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Event:
MMMA 89 Kocur vs Grossweiner
Date: Aug 12, 2018 |
#R1#
Todd moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Todd let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Todd lands with a straight right. Duff didn't see that one coming.
A big left from Todd misses.
Duff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Todd throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Duff throwing a counter right hand but Todd manages to avoid it.
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Todd closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Todd throws a right hand that Duff ducks under and follows up with a left that Duff also avoids with ease.
Todd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Duff misses the target.
Todd misses with an uppercut
and Duff counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Todd. That snapped Duff's head back.
Todd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Todd let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Todd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.
Duff blocks a jab.
Duff looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Todd misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Duff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Duff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Todd.
#T1#
Todd misses with the combination.
Todd uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duff has time to react.
Todd lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duff at a distance.
Todd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duff.
A little feinted left hand from Duff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Todd swings widly with a right hand
and Duff counters with a nice body shot.
Todd connects with a body shot that sends Duff's belly button to the back.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Todd throws a body kick that misses
and Duff counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Todd throws a body shot but no joy.
Todd throws a head kick that half lands.
A punch lands to the side of Todd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Todd staying out of range there.
Todd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
#T2#
Todd throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Todd looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Todd scores with a sloppy right hand. Duff should have avoided that one.
Todd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.
Todd throws a body shot but no joy.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Todd tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Todd.
Duff takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Todd throws a combination that misses
and Duff counters with a thumping low kick.
Todd throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Duff misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Todd. Beautiful body shot.
Todd throws a big shot that misses.
Todd walks into a stiff left hand from Duff.
Duff throws a hook but Todd avoids it easily.
Duff doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Comanche Todd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Todd tries a head kick but it misses.
Duff misses with a body kick.
Todd staying out of range there.
Todd misses with a kick to the body.
Duff throws a quick counter kick to the body but Todd avoids it.
Todd gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Duff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duff throws a hook to the side of Todd's head but Todd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Todd tries to bum rush Duff with a series of wild strikes but Duff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duff steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Todd. That one must have hurt.
Todd throws a series of punches but Duff moves out of range.
Duff blocks a head kick by Todd.
Todd lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Todd scores with a one two! Duff had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Todd throws a head kick that misses
and Duff counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Todd looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Todd throws a series of punches but Duff avoids them all with ease.
Duff explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duff misses with a head kick.
#T4#
Todd misses with the combination.
Todd throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Duff.
Todd misses with an uppercut
and Duff counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Todd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff throwing a counter right hand but Todd manages to avoid it.
Todd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Duff's head.
A head kick misses from Duff.
Duff throws a right and a left that both miss.
Duff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Todd defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Todd throws a push kick but Duff slaps the foot to one side.
Duff moves out of range of the body kick.
Duff looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Comanche Todd dominated that round.
That's time! Duff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Todd missing with a left hand there. Duff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Duff has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Duff avoids a kick to the body.
Duff throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Todd gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Duff misses with an uppercut. Todd saw that one coming.
Todd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Duff misses.
Duff avoids the body shot from Todd.
A punch combination from Todd misses.
Duff lands a jab to Todd's midsection.
Todd is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff moves out of range as Todd strikes.
Todd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duff is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Todd throws a jab when Duff was well out of range.
Todd misses with an uppercut.
Todd uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.#T1#
Todd looks for the body kick but Duff saw that one coming.
Duff wants to slow Todd down by chopping away at his legs.
Comanche Todd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Todd throws a sloppy head kick and Duff moves out of range easily.
It looked like Duff wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Todd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Duff might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Todd swings for the body but Duff moves out of range.
Todd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duff's hands.
Duff misses with a hook.
That kick from Todd tenderised Duff's leg. Duff is trying to keep his angry face on.
Todd misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A big right from Todd misses.
A little feinted left hand from Duff on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Todd misses with a body punch
and Duff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duff takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duff connects with a nice looking jab.
Duff lands a lovely overhand right.#ROC#
Todd is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Todd throws a lazy uppercut
and Duff counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Todd is still on wobbly legs! Can Duff finish him?#T2#
Todd gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Duff counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brendan Duff!
During a confident post fight interview, Brendan Duff thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 10, 2018 |
#R1##TD2#
Snitch drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duff seems a little lost for a moment, as Snitch dominates the positioning.
Duff is looking for a sweep.
Duff is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Snitch is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Snitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Duff tries to lock up and control but Snitch gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Duff can't escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1#
Snitch controlling his opponent.
Duff working to try and regain half guard.
Duff is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff can't escape the position.
Duff wants to hold on but Snitch pushes him away.
Snitch content just to control the position here.
Duff is looking to improve his position but Snitch isn't that keen on the idea.#T2#
Snitch controlling from mount.
Duff is trying to escape the mount.
Duff is working hard here to advance position.
Snitch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Snitch looking to control but Duff is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T3#
Snitch controlling the position easily from mount.
Duff is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duff wants to control but Snitch is having none of it.
Snitch controlling the pace for now.
Duff wants to hold on but Snitch pushes him away.#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Duff can't escape the position.
Snitch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Duff is looking to improve his position but Snitch isn't that keen on the idea.
Snitch looking to control but Duff is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Duff reaches up and holds on to Snitch to control the position.
Duff is squirming around, avoiding Snitch's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Snitch dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2##CL2#
Snitch closes the distance and pushes Duff back into the cage.
Duff throws a punch but it's blocked by Snitch.
Snitch stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
#BC#
Duff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duff checks a leg kick.
Snitch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Duff's head backwards.
Duff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Duff wants it to stay on the feet.
Snitch misses with a takedown
and Duff counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Snitch moves into the clinch successfully.
Duff is trying to break free.
Snitch avoiding damage as Duff throws knees to the body.
#T1#
Duff misses with an elbow strike.
Snitch blocks an uppercut.
Snitch avoids the elbow strike from Duff, against the cage.
Snitch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Snitch stalling in the clinch.
Duff tries to land knees in the clinch but Snitch avoids the damage to the body.
Duff lands a nice uppercut.
Duff has a couple of punches blocked by Snitch.
Snitch taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Duff stops a takedown attempt from Snitch.
Brendan Duff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Snitch.
A short right from Duff on the inside.
Snitch leaning against his opponent.
Duff goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Snitch takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. #T2#
Snitch is trying to maintain a safe position but Duff gets an underhook and turns Snitch into the cage.
Snitch wants a takedown.
Duff is defending well against a takedown attempt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Snitch drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Snitch tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duff.
Snitch can't get the takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snitch controlling the action here for a moment.
Duff displaying some good clinch control by pressing Snitch up against the cage.#T3#
Duff tries to land knees in the clinch but Snitch avoids the damage to the body.
Duff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff stalling in the clinch but Snitch improves position.
Duff swings wildly with an uppercut but Snitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duff taking a breather.
Snitch has Duff pressed against the cage.
Duff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Snitch avoids it.#BC#
Duff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Snitch is just out of range.
Snitch shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Duff pinned against the cage. Duff gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. #T4#
Duff lands with a nice body punch. #TD2#
Duff gets caught napping as Snitch dives in and scores a takedown. Duff manages to retain guard.
Duff is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Duff being controlled here, momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duff looking to hit a scissor sweep but Snitch is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Snitch throws a jab but it's blocked by Duff.
A slow jab from Snitch misses its intended target.
Nice sprawl there from Duff as Snitch shoots in.
Duff is looking to counter punch.
Duff is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Snitch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Snitch lands a jab to the head.
#TD2#
Snitch drives through with a takedown into guard.
Snitch is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff 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.
Snitch slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.#T1#
Duff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Snitch tries to advance to mount but can't.
Duff is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Snitch tries to move to mount but Duff blocks the move with his legs. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Duff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Snitch trying to control the position but Duff is working away.
Duff is looking to regain half guard here but Snitch keeps moving and retains side control.
Snitch is staying tight to Duff's torso, preventing him from escaping. #T3#
Duff manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Snitch is taking a breather. Duff says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Duff regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB#
Snitch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Duff is trying to control the position but Snitch postures up. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Duff stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Duff wants it to stay on the feet.
Snitch moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Snitch looks like he wants to counter punch here.#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duff.
Snitch connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jon Snitch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Snitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duff moves out of range as Snitch strikes.
Snitch lands with a good body shot.
Snitch dives in for a single leg takedown but Duff sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Brendan Duff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Snitch.
Snitch misses with a straight right.
Nice straight punches there by Duff. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Duff.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snitch blocks a head kick by Duff.
Duff takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Duff lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Snitch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Snitch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Snitch!
A relieved looking Jon Snitch thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
GC 218
Date: Jun 20, 2018 |
#R1#
Duff looks to land a combination but Lethal avoids it well.
Duff throws a poor cross that misses
and Duff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duff misses with an uppercut.
Lethal throwing a counter right hand but Duff manages to avoid it.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lethal thinks about countering with a body kick.
Duff takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lethal staying out of range there.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Lethal counters with an inside leg kick.
Lethal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duff moves out of range as Lethal throws a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Duff.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lethal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duff throws out the jab.
Duff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lethal lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lethal is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Lethal lands with a nice body punch.
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff throws a head kick that misses
letting Lethal counter with a right hand. #T1#
Lethal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lethal.
Lethal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duff. Duff circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lethal slips under a jab.
Duff ducks right into an uppercut from Lethal.
Duff takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Duff throws a hook but Lethal blocks it.
Lethal with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duff throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#KD#
Lethal lands a big head kick that sends Duff tumbling to the mat! Lethal takes a step backwards and waves Duff back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#
Duff is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff throws out a loose jab but Lethal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duff is still on wobbly legs! Can Lethal finish him?
Lethal's jab looks to have found its range, popping Duff under the eye.
Duff might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lethal avoids the head kick by Duff.
Lethal quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Duff throws a sloppy head kick and Lethal moves out of range easily.
Lethal missing with a left hand there. Duff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duff seems to have recovered his senses.
Duff looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Duff misses the jab.
Lethal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duff stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Duff crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lethal - the referee stops the clock and Duff gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lethal. Duff manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lethal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.#T2#
A slapping body kick lands there for Lethal.
Duff looks winded!
Lethal gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lethal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Lethal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duff.
A shot to the liver by Lethal. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheers as Lethal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duff doesn't seem phased though.
Lethal lands with a right hand.
Duff takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Duff takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Duff throws a hook to the side of Lethal's head but Lethal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Lethal digs a good hook to Duff's body.
Duff looks to throw the jab but Lethal is out of range.
Lethal swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Lethal moves away and avoids it.
Lethal cracks Duff with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duff misses the jab.
Lethal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice shot by Lethal.#T3#
Duff misses with a looping left.
Lethal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lethal lunges at Duff with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Duff's hand. #KD#
Lethal sends Duff crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Lethal is motioning to the referee to let Duff up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Lethal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Duff misses with a wild combination.
And Lethal counters with a quick kick to the body but Duff blocks it.
Nice body kick from Lethal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Lethal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Duff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lethal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lethal blocks a jab.
Lethal pushes Duff away with a front kick.
Lethal lands a nice looking body shot.
Lethal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Duff will feel that in the morning.
Lethal lands a really nice looking cross but Duff seems unphased.
#KD#
Lethal lands a big uppercut and Duff crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Duff looks OK. Lethal waves Duff back to his feet!#T4#
Duff swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lethal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lethal is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lethal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duff circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Lethal. Duff falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Lethal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Lethal!
During a confident post fight interview, Matt Lethal thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 04, 2018 |
#R1##TD2#
Duff drives through with a takedown into Hunter's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Duff advances position into side control!
Duff lands an elbow.
Hunter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duff on the ground.
Duff in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Duff working the ground and pound.
Duff moves into full mount!
Duff lands a heavy elbow.
Hunter is bucking up trying to escape but Duff cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duff is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hunter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Duff is in the full mount, landing strikes. #ROC2#
Hunter is rocked!
Duff is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Hunter goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Duff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
A relieved looking Brendan Duff thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
Syn 562 - Clash o/t Behemoths
Date: Jan 27, 2018 |
#R1#
Nutzzzz slips under a jab from Duff.
Nutzzzz throws a hook but Duff avoids it easily.
Nutzzzz looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Nutzzzz moves out of range of the strikes.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Duff takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nutzzzz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Nutzzzz moves out of range of the body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Nutzzzz misses the target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Duff has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nutzzzz looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Duff drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nutzzzz defends it well.
Nutzzzz slips under a jab from Duff.
Nutzzzz avoids the head kick by Duff.
Nutzzzz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nutzzzz looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range.
Duff feints the counter takedown.
Duff takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A head kick by Nutzzzz misses #TD2#
and Duff counters with a single leg into guard. Nutzzzz didn't expect that.
Nutzzzz has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nutzzzz pulls Duff in to control the position.
Nutzzzz continues to stall.#T1##SUB#
Nutzzzz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Duff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Duff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nutzzzz pulls Duff in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nutzzzz is keeping the position for now.
Nutzzzz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nutzzzz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Duff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nutzzzz under the eye.
Deez Nutzzzz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#CL2#
Duff darts in and clinches Nutzzzz up against the cage.
Duff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nutzzzz avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Nutzzzz.
Duff misses with a punch on the inside.
Nutzzzz prevents Duff from breaking the clinch.
Nutzzzz throws a head punch that misses.
Duff misses with some punches.
Duff working aggressively here.
#T3#
Nutzzzz lands a right hand.
Nutzzzz pushes Duff back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#BC#
Nutzzzz breaks the clinch.
Duff lands with a hook. Nutzzzz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nutzzzz.
Duff paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nutzzzz misses the shot to the body.
Nutzzzz looks to throw the jab but Duff is out of range.
Duff with the counter takedown but Nutzzzz avoids it easily.
Nutzzzz throws a looping overhand right but Duff ducks down to avoid it.
Nutzzzz lands with an overhand left.
Nutzzzz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duff stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duff throws a hook but Nutzzzz blocks it.
Duff lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nutzzzz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nutzzzz throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#T4#
Nutzzzz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
A little feinted left hand from Nutzzzz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Nutzzzz misses.
Duff clobbers Nutzzzz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Duff is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Duff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz scores with a shot to the body.
Duff misses the jab.
Duff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nutzzzz throws out the jab.
Nutzzzz misses the jab.
Duff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Duff punishes Nutzzzz's body with a nice straight punch.
Nutzzzz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Duff manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nutzzzz throws an overhand right that lands on Duff's shoulder, as Duff tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Deez Nutzzzz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Nutzzzz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.
Nutzzzz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.
Duff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nutzzzz. That did some damage!
Duff cracks Nutzzzz with a good jab.
Nutzzzz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duff.
Duff might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nutzzzz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nutzzzz staying out of range there.
Duff tries a head kick but it misses.
Duff throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Nutzzzz counters with a straight right hand.
Nutzzzz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nutzzzz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duff.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff lands a nice shot that snaps Nutzzzz's head back.
Nutzzzz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nutzzzz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A cross from Duff lands.#T1#
Nutzzzz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Nutzzzz takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nutzzzz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nutzzzz misses with a hook.
Nutzzzz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Duff missing with a left hand there. Nutzzzz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duff looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nutzzzz is fending him off so far but Duff persists. Nope, Nutzzzz circles away and we're back to standing.
