PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes to the cage accompanied by Bat Country - Avenge Sevenfold. Raoul Duke has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Duke
vs
Nelson

195 cm
27
270 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

183 cm
28
263 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Brute
Ganja's Warehouse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Duke tries to clinch
and Nelson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Duke has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Nelson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nelson counters with a thumping low kick.
Duke is breathing heavily.
Nelson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duke sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Nelson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nelson throwing shots but Duke is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson controlling the action here.
Duke is looking for a sweep. Nelson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Well, if Nelson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Raoul Duke.
Duke looks to clinch
and Nelson counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Duke darts in and clinches Nelson up against the cage.
Nelson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duke managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Duke avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duke up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Duke digs a right hand underneath Nelson's ribcage. Nelson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson blocks an elbow strike.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke misses with some punches.
Duke lands an elbow just above Nelson 's eye.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Duke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
Nelson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Duke is keeping busy.
Nelson blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Duke fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nelson.
Duke has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nelson tries to stall but Duke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Duke swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Duke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Nelson prevents a body shot from Duke.
With the fighters up against the cage, Duke throws an elbow but misses.
Duke lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hoy Nelson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Duke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nelson. Nelson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duke. That did some damage!
The fight stays on the outside here - Duke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Duke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nelson.
Duke wants to clinch but Nelson slips to the side
and Nelson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Duke tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Duke tries to clinch
and Nelson counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Duke moves out of range easily.
Duke misses with a series of wild punches.
Duke is looking to clinch.
Raoul Duke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke is looking to clinch but Nelson is avoiding it.
Nelson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Duke misses with a straight right.

Duke clinches.
Nelson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duke's face.
A short left from Duke.
Nelson misses with a knee to the head.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Duke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duke up against the cage.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nelson is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Duke has denied him.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duke creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nelson dodges an elbow strike from Duke.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke lands an elbow just above Nelson 's eye.

It looks like Hoy Nelson has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duke avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
A short right from Duke on the inside.
Nelson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duke throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Duke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Duke pushes off an throws an elbow but Nelson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Duke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Duke.
Duke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duke.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duke is leaning against Nelson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duke lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duke lands a nice uppercut.

Nelson is rocked!
Duke unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Nelson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Duke is unloading with more strikes now! Nelson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raoul Duke!
A very excited looking Raoul Duke made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.