PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between jason dukic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and johny cuba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cuba has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! jason dukic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

dukic
vs
cuba

195 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jason dukic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, johny cuba!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

dukic scores a takedown into full mount!
cuba looks gassed!
dukic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
cuba is squirming around, avoiding dukic's attempts to control the action.
dukic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for cuba on the ground.
dukic lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

dukic with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
dukic blocks cuba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
dukic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
dukic scoring with strikes but cuba is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by dukic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
dukic controlling his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cuba is trying desperately to improve position.
dukic controlling the position easily from mount.
dukic dominating with strikes here.
cuba should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
dukic landing strikes, looking to finish!
dukic blocks cuba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
dukic controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dukic is in the full mount, landing strikes.

dukic is standing up, even though he is in mount.
dukic lands a high kick!

It looks like johny cuba has been cut.
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!
dukic fails in his attempt to clinch.
cuba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
cuba swats away the attempt to clinch by dukic.
dukic tries to clinch up but cuba circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

dukic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for cuba!
dukic unloads with some shots from mount but cuba bucks and avoids them well.
cuba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

dukic looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
dukic takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
dukic blocks cuba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cuba is desperately trying to improve his position but dukic has a good base and remains in mount.
dukic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as cuba is looking to escape.
dukic throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
dukic looking to control but cuba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
cuba is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jason dukic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on johny cuba'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.

cuba darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
cuba misses with a head shot. dukic uses the momentum to regain guard.
dukic controls cuba momentarily but cuba frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

dukic has his foot on cuba's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. cuba works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cuba with a flurry of punches that miss.
cuba is looking to work some ground and pound but dukic has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dukic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
dukic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
dukic is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

dukic throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. cuba was covering up waiting for the punch and dukic finishes the takedown easily into guard.
jason dukic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
dukic thows a big elbow that misses.
cuba throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
dukic trying to control the position from guard on top but cuba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
cuba strikes from his own guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cuba manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
cuba thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
cuba throws some wild stikes that dukic manages to avoid easily.
dukic is trying desperately to improve position.
dukic blocking the ground and pound.

cuba looking for a guillotine from mount but dukic is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dukic is trying to escape the mount.
dukic is working hard here to advance position.

cuba swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and dukic is now in cuba's guard. A big mistake from cuba there, giving up the dominant position!
dukic trying to stand up but can't free himself from cuba's guard.

cuba has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think dukic should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, cuba has tightened it up now! dukic should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). johny cuba!