PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odin Takoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes to the cage accompanied by Posse!. Takoy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Daft Punk - End of Line. Odin Takoy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Duke
vs
Takoy

188 cm
22
235 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
230 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Next Level Nutrition--159q (video proof)$60
BALCO MMA ELITE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Odin Takoy!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke looks to clinch
letting Takoy counter with a right hand.

Duke darts in and clinches Takoy up against the cage.
Duke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takoy's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takoy.
Takoy takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Odin Takoy has been cut.
Duke lands an uppercut.
Duke misses with an elbow strike.
Takoy swings wildly with an uppercut but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Takoy fails to land.
Takoy tries a body shot but Duke blocks it.
Takoy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but Takoy blocks with his arms.
Takoy blocks an elbow strike from Duke.
Takoy tries to break the clinch but Duke is controlling the position.
Takoy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duke prevents a body shot from Takoy.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duke lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takoy blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Takoy working aggressively here.
Duke lands an elbow just above Takoy 's eye.
Duke lands a hook that snaps the head of Takoy backwards.
Duke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takoy backwards.
Takoy avoids a wild elbow strike from Duke.
Duke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takoy backwards.
Takoy lands a hook that snaps the head of Duke backwards.
Takoy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duke has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takoy.
Takoy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takoy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duke lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Takoy looks gassed!
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duke misses with a knee strike.
Duke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Takoy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takoy has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Duke connects with a knee to the head.
Takoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Takoy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Takoy throws a head punch that misses.
Duke lands an elbow that stopped Takoy in his tracks for a moment.
Takoy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Takoy misses with a punch on the inside.
Duke lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duke lands an elbow that stopped Takoy in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takoy.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Takoy lands with a right to the head.
Duke lands an elbow that stopped Takoy in his tracks for a moment.
Takoy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Duke.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takoy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duke lands an elbow inside.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
A right hook to the body lands for Duke.
Duke lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Duke on the inside.
Takoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Duke controls his hands.
Duke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takoy has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Takoy can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
Duke lands an elbow inside.
Duke lands a right hand.

Takoy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Takoy.

Duke pushes Takoy up against the cage in a clinch.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duke misses with a knee strike.
Duke connects with a knee to the head.
Duke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takoy backwards.
Knees to the body from Duke.
Takoy takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke has Takoy pressed against the cage, preventing Takoy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Takoy swings wildly with an uppercut but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Takoy is blocking nicely.

Duke lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Duke lands a nice short elbow.
Takoy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Duke's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Duke's back!
Duke trying to control the action but Takoy just sinks the hooks in.
Takoy misses with an elbow to the head.
Duke breaks Takoy's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Takoy wants to get back to his feet but Duke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Takoy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Duke is working Takoy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Takoy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Takoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duke 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.
Duke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takoy wants to sweep here but Duke controlling him for the moment.
Duke trying to control the position from guard on top but Takoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duke slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Duke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Takoy keeps working.
Takoy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Duke connects with a decent elbow.
Duke lands an elbow.
Duke lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Duke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Duke is looking to take a break and control but Takoy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke scores with punches from side control.
Takoy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takoy wants to control but Duke postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison Duke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Odin Takoy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Duke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Duke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Takoy swats away the attempt to clinch by Duke.
Duke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Takoy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Takoy throws a jab when Duke was well out of range.
Duke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Duke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takoy takes a swing at Duke's ribcage but misses.
Takoy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takoy throws a poor cross that misses
and Duke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takoy misses with a combination

and Duke counters by moving into the clinch.
Duke tries a knee to the head but Takoy blocks it.
Duke pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takoy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harrison Duke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Takoy is breathing heavily.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takoy's defenses.
Duke blocking some punches.
Takoy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takoy throws a head punch that misses.
Takoy takes an elbow to the forehead.

Duke lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Duke is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duke drops an elbow to the side of Takoy's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takoy trying to control here.
Duke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Takoy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Takoy is looking to improve his position.
Duke working over Takoy with some ground and pound. Takoy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Takoy wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Takoy wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takoy wants to control but Duke is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Duke is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Takoy is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harrison Duke!
Harrison Duke is the new heavyweight champion!