PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Duke Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Justice
vs
Andrews

167 cm
20
152 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Justice tries to bum rush Andrews with a series of wild strikes but Andrews uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Justice lands a nice shot to the body.
Justice takes a kick to the side of the head.
Justice takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Andrews feints and then cracks Justice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Justice down.
Andrews swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steve Andrews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Andrews fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Justice, pushing him back against the cage.
Andrews is pressed up against the cage. Justice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Andrews down to the mat. Andrews avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Andrews connects with a solid leg kick.
Andrews misses with a hook to the body

and Justice counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Andrews!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justice avoids the attempt from Andrews to control.
Justice misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Justice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Andrews is looking to escape.
Andrews tries to lock up and control but Justice gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Andrews tries to hold on but Justice postures up.
Justice fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Justice unloading with bombs!
Justice looking to finish Andrews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Andrews!
Andrews throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Andrews tries to hold on but Justice postures up.
Justice scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Justice landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Justice connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Andrews wants to control but Justice is having none of it.
Andrews is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Justice lands a big elbow.
Justice unloads with some shots from mount but Andrews bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Justice trying to control but Andrews is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Justice scoring with strikes but Andrews is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Justice wants to finish this one by submission but Andrews is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Justice.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Andrews gets back to half guard.
Justice thows a huge punch but Andrews dodges it nicely.
Andrews trying to control from the bottom.
Justice missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Andrews is trying is best to control the position here.
Justice working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Andrews is defending well.
Justice missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Andrews is refusing to be controlled, as Justice sits in half guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Andrews throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Andrews clinches but Justice breaks the clinch
and Justice counters with a three punch combo that has Andrews backing up. Andrews nods at Justice to acknowledge the strikes.

Andrews instigates a clinch.
Justice wants to get back to striking at distance but Andrews won't allow it.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from Andrews.

Andrews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andrews needs to keep his hands up - Justice had a free shot at his head there.

Andrews is rocked!
Justice walks forward, straight into a front kick from Andrews.
Andrews is still on wobbly legs! Can Justice finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Justice tries a head kick but it misses.
Justice throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Andrews's head.
Andrews throws a body kick the misses
and Justice counters with a big right hand! Oh Andrews is in trouble here! Justice follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duke Justice!