Nutzzzz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nutzzzz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Duff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nutzzzz throws out the jab.
Duff tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nutzzzz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nutzzzz throws a body shot but no joy.
Duff throws a front kick aimed at Nutzzzz's knee but Nutzzzz avoids it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Nutzzzz as he connects with a hook.#T2#
Nutzzzz scores with the left hand. Duff knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nutzzzz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duff.
Nutzzzz throws a jab when Duff was well out of range.
Nutzzzz staying out of range there.
Nutzzzz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nutzzzz throws a hook but Duff avoids it easily.
Nutzzzz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Deez Nutzzzz is winning the standup battle so far.
Nutzzzz moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Duff moves out of range of the strikes.
And Duff tries to counter it with a takedown but Nutzzzz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A punch combination from Duff misses.
Duff misses with a hook
and Nutzzzz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nutzzzz lands a nice hook to Duff's body. Duff takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duff.
Duff slips under a jab from Nutzzzz.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #T3#
Nutzzzz lands with a straight right. Duff didn't see that one coming.
Nutzzzz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Duff tries to counter it with a takedown but Nutzzzz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd cheers as Nutzzzz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duff doesn't seem phased though.
Duff misses with a hook.
Nutzzzz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nutzzzz moves away from the strike by Duff.
Nutzzzz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nutzzzz loads up on a big right hand but Duff slips the punch.
Nutzzzz connects with the punch.
Duff avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duff gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duff lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nutzzzz throws a jab but it's blocked by Duff.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nutzzzz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Duff throws a leg kick that misses.
Nutzzzz scores with a shot to the body.
#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nutzzzz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Nutzzzz counters with a nice uppercut.
Duff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Nutzzzz misses its target.#KD#
Nutzzzz lands a big uppercut and Duff crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Duff looks OK. Nutzzzz waves Duff back to his feet!#ROC#
Duff is rocked!
Duff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nutzzzz.
Duff changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Duff is still on wobbly legs! Can Nutzzzz finish him?
Nutzzzz throws a shot to the body.
Duff seems to have recovered his senses.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Duff connects with a nice looking jab.
Nutzzzz scores with a sloppy right hand. Duff should have avoided that one.
Nutzzzz throws a jab but it's blocked by Duff.
Duff lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nutzzzz slips a jab from Duff.
Nutzzzz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duff sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Duff walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deez Nutzzzz dominated that second round.
That's time! Nutzzzz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Duff thumps Nutzzzz with a low kick.
Nutzzzz lands with a nice body punch.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nutzzzz.
Duff needs to keep his hands up - Nutzzzz had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Duff misses.
Nutzzzz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duff can do to turn this around?
Nutzzzz scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Nutzzzz. Beautiful body shot.
Duff digs a good hook to Nutzzzz's body.
Duff takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nutzzzz moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Nutzzzz.#CL#
Duff gets tackled into the cage by Nutzzzz. Nutzzzz maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Nutzzzz scores with a shot to the side of Duff's head.
Duff has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nutzzzz after a bit of a struggle. #T1#
Nutzzzz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duff is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nutzzzz is keeping busy.
Nutzzzz works on Duff's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Nutzzzz.
#BC#
Nutzzzz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nutzzzz circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Duff drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Nutzzzz follows Duff to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deez Nutzzzz!
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Syn 559: Dark Days
Date: Jan 05, 2018 |
#R1#
Zaire is looking to chop away at Duff's legs.
Duff misses with a straight left.
Duff checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Zaire misses its intended target.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Zaire throws a counter combo.
Zaire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duff misses the jab.
Duff takes a jab right on the kisser.
Duff dips to his left and cracks Zaire with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Zaire follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Duff - just one landing.
Zaire stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duff.
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Duff misses with a two punch combination.
Duff shoots in for a takedown but Zaire shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Zaire misses with a body kick.
Zaire slips a straight right by Duff.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaire throws a low kick, looking for Duff's leg but Duff calmly moves out of range.
Zaire has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Duff misses with a looping left.
Zaire throws a leg kick which misses Duff's front leg but catches the back leg as Duff tries to avoid it. #T1#
Zaire scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zaire moves away.
Zaire looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Duff takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Duff misses with a looping left.
Zaire throws a solid leg kick but Duff takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zaire.
Zaire turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zaire throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zaire digs a good body shot into Duff's ribs.
Zaire lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zaire looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zaire throws a hook to the side of Duff's head but Duff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Zaire sprawls and moves away.
Abdullah Zaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff throws a wild body kick that Zaire sees coming a mile off.
Zaire lands a right hook to the body.
Duff looks to land a right hand but Zaire moved out of range.
Duff swings widly with a right hand
and Zaire counters with a low kick, right behind Duff 's knee.
Zaire misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaire staying out of range there.
Abdullah Zaire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duff. Zaire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duff throws a sloppy head kick and Zaire moves out of range easily. #T2#
Zaire is looking to score with low kicks.
Zaire moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Zaire thumps Duff with a low kick.
Zaire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaire defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Duff has a takedown stuffed.
Zaire is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duff rather than just go for the knockout.
Zaire defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Zaire tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zaire gets off balance looking for a body kick#TD#
so Duff counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. #SUB2#
Zaire looking for a guillotine here but Duff defends easily.
Zaire utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #T3#
Duff slips nicely into half guard.
Duff lands with a punch from half guard.
Zaire trying to hold on to Duff's head to control him but Duff postures up.
Zaire won't allow Duff to pass to mount.
Zaire trying to control but Duff postures up.
Zaire manages to get to full guard.
Duff sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zaire's guard. #T4#
Zaire tries to kick Duff off but Duff keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Zaire keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #SUB2#
Zaire is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Duff pulls his head out easily.
Zaire is looking to improve his position.
Duff seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Zaire does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Zaire wants to control but Duff is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Duff sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zaire defending well though.
Zaire trying to control here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Abdullah Zaire will probably get the nod.
That's time! Duff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Zaire scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zaire throws a wild body kick that Duff sees coming a mile off.
Duff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zaire lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zaire. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Duff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Duff swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Zaire lands with a right hand.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Zaire avoids the head kick by Duff.
Zaire is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zaire.
Zaire wants to land a leg kick but Duff is out of range.
Zaire tries to land a front kick but Duff steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaire is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zaire. That's going to slow Duff down.
Zaire connects with an inside leg kick.#T1#
Zaire fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Zaire slips the punch.
Duff throws a hook but Zaire blocks it.
Zaire scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A bone on bone clash there as Zaire blocks the leg kick.
Abdullah Zaire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zaire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duff.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Duff misses with a straight left.
Zaire throws a leg kick but Duff sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zaire misses with an uppercut. Duff saw that one coming.
Zaire lands a nice leg kick that just misses Duff's sensitive parts.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Zaire.
A telegraphed right hand from Duff misses the target.
Zaire misses with a wild body shot.
Zaire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duff throws a body shot but no joy. #T2#
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff slips a straight right by Zaire.
Zaire moves out of range of the strikes.
Duff throws an overhand right that lands on Zaire's shoulder, as Zaire tries to avoid the shot.
Zaire throws the kick towards the body but Duff avoids it.
Zaire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zaire throws a body kick that misses.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Zaire moves away and avoids it.
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zaire. That one must have hurt.
Zaire connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaire uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duff has time to react.
Zaire goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zaire fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zaire.
Duff throws a hook but Zaire avoids it easily.
Zaire checks a low kick from Duff.
Zaire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#T3#
Good leg kick by Zaire there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zaire feints and then cracks Duff's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duff down.
Zaire takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Duff takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Duff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duff throws a series of punches but Zaire avoids them all with ease.
Duff throws the left hand but Zaire avoids the punch easily.
Duff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zaire connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duff scrambles back to his feet.
Duff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zaire swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Crunch! Zaire slams his shin into Duff's torso.
Zaire connects with a solid leg kick.
Duff shoots in for a double leg but Zaire sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Zaire throws a low kick but Duff moves out of range easily.
Duff moves out of range of the body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaire misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duff walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Zaire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
#T4#
Zaire misses with an attempted mid kick.
Zaire tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zaire throws an off balance right hand
#TD#
and Duff decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Zaire's guard.
Zaire is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zaire bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Duff's guard. #REVB#
Duff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zaire is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Duff is trying to control the position but Zaire postures up.
Duff wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abdullah Zaire showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Zaire slips the punch.
Duff looks to land a right hand but Zaire moved out of range.
Zaire wants to land a leg kick but Duff is out of range.
Zaire thows a body kick. Duff tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Zaire works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duff misses with an uppercut.
Zaire looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Zaire fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Duff checks it well.
Duff wants to slow Zaire down by chopping away at his legs.
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Zaire lands a nice looking kick to the body. Duff takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zaire tries a quick counter leg kick but Duff is wise to it.
Duff scores with a kick to the midsection.
Duff avoids a kick to the body.
Duff feinted with a counter takedown.
Zaire jabs Duff to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zaire lands a nice shot that snaps Duff's head back.
Duff throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.#T1#
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Zaire was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Duff takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Duff misses with a looping right.
Zaire is looking to score with low kicks.
Duff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zaire on the side of the head.
Zaire misses with a leg kick.
Duff takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.#TD#
Zaire gets caught napping as Duff dives in and scores a takedown. Zaire manages to retain guard.
Zaire is controlling Duff's posture.
Zaire wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaire is controlling Duff's posture.#T2#
Duff postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Zaire can't keep his opponent in guard - Duff advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Zaire is pressing down on Duff's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zaire is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zaire can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Duff controls the pace.
Zaire wants to stand up but Duff is controlling him.
Duff postures up in Zaire's guard and throws a big left but Zaire blocks it. #T3#
Duff has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Zaire is proving hard to escape from.
Zaire working a defensive guard here.
#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Zaire moves away and avoids it.
Zaire looks to land a body kick but Duff moved away.
Duff misses with an uppercut. Zaire saw that one coming.
Duff is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Zaire staying out of range there.
Zaire catches Duff with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duff waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zaire.
Duff with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duff checks a leg kick.
Duff lands an overhand right.
Duff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zaire under the eye.
Zaire tries to land a leg kick but Duff saw it coming and moves away.
#T4#
Zaire defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zaire.
Zaire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Zaire.
Zaire doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Abdullah Zaire is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Zaire throws out a leg kick but Duff moves out of range and Zaire only half commits.
Duff feinted with a counter takedown.
Duff ducks right into an uppercut from Zaire.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaire takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duff is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zaire lands a jab to the head.
Zaire with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duff throws a hook to the side of Zaire's head but Zaire sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zaire moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaire moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Duff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zaire throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brendan Duff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaire scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Abdullah Zaire.
I've got Zaire winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdullah Zaire!
An out of breath Abdullah Zaire thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
Syn 556 - Legerity
Date: Dec 16, 2017 |
#R1#
A big right from Duff misses.
Parker's coach down at Private Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Parker's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Duff takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Parker avoids a kick to the body.
Parker scores with a jab. Duff acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Parker throws a low kick but Duff avoids it.
Duff throws a jab but it's blocked by Parker.
Parker throws a body kick that misses. #CL2#
Duff tries to keep at a distance but Parker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Duff stalling in the clinch.
Duff lands a nice elbow.
Duff is struggling to control the position.
Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Duff.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff just leaning against Parker, taking a breather.
Parker blocking some punches.
#BC#
Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parker tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Parker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duff has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.#T1#
Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Parker is just out of range.
Duff moves out of range as Parker strikes.
Peter Parker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parker fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Duff has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Duff walks into a left hand. #CUT2#
It looks like Brendan Duff has been cut.
Duff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parker throws a lazy right hand but Duff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Parker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Duff is able to avoid easily.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parker was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
Parker checks a leg kick.
Duff connects with a body shot.
Parker tries to clinch up.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jab from Parker.
Duff moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Parker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Parker tries to clinch up.
Parker doesn't manage to clinch there - Duff circles away.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parker moves away.
A little jabbing left from Parker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Duff throws a hook to the side of Parker's head but Parker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parker tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range. #T2#
Parker tries to clinch up.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Parker rushes Duff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Parker misses with the head strike.
Duff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duff has had enough of the clinch but Parker keeps him there for the moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Duff takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Parker as Duff tries to tie him up.
Duff is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Parker's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Duff misses with some punches.
Duff misses with the head strike.
Parker misses with a punch on the inside.
Duff tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Parker can't find room to land a body shot as Duff controls the action.
#BC#
Duff breaks the clinch.
Duff swinging wildly here.
Parker is looking to clinch. #T3#
Duff keeps the fight on the outside.
Parker connects with a jab.
Parker tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Parker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Duff doesn't seem bothered though.
Parker is looking to clinch.
Parker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Parker throws a hook but Duff avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Parker coming out on top.
Parker wants to clinch.
Parker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duff.
Parker jabbing away but nothing is landing. #TD#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Parker enables Duff to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Parker manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. #T4#
Parker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Duff regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB#
Duff looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Parker passes into half guard.
Duff 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.
Parker takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Parker's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Duff wants to improve his position but Parker is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Peter Parker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brendan Duff's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Parker misses with a series of wild punches.
Parker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duff keeps the fight on the outside.#CL2#
Parker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duff, pushing him back against the cage.
Parker tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
Parker managing to block the knees to the body from Duff.
Duff tries to circle away but Parker has him pinned against the cage.
Parker throws a head punch that misses.
Duff lands with a left to the head.
Duff controlling the action here for a moment.
Parker blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Parker.
Duff has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T1#
Parker can't find room to land a body shot as Duff controls the action.
Duff using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Parker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Parker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff wants to get back to striking at distance but Parker won't allow it.
Duff makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Duff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duff stalling against the cage.
Parker digs a right hand into Duff's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duff's gas tank.
Parker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#BC#
Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parker wants to clinch.#T2#
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duff throws a hook but Parker blocks it.
Duff gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Parker.
Parker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Parker misses with a hook. Duff ducked under it nicely. #CL2#
Parker rushes Duff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Parker.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duff.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Duff blocks a body shot from Parker.
Duff is trying to break the clinch but Parker is controlling him.
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Duff uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duff tries to stall but Parker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Parker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.#T3#
Parker misses with a punch to the body.
Duff is trying to push Parker away but Parker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Duff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Duff backwards.
Parker tries to throw a body punch but Duff avoids it by throwing Parker back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parker.
Duff throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parker.
Parker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Parker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Parker is defending well for now.
Duff can't break the clinch.
Parker is looking to control Duff's arms but Duff gets an underhook and turns him. Now Parker has his back to the cage.
Parker swings wildly with an uppercut but Duff uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duff throws a head punch that misses. #T4#
Parker lands a shoulder strike.
Parker misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Parker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duff looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
With the fighters up against the cage, Duff throws an elbow but misses. #TD#
Duff gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff is looking to advance position but Parker won't allow it.
Duff stalling away here and it's allowed Parker to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Parker is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Parker pulls Duff in close to his closed guard and prevents Duff from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Parker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brendan Duff's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Parker scores with a jab to the head.
Parker lands an overhand right.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Parker misses with the combination.
