PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dana Fight Ii (ranked 6583 p4p, 658 weight class) and Ruphus Duphus (ranked 6353 p4p, 639 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fight Ii
vs
Duphus

189 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dana Fight Ii!
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, Ruphus Duphus!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fight Ii bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Duphus misses with a wild body shot.
Fight Ii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duphus.
Fight Ii scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Duphus misses with a body kick.
Duphus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fight Ii.
Fight Ii scores with a jab to the head.
Dana Fight Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fight Ii lands a glancing blow to the side of Duphus's head.
Fight Ii connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fight Ii lands a really nice looking cross but Duphus seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fight Ii lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Duphus throws a chopping leg kick but Fight Ii manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fight Ii bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duphus's head.
Duphus shoots in and drives through. Fight Ii sprawls well.

Duphus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fight Ii has a couple of punches blocked by Duphus.
Fight Ii misses with a hook from the clinch.

Duphus breaks the clinch.
Fight Ii lands with a right hand.
Fight Ii cracks Duphus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fight Ii throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Duphus counters with a single leg into guard. Fight Ii didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duphus throws an elbow that misses. Fight Ii uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Duphus's guard. Nice move by Fight Ii!

Duphus looking to control.

Duphus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fight Ii defends well.

Duphus is working an open guard so Fight Ii takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Duphus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Fight Ii as he connects with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fight Ii darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duphus misses with a wild body shot.
Fight Ii scores with a nice right hand.
Duphus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fight Ii moves away.
Fight Ii scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Duphus is rocked!
Duphus gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Fight Ii gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Duphus is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dana Fight Ii!