Douanue with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Douanue takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Porco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Xent Douanue's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Douanue takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Porco lands a jab to Douanue's midsection.
Porco comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Porco lands a nice shot that snaps Douanue's head back.
Porco ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Douanue keeps the fight on the outside.
Porco tries to clinch there but Douanue circles away.
Porco wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Porco wants to clinch up but Douanue keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porco scores with a nice strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Porco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Porco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Porco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Porco cracks Douanue with a good jab.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Nice shot lands for Porco.
Porco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Douanue swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Porco dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Porco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Douanue doesn't seem phased though.
Porco moves in looking to clinch but Douanue pushes him off.
Douanue misses with a double jab
and Porco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Porco works the jab nicely.
Porco tests Douanue's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Douanue tries to move into range but Porco moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Porco. That snapped Douanue's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porco throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Douanue on the side of the head.
Porco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harry Porco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Porco tries to clinch up but Douanue circles away and keeps his distance.
Porco tries to clinch up but Douanue circles away and keeps his distance.
Porco lands the left hand.
Porco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Donk. Porco catches Douanue right on the button with a cross.
Porco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Porco lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Douanue takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Porco tries to clinch but Douanue is having none of it.
Porco is looking to clinch but Douanue is avoiding it.
Porco with a nice cross.
Porco scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Porco misses with a double jab.
Porco tries to clinch up.
Xent Douanue has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Porco lands a right hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Porco comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Porco 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 24:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Porco!