Parker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Duff scores with a crisp jab that stopped Parker in his tracks.
Parker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Parker tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Parker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Parker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Parker doesn't manage to clinch there - Duff circles away.
Duff throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parker avoids a kick to the body.
Parker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duff.
#T1#
Parker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
Parker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Parker wants to clinch.
Parker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Duff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Parker wants to counter the offense by Duff and move into the clinch position.
Parker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duff.#CL2#
Parker closes the distance and pushes Duff back into the cage.
Duff lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Parker tries to throw a body punch but Duff avoids it by throwing Parker back against the cage. #BC#
Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Parker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duff throws out the jab.
Parker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duff's hands.
Parker tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Duff gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Parker.#T2#
Parker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.
Duff scores with a decent looking hook.
Peter Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Duff misses the target.
Parker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.
Parker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Parker moved out of range nicely.
Donk. Duff catches Parker right on the button with a cross.
Parker looks to clinch #TD#
and Duff decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Parker's guard.
Duff looking to pass the guard.
Parker controlling Duff's posture. #T3#
Duff controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Duff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Peter Parker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Parker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duff stopping the sweep attempt from Parker.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Duff on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Parker. Parker obviously looking to wear him down.
Parker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Parker moves out of range as Duff throws a body kick.
#T4#
Parker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.
Duff tries to counter with a takedown but Parker is quick to defend against it.
Duff throws an overhand right that lands on Parker's shoulder, as Parker tries to avoid the shot.
Duff throws an overhand right that lands on Parker's shoulder, as Parker tries to avoid the shot.
Parker tries to counter by closing the distance.
Parker misses with an uppercut. Duff saw that one coming.
Peter Parker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Parker.
A leg kick checked by Parker.
A punch combination from Parker misses.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Parker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Parker. Beautiful body shot.
Parker doesn't manage to clinch there - Duff circles away.
Duff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Parker tries to grapple but his opponent circles #TD#
and Duff counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff wants to control but Parker is keeping him busy.
Brendan Duff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duff working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brendan Duff.
I think Parker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Peter Parker!
Peter Parker really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Red Light Coffeeshop logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Event:
Syn - Heir To The Throne Final
Date: Nov 18, 2017 |
#R1#
Nice cross by Duff.
Duff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marsden avoids a kick to the body.
Marsden has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Marsden thuds his right hand into Duff's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marsden slips under a jab from Duff.
Marsden looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Duff is fending him off so far but Marsden persists. Nope, Duff circles away and we're back to standing.
Marsden just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Marsden sprawls and moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Duff checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Duff moves in looking to clinch but Marsden pushes him off.
Marsden throws the kick towards the body but Duff avoids it.
Marsden misses with a body punch
#TD#
and Duff counters with a shoot takedown. Marsden fights it but they end up in guard.
Duff has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Duff stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marsden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marsden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in half guard, Marsden seems content to control.
Duff wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Marsden trying to control from half guard but Duff is working away. #T1#
Duff gets back to full guard.
Marsden scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marsden tries to free his leg and advance position but Duff is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsden stays in close to Duff's body and controls the position.
Marsden wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Duff keeping full guard, as Marsden tries to pass.
Marsden preventing the sweep. #T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Duff is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Marsden wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Duff controls Marsden momentarily but Marsden frees himself. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Duff throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marsden looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duff defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marsden.
Duff connects with a crisp jab.
Marsden misses the shot to the body. #T3##TD#
Duff looking to score a takedown here. Marsden is defending well but Duff drives through and ends up in Marsden's guard.
Duff wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving. #SUB2#
Marsden escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Duff gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Duff tries to free his leg and advance position but Marsden is retaining full guard.
Duff scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#SUB2#
Marsden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Duff stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marsden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Duff scoring with some ground and pound. #SUB2#
Marsden is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duff is aware though and is defending well.#T4##SUB2#
Marsden looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Duff passes into half guard.
Marsden tries to roll over but Duff keeps him under control.
Marsden won't allow Duff to pass to mount.
Marsden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Duff's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Duff's back!
Marsden is trying to stick to Duff's back but Duff is turning into Marsden. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Marsden's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Duff.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duff preventing the sweep.
Duff looking to sit in guard and control but Marsden gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Duff not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2##TD2#
Marsden throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Duff was covering up waiting for the punch and Marsden finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Marsden postures up.
Marsden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Duff is keeping the position for now.
Duff looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Marsden puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Duff tries to get to full guard but Marsden has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsden uses his free foot to push down on Duff's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Duff.
Marsden wants to control the pace but Duff is squirming around nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Marsden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
#T1#
Marsden controlling his opponent.
Marsden trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Duff manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Duff is looking for a sweep. Marsden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marsden seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Duff does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Marsden content to control rather than advance.
Marsden's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Duff preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head. #T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Marsden looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Duff tries to get to full guard but Marsden has control of the leg.
Marsden content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Marsden winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Duff tries to get to full guard but Marsden has control of the leg.
Duff is staying active underneath Marsden, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T3#
Duff tries to get to full guard but Marsden has control of the leg.
Marsden trying to control the action but Duff is working from the bottom.
Marsden might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Duff haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Marsden takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Duff is trying to get back to full guard.
Marsden is trying to control the action in half guard but Duff is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Marsden misses the shot to the body.
Duff lands with a straight right. Marsden didn't see that one coming.
Marsden connects with a body shot.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsden throws a chopping leg kick but Duff manages to avoid taking any serious damage.#T4#
Duff scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Marsden moved out of range nicely.
Marsden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duff checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've been told by Duff's head coaches at Rabid Dog that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marsden.
Marsden looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marsden has a takedown stuffed.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Marsden misses the shot to the body.
Duff throws a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duff misses with a looping right.
Marsden is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duff rather than just go for the knockout.
Marsden connects with a right hand. Duff shakes it off.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Marsden.
Marsden misses with a leg kick.
Duff tries to move into range but Marsden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marsden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brendan Duff is winning the standup battle so far.
Marsden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marsden throws a shot to the body.
Marsden shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Duff as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Marsden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3#
Duff staying out of range there.
Marsden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marsden lands a nice shot that snaps Duff's head back.
Duff uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marsden has time to react.
Marsden throws a body kick, spinning off balance#TD#
and Duff decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marsden's guard.#SUB2#
Duff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff is working Marsden over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff forces his way into half guard.
Marsden moves into full guard.
#SU#
Duff gets to his feet. Marsden looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! #T1#
Duff moves away from the strike by Marsden.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Marsden will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marsden swings widly with a right hand
#TD#
and Duff counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Duff.
Duff postures up and lands a big shot to Marsden's brow. #SUB2#
Marsden had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Duff defends it easily.
Duff stands up over Marsden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Duff lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Duff sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marsden's guard.
Ground and pound from Duff. #SUB2#
Marsden actively working from the bottom here.#T2#
Duff is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duff drops an elbow to the side of Marsden's head.
Marsden gets back to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#SUB2#
Duff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Marsden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff is in close to Marsden's body, working some short punches and elbows.#T3#
Marsden wants to improve his position but instead Duff has moved into half guard.
Duff wants to take a breather but Marsden is having none of it.
Duff tries to pass to full mount but Marsden defends it. #SUB2#
Marsden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marsden on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Duff winds up and cracks Marsden with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marsden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.#SUB2#
Marsden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T4#
Marsden wants to sweep but no luck.
Duff sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marsden's guard.
Marsden is looking to improve his position.
Duff tries to pass to full mount but Marsden defends it.
Duff lands strikes from half guard.
Marsden manages to get to full guard.
Marsden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Duff is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Duff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duff 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Duff!
A relieved looking Brendan Duff thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Brandon Marsden spoke after the fight, saying 'I didn't lose that fight in my mind. True victory is to give all of yourself, without regret. '.
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Event:
Syn - Heir To The Throne Rd 3
Date: Oct 27, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Santo Cristo.
We've been informed that Duff has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
De Santo Cristo tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duff shoots in but De Santo Cristo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've been hearing reports that De Santo Cristo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. De Santo Cristo moves away and avoids it.
De Santo Cristo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Santo Cristo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duff lands a nice shot to the body.
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
De Santo Cristo instigates a clinch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a short punch on the inside. #BC2#
Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Duff misses with a kick to the body.
De Santo Cristo slips a straight right by Duff.
De Santo Cristo throws an overhand right that lands on Duff's shoulder, as Duff tries to avoid the shot. #TD#
De Santo Cristo shoots in and gets a takedown into Duff's guard.
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!
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep. #T1#
Duff keeps trying to improve his position.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of digs.
De Santo Cristo wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Duff wants to sweep here but De Santo Cristo controlling him for the moment.
Duff is still trying to improve position.
De Santo Cristo is in close to Duff's body, working some short punches and elbows.
De Santo Cristo scoring with punches to the head and body. #T2#
De Santo Cristo postures up and lands a big shot to Duff's brow.
De Santo Cristo chips away with some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of elbows.
Duff looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Santo Cristo is one step ahead there.
De Santo Cristo 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.
De Santo Cristo postures up.
De Santo Cristo won't allow Duff to sweep him here.
De Santo Cristo pushes down on Duff's leg and manages to get into half guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duff keeps working.
Duff wants to improve his position but De Santo Cristo is controlling well.
Duff is pressing down on De Santo Cristo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.#T3#
Duff looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB2#
Duff looking for a guillotine here but De Santo Cristo defends easily.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
De Santo Cristo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep.
Duff looking to control.
De Santo Cristo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. #T4##SUB2#
Duff is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Santo Cristo is aware though and is defending well.
Duff looking to control.
De Santo Cristo chips away with some ground and pound.
Duff wants to sweep but no luck.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of digs.
Duff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Santo Cristo's guard. #REVB#
De Santo Cristo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #SUB#
De Santo Cristo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Duff wants to control from the top but De Santo Cristo keeps moving. #SUB#
Duff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De Santo Cristo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Duff manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR#
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2##CL2#
Duff drives through and clinches with De Santo Cristo against the cage.
Duff blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo keeps control of Duff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duff misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow.
De Santo Cristo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duff scores with a shot to the side of De Santo Cristo's head.
Duff gets underhooks to prevent De Santo Cristo's takedown attempt.
A shot in the inside from De Santo Cristo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo tries to work over Duff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #TD#
De Santo Cristo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Duff is trying to keep an underhook but De Santo Cristo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Santo Cristo drops an elbow to the side of Duff's head.
De Santo Cristo lands strikes from half guard.
Duff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T1#
Duff taking some punishment here, with De Santo Cristo in his half guard.
Duff manages to get to full guard.
De Santo Cristo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo stands up over Duff, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Duff looking for subs off his back but De Santo Cristo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Duff is looking to improve his position.
#T2#
De Santo Cristo wants to control but Duff is keeping him busy.
Joao De Santo Cristo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#SUB#
De Santo Cristo is trying to work for a kimura but Duff is defending well.
De Santo Cristo lands with a punch from half guard.
De Santo Cristo working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duff is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Santo Cristo scores with a couple of nice shots.
De Santo Cristo lands strikes from half guard.
Duff is looking for a sweep. De Santo Cristo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Santo Cristo slips a nice elbow through Duff's hands, connecting with Duff's forehead.#T3#
De Santo Cristo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duff has a hand on De Santo Cristo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. De Santo Cristo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Duff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Duff tries to hold on but De Santo Cristo postures up.
Duff is trying to escape the mount.
De Santo Cristo cracks Duff with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! De Santo Cristo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
De Santo Cristo lands a heavy elbow. #ROC#
Duff is rocked!
De Santo Cristo looking to finish Duff with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duff!
Duff is still in real trouble! Can De Santo Cristo finish him?#T4#
Duff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Santo Cristo working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Santo Cristo tries to control but Duff wriggling away.
Duff is trying to escape the mount.
De Santo Cristo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duff seems to have recovered his senses.
Duff is looking to get to half guard.
Duff manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Duff is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
De Santo Cristo cracks Duff with an open hand slap.#CL#
De Santo Cristo rushes Duff and presses him up against the cage.
Duff goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Santo Cristo prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
A shot in the inside from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duff backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duff.
Duff wants to get back to striking at distance but De Santo Cristo won't allow it.
Duff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Santo Cristo tries to throw a body punch but Duff avoids it by throwing De Santo Cristo back against the cage.
De Santo Cristo has a couple of punches blocked by Duff.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
A short left from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo lands a shoulder strike. #T1##TD#
De Santo Cristo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
De Santo Cristo sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Santo Cristo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duff can do to turn this around?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De Santo Cristo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De Santo Cristo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duff's head.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Duff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. De Santo Cristo defends it easily.
De Santo Cristo wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving. #T2#
De Santo Cristo landing some decent shots from guard.
Duff has momentary wrist control but De Santo Cristo slips an elbow through the middle.
Duff 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.#SUB2#
Duff has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. De Santo Cristo is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Duff.
Duff sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.#T3#
De Santo Cristo is looking to take a break and control but Duff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duff.
De Santo Cristo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
De Santo Cristo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.#SUB2#
Duff has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. De Santo Cristo is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Duff.
Duff is looking for a sweep.#T4#
De Santo Cristo landing strikes.
Duff tries to improve position but can't.
De Santo Cristo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Duff sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
De Santo Cristo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo 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.
Nice strikes from De Santo Cristo there.
Duff regains full guard. Nicely done.
De Santo Cristo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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!
De Santo Cristo connects with a couple of short punches.
Duff has momentary wrist control but De Santo Cristo slips an elbow through the middle.
Brendan Duff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Santo Cristo trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joao De Santo Cristo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Santo Cristo 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao De Santo Cristo!
A relieved looking Joao De Santo Cristo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
Syn 547 - Sanatarium
Date: Oct 06, 2017 |
#R1#
Sin takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses.
Sin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Sin scores with a four punch combination!#CUT2#
It looks like Brendan Duff has been cut.
Duff with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sin to score with a decent uppercut.
Duff moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sin blocks the body kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Duff.
Duff misses with a head kick.
Sin lands a head kick!
Duff connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff looks to throw the jab but Sin is out of range.
Duff tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sin throws out a counter right but Duff avoids it with no problem.
Sin works Duff's body with a nice hook.#T1#
A slapping body kick lands there for Duff.
Duff checks a leg kick nicely.
Sin scores with the left hand. Duff knows he should have avoided that one.
Duff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Sin to counter with a crisp jab.
Sin throws out a loose jab but Duff uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been hearing reports that Duff has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Duff throws a looping overhand right but Sin ducks down to avoid it.
Sin throws out a counter right but Duff avoids it with no problem.
Duff moves out of range of the strikes.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duff looks to throw the jab but Sin is out of range.
Duff lands a body shot.
Duff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duff cracks Sin with an open hand slap.
Duff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lee Sin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sin connects with a right hand. Duff shakes it off.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duff scores with a jab to the jaw.
Duff cracks Sin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Duff throws a hook but Sin avoids it easily.
Sin is trying to counter with his kicks.
Sin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sin sprawls and moves away.
Duff throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sin counters with a thumping low kick.
Sin takes one to the chin there.
Sin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duff scores with a head kick.
Sin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Duff in his tracks.
