PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dirt McGirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reece Edward Duenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGirk comes to the cage accompanied by This Is Who I Am . Duenas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: California Gurls. Dirt McGirk had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Dirt McGirk could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Reece Edward Duenas's chin.

McGirk
vs
Edward Duenas

178 cm
24
172 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

182 cm
30
162 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dirt McGirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Reece Edward Duenas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGirk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duenas swings away with a body shot that misses

and McGirk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McGirk.

Duenas breaks the clinch.
McGirk closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGirk tries to clinch there but Duenas circles away.
McGirk misses with a body shot.
McGirk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duenas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McGirk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duenas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGirk moves in looking to clinch but Duenas pushes him off.
Duenas looks to score with a jab to the body but McGirk is just out of range.
McGirk misses the jab.
McGirk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - McGirk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duenas looks to score with a jab to the body but McGirk is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from McGirk.
A punch combination from McGirk misses.
Duenas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGirk.
Duenas moves out of range as McGirk strikes.
Duenas throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas slips a jab and a cross from McGirk.
McGirk misses with a lunging right hand
and Duenas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Duenas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGirk.
No joy there for McGirk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGirk cracks Duenas with a good jab.
Duenas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGirk moves in looking to clinch but Duenas pushes him off.
McGirk wants to clinch but Duenas slips to the side
and Duenas counters with a nice uppercut.
Duenas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McGirk tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGirk misses with a looping left.
McGirk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McGirk throws a nice looking combination but Duenas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McGirk throws a big shot that misses.
Duenas swats away the attempt to clinch by McGirk.
McGirk missing with a left hand there. Duenas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McGirk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGirk steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Duenas. That one must have hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGirk throws a big shot that misses.
McGirk misses with a right hand
and Duenas counters with a leg kick.
McGirk misses with an uppercut.
McGirk throws a shot from downtown. Duenas moves away and avoids it.
Dirt McGirk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGirk misses the shot to the body.
Duenas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duenas, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duenas jabs at McGirk's body.
A punch combination from McGirk misses.
McGirk missing with a left hand there. Duenas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirt McGirk 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.

Duenas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duenas moves out of range of the strikes.
McGirk throws a hook to the side of Duenas's head but Duenas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Duenas throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. McGirk was covering up waiting for the punch and Duenas finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Duenas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duenas is pushing down on McGirk's leg trying to pass to half guard. McGirk is fighting to maintain full guard but Duenas has managed to sneak the leg through.
McGirk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Duenas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
McGirk tries to kick Duenas off but Duenas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas trying to mount his opponent but McGirk defends it.
Duenas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duenas thows a huge punch but McGirk dodges it nicely.
Duenas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Duenas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duenas is keen to just control but McGirk is a slippery customer.
Duenas is pressing down on McGirk's thigh, looking to free his foot. McGirk is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Duenas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Duenas is nestled in close to McGirk, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Duenas wants to free his trapped foot but McGirk is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duenas seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Duenas trying to pass the guard but McGirk defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duenas lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McGirk's head.
Duenas wants to free his trapped foot but McGirk is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duenas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duenas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duenas wants to pass the guard but McGirk is defending well.
Duenas working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on McGirk's thigh. McGirk counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Duenas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGirk swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGirk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duenas trying to control the position from guard on top but McGirk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duenas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGirk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duenas wants to control from the top but McGirk keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reece Edward Duenas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Duenas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from McGirk misses.
Duenas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dirt McGirk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGirk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duenas throws a shot to the body.
Duenas throws a push kick but McGirk slaps the foot to one side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McGirk, as that shot connected.
McGirk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Duenas.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duenas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGirk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGirk fails in his attempt to clinch.
McGirk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGirk throws a series of punches but Duenas moves out of range.
Duenas thuds his right hand into McGirk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McGirk lands a jab to the nose.
A combination from McGirk does no damage.
McGirk misses with an uppercut

and Duenas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in McGirk's guard now.
Duenas passes McGirk's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Duenas not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGirk defending well though.
Duenas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Duenas passes to full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duenas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Duenas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McGirk taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Duenas connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Duenas raining down hammerfists from mount.
Duenas looking to control but McGirk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duenas has hold of McGirk's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and McGirk manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Duenas landing punches.
Duenas working the ground and pound effectively.
Duenas working the ground and pound effectively.

McGirk is rocked!
Duenas with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh McGirk is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duenas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McGirk?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duenas looking to finish McGirk with some ground and pound. This is bad for McGirk!
McGirk is wriggling around trying to escape.

Duenas working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Duenas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Duenas is going oldschool here, as he tries to force McGirk to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so McGirk shrugs it off.
McGirk wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duenas with good strikes from the mount here!
Duenas trying to control but McGirk is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reece Edward Duenas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Duenas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reece Edward Duenas!