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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eusebio Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Sweat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Derrick Sweat will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eusebio Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Sweat!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duncan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sweat to the ground. Duncan is now in Sweat's guard.
Sweat has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Duncan is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Duncan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duncan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duncan tries to sprawl but Sweat drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sweat is trying to control. Duncan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sweat is stalling here. Duncan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sweat seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Duncan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sweat bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Sweat closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Duncan pushes Sweat off and gets back to his feet.
Sweat clinches with his opponent.
Duncan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duncan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Duncan lands in his opponent's guard.
Sweat has his feet on Duncan's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Duncan could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweat lands a really nice looking cross but Duncan seems unphased.
Sweat has Duncan up against the cage in a clinch.
Duncan breaks the clinch.
A head kick by Sweat misses
and Duncan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sweat's guard.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Duncan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sweat works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan is looking to work some ground and pound but Sweat has wrist control.
Duncan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sweat's head.
Sweat trying to control the position.
Sweat utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duncan landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sweat wants to sweep here but Duncan controlling him for the moment.
Sweat is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sweat wants to sweep here but Duncan controlling him for the moment.
Duncan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duncan is in close to Sweat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweat escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Duncan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sweat looks winded!
Duncan stands up over Sweat, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sweat looking to hit a scissor sweep but Duncan is one step ahead there.
Duncan chips away with some ground and pound.
Duncan throws a big elbow that misses.
Duncan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duncan cracks Sweat with a solid left hand.
Duncan with a nice head shot there.
Duncan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Duncan lands a couple of elbows.
Duncan connects with a couple of short punches.
Duncan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sweat has momentary wrist control but Duncan slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duncan lands a couple of elbows.
Duncan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Duncan landing some decent shots from guard.
Duncan with a nice head shot there.
Sweat working a defensive guard here.
Duncan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sweat's head.
Duncan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sweat looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duncan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eusebio Duncan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Sweat enables Duncan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sweat manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sweat is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Duncan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duncan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duncan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sweat is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duncan is aware though and is defending well.
Sweat is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Duncan throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duncan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duncan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sweat trying to keep a closed guard but Duncan is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan throws a big elbow that misses.
Sweat wants to stand up but Duncan is controlling him.
Duncan connects with a couple of short punches.
Duncan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Duncan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duncan chips away with some ground and pound.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sweat wants to get back to his feet but Duncan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sweat is breathing heavily.
Duncan lands a couple of digs.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Duncan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sweat has momentary wrist control but Duncan slips an elbow through the middle.
Duncan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweat has his foot on Duncan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duncan works his way back into a safe position though.
Duncan scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sweat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duncan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sweat thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Duncan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sweat utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Eusebio Duncan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sweat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duncan distracts Sweat with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Duncan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Duncan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sweat can do to turn this around?
Duncan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Duncan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan is in close to Sweat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Duncan is working Sweat over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Duncan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duncan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duncan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Duncan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duncan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Duncan chips away with some ground and pound.
Duncan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duncan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duncan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Duncan lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan works over Sweat with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sweat controls Duncan momentarily but Duncan frees himself.
Duncan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sweat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sweat looking to hit a scissor sweep but Duncan is one step ahead there.
Duncan connects with a couple of short punches.
Duncan landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duncan drops back looking for a leg! Sweat is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sweat manages to kick Duncan off! Duncan jumps back into Sweat's guard.
Duncan is working Sweat over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eusebio Duncan dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sweat throws a sloppy head kick
and Duncan counters with a takedown into side control.
Duncan is trying to get an arm triangle but Sweat is defending well.
Duncan working away.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
Sweat is looking to regain half guard here but Duncan keeps moving and retains side control.
Duncan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duncan lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Sweat manages to work his way to half guard, despite Duncan's best efforts.
Sweat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ground and pound from Duncan.
Duncan drops an elbow to the side of Sweat's head.
Duncan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan stops Sweat from getting back to his feet.
Duncan thows a huge punch but Sweat dodges it nicely.
Duncan working Sweat over with strikes.
Sweat taking some punishment here, with Duncan in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Duncan there.
Duncan 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.
Duncan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sweat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duncan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duncan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duncan trying to control the pace.
Sweat has hold of Duncan's hands but Duncan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Duncan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Duncan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Duncan.
Duncan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Duncan winds up and cracks Sweat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sweat taking some punishment here, with Duncan in his half guard.
Duncan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sweat has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duncan is working away from the top position though.
Duncan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Duncan lands strikes from half guard.
Duncan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sweat wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweat taking some punishment here, with Duncan in his half guard.
Duncan drops an elbow to the side of Sweat's head.
Duncan working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Duncan.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Duncan lands a nice short elbow.
Duncan drops an elbow to the side of Sweat's head.
Duncan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Duncan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sweat tries to kick Duncan off but Duncan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Duncan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Duncan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Duncan prevents Sweat from improving his position.
Duncan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Duncan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sweat has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duncan is working away from the top position though.
Duncan lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duncan is nestled in close to Sweat, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Derrick Sweat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eusebio Duncan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duncan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sweat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duncan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eusebio Duncan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Duncan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eusebio Duncan!
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