Duff throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Duff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sin moves forwards but Duff connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duff moves out of range as Sin strikes.#T3#
Sin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duff explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duff uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Duff moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sin tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Sin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
Sin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duff lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Duff lands a really nice looking cross but Sin seems unphased.
Duff walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sin.
Duff swings widly with a right hand
letting Sin counter with a right hand.
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!
Sin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sin.#T4#
Duff misses with a right hand
and Sin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duff misses with a wild body shot.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duff missing with a left hand there. Sin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Duff slips under a jab.
Duff pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Sin.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sin was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
Duff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff is looking to land body kicks.
Sin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A telegraphed right hand from Duff misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sin ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Sin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brendan Duff's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Duff misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Sin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Duff on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sin avoids a kick to the body.
Brendan Duff is winning the standup battle so far.
Sin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duff tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Duff.
A little jabbing left from Sin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sin throws a good cross that connects.
Duff lands a jab.
Nice jab there from Duff.
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Duff misses with the combination.
Duff connects with a crisp jab. #T1#
Duff is looking to land body kicks.
Sin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duff, as that shot connected.
Sin scores with a jab. Duff acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Duff has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Duff there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sin throws a body kick that misses.
Sin loads up on a big right hand but Duff slips the punch.
Duff connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sin. Sin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Sin moved out of range nicely.
Sin was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Duff misses.
Sin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duff misses with a kick to the body.
Duff moves into range and connects with a jab. #T2#
Sin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Sin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Duff.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#TD#
and Duff counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sin pulls Duff in close to prevent any damage.
Sin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sin has control of Duff's left arm, preventing Duff from doing any damage.
Duff scoring with some ground and pound. #T3#
Duff trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sin controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff slips nicely into half guard.
Duff drops an elbow to the side of Sin's head.
Duff passes to side control.
Sin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Duff wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Duff throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.#T4#
Duff in side control, throwing shots but Sin defends.
Sin is trying to control Duff's posture but Duff avoids it.
Duff trying to control the action but Sin is working from the bottom.
Duff working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sin is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Duff off and has taken his back!
Duff trying to control the hands but Sin won't let him.
Sin is hanging on to Duff's back as he tries to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brendan Duff's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Sin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Duff misses with a straight left.
Duff throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sin misses with a body kick.
Sin lands a jab.
Sin moves forwards but Duff connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Duff as he connects with a hook.
Duff catches Sin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Sin moves away and avoids it.
Sin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sin cracks Duff with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sin throws out a leg kick but Duff moves out of range and Sin only half commits.
Horrible takedown attempt by Duff or perhaps it was just good defense by Sin, which made it look bad. #T1#
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Sin moves away and avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sin.
Sin lands a nice hook to Duff's body. Duff takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sin scores with a shot to the body.
Duff takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Duff misses with a hook.
Sin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Duff crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sin - the referee stops the clock and Duff gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sin. Duff manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Duff throws a right hand that misses
and Duff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Duff misses.
Duff with a nice cross.
Sin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff throws a lazy uppercut
and Sin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#T2#
Sin defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sin, right into the meat.
A slow jab from Sin misses its intended target.
Lee Sin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duff.
Sin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Duff.
Duff blocks a low kick nicely.
Duff swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Sin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duff with a jab.
Sin pushes Duff away with a front kick.
Sin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. #T3#
Sin moves away from the strike by Duff.
Sin tries to counter by closing the distance.
Duff needs to keep his hands up - Sin had a free shot at his head there.#ROC2#
Duff is rocked!
Duff misses with a hook.
Sin misses with a wild body shot.
Duff checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sin misses the jab.
A jab from Duff misses.
Sin misses with a looping right.
Sin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Duff fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Sin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duff.
Duff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.#T4#
Duff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duff will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Sin slips the punch.
Sin feints a counter leg kick.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Duff.
Duff scores with a punch to the head.
Sin lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Duff takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sin slips a straight right by Duff.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Sin.#TD#
Duff closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sin did well to prevent Duff getting side control.
Brendan Duff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duff wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sin keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Sin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Duff 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Duff!
A relieved looking Brendan Duff thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
OFC 311: Jah vs Hensen
Date: Sep 09, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff throws a looping overhand right but Gambino ducks down to avoid it.
Duff has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gambino is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Duff throws a jab but it's blocked by Gambino.
Gambino definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gambino scores with a nice head shot.
Gambino misses with a hook.
Gambino keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
Gambino swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Duff misses.
Gambino misses with a looping right.
Gambino slips under a jab.
Duff lands a nice looking body shot.
#CL2#
Duff has Gambino up against the cage in a clinch.
Gambino blocking some punches.
Gambino wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Duff lands a hook that snaps the head of Gambino backwards. #BC2#
Duff breaks from the clinch.
#T1#
Duff lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Duff tries to clinch
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Gambino dips to his left and cracks Duff with an uppercut!
Gambino takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Duff scores with a punch to the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Duff scores with a four punch combination!
Gambino throws a series of punches but Duff moves out of range.
Duff throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gambino on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Duff with a nice cross.
A jab from Duff misses.
Gambino swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gambino connects with a body shot.
Gambino throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Duff drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gambino defends it well.
Duff feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gambinos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gambino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duff misses with an uppercut
and Gambino counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff misses with a looping right.
Gambino is looking for a counter combo.#T2#
Duff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gambino.
A lazy left from Duff finds it's target.
A big left from Duff misses.
Gambino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duff defending well as Gambino loads up on a big left hand.
Gambino displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Duff misses with an uppercut.
Duff lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Duff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gambino slips a straight right by Duff.#CL2#
Duff gets in close and instigates a clinch. #BC2#
Duff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice cross by Duff.
Gambino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#TD2#
Duff drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.#ES#
Gambino bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!#T3#
Duff scores with a nice head shot.
Duff swings widly with a right hand
and Gambino counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gambino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gambino loads up on a big right hand but Duff slips the punch.
Duff blocks a jab.
Duff throws an overhand right that lands on Gambino's shoulder, as Gambino tries to avoid the shot.
Duff throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duff lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duff misses with a series of wild punches.
Gambino was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gambino throws a hook but Duff avoids it easily.
Duff cracks Gambino with a good jab.#T4#
Gambino connects with a single shot there.
Duff misses with a looping left.
Duff misses with a shot to the body
and Gambino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duff thinking.
Duff avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duff is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gambino had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gambino slips under a jab from Duff.
Gambino fails to land with a series of punches.
Gambino throws a lazy right hand but Duff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duff misses with a looping left.
Gambino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duff throws out the jab.
Gambino throws a big counter combination but Duff scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Duff cracks Gambino with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gambino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gambino moves out of range as Duff throws a body kick.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Gambino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gambino ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brendan Duff will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Duff bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gambino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gambino walks into a left hand.
Gambino lands with a cross.
Duff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gambino.
Duff throws a poor cross that misses
and Gambino counters with a right hand to the body.
Gambino misses with a hook.
Duff throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Duff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duff misses with an uppercut
and Gambino counters with a straight right hand.
Duff misses with a combination
and Gambino counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duff tries to clinch but Gambino moves out of range. #CL2#
Duff moves into range and clinches up with Gambino.
Duff lands on the inside with an uppercut. #T1#
Duff just leaning against Gambino, taking a breather.
Duff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #BC#
Gambino manages to break the clinch.
Gambino throws a series of punches but Duff moves out of range.
Duff with the counter takedown but Gambino avoids it easily.
Duff misses with a body shot.
Duff throws a poor cross that misses
and Gambino counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Childish Gambino is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gambino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Duff looks to score with a jab to the body but Gambino is just out of range.
It looked like Gambino was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gambino showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duff.
Gambino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duff defending well as Gambino loads up on a big left hand.
Duff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gambino doesn't seem bothered though.
Gambino moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Gambino appears to be looking for a big counter.#T2#
Gambino falls off balance throwing a combination
#TD2#
and Duff counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gambino keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is looking to stand up but Gambino won't let him.
Duff trying to control but Gambino is working from the bottom.
Gambino pulls Duff in to control the position.
Gambino looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duff wants to control from the top but Gambino keeps moving.
Duff pushing down on Gambino's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. #T3#
Duff missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duff wants to free his trapped foot but Gambino is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Duff working the head and body with strikes.
Duff is pressing down on Gambino's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gambino is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gambino slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Duff stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gambino swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Duff throws a big elbow that misses.
Duff preventing the sweep. #T4#
Duff trying to control but Gambino is working from the bottom.
Duff throwing strikes but missing.
Duff tries to free his leg and advance position but Gambino is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gambino is controlling Duff's posture.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gambino slips under a jab.
Duff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gambino.
Duff jabs Gambino right on the nose. Gambino blinks but takes it well.
Duff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Gambino throws a hook to the side of Duff's head but Duff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gambino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duff scores with a jab. Gambino acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Gambino misses with a straight right.
Gambino avoids the body shot from Duff.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Gambino slips the punch.
Duff tries for a takedown but Gambino sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Gambino blocks the leg kick.
Gambino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gambino swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duff.
Gambino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gambino's hands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gambino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gambino lunges at Duff with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Duff's hand.
Duff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gambino.
Duff lands with a nice body kick.
Gambino is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gambino lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duff circles away quickly and effectively.
Gambino scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gambino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.#T1#
Gambino throws a jab but it's blocked by Duff.
Gambino with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Childish Gambino is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Gambino does no damage.
Gambino misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch lands to the side of Duff 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gambino smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gambino throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Duff waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gambino.
Gambino jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Gambino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Childish Gambino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Duff does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duff throws out a leg kick but Gambino moves out of range and Duff only half commits. #T2#
Duff connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Duff feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gambino's calf.#CL2#
Duff pushes Gambino up against the cage in a clinch.
Duff will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gambino up against the cage.
Duff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duff tries to land knees in the clinch but Gambino avoids the damage to the body.
Gambino is trying to break free.
Gambino is looking to break free of the clinch but Duff has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Duff.
Duff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gambino gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#BC#
Gambino escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#T3#
Gambino staying out of range there.
Duff connects with the punch.
Duff throws a jab when Gambino was well out of range.
Gambino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gambino throws a right hand that Duff ducks under and follows up with a left that Duff also avoids with ease.
Duff lands a jab to Gambino's midsection.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Gambino.
Sloppy strikes from Gambino. Those never looked like landing.
Duff lands a jab to the head.
Gambino lands the left hand.
Duff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gambino.
Duff lands with a slapping head kick.
Duff connects with a nice looking jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Duff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gambino sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T4#
Gambino throws a series of punches but Duff moves out of range.
Duff's corner calls for a 1-2. Duff obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Duff throws a head kick but Gambino moves out of range.
Gambino is looking to counter punch.
Duff moves away from the strike by Gambino.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gambino comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duff misses with a wild body shot. #CL2#
Duff rushes Gambino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#BC2#
Duff manages to break the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Duff.
A left and a right from Gambino both land. Nice combination.
A combination from Gambino does no damage.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Gambino throwing a counter right hand but Duff manages to avoid it.
Gambino's corner calls for a 1-2. Gambino obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gambino.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Childish Gambino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brendan Duff is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gambino rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Childish Gambino.
I think Duff has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Duff!
During a confident post fight interview, Brendan Duff thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
OFC 307: Coleman vs Ramses
Date: Aug 23, 2017 |
#R1##CL2#
Pettaway rushes Duff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#TD#
Duff turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Pettaway is looking to reverse the position.
Duff lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Pettaway is looking for a sweep.
Duff will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pettaway takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pettaway prevents Duff from moving into mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pettaway wants to control but Duff postures up.
Pettaway takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pettaway takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff working the ground and pound.
Duff tries to move into full mount but can't pass Pettaway's legs.
Duff is looking to take a break and control but Pettaway is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T1#
Duff landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Duff creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pettaway avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Duff.
Duff advances nicely into full mount.
Pettaway tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Duff landing shots from mount.
Pettaway manages to regain half guard. Good work. #T2#
Pettaway has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duff is working away from the top position though.
Duff drops an elbow to the side of Pettaway's head. #SUB#
Duff is looking for a kimura but Pettaway is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Duff to get the leverage.
Duff looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pettaway taking some punishment here, with Duff in his half guard.
Pettaway manages to get to full guard.
Pettaway is trying to hold Duff in close to prevent damage but Duff has managed to pass into half guard.
#T3#
Pettaway is in trouble now - Duff has advanced to mount!
Pettaway avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duff.
Pettaway sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Pettaway has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Duff works his way into side control.
Duff wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pettaway keeps working.
Pettaway trying his best to control but Duff has mounted him.
Pettaway's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. #T4#
Duff prevents Pettaway from getting the reversal.
Duff with good strikes from the mount here!
Duff scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pettaway tries to reverse the position but Duff maintains control.
Duff wants to control the pace but Pettaway is squirming around nicely.
Duff lands with some strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff lands a couple of good shots and Pettaway has given up his back, trying to escape the position!#SUB#
Duff working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Duff is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Pettaway is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2##CL2#
Pettaway has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pettaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duff wants a takedown.
A right hand to the body from Pettaway.
A short right from Pettaway on the inside. #BC2#
Pettaway breaks the clinch.
Pettaway misses with an uppercut.
Pettaway lands a right hook to the body.
Pettaway misses with a series of wild punches.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pettaway sprawls and moves away.
Pettaway punishes Duff's body with a nice straight punch.
A shot to the liver by Duff. Beautiful body shot.#CL#
Duff moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pettaway tries for a takedown. No joy.
Duff lands an elbow inside.
Duff has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pettaway after a bit of a struggle. #T1#
Knees in the clinch landing for Duff.
#BC#
Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Herschel Pettaway is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brendan Duff. That's going to take a lot out of him.#CL2#
Pettaway clinches.
Pettaway creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pettaway holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pettaway stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Duff prevents the takedown attempt.
Duff throws a head punch that misses.
Pettaway will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Duff up against the cage.
Duff keeps control of Pettaway as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #T2#
Pettaway blocking some punches.
Pettaway is looking to break free of the clinch but Duff has double underhooks.
Duff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pettaway can do to turn this around?
Duff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pettaway gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#BC2#
Pettaway breaks the clinch.
#TD#
Duff looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Pettaway!
Duff is looking to take a break and control but Pettaway is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pettaway tries to improve position but can't. #T3#
Pettaway keeps trying to improve his position.
Pettaway is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Duff has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pettaway!
Pettaway is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Duff cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pettaway tries to reverse the position but Duff maintains control.
Brendan Duff overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duff with the ground and pound from mount.
Duff putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!#ES2#
Pettaway somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!#TD#
Duff closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Pettaway did well to prevent Duff getting side control.#T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff working Pettaway over with strikes.
Duff is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pettaway manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Duff looking to sit in guard and control but Pettaway gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB##SUB#
Duff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pettaway wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Pettaway might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Duff haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
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 Brendan Duff will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3#
Pettaway scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duff. That's going to slow Pettaway down.
Pettaway just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pettaway as he jumps to the side.
And Pettaway tries to counter it with a takedown but Duff pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duff's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pettaway under the eye.
Pettaway swats away the attempt to clinch by Duff.
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pettaway takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pettaway. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duff does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pettaway takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pettaway misses with a wild combination.
