PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reece Edward Duenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duenas comes to the cage accompanied by California Gurls. The crowd seem to be enjoying Faria's choice of entrance music: Stevie B - Spring Love. Reece Edward Duenas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Edward Duenas
vs
Faria

182 cm
37
162 lbs
31 - 20 - 1

180 cm
26
154 lbs
8 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 31 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Reece Edward Duenas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Faria!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Faria tries to sprawl but Duenas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Duenas missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Faria looks like he's trying to stand up.
Duenas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Faria tries to kick Duenas off but Duenas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duenas is looking to advance position but Faria won't allow it.
Duenas works his foot free and advances to mount.
Duenas cracks Faria with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duenas scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Duenas's lack of action.
Ground and pound from Duenas.
Faria blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duenas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duenas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Faria defending well though.
Faria won't allow Duenas to pass to mount.

Duenas is working for a kimura but Faria is defending it quite comfortably.
Duenas is looking to take a break and control but Faria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Faria blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duenas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria won't allow Duenas to pass to mount.
Duenas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Faria defending well though.
Faria wants to improve his position but Duenas is controlling well.
Duenas passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Faria!

Duenas has control of Faria's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Faria regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Duenas is working for a guillotine from mount but Faria frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
The referee warns Faria that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Duenas lands a big shot there that rocks Faria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duenas looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee warns Faria that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Duenas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duenas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Faria?
Duenas cracks Faria with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Duenas tries to control but Faria wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duenas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Faria is bucking up trying to escape but Duenas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duenas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Faria taking shots to the head.
Duenas working the ground and pound effectively.

Faria defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Duenas.
Duenas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Faria really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duenas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duenas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faria is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reece Edward Duenas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duenas moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faria just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duenas's brow.

Faria breaks the clinch.
Duenas misses with a series of wild punches.
Duenas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Faria stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duenas misses with a two punch combination.
Duenas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duenas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Faria's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faria paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Duenas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Faria quickly recovers to half guard.
Duenas is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Duenas lands a heavy elbow.
Duenas lands a big shot there that rocks Faria but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duenas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Faria?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Duenas working for a guillotine from mount but Faria is in no mood to give up.
Duenas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas scoring with strikes but Faria is staying in there.
Faria is squirming around, avoiding Duenas's attempts to control the action.
Duenas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Duenas trying to control but Faria is having none of it.
Faria blocking the ground and pound.
Duenas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Duenas looking to secure an arm triangle but Faria defends it well.
Duenas lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Faria is looking to escape.

Duenas working for a submission but Faria is keeping him at bay.
Duenas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Duenas 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.
Faria is trying to stand.
Faria is in a horrible position here. Duenas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Faria is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duenas with a couple of short strikes.
Duenas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faria can do to turn this around?
Duenas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Faria?
Duenas working Faria over with strikes here.

Faria is rocked!
Duenas wants to control the pace but Faria is squirming around nicely.
Duenas with good strikes from the mount here!
Faria is still in real trouble! Can Duenas finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duenas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duenas raining down hammerfists from mount.

Duenas wants to finish this one by submission but Faria is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Duenas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reece Edward Duenas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Duenas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Faria backs up against the cage.
Faria seems to have recovered his senses.

Duenas moves into the clinch successfully.
Faria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Faria's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duenas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Faria.
Faria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faria with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duenas avoids the elbow strike from Faria, against the cage.
Faria pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Duenas lands with a short shot to the head.
Faria creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Faria has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duenas lands with a light punch inside.
Faria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faria just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duenas's brow.

Duenas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faria circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duenas works over Faria's head and body with a nice combination.
Duenas lands with a straight right. Faria didn't see that one coming.
Duenas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Faria closes the distance but Duenas moves to the side
and Faria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Duenas clinches.
Faria blocks a body shot from Duenas.
Faria tries a knee to the head but Duenas blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duenas lands a body punch.
Faria misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duenas tries to land knees in the clinch but Faria avoids the damage to the body.
Duenas digs a right hand underneath Faria's ribcage. Faria let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters up against the cage, Faria throws an elbow but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Duenas.
Duenas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duenas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Duenas manages to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Duenas is on top in guard.
Faria keeping moving, preventing Duenas from controlling successfully.
Duenas stands and throws Faria's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Duenas wants to control but Faria is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Faria is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Duenas advances nicely into full mount.
Duenas unloading with bombs!
Reece Edward Duenas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duenas content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duenas seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Faria for as long as he can get away with.
Lucas Faria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Reece Edward Duenas wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Duenas moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reece Edward Duenas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duenas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25

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