PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Duffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Rajkovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rajkovic's choice of entrance music: Raised Fist - Friends And Traitors. Shawn Duffe has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Duffe
vs
Rajkovic

202 cm
19
198 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

187 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Non-Stop Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Duffe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexander Rajkovic!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duffe scores with a head kick.

It looks like Alexander Rajkovic has been cut.
Rajkovic takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Duffe avoids the head kick by Rajkovic.
Rajkovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duffe throws a head kick that misses.
Rajkovic misses with a double jab
and Duffe finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Duffe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Rajkovic takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Shawn Duffe has been cut.
Rajkovic lands a nice knee to the body.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Duffe shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rajkovic as Duffe tries to tie him up.
Duffe misses with the head strike.
Duffe misses with a knee to the head.
Duffe is breathing heavily.
Duffe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duffe tries a knee to the head but Rajkovic blocks it.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.
Rajkovic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duffe is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rajkovic pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rajkovic pushes Duffe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rajkovic landing knees to the body.
Rajkovic misses with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duffe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duffe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rajkovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rajkovic lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Shawn Duffe's cut is getting worse.
Rajkovic comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duffe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.
Rajkovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duffe tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rajkovic lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Shawn Duffe's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rajkovic lands an elbow that stopped Duffe in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Rajkovic.
A shot in the inside from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside.
Rajkovic with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.

Jeez, Shawn Duffe's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Duffe dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Duffe managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic scores with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Duffe is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic lands an elbow just above Duffe 's eye.
Duffe tries to stall but Rajkovic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic crunches a lovely knee into Duffe's ribcage.
Duffe tries to break the clinch but Rajkovic is controlling the position.
Duffe blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rajkovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duffe is trying to stall.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duffe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duffe is looking to break free of the clinch but Rajkovic has double underhooks.
Duffe dodges an elbow strike from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Duffe avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rajkovic.
Duffe managing to block the knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Knees to the body from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic stops a takedown attempt from Duffe.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shawn Duffe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rajkovic trying to land knees to the body.
Duffe tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rajkovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duffe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rajkovic tries to land knees in the clinch but Duffe avoids the damage to the body.
Rajkovic tries a knee to the head but Duffe blocks it.
Duffe misses with a knee to the head.
Rajkovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rajkovic lands a nice elbow.
Rajkovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duffe avoids the elbow strike from Rajkovic, against the cage.
Duffe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rajkovic throws an elbow but misses.
Rajkovic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duffe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffe is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rajkovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Rajkovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duffe is trying to break the clinch but Rajkovic has him pressed against the cage.
Rajkovic prevents Duffe from breaking the clinch.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Duffe shrugs off.
Rajkovic lands an elbow inside that Duffe shrugs off.
Rajkovic prevents a body shot from Duffe.
Rajkovic lands with a short shot to the head.
Duffe takes an elbow to the temple.
Rajkovic lands a damaging elbow.

Duffe has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rajkovic is trying to keep an underhook but Duffe manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rajkovic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Rajkovic is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duffe stalling away here and it's allowed Rajkovic to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rajkovic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Duffe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Duffe throws a sloppy head kick
and Rajkovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duffe darts in trying to clinch
and Rajkovic counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Duffe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Rajkovic.
Alexander Rajkovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duffe slips a jab and a cross from Rajkovic.
Rajkovic throws a head kick but Duffe moves out of range.
Rajkovic lands a big head kick that sends Duffe to the canvas! Rajkovic follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Rajkovic!