#T1#
Pettaway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duff stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pettaway throws the kick towards the body but Duff avoids it.
Pettaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pettaway throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Duff changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Duff looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pettaway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff misses with a double jab.
Pettaway throws a wild body kick that Duff sees coming a mile off.
Pettaway is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duff rather than just go for the knockout.
Pettaway lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pettaway throws a body kick that misses.
Herschel Pettaway seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Pettaway.
Pettaway scores with a nice body kick.
Duff checks a low kick from Pettaway.
Duff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#T2#
Pettaway fails to land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Pettaway takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pettaway misses with a low kick as Duff jumps back.
Duff feinted with a counter takedown.
Herschel Pettaway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duff is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Duff paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duff checks a leg kick.
Pettaway lands a jab to Duff's midsection.
Pettaway scores with a punch to the head.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pettaway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pettaway cracks Duff with an open hand slap.
Pettaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.#TD#
Duff shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pettaway is trying to defend but Duff finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pettaway is in trouble now - Duff has advanced to mount! #T3#
Duff unloading with bombs!
Pettaway gets back to half guard.
Duff passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pettaway!
Duff connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duff breaks from Pettaway's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pettaway is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Duff is in the full mount, landing strikes. #T4#
Duff is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pettaway can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Duff is landing with some decent strikes but Pettaway is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.#ROC#
Pettaway is rocked!
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!
Duff lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Pettaway! Duff sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Pettaway and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
An out of breath Brendan Duff thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
OFC 302: Viral
Date: Jul 30, 2017 |
#R1#
Fagaro moves out of range as Duff strikes.
A low kick from Duff misses
and Fagaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fagaro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fagaro staying out of range there.
A lazy left from Duff finds it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fagaro.
Fagaro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duff.
Decent striking displayed by Duff there.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Fagaro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Duff doesn't seem bothered though.
Fagaro throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
Fagaro tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Fagaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duff throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fagaro fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fagaro shoots in looking for a takedown. Duff tries to sprawl out of it but Fagaro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duff manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Fagaro. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff misses with an uppercut
and Fagaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fagaro shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Duff as he avoids it easily.
Duff fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Fagaro there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fagaro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fagaro moves out of range of the body kick from Duff.
Fagaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.
Good shot there by Duff.
No luck for Fagaro with that takedown attempt.
Fagaro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duff avoids it really well and circles away.
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Duff throws a head kick that misses.
Fagaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fagaro scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fagaro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.#T2#
A swing and a miss from Duff.
Duff throws a hook but Fagaro avoids it easily.
Duff bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fagaro's head.
Fagaro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.#TD#
Fagaro closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Fagaro lands in his opponent's guard.#ES2#
Duff manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fagaro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duff sprawls well. Duff wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fagaro gets slowly back to his feet.
Fagaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff lands a head kick!
Duff misses with a straight left.
Fagaro shoots in for a takedown but Duff shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.#T3#
Fagaro takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#TD#
Fagaro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fagaro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Duff is looking to regain half guard here but Fagaro keeps moving and retains side control.
Fagaro trying to control the action but Duff is working from the bottom.
Duff sneaks back into half guard.
Duff trying to control from the bottom.
Fagaro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fagaro winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Duff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duff.
Fagaro stopping the sweep attempt from Duff.
Our spies down at at MM eh Academy inform us that Duff has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#T4#
Fagaro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fagaro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fagaro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fagaro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Duff's guard.
Duff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #SUB2#
Duff looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB#
Fagaro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Duff is just riding it out for now. Fagaro eventually gives up the hold.
Fagaro wants to take a breather but Duff is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brendan Duff will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Duff defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fagaro.#TD2#
Duff looking to score a takedown here. Fagaro is defending well but Duff drives through and ends up in Fagaro's guard.
Duff wants to pass the guard but Fagaro is keeping the position.#SUB#
Fagaro is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB#
Fagaro has an active guard here but Duff has managed to pass into half guard.
#SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff is taking a breather. Fagaro says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions off his back.
Don Fagaro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#T1##SUB#
Fagaro actively working from the bottom here.
Duff passes to side control.
Duff has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fagaro gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Duff trying to control from half guard but Fagaro is working away. #SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Duff with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Duff is looking to take a break and control but Fagaro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions off his back.
Duff seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fagaro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB#
Fagaro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fagaro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duff scores with a couple of nice shots.#T3#
Duff working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Fagaro's thigh. Fagaro counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Duff must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Duff scoring with some ground and pound.
Duff wants to control from the top but Fagaro keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duff cracks Fagaro with a solid left hand.
Duff throws an elbow that misses. Fagaro uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Duff's guard. Nice move by Fagaro!#REVR#
Fagaro advances to half guard. #SUB2#
Duff is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fagaro pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
Fagaro is looking to pass to full mount but he's left his head exposed in the process. Duff has locked up a guillotine and regained full guard. He's really cranking on it - this could be the end! Is it? Is it? No... YES! YES! He's tapped! I didn't think he was going to get it there for a minute but he did! Well done Duff! He waited for his chance and took it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
OFC 296: Bloom
Date: Jul 07, 2017 |
#R1#
Decent striking displayed by Duff there.
Rawlings misses with a body kick.
Rawlings lands with a shot to the body.
Rawlings misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.
Duff attempts a counter takedown but Rawlings avoids it well and moves away.
Rawlings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rawlings uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duff.
Duff misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Rawlings was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rawlings looks to land a right hand but Duff moved out of range.
Duff attempts a counter takedown but Rawlings avoids it well and moves away.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rawlings has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Duff takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#TD2#
Rawlings fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Duff to the ground. Rawlings is now in Duff's guard.
Duff working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rawlings.
Duff lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rawlings lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Duff keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Rawlings works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rawlings not landing any meaningful shots this time. #T1#
Duff tries to roll over but Rawlings keeps him under control.
Rawlings has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rawlings connects with a nice short shot to Duff's temple.
Duff manages to get to full guard.
Rawlings tries to free his leg and advance position but Duff is retaining full guard. #SUB#
Duff throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rawlings looking to pass the guard.
Rawlings working some strikes from top position.
Duff trying to keep a closed guard but Rawlings is proving a slippery customer.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T2#
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rawlings's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rawlings working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Duff is trying to control the position but Rawlings postures up.
Rawlings connects with a couple of short punches.
Rawlings content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Duff looking for a sweep. Not yet Duff, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rawlings passes Duff's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Duff trying to control but Rawlings postures up.
Rawlings lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rawlings slips a nice elbow through Duff's hands, connecting with Duff's forehead.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Duff tries to get to full guard but Rawlings has control of the leg.
Rawlings is taking a breather. Duff says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#T3#
Rawlings uses his free foot to push down on Duff's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Duff.
Rawlings cracks Duff with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Duff is working to get back to half guard.
Duff gets back to half guard.
Rawlings slows the pace down in half guard.
Nice strikes from Rawlings there.
Duff wants to improve his position but Rawlings is controlling well.
Rawlings lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rawlings slips a nice elbow through Duff's hands, connecting with Duff's forehead.#T4#
Rawlings scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duff is looking to improve his position.
Rawlings is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rawlings winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rawlings works his way into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duff is looking to get to half guard.
Rawlings landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rawlings cracks Duff with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rawlings postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Duff looks a forlorn figure.
Duff keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reno Rawlings dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2##TD2#
Rawlings feints and as Duff raises his hands in defense, Rawlings changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Duff is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rawlings makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Duff trying to keep a closed guard but Rawlings is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rawlings scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rawlings wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving. #T1#
Rawlings makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duff looking for a sweep. Not yet Duff, not yet.
Duff keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Rawlings looking to pass the guard.
Rawlings lands a couple of digs.#SUB#
Duff looking for a guillotine here but Rawlings defends easily.
Rawlings distracts Duff with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reno Rawlings has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rawlings lands a couple of digs.#T2#
Rawlings looking to pass the guard.
Rawlings lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rawlings trying to control the position from guard on top but Duff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rawlings stopping the sweep attempt from Duff.
Rawlings working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duff's head.
Rawlings has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rawlings wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Duff wants to sweep but no luck.
Rawlings working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duff's head.#SUB#
Duff has his foot on Rawlings's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rawlings works his way back into a safe position though.
Rawlings lands a couple of digs.
Rawlings distracts Duff with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rawlings postures up and lands a big shot to Duff's brow.
Duff looking to control.
#T3#
Duff wants to sweep here but Rawlings controlling him for the moment. #SUB#
Duff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rawlings defends it easily.
Rawlings lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rawlings is working Duff over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rawlings trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duff manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rawlings manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR#
Duff pushing down on Rawlings's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rawlings works his way to full guard. Good work.
Duff stopping the sweep attempt from Rawlings.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rawlings is on top in guard.
#REVB#
Rawlings passes Duff's right leg, so he's now in half guard. #T4#
Rawlings wants to take a breather but Duff is having none of it.
Rawlings landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Duff is trying to get back to full guard.
Rawlings is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rawlings takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rawlings with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rawlings lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rawlings is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rawlings wants to take a breather but Duff is having none of it.
Rawlings working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rawlings is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Duff tries to roll over but Rawlings keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reno Rawlings showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Duff throws a right and a left that Rawlings avoids nicely.
Duff misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Rawlings misses the target.
Rawlings wants to land a leg kick but Duff is out of range.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rawlings sprawls and moves away.
Rawlings misses with an uppercut. Duff saw that one coming.
Rawlings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duff.
Duff blocks a jab.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rawlings misses with a looping left.
Rawlings throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rawlings darts in looking for a takedown but Duff gets double underhooks and turns Rawlings into the cage.
Duff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duff looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rawlings scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rawlings avoids the head kick by Duff.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Rawlings.
Duff takes one to the side of the head.
Rawlings uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duff.
Duff throws a hook but Rawlings avoids it easily.
Reno Rawlings seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duff tests Rawlings's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T1#
Duff steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rawlings.
Rawlings defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Duff missing with a left hand there. Rawlings was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rawlings goes for a double leg but Duff avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Duff continues to drive forward.
Rawlings looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rawlings looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rawlings looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Rawlings takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rawlings throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rawlings misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rawlings shoots in and drives through. Duff sprawls well.
Brendan Duff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reno Rawlings.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rawlings is defended easily by Duff.
A jab lands there for Duff.#T2#
Duff swings for the body but Rawlings moves out of range.
Duff stuffs the takedown attempt from Rawlings. Rawlings gets slowly back to his feet.
Rawlings swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duff.
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!
Rawlings misses with an uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big right from Duff misses.
Duff is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Duff throws a jab when Rawlings was well out of range.
Rawlings lands a leg kick that knocks Duff off balance momentarily.
Rawlings lands a jab to the head.
Duff darts in looking for a takedown but Rawlings gets double underhooks and turns Duff into the cage.
Rawlings tries to counter with a clinch but Duff shakes him off and moves away.
Duff with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rawlings to score with a decent uppercut.
Rawlings walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duff scores with a nice strike.#TD2#
Duff tries to sprawl but Rawlings drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Rawlings not doing much here.
#T3#
Duff is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rawlings's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rawlings's back!
Rawlings tries to roll but Duff sticks to his back.
Duff lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Rawlings tries to roll but Duff sticks to his back.
#SUB#
Duff looking to break Rawlings's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Rawlings remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Duff will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Duff gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
What can Rawlings do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Rawlings tries to break free.
Rawlings is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.#T4#
Rawlings keeps trying to improve his position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Duff's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Duff doesn't have the hooks in and Rawlings manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff keeping moving, preventing Rawlings from controlling successfully.
Duff is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Rawlings tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rawlings is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duff scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rawlings trying to control here.
Rawlings is pressing down on Duff's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Brendan Duff.
Well Rawlings has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reno Rawlings!
Reno Rawlings made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying '(super serious) I will continue to destroy all those that block my path to eternal glory. (brief pause) David your soul now belongs to Reno Rawlings. (laughs...) Master guide me to my next victim. (then disappears)'.
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Event:
OFC 291: Star Wars
Date: Jun 14, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duff scores with a punch to the head.
Duff has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Barathian is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Barathian throws a looping overhand right but Duff ducks down to avoid it.
Barathian ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Barathian walks into a straight right hand from Duff.
Barathian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Duff's head.
Duff tries to land a leg kick but Barathian saw it coming and moves away.
Duff throws out a powerful jab.#TD2#
Duff shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff lands strikes from half guard.
Duff working over Barathian with some ground and pound. Barathian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duff wants to take a breather but Barathian is having none of it.
Duff with the ground and pound but Barathian uses the opportunity to regain guard. #T1#
Barathian wants to stand up but Duff is controlling him.
Barathian trying to strike off his back.
Barathian has his hands on Duff's head, controlling the position.
Barathian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Barathian controls Duff momentarily but Duff frees himself.
Duff trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've been hearing good reports from Barathian's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Barathian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff distracts Barathian with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.#ES#
Barathian has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Duff off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Duff works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.#T2#
Duff tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Barathian misses its intended target.
A big left from Barathian misses.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Barathian counters with a one-two to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Duff.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Duff.
Duff with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Barathian tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duff was well out of range. Poor timing from Barathian.
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Barathian is looking for a counter combo.
Barathian lands a really nice looking cross but Duff seems unphased.
Duff throws a jab when Barathian was well out of range.
Duff misses with a right hand
and Barathian counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barathian connects with a high kick.
Duff throws a body punch but Barathian moves out of range. #T3#
A big left from Duff misses.
Duff lands a right hook to the body.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Barathian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A good leg kick by Duff.
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barathian lands a head shot.
A big right from Duff misses.
Barathian takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Barathian misses with a wild body shot.
Barathian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Duff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barathian misses the shot to the body.
Barathian fails with an attempt to clinch.
And Duff tries to counter it with a takedown but Barathian pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Duff throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barathian stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Duff is defended easily by Barathian.#T4#
Duff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barathian.
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!
Barathian on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Barathian misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Duff. That snapped Barathian's head back.
Barathian slips under a jab from Duff.
Barathian was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Duff throws a body shot but no joy.
Barathian takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Duff lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barathian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barathian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Duff wants to clinch
enabling Barathian to counter with a crisp jab.
Barathian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff takes a swing at Barathian's ribcage but misses.
Max Barathian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#TD2#
Duff feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Barathian is controlling Duff's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brendan Duff will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Duff misses with a leg kick
letting Barathian counter with a right hand.
Barathian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Barathian.
Barathian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barathian's hands.
Duff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barathian cracks Duff with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barathian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Duff misses with a hook.
Barathian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barathian moves out of range as Duff strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barathian blocks the body kick.
Barathian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Barathian works over Duff's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duff looks for the body kick but Barathian saw that one coming.
Duff throws a right hand that misses
letting Barathian counter with a right hand. #T1#
Duff looks to land a left hand but Barathian moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Barathian was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Duff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barathian.
Barathian misses with a low kick.
Barathian misses with a head kick.
Barathian misses with an uppercut. Duff saw that one coming.
Barathian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duff misses with a body punch
and Barathian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duff thinking.
Duff misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barathian counters with a nice uppercut.
Duff is looking to slow Barathian down with leg kicks.
Barathian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duff sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barathian throws a body shot but no joy.
