PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leroy Rammell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes into the arena with All Along The Watchtower blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duke
vs
Rammell

195 cm
25
246 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

201 cm
23
283 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Rammell!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Duke misses.
Duke looks to score with a jab to the body but Rammell is just out of range.
Duke connects with a right hand. Rammell shakes it off.

Rammell shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Duke napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Duke manages to get back to half guard.
Rammell is looking to take a break and control but Duke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duke regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rammell.
Duke manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke controlling his opponent.
Duke avoids the attempt from Rammell to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke controlling from the full mount.
Rammell is trying desperately to improve position.
Duke controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Rammell that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Duke sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke tries to control but Rammell wriggling away.
Rammell tries to lock up and control but Duke gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rammell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Duke looking to finish Rammell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rammell!
Rammell 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.
Rammell is looking to get to half guard.
Rammell's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rammell wants to hold on but Duke pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Duke dominating with strikes here.
Duke dominating with strikes here.
Duke is landing with some decent strikes but Rammell is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Duke cracks Rammell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Duke.
Duke lands a big shot to the head and Rammell winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raoul Duke!