PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Duke
vs
Cristo

150 cm
19
166 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

225 cm
18
166 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jerry Cristo!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cristo scoring well with a low kick there.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Cristo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Duke takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo scores with a push kick.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Duke sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Duke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Duke could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Duke is breathing heavily.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo scores with a leg kick.
Cristo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cristo lands a front kick.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke throws a body punch but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
A good leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Cristo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cristo. Duke shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cristo thuds his shin into the meat of Duke's side.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duke walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cristo.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo fakes the leg kick and cracks Duke in the body.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cristo can pounce on him.
Cristo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cristo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Cristo thuds his shin into the meat of Duke's side.
Duke is looking to wear down Cristo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cristo keeps Duke at a distance using the push kick.
Duke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cristo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Cristo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Duke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cristo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Cristo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Cristo.
A good leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duke has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo feints and then cracks Duke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duke down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cristo lands a head kick!
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo lands a head kick!
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo scores with a leg kick.
Cristo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duke's calf.
Duke on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cristo can pounce on him.
Cristo lands a head kick!
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Duke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cristo.
Cristo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Cristo scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Duke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cristo. That one must have hurt.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Cristo thuds his shin into the meat of Duke's side.
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Jerry Cristo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke swings for the body but Cristo moves out of range.
Cristo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cristo lands with a nice body kick.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cristo. Cristo obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cristo throws a leg kick which misses Duke's front leg but catches the back leg as Duke tries to avoid it.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Cristo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duke.
Duke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cristo.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cristo.
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo connects with a high kick.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Cristo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Duke takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cristo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Duke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jerry Cristo 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. This is the final round!

Duke misses with a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cristo!
Cristo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duke's head.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Cristo throws a nice head kick!
Jerry Cristo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cristo delivers a nice body kick.
Cristo thumps Duke with a low kick.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo throws a front kick that sends Duke stumbling back into the cage.
Duke takes a swing at Cristo's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
Cristo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Cristo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cristo lands with a slapping head kick.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cristo scores with a head kick.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cristo.
Cristo lands a high kick!
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Duke might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Cristo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cristo.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Cristo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cristo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Duke misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cristo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Duke thows a body shot but no joy.
Cristo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cristo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Duke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cristo was well out of range. Poor timing from Duke.
Cristo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duke takes a step back to recover.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Cristo.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Cristo is just out of range.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Duke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cristo.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo is looking to slow Duke down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cristo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
A head kick from Cristo lands but Duke takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cristo.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cristo moves away.
Cristo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duke takes a step back to recover.
Duke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cristo.
Duke misses with a body shot.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duke.
Cristo lands with a kick to the temple. Duke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cristo throws a front kick that sends Duke stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cristo.
Cristo throws a leg kick which misses Duke's front leg but catches the back leg as Duke tries to avoid it.
Duke on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cristo.
Cristo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Duke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cristo throws a head kick that Duke semi-blocks.
Cristo keeps Duke at a distance using the push kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duke. Cristo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cristo throws a head kick that half lands.
Cristo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duke just misses with a punch to the body.
Cristo lands a head kick. Duke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Duke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cristo manages to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Cristo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duke misses the shot to the body.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Duke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cristo can pounce on him.
Cristo avoids the body shot from Duke.
Raoul Duke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jerry Cristo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cristo lands a high kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Cristo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cristo 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Cristo!