Barathian throws a head kick but Duff moves out of range.
Duff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barathian's hands.
Barathian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff misses with a leg kick
and Barathian counters with a stiff right hand. #T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Barathian misses.
Duff listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barathian ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Barathian.
Barathian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff misses with a body shot.
Duff looks to throw a body kick
and Barathian counters with a stiff right hand.
Barathian just misses with a punch to the body.
Barathian connects with a single shot there.
Barathian throws a hook to the side of Duff's head but Duff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barathian blocks a head kick by Duff.
Barathian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duff. Duff obviously looking to wear him down.
#T3#
Barathian swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duff lands with an overhand left.
Duff comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duff shoots and misses
and Barathian counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice body kick there by Duff.
Barathian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Max Barathian is winning the standup battle so far.
Duff lunges at Barathian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barathian's hand.
Duff lands a jab to the head.
Barathian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Barathian scores with a hook.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barathian looks to land a body kick but Duff moved away.
Barathian throws a nice looking combination but Duff bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duff checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice sprawl there from Barathian as Duff shoots in.#T4#
Barathian throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick by Duff misses
and Duff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duff connects with a leg kick. Barathian looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duff with a hook.
Duff rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Barathian counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duff throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Barathian jabs Duff to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Barathian!
Duff throws a right hand that misses
and Barathian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#ROC#
Duff is rocked!
Barathian staying out of range there.
Barathian tried to counter with a leg kick but Duff avoided it.
Duff is still on wobbly legs! Can Barathian finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barathian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duff seems to have recovered his senses.
Duff lands with a cross.
Duff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barathian as he avoids it easily.
Max Barathian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
Barathian wants to clinch up but Duff keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Barathian dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Duff fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barathian checks it well.
Duff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barathian.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barathian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Barathian moved out of range nicely.
Duff with a nice cross.
Duff lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barathian lands with a shot to the body. #CL#
Barathian gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Barathian lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duff.
Duff stalling in the clinch but Barathian improves position. #BC#
Barathian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barathian misses with a straight right.
A jab from Duff misses.
Barathian seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barathian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.#T1#
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barathian.
Barathian misses the shot to the body.
Duff has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barathian lands with an overhand left.
Barathian blocks a jab.
Duff lands a nice looking body shot.
Barathian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duff.
Barathian lands with a nice body punch.
Barathian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duff finds it's way round the side to connect with Barathian's head.
A combination from Barathian does no damage.
Duff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barathian.
Barathian blocks a jab.
Barathian misses with a straight right.
Duff tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Duff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Barathian.
Duff throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barathian lands a nice shot to the body.
#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff throws a wild body kick that Barathian sees coming a mile off.
Duff throws a looping overhand right but Barathian ducks down to avoid it.
Duff misses with a lunging right hand
letting Barathian counter with a right hand.
Duff defending well as Barathian loads up on a big left hand.
Duff swings for the body but Barathian moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Barathian tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Duff.
Barathian throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
Barathian misses with an uppercut.
Barathian has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barathian there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barathian tries to clinch up.
Barathian takes a swing at Duff's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Barathian coming out on top.
Duff throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Barathian takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #T3#
Duff jabs Barathian right on the nose. Barathian blinks but takes it well.
Barathian doesn't manage to clinch there - Duff circles away.
Duff misses with a hook.
Barathian swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Duff getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barathian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barathian is looking to land body kicks.
Barathian tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Duff connects with the punch.
Duff defending well as Barathian loads up on a big left hand.
Barathian just misses with a punch to the body.
Barathian throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Barathian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T4#
Barathian throws a chopping leg kick but Duff manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Barathian throws a hook to the side of Duff's head but Duff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barathian.
Barathian throws a shot to the body.
Duff swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barathian.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff goes for a double leg but Barathian avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Barathian continues to drive forward.
Duff misses with a leg kick
and Barathian counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Barathian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barathian takes a kick to the side of the head.#TD2#
Duff closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Duff lands in his opponent's guard.#ES#
Barathian has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Duff has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Duff takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barathian digs a right hand into Duff's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duff's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Max Barathian.
I think Barathian has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Barathian!
Our winner, Max Barathian, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Event:
OFC 286: Luzhin vs Al Qarni II
Date: May 26, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff lands with a straight right. Technique didn't see that one coming.#CUT2#
It looks like Immortal Technique has been cut.#CL#
Technique forces Duff back against the cage and clinches.
Duff lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Technique.
#BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duff moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.#CL#
Technique moves into the clinch.
Technique tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duff misses with some punches.
Duff takes a knee right on the jaw!
Technique lands an elbow inside.
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!
A bit of stalling here from Duff.
Duff misses with a punch on the inside.
Technique misses with a knee to the head.
Technique pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Technique tries to land a knee to the head but Duff blocks with his arms.
Technique throws a punch but it's blocked by Duff.
Technique on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duff throws a head punch that misses. #BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #T1#
Technique tries to clinch up but Duff circles away and keeps his distance.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Duff was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Technique on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Technique fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duff avoids it really well and circles away.
Technique wants to clinch.
Technique moves to clinch but Duff breaks away
and Duff counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Technique thinking.
Duff lands with a kick to the temple. Technique shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Technique.
Technique displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duff throws out the jab.
Duff misses with a hook. Technique ducked under it nicely.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Technique with that takedown attempt. #T2#
Duff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Technique walks into a jab.
Technique defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Duff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Technique lands a knee to the head.
Technique connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duff's face.
#BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Technique looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Technique tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duff connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Duff.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Technique moves away and avoids it.#T3##CL#
Technique gets a clinch.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Technique with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Technique blocks the elbow strike.
#BC2#
Duff breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Technique gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Duff drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Technique gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Duff takes a knee right on the jaw!
Technique tries a knee to the head but Duff blocks it.
Technique using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Technique lands on the inside with an uppercut. #BC2#
Duff breaks from the clinch.
#TD2#
Duff looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Technique wants to stand up but Duff is controlling him. #T4#
Technique keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is fighting to break Technique's control of his arms but Technique is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Technique keeping full guard, as Duff tries to pass.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Technique is adopting a defensive guard.
Duff stands and throws Technique's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Technique taking a bit of punishment here - Duff scoring with strikes.
Duff creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Technique is trying to control Duff's posture but Duff avoids it.
Technique is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Jacks Fight Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Duff misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Immortal Technique's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2##CL#
Technique closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Duff blocks an elbow strike.#BC2#
Duff manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Duff throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duff misses with a body kick.
Duff stuffs the takedown.
Duff lands with an uppercut that bounces Technique off the cage and back into range.
Technique is looking to clinch but Duff is avoiding it.
Duff let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Technique ducks under a wild hook from Duff.#CL#
Technique clinches.
Duff has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch.
Duff throws a hook but Technique blocks it.
Technique fails with the takedown
and Duff counters with a stiff right hand.
Technique on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duff. Duff obviously looking to wear him down.
Technique takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Technique slips a straight right by Duff.
A left lands for Duff.#T1#
Duff thuds his right hand into Technique's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#CL#
Technique moves into the clinch.
Duff is trying to maintain a safe position but Technique gets an underhook and turns Duff into the cage.
Duff throws a punch but it's blocked by Technique.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duff creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #BC2#
Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Technique.
Technique slips under a jab.
Technique was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brendan Duff seems to be getting the better of the standup.#CL#
Technique moves into the clinch.
Duff is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Technique pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Duff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Duff is looking to take this one to the mat.
Technique throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duff blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Technique.
Technique tries a knee to the head but Duff blocks it.
#T2#
Technique throws an elbow but it misses.
Duff is working for takedown but Technique is calmly controlling the position for now.
Immortal Technique has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
Technique throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duff is looking for a takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#BC2#
Duff breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Technique closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #TD2#
Duff has picked Technique up - he's going for a ride! Duff dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Technique wants to get back to his feet.
Duff is trying to control the action in half guard but Technique is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Duff takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Technique trying to hold on to Duff's head to control him but Duff postures up.
Duff missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#ES#
Technique manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Technique stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duff.
Jab by Duff.#CL#
Technique clinches. #T3##BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch.
Technique tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Technique moves out of range of the body kick from Duff.
Duff has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Technique is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Duff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good standup being displayed there by Duff as he connects with a hook.
Technique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Technique tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Duff stuns Technique with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot by Duff.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Technique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice cross by Duff.
Technique tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Technique shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Duff as he jumps to the side.
Duff throws the left hand but Technique avoids the punch easily.#T4##CL#
Technique fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Duff, pushing him back against the cage.
Technique with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#BC2#
Duff manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Technique tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Duff doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Duff throws a body shot but no joy.
Technique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duff throws out a counter right but Technique avoids it with no problem.
Duff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Technique.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Technique sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duff bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Technique closes the distance but Duff moves to the side
and Duff counters with a nice uppercut.
Duff throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Immortal Technique is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duff scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Technique looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Immortal Technique's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Duff throws a good cross that connects.
Technique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Technique moves out of range of the strikes.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Technique moves away.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Technique sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Technique on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#TD#
Technique shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Duff is trying to defend but Technique finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Technique working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Technique working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Technique connects with a nice short shot to Duff's temple. #SUB#
Technique is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Duff defends it well.
Immortal Technique overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Technique working the head and body with strikes.
Technique sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duff defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1#
Technique thows a huge punch but Duff dodges it nicely.
Duff wants to get back to full guard.
Technique lands with a punch from half guard.
Duff gets back to full guard.
Duff lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Duff trying to control but Technique is working from the bottom.
Duff trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Technique keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is fighting to break Technique's control of his arms but Technique is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Technique is looking to stand up but Duff isn't so interested in that idea.
Duff forces his way into half guard.
Duff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. #T2#
Duff prevents Technique from standing back up.
Duff drops an elbow to the side of Technique's head.
Technique is trying to stand back up but Duff is controlling him
Duff throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Technique is trying to control but can't.
Technique controlling the position for now.
Technique on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Technique is controlling Duff's trapped leg to prevent Duff from advancing to side control.
Duff thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Technique's head.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.
Technique keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.#T3#
Duff prevents Technique from standing back up.
Technique is not content to let Duff control the position.
Duff works his way into full mount!
Technique is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Duff throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Technique is trying desperately to improve position.
Technique is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Technique tries to hold on but Duff pushes him away.
Technique squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Duff lands with some strikes.#T4#
Duff landing shots from mount.
Duff pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Technique sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Technique is trying to stand up here but Duff is controlling him well.
Duff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Technique wants to get back to his feet.
Duff takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duff wants to pass to mount but Technique is defending the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Technique pushes Duff off looking to stand but Duff dives back in and keeps control.
Duff wants to take a breather but Technique is having none of it.
Technique is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duff scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duff passes to full mount!
Immortal Technique has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brendan Duff is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Duff scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Duff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Duff winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
OFC 279: Viceroy vs Wyatt
Date: Apr 22, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
La Plegua connects with a right hand. Duff shakes it off.
Duff lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
La Plegua lands with a shot to the body.
La Plegua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duff lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La Plegua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duff moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Plegua closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
La Plegua misses the shot to the body.
La Plegua blocks a head kick by Duff.
Duff tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duff walks into a left hand.
La Plegua looks for the body kick but Duff saw that one coming.
Duff scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
La Plegua lands with an uppercut that bounces Duff off the cage and back into range.
La Plegua gets cracked there but stands up to it.
#ROC#
La Plegua is rocked!
Duff misses with a takedown attempt
and La Plegua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Plegua takes a jab right on the kisser.
La Plegua is still on wobbly legs! Can Duff finish him?
The crowd cheers as Duff lands an impressive looking overhand right. La Plegua doesn't seem phased though.
Duff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
La Plegua moves out of range as Duff throws a body kick.
#T1#
Duff misses with a wild body shot.
La Plegua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff scores with a jab.
Duff throws a jab when La Plegua was well out of range.
La Plegua digs a good body shot into Duff's ribs.
Duff jabs at La Plegua's body.
La Plegua throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely. #CL2#
La Plegua moves into the clinch.
La Plegua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
La Plegua seems to have recovered his senses.
La Plegua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff has been working on his balance at MM eh Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by La Plegua.
La Plegua lands an uppercut.
La Plegua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duff's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
La Plegua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Plegua scores with a hook to the body.
La Plegua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Plegua tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
#T2##BC#
Duff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Plegua.
La Plegua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Duff misses the target.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Plegua moves away.
Duff swings for the body but La Plegua moves out of range.
La Plegua slips under a jab from Duff.
La Plegua replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Duff blocks it well.
La Plegua lands with a nice body punch.
Duff showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from La Plegua.
La Plegua tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Duff throws a counter high kick but La Plegua was just alert enough to avoid it.
Duff throws a hook but La Plegua avoids it easily.#TD#
Duff feints and as La Plegua raises his hands in defense, Duff changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Duff tries to free his leg and advance position but La Plegua is retaining full guard.
Duff looking to sit in guard and control but La Plegua gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
La Plegua preventing the sweep. #T3#
Duff looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but La Plegua puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Duff is not content to let La Plegua control the position.
Duff is looking to improve his position.
Duff trying to control but La Plegua postures up.
La Plegua scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
La Plegua is keen to just control but Duff is a slippery customer.
Duff manages to get to full guard.
La Plegua slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
La Plegua stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duff swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Duff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in La Plegua's guard. #REVR#
La Plegua keeping full guard, as Duff tries to pass.
La Plegua 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.
Duff wants to pass the guard but La Plegua is keeping the position.
Duff controlling from the top position.
Duff loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
La Plegua swinging wildly here.
Duff bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps La Plegua's head backwards.
La Plegua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
La Plegua throws a shot from downtown. Duff moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Plegua. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Plegua misses with a low kick.
La Plegua lands a nice hook to Duff's body. Duff takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
La Plegua is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duff rather than just go for the knockout.
Duff tries to score a power double leg takedown but La Plegua sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Duff somewhat.
A cross from Duff lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duff.
A slapping body kick lands there for Duff.
Duff stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.#CL#
Duff fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La Plegua, pushing him back against the cage.#T1#
Duff blocks a body shot from La Plegua.
Duff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Plegua.
#BC#
Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Plegua can do to turn this around?
Duff looks for the body kick but La Plegua saw that one coming.
Duff fakes the leg kick and cracks La Plegua in the body.
Duff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on La Plegua. That did some damage!
Duff fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duff connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed La Plegua momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duff. That's going to slow La Plegua down.
Duff lunges at La Plegua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Plegua's hand.
Andy La Plegua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff misses with a hook.
La Plegua tries to move into range but Duff moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Duff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Plegua with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andy La Plegua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!
La Plegua wants to clinch
enabling Duff to counter with a crisp jab.
La Plegua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
#T2#
La Plegua cracks the inside of Duff's front leg.
La Plegua tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Duff connects with a looping right hand.
La Plegua swings away with a body shot that misses
and Duff connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brendan Duff is winning the standup battle so far.
La Plegua just misses with a punch to the body.
La Plegua throws a looping overhand right but Duff ducks down to avoid it.
La Plegua tries to clinch up but Duff circles away and keeps his distance.
