PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duke Newell (ranked 4855 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mystery Perfect (ranked 3115 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Newell
vs
Perfect

170 cm
34
170 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

175 cm
29
169 lbs
13 - 11 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 180$)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Duke Newell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Mystery Perfect!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perfect tries to bum rush Newell with a series of wild strikes but Newell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Newell half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duke Newell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perfect slips a jab and a cross from Newell.
Perfect looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Newell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perfect appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Newell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perfect on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Newell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Perfect keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Newell misses with a straight left.
Good standup being displayed there by Newell as he connects with a hook.
Perfect keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newell lands with an overhand left.
Perfect misses with an uppercut. Newell saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Perfect was well out of range. Poor timing from Newell.
Newell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perfect moves away.
Newell with a nice cross.

Newell scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Newell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Perfect keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perfect sneaks back into half guard.
Newell controlling the action here.

Newell is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Perfect doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Newell.
Newell perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Perfect tries to get to full guard but Newell has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Newell tries to pass to full mount but Perfect defends it.
Newell is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Perfect is trying desperately to improve position.
Newell controlling from mount.
Newell tries to control but Perfect wriggling away.
Newell tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newell wants to control the pace but Perfect is squirming around nicely.
Perfect slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Perfect gets full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perfect being controlled here, momentarily.
Newell trying to control the position from guard on top but Perfect is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Newell preventing the sweep.
Newell wants to control from the top but Perfect keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perfect can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Newell controls the pace.
Perfect can't keep his opponent in guard - Newell advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Perfect is trying to maintain the position but Newell is very close to passing his half guard.
Newell wants to pass the guard but Perfect is defending well.
Perfect moves into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Newell wants to control from the top but Perfect keeps moving.
Perfect can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Newell controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Newell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Perfect takes a swing at Newell's ribcage but misses.

Newell closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Perfect did well to prevent Newell getting side control.
Perfect is staying active underneath Newell, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Perfect is trying to get back to full guard.
Newell is looking to take a break and control but Perfect is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Newell with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Newell is trying to control. Perfect wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newell prevents Perfect from improving his position.
Perfect trying to control here.
Perfect is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newell wants to control but Perfect is keeping him busy.
Perfect has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Newell is working away from the top position though.
Perfect keeps control of the position for the meantime.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Newell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Newell connects with a right hand. Perfect shakes it off.
Perfect will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Newell throws a lazy right hand but Perfect sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perfect misses with a kick to the body.
Newell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perfect throws out the jab.
Duke Newell is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Perfect does it's job there.
Newell connects with a right hand. Perfect shakes it off.
Newell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Perfect at a distance.
Perfect pivots, looking for a leg kick but Newell is out of range and Perfect settles back down.
Perfect takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Newell thows a left - swing and a miss!
Newell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Perfect tries to avoid it but Newell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Perfect to the ground. Perfect escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perfect throws a low kick but Newell avoids it.
Newell lands a nice hook to Perfect's body. Perfect takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Newell tries to move into range but Perfect moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Perfect leaves Newell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Newell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Perfect can do to turn this around?
Perfect looks to land a right hand but Newell moved out of range.
Newell misses with a wild body shot.
Perfect now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Perfect lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perfect feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Newell's calf.
Newell darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Perfect throws a head kick but Newell moves out of range.
Newell throws a lazy right hand but Perfect sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Perfect looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Perfect gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A lazy body kick from Newell
and Perfect counters with a nice uppercut.
Newell misses the shot to the body.
Perfect looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A bone on bone clash there as Newell blocks the leg kick.
Newell looks to land a left hand but Perfect moved out of range nicely.
Newell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Perfect swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perfect moves out of range as Newell strikes.
Perfect was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Newell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perfect.
Newell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perfect to score with a decent uppercut.
Newell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perfect manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perfect moves out of range of the strikes.
Perfect steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newell.
A swing and a miss from Newell.
Newell throws out a loose jab but Perfect uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Perfect on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perfect slips a jab and a cross from Newell.
Perfect uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Newell.
Newell takes a swing at Perfect's ribcage but misses.
Newell swings for the body but Perfect moves out of range.
Perfect just misses with a punch to the body.
Newell throws a sloppy body shot
and Perfect counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Newell thinking.
Perfect throws a leg kick that misses.
Newell looks to land a right hand but Perfect moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Perfect! But no joy.
Newell scores with a body shot.
Newell misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Duke Newell will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Newell throws a jab but it's blocked by Perfect.
Perfect misses with a body shot.
Perfect takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Perfect steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newell.
Newell loads up on a big right hand but Perfect slips the punch.
Newell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Newell misses with a hook.
Newell swings for the body but Perfect moves out of range.
Newell misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Perfect on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perfect getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newell misses with a hook. Perfect ducked under it nicely.

Newell shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Perfect's guard.
Newell content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newell trying to control the position from guard on top but Perfect is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perfect is trying to control the position but Newell postures up.
Perfect looking to hit a scissor sweep but Newell is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Newell sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Newell swings widly with a right hand

and Perfect counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Newell tries for a takedown. No joy.
Newell misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Newell's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Newell gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Duke Newell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Newell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perfect is keeping the position for now.
Newell preventing the sweep.
Perfect is trying to keep Newell in close.
Newell trying to control but Perfect is working from the bottom.
Perfect is trying to keep Newell in close.
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.
Newell stays in close to Perfect's body and controls the position.
Newell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perfect is keeping the position for now.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Newell preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Newell closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Perfect tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Newell tries to advance to mount but can't.
Perfect is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Newell off and has taken his back!
Mystery Perfect has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perfect throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Newell!
Perfect controlling well, preventing Newell from escaping the position.
Newell is trapped and Perfect is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Newell looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Newell rolls, trying to escape but Perfect keeps control of the position.
Perfect thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Newell holding on to Perfect's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Newell turns into Perfect and is now in his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Duke Newell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Newell, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Duke Newell!
Mystery Perfect spoke after the fight, saying 'The fight was too easy and boring, and since my opponent looked like he really wanted the W, I thought I'd put on a show and give him the W.The line's getting longer. Better get back to pleasing them single and taken ladies before they go crazy'.