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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christian Bayard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bayard has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Bo Duke will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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167 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Bayard! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bo Duke! The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bayard tries to clinch and Duke counters with a shoot takedown. Bayard fights it but they end up in guard. The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up. Duke with a flurry of punches that miss. Bayard is breathing heavily. Duke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Duke sitting in guard here, content to control. Duke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round. Duke with a nice head shot there. Duke throwing strikes but missing. Bayard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duke on the ground. Bayard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Duke controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Bayard gets caught flat footed, as Duke shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bayard is rocked! Duke controls from within his opponent's guard. Duke postures up in Bayard's guard and throws a big left but Bayard blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Duke lands a couple of elbows. Bayard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Duke seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Bo Duke wasn't active enough on the ground. Bayard gets caught napping as Duke dives in and scores a takedown. Bayard manages to retain guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Duke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Oh Bayard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Duke content to stall in guard here. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Duke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Duke sitting in guard here, content to control. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Duke dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Duke closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Bayard! Duke dives in looking to finish! Bayard is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Duke! Post fight, Bo Duke took to the microphone: 'hguoyguygukgmiuyfnbrzfcaZresrdxvcbtyghuimokjnbhgvfdtvbynuiov6bvczaWZeytfvgbhuj'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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