Duff was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A bone on bone clash there as Duff blocks the leg kick.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but La Plegua moves away.
Duff lands with a hook. La Plegua tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
La Plegua lands a right hook to the body.
La Plegua swinging wildly here.
Duff shoots in for a takedown but La Plegua shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Duff keeps the fight on the outside.
Duff scores with a nice strike.
Duff throws a one two combo.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T3#
Duff lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duff goes for a double leg but La Plegua avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as La Plegua continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brendan Duff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duff tries for a takedown but La Plegua circles away easily
and La Plegua counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duff with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling La Plegua to score with a decent uppercut.
Duff throws a series of punches but La Plegua moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Duff!
La Plegua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duff fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and La Plegua has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La Plegua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Duff cracks La Plegua with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
La Plegua takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La Plegua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.
A nice side step and La Plegua releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La Plegua on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Duff throws a good cross that connects.
La Plegua throws the kick towards the body but Duff avoids it.#T4#
A looping hook to the body misses from La Plegua. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet.
La Plegua looks to land a right hand but Duff moved out of range.
La Plegua swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duff smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
La Plegua throws an off balance right hand
and Duff counters with a straight right hand.
La Plegua gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duff lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duff darts in looking for a takedown but La Plegua gets double underhooks and turns Duff into the cage.
Duff bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of La Plegua's head.
La Plegua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duff was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
La Plegua lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Duff misses with an uppercut. La Plegua saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Plegua. Duff does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duff stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
La Plegua drops his hands momentarily and Duff takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from La Plegua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
La Plegua doesn't manage to clinch there - Duff circles away.
La Plegua throws a series of punches but Duff moves out of range.
Duff drops La Plegua with a big left hand! La Plegua is injured, injured bad! Duff jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
OFC: Blood Night XXXVI
Date: Apr 05, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff cracks a nice hook into Atlantis's ribs.
Atlantis ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Duff.
Duff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Atlantis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duff. Duff circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slapping body kick lands there for Duff.
Duff misses the jab.
Atlantis is looking to counter punch.
Atlantis looks to land a combination but Duff avoids it well.
Atlantis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duff tries to clinch up.
It looked like Atlantis was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Duff.
We've been hearing reports that Atlantis has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Atlantis connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atlantis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
Duff throws out a powerful jab.
Atlantis misses with a wild body shot.
Duff misses with an uppercut
enabling Atlantis to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Atlantis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duff is looking for the big counter here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Atlantis.
#T1#
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Atlantis moves away from the strike by Duff.
A bone on bone clash there as Atlantis blocks the leg kick.
Atlantis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#TD2#
Duff drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Atlantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Atlantis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Duff's guard. #REVR#
Duff wants to sweep here but Atlantis controlling him for the moment.
Atlantis trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Duff is on top in guard.
#REVB#
Atlantis throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duff accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. #T2##SUB#
Atlantis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duff is aware though and is defending well.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Atlantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff preventing the sweep.
Duff with a flurry of punches that miss. #SUB#
Atlantis is looking for a triangle but Duff pushes his legs off easily.
Duff preventing the sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atlantis thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. #SUB#
Atlantis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Duff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Duff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #SUB#
Atlantis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Duff gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #SUB#
Duff got a little sloppy there for a moment and Atlantis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Duff has managed to get both his arms back between Atlantis's legs - danger averted.#T3#
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Atlantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Duff got a little sloppy there for a moment and Atlantis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Duff has managed to get both his arms back between Atlantis's legs - danger averted.
Duff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Atlantis is keeping the position for now.
Atlantis has momentary wrist control but Duff slips an elbow through the middle.#SUB#
Duff got a little sloppy there for a moment and Atlantis has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Duff has managed to get both his arms back between Atlantis's legs - danger averted.
Duff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Atlantis is keeping the position for now.
Atlantis looking for a sweep. Not yet Atlantis, not yet. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.#SUB#
Atlantis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Duff scoring with punches to the head and body.
Duff wants to control from the top but Atlantis keeps moving. #SUB#
Atlantis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atlantis keeping moving, preventing Duff from controlling successfully.
Duff is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.#SUB#
Atlantis working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Duff doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Duff manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Duff landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Brendan Duff will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Duff scores with a hook.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Atlantis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Delphino Atlantis is winning the standup battle so far.
Atlantis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Duff does it's job there.
Atlantis looks for the body kick but Duff saw that one coming.
Duff misses with an uppercut
and Atlantis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Duff's knee momentarily.
Duff lands with a right hand.
Atlantis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Atlantis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Atlantis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duff misses with a head kick.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atlantis misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Duff misses.
A shot to the liver by Atlantis. Beautiful body shot.#T1##TD#
Duff gets caught napping as Atlantis dives in and scores a takedown. Duff manages to retain guard.
Duff wants to sweep but no luck.
Duff keeps trying to improve his position.
Atlantis trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
Atlantis works over Duff with some ground and pound from guard.
Atlantis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duff's head.#SUB2#
Duff is looking for a triangle but Atlantis pushes his legs off easily.
Duff 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.
Atlantis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Atlantis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Delphino Atlantis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Atlantis preventing the sweep. #T2#
Atlantis is in close to Duff's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Atlantis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duff is trying to control the position but Atlantis postures up.
Atlantis chips away with some ground and pound.
Atlantis works over Duff with some ground and pound from guard.
Atlantis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Atlantis looking to pass the guard.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy. #SUB2#
Duff throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
#T3#
Atlantis lands a couple of elbows.
Duff keeping moving, preventing Atlantis from controlling successfully.
Duff has momentary wrist control but Atlantis slips an elbow through the middle.
Duff looking to hit a scissor sweep but Atlantis is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Duff throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Atlantis distracts Duff with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Duff is controlling Atlantis's posture.
Duff has momentary wrist control but Atlantis slips an elbow through the middle.#T4#
Atlantis trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
Atlantis stopping the sweep attempt from Duff.
Atlantis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Duff manages to work his way to half guard, despite Atlantis's best efforts.
Atlantis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Atlantis working the head and body with strikes.
Atlantis winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Duff is looking for a sweep. Atlantis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB#
Atlantis seems to be working for a kimura but Duff defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Delphino Atlantis dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Duff scores with a crisp jab that stopped Atlantis in his tracks.
Atlantis ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff throws a push kick but Atlantis slaps the foot to one side.
Duff lands a nice shot that snaps Atlantis's head back.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Atlantis counters with a nice body shot.
Atlantis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Atlantis looks to land a right hand but Duff moved out of range.
Duff lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atlantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duff manages to avoid it.
Duff's corner calls for a 1-2. Duff obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Duff throws an overhand right that lands on Atlantis's shoulder, as Atlantis tries to avoid the shot. #TD#
Atlantis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Duff did well to prevent Atlantis getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atlantis scores with a couple of good hammerfists.#T1#
Duff moves into full guard.
Atlantis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Duff swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Duff looking for a sweep. Not yet Duff, not yet.
Atlantis works over Duff with some ground and pound from guard.
Duff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Atlantis's guard. #REVB##SUB#
Atlantis is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Duff frees his head nicely. Oh but Atlantis has switched to an armbar! Duff is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Delphino Atlantis!
A victorious Delphino Atlantis thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
OFC 263: Quarantine
Date: Mar 01, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromYakimyuk.
Jab from Duff.
Duff throws a leg kick but Yakimyuk moved away.#TD2#
Duff gets the takedown into side control.
Duff trying to control the action but Yakimyuk is working from the bottom.
Yakimyuk tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Duff wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Duff in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
You can see the frustration on Yakimyuk's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yakimyuk tries to buck Duff off but Duff is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duff wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yakimyuk keeps working.
The ground and pound from Duff seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. #T1#
Duff lands a nice forearm strike.
Yakimyuk gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Duff lands with a punch from half guard.
Yakimyuk controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Duff missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duff not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Duff trying to control from half guard but Yakimyuk is working away.
Duff scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Yakimyuk is positioning himself well to prevent Duff advancing to mount.
Duff not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. #T2#
Duff thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Yakimyuk's head.
Duff passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Yakimyuk!
Yakimyuk tries to buck Duff off but he can't manage it.
Duff trying to control but Yakimyuk is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yakimyuk tries to reverse the position but Duff maintains control.
Duff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yakimyuk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Duff lands a big shot there that rocks Yakimyuk but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duff is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Yakimyuk can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakimyuk is bucking up trying to escape but Duff cracks him with another couple of good strikes.#ROC2#
Yakimyuk is rocked!#T3#
A big strike lands for Duff! That's really hurt Yakimyuk and he's turned his back - Duff keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Duff jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
OFC 256: Parker vs Il Sung
Date: Feb 04, 2017 |
#R1#
Gambino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Duff to score with a decent uppercut.
Gambino avoids the body shot from Duff.
Duff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gambino went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Duff throws a hook but Gambino blocks it.
Duff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gambino sprawls well. Gambino wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Duff gets slowly back to his feet.#CL2#
Duff clinches up against the cage.
Gambino is trying to force a seperation but Duff has the dominant position.
Gambino tries to circle away but Duff has him pinned against the cage.
Duff gets through Gambino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gambino backwards.
Duff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gambino backwards. #BC#
Gambino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gambino works over Duff's head and body with a nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gambino takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.#T1#
Duff looks to land a right hand but Gambino moved out of range.
It looked like Gambino wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Duff.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gambino was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duff.
Danga de danga de dang - Gambino scores with a four punch combination!
Duff wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duff digs a good hook to Gambino's body.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Gambino throws a body shot but no joy.
Gambino misses the shot to the body.
Duff shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gambino but Gambino pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Childish Gambino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff throws a lazy head kick
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Gambino throws a series of punches but Duff avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duff misses with a looping left.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Gambino blocks the body kick.
#T2#
Gambino misses with a two punch combination.
Duff is looking to clinch.
Duff takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duff thumps Gambino with a low kick.
Gambino lands a head shot.
Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gambino manages to avoid it.
Gambino moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Gambino as he connects with a hook.
Duff throws a combination that misses
letting Gambino counter with a right hand.
Gambino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Duff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gambino swings for the body but Duff moves out of range.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff misses with a straight right.
A big right from Duff misses.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Nice defenses there by Gambino.#T3#
Duff lands a nice hook to Gambino's body. Gambino takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gambino looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range.
Duff swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Duff walks into a left hand.
Gambino dodges the punch combination from Duff.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Gambino backing away here, and Duff unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gambino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duff's coach down at Fight Factory was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Duff's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Duff throws a lazy head kick
and Gambino counters with a right hand to the body.
Gambino connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Duff momentarily.
A head kick misses from Gambino.
Duff moves away from the strike by Gambino.
Duff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gambino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gambino keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gambino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.
#T4#
Duff fails to land the takedown.
Gambino seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Childish Gambino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
A punch combination from Gambino misses.
Gambino is looking to wear down Duff with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Duff takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duff misses with a straight right.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gambino was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
Duff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gambino connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duff scrambles back to his feet.
Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Gambino to counter with a crisp jab.
Duff takes one on the button.#ROC#
Duff is rocked!
Gambino Throws a clean left jab. Gambino Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Duff's chin! Duff crumbles to the ground and Gambino follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Gambino!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Childish Gambino!
After winning the bout, Childish Gambino thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Event:
OFC 250: Glorious!
Date: Jan 14, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shinoki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Duff circles away.#TD2#
Duff shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shinoki is trying to defend but Duff finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff trying to control from half guard but Shinoki is working away.
Duff is thwarting Shinoki 's attempts to control the position.
Duff is nestled in close to Shinoki , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinoki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shinoki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Duff is looking to improve his position.
#T1#
The fighters are battling for position here. Duff manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Shinoki wants to pass the guard but Duff is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Duff looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Duff holds on and takes a little breather.
Shinoki trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
Shinoki pushes down on Duff's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Duff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duff.
Shinoki looking to pass the guard. #T2##SUB2#
Duff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shinoki defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Duff is on top in guard.
#REVB#
Duff passes Shinoki 's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Shinoki is looking to improve his position.
Duff tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shinoki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duff missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #T3#
Shinoki is looking for a sweep. Duff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duff wants to take a breather but Shinoki is having none of it.
Duff slips a nice elbow through Shinoki 's hands, connecting with Shinoki 's forehead.
Shinoki regains full guard. Nicely done.
Shinoki controls Duff momentarily but Duff frees himself.
Duff told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Duff chips away with some ground and pound.
Duff wants to pass the guard but Shinoki is keeping the position.
Shinoki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#SUB#
Shinoki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Duff wants to pass the guard but Shinoki is keeping the position.
Shinoki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR##T4#
Duff wants to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Shinoki seems to be working for a kimura but Duff defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Shinoki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Duff defends it well.
Duff trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duff is trying to get back to full guard.
Shinoki trying to pass the guard but Duff defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Duff lands a nice looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duff.
Duff throws a leg kick that is checked#TD#
and Shinoki counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Duff!
Duff dodges the ground and pound from Shinoki .
Duff tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Shinoki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Shinoki trying to control the position but Duff is working away.
Duff tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinoki controls the position from side control.
Duff tries to bench press Shinoki off him but Shinoki keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Shinoki seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. #T1#
Duff is looking for a sweep.
Duff struggling a bit here.
Duff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Duff's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Shinoki is looking to take a break and control but Duff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duff manages to work his way to half guard, despite Shinoki 's best efforts.
Duff is not content to let Shinoki control the position.
Duff has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Shinoki is working away from the top position though.#T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Shinoki is trying to work for a kimura but Duff is defending well.
Duff has a hand on Shinoki 's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Shinoki takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Shinoki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Duff manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Shinoki prevents Duff from standing back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Duff manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Duff wants to improve his position but instead Shinoki has moved into half guard.
#SUB#
Shinoki seems to be looking for submissions.
#T3#
Duff trying to control here.
Duff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duff.
Shinoki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shinoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Duff is retaining full guard. #SUB2#
Duff is looking for a triangle here but Shinoki uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Shinoki trying to control the position but Duff is working away.
Duff is looking to regain half guard here but Shinoki keeps moving and retains side control. #T4##SUB#
Shinoki tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Duff is looking for a sweep.#SUB#
Shinoki looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duff is trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shinoki cracks Duff with a big right hand but Duff just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Naya Shinoki dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Nice sprawl there from Duff as Shinoki shoots in.
Jab by Duff.
A cross from Duff lands.
Duff stuffs the takedown attempt from Shinoki . Shinoki gets slowly back to his feet.
Duff uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shinoki has time to react.
Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shinoki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duff sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Naya Shinoki . That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinoki slips under a jab.
Duff stuffs the takedown.
Duff connects with a looping right hand.
Shinoki has a takedown stuffed.#T1#
Duff keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Duff! But no joy.
Duff connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shinoki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Duff drops Shinoki with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Shinoki ! Duff dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
An out of breath Brendan Duff thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Naya Shinoki was interviewed post fight and said ' Didn't go my way I will come back stronger Congrats to my opponent an best of luck in the future thanks you all for the support'.
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Event:
OFC 246: New Era
Date: Jan 01, 2017 |
#R1#
Duff lets loose with a powerful body kick. Allen will feel that in the morning.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff connects with a jab.
Allen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Allen moved out of range nicely.
Duff shoots in looking for a takedown. Allen tries to sprawl out of it but Duff keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Allen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Duff throws a looping overhand right but Allen ducks down to avoid it.
Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Allen manages to avoid it.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff misses with a hook.
Allen jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Allen lands a really nice looking cross but Duff seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen connects with an inside leg kick.
Allen throws an off balance right hand
and Duff cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Duff lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#T1#
Nice takedown defense from Allen. No joy for Duff on that attempt.
Allen tried to counter with a leg kick but Duff avoided it.
Duff looks for a takedown but Allen sprawls well.
Allen is looking to counter punch.
Parker Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brendan Duff.
Duff misses with a looping right.
A cross from Allen lands.
Parker Allen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allen slips a straight right by Duff.
Allen tries to counter by clinching up but Duff breaks away and moves out of range.
Duff takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duff throws a hook to the side of Allen's head but Allen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Allen.
Allen is looking to counter punch.
Allen moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Allen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Allen moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Allen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Duff swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
#T2#
Allen thows a left - swing and a miss! #CL#
Allen clinches with his opponent.
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!#TD2#
Duff turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Duff manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen manages to get back to half guard.
Duff throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Allen to regain full guard.
Duff passes Allen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Allen tries to get to full guard but Duff has control of the leg.
Duff thows a huge punch but Allen dodges it nicely.
Duff is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Allen is looking to control Duff's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Allen avoid being mounted?
Allen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.#T3#
Duff postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Duff trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. #ES#
Allen is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Duff presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Duff lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
Duff lands a good knee to the midsection. Allen won't want to take too many of those.
Duff misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Duff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Allen scores with a four punch combination!#CL#
Allen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Allen lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duff.
Allen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Duff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
#T4#
Allen takes a shot to the head.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Allen.
Nice body punch from Allen.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Duff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right from Allen.
Allen tries a body shot but Duff blocks it.
Allen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen is leaning against Duff and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Duff can't get the takedown.
A short left from Duff.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Parker Allen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Allen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duff's hands.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. Allen moves away and avoids it.
Duff tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Allen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Allen throws a series of punches but Duff avoids them all with ease.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Allen is looking to counter the offense by Duff and move into the clinch.
Duff scoring well with a low kick there.
Duff takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duff connects with a crisp jab.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Duff's head but Duff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Allen digs a good body shot into Duff's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Allen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.#ROC2#
Allen is rocked!#T1#
Duff measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Allen! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Brendan Duff!
Brendan Duff thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 29, 2016 |
#R1#
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Duff is just out of range.
Duff uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petrov misses with an uppercut. Duff saw that one coming.
Duff cracks a nice hook into Petrov's ribs.
Duff avoids the body shot from Petrov.
A shot to the body from Petrov misses
and Duff connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Petrov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duff. Duff obviously looking to wear him down.
#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Petrov misses with some punches.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Petrov being controlled against the cage.
Duff is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Petrov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Petrov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
#T1#
Duff lands a damaging elbow. #CUT#
It looks like Radoslav Petrov has been cut.
Duff gets through Petrov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Petrov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Duff.
Duff lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Petrov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duff works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duff scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duff lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duff working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duff lands a right hand. #T2##BC#
Duff escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duff throws a monster overhand right that drops Petrov! Duff follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brendan Duff!
A very excited looking Brendan Duff 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.
In defeat, Radoslav Petrov stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thanks to my fans for the support. We are going to come back better than today.'.
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Event:
Prestige FC 65: Second Chance
Date: Jun 11, 2016 |
#R1#
Rutten misses with a hook.
Duff tries to counter with a takedown but Rutten is quick to defend against it.
Duff has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Rutten swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Duff takes a swing at Rutten's ribcage but misses.
Bas Rutten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff scores with a nice head shot.
Rutten misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Rutten feints a counter leg kick.
Rutten cracks Duff with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Duff misses with a head kick.
Rutten tries to bum rush Duff with a series of wild strikes but Duff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duff uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rutten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutten steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Duff. That one must have hurt.
Rutten tries to bum rush Duff with a series of wild strikes but Duff uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duff fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rutten checks it well.
Duff throws a right hand that misses
and Rutten counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T1#
Rutten takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bas Rutten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rutten thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some bone on bone action there as Duff checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rutten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duff.
Duff is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Duff tests Rutten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rutten misses the shot to the body.
Duff punishes Rutten's body with a nice straight punch.
Duff ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutten misses with a looping right.
Duff ducks under a wild hook from Rutten.
Duff works the jab nicely.
Rutten misses with a low kick.
Duff lands a slapping body shot.
#T2#
Rutten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Duff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duff.
Duff defending well as Rutten loads up on a big left hand.
Some wild striking there from Rutten.
Rutten feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duff's calf.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rutten misses with a double jab.
Duff scores with a body shot.
Rutten scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rutten scores with a jab to the body.#T3#
Rutten throws the left hand but Duff avoids the punch easily.
Rutten misses with a straight left.
Duff tries to land a leg kick but Rutten saw it coming and moves away.
Duff connects with a jab.
Rutten connects with a good right hand that stumbles Duff. Duff circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rutten lands a nice shot that snaps Duff's head back.
Rutten pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rutten lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rutten throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rutten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duff.
Rutten avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Rutten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rutten misses with a looping right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rutten.#T4#
Duff misses with a jab to the body
and Duff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff throws a head kick that misses
and Rutten counters with a series of strikes. Duff will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rutten scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rutten tries to clinch but Duff is having none of it.
Rutten misses with a left hand
and Duff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rutten throws a leg kick #TD#
and Duff counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rutten won't be happy with that.
Rutten tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Duff landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Duff working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duff in side control lands a decent elbow.
Duff works to advance to full mount. Rutten defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Duff lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bas Rutten will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Rutten lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duff circles away quickly and effectively.
Duff drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rutten sprawls and moves away.
Duff throws a body shot but no joy.
Duff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rutten.
Duff appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rutten has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rutten there as he acknowledges the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rutten misses the target.
Rutten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Rutten does no damage.
Duff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rutten.
Duff changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Duff looks to land a left hand but Rutten moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duff lands a right hook to the body.
Rutten throws a low kick, looking for Duff's leg but Duff calmly moves out of range.
Duff has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rutten.
Rutten throws a shot from downtown. Duff moves away and avoids it.
Duff throws a quick counter kick to the body but Rutten avoids it.#T1#
Duff throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Rutten counter with a right hand.
Rutten with a nice cross.
Duff with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rutten to score with a decent uppercut.
Rutten throws a right hand that Duff ducks under and follows up with a left that Duff also avoids with ease.
Duff half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Duff is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Duff throws a hook to the side of Rutten's head but Rutten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duff takes one to the chin there.
Rutten keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duff staying out of range there.
Duff lands a jab.
Duff throws a sloppy head kick and Rutten moves out of range easily. #T2#
Rutten moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruttens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Duff looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rutten tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Duff manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Duff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rutten throws out the jab.
Rutten has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duff finds it's way round the side to connect with Rutten's head.
Duff gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rutten crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Duff - the referee stops the clock and Rutten gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Duff. Rutten manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rutten changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Rutten. That snapped Duff's head back.
Duff misses with a hook to the body
and Rutten counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T3#
Rutten uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Bas Rutten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duff lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rutten defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Duff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Duff checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Duff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rutten.
Rutten looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bas Rutten seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A leg kick checked by Duff.
Duff tries to counter with a takedown but Rutten is quick to defend against it.
Duff lands a nice looking body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Rutten. Those never looked like landing.
Rutten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Duff tries to counter with a takedown but Rutten is quick to defend against it.
A head kick misses from Duff.
Rutten throws a leg kick #TD#
and Duff counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duff working Rutten over with strikes.
Duff missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rutten is trying to stand.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rutten is trying to get back to full guard.
Rutten wants to get back to his feet.
Duff is trying to control. Rutten wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Duff is looking to stall here but Rutten recovers full guard.
Duff trying to control but Rutten is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bas Rutten will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Duff misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rutten flicks out a counter leg kick but Duff steps away.
Duff looks to land a right hand but Rutten moved out of range.
Duff fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rutten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Rutten slips the punch.
Duff pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Duff looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Rutten.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff tests Rutten's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duff connects with a leg kick. Rutten looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duff lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#T1#
Rutten thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duff takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rutten swings widly with a right hand
#TD#
and Duff counters with a single leg into guard. Rutten didn't expect that.
Duff throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rutten works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rutten looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duff working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duff trying to control the position from guard on top but Rutten is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duff postures up in Rutten's guard and throws a big left but Rutten blocks it.
Duff 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.
Rutten working a defensive guard here.
Duff scoring with some ground and pound.
Brendan Duff overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#T2#
Duff chips away with some ground and pound.
Duff postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rutten tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Duff is working Rutten over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Duff scoring with some ground and pound.
Duff postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Duff advances position into side control!
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!
Rutten managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Duff.
Duff wants to control but Rutten is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Duff are missing the target in this wave of attacks. #SUB#
Duff wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rutten, who protects the arm well.
Rutten felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.#T3#
Rutten dodges the ground and pound from Duff.
Duff lands a few punches from side control.
Duff working the ground and pound.
Rutten is trying to control Duff's posture but Duff avoids it.
Duff misses with the ground and pound.
Duff working the ground and pound.
Duff scores with punches from side control.
Duff is looking to take a break and control but Rutten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T4#
Duff grinds an elbow into Rutten's temple.
Rutten is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Duff fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rutten takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A control attempt from Rutten but he's now mounted!
Duff dominating with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brendan Duff showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rutten has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bas Rutten!
An out of breath Bas Rutten thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
Prestige FC 62: Kalil - Dren 2
Date: Apr 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Darrow moves out of range of the body kick from Duff.
And Darrow counters with a quick kick to the body but Duff blocks it.
Duff throws a jab but it's blocked by Darrow.
Duff dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Duff as Darrow shoots in.
Duff on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Duff misses its intended target.
Darrow defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Darrow fires out a quick counter leg kick but Duff just manages to avoid it.
Darrow paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darrow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Darrow's head backwards.
Darrow connects with a solid leg kick.
Duff with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Darrow to score with a decent uppercut.
We've been informed that Duff has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duff misses with a lunging right hand
and Darrow counters with a thumping low kick.
Duff scores with a jab to the head.
#T1#
Darrow on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Duff defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Darrow.
Duff lunges at Darrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Darrow's hand.
Darrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duff lands a lovely overhand right.
Darrow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duff checks the leg kick.
Duff is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Duff takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Decent striking displayed by Duff there.
Darrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duff lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Crunch! Duff slams his shin into Darrow's torso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff throws a hook but Darrow avoids it easily.
Duff lands the left hand.#T2#
Nice uppercut lands for Duff. That snapped Darrow's head back.
Duff ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Duff cracks Darrow with a good jab.
Darrow slips a jab and a cross from Duff.
Darrow throws a quick counter head kick but Duff was just out of range.
Duff connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Darrow fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Duff checks it well.
Darrow misses with a low kick.
Duff's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Darrow connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duff scrambles back to his feet.
Duff is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Darrow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Darrow takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duff scores with a jab to the jaw.
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brendan Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darrow doesn't seem bothered though.
Duff thows a leg kick but Darrow checks it
and Darrow counters with an outside leg kick.
Duff has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Darrow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.#T3#
Duff throws a body shot but no joy.
Duff chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A low kick from Darrow misses
and Duff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Duff down.
Darrow tries to land a leg kick but Duff saw it coming and moves away.
Duff jabs Darrow right on the nose. Darrow blinks but takes it well.
Duff avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Darrow throws a body punch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff tries to bum rush Darrow with a series of wild strikes but Darrow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darrow.
Brendan Duff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff throws a poor cross that misses
and Darrow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Duff lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darrow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duff.#T4#
Darrow scores with a jab to the body.
Darrow misses with a low kick.
Duff moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duff looks to throw the jab but Darrow is out of range.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Darrow counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darrow slips a jab from Duff.
Nice cross by Duff.
Duff connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#CL#
Darrow pushes Duff up against the ropes in a clinch.
Darrow misses with a body punch.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duff is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Darrow gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duff throws a punch but it's blocked by Darrow.
Darrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Duff blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Duff dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darrow.
Duff misses with an uppercut.
Duff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Darrow connects with a body shot.
Duff throws a body kick that misses.
Darrow misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darrow swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Duff to counter with a crisp jab.
Darrow defending well as Duff loads up on a big left hand.
Darrow wants to land a leg kick but Duff is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Darrow darts in and clinches Duff up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Darrow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duff.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.#BC2#
Duff breaks from the clinch.
Darrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duff.#T1#
Nice straight punches there by Duff. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Duff.
Darrow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Duff thuds a left hand into Darrow's body.
Duff buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Darrow was well out of range. Poor timing from Duff.
Duff scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Darrow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A solid body kick from Duff.
Darrow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duff. That did some damage!
Darrow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Duff makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Duff throws a sloppy body shot
and Darrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff sizes up Darrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darrow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.#T2#
Duff throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Darrow on the side of the head.
Darrow throws the kick towards the body but Duff avoids it.
Darrow throws a leg kick but Duff moved away.
A little jabbing left from Duff on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brendan Duff seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Duff lands a right hook to the body.
Duff lands a nice hook to Darrow's body. Darrow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick by Darrow misses
and Duff counters with a nice uppercut.
Duff works the jab nicely.
Duff with a nice cross.#ROC2#
Darrow is rocked!
Duff grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Darrow takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Duff cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brendan Duff!
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Event:
Prestige FC 57: Duff vs Molito
Date: Mar 26, 2016 |
#R1#
Molito slips under a jab.
Duff throws a series of punches but Molito moves out of range.
Duff misses with an attempted mid kick.
Molito steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duff.
Duff moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMolito.
Duff scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Molito doesn't seem bothered though.
Molito looks to throw a body kick
and Duff counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff tries a head kick but it misses.
Duff blocks a head kick by Molito.
Duff fakes the leg kick and cracks Molito in the body. #T1#
Molito keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duff has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Molito fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Duff has a takedown stuffed.
Duff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duff swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Molito to counter with a crisp jab.
Molito takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Duff lands with a straight right. Molito didn't see that one coming.#T2#
Duff throws an off balance right hand
and Molito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duff has his takedown stuffed
enabling Molito to counter with a crisp jab.
Molito moves out of range as Duff strikes.
Enrique Molito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duff throws the left hand but Molito avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Molito! But no joy.
Molito moves away from the strike by Duff.
Molito steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Duff swings for the body but Molito moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Molito's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Molito drops his hands momentarily and Duff takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. #T3#
No joy there for Duff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Molito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brendan Duff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duff with a lazy takedown attempt
and Molito counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Molito slips a jab from Duff.
Molito looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Molito gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Molito counters with a left and a right that stings Duff.
Good standup being displayed there by Duff as he connects with a hook.#T4#
Molito tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duff misses with a body punch
and Molito counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Molito looks at the referee who does nothing so Molito lands a crushing right that sends Duff to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enrique Molito! Enrique Molito retains his lightweight title!
Enrique Molito bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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