PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sab Matharu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Duddits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Matharu
vs
Duddits

190 cm
22
246 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Monster MMA ACME

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sab Matharu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Duddits!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duddits missing with a left hand there. Matharu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matharu moves in looking to clinch but Duddits pushes him off.
Duddits misses the jab.
Duddits scores with a nice right hand.

It looks like Sab Matharu has been cut.

Matharu shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Duddits manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Matharu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Matharu won't allow Duddits to get back to his feet.
Matharu scoring with some ground and pound.
Duddits wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Matharu pushes down on Duddits's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matharu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Duddits knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duddits is trying to get back to full guard.
Matharu moves nicely into side control.
Duddits is trying to get back to his feet.
Duddits tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Matharu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Duddits tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Matharu shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Duddits's guard.
Matharu stands and throws Duddits's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Matharu working the ground and pound but Duddits is defending the strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matharu scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Duddits to see if he's OK.
Duddits tries to buck Matharu off but Matharu is having none of it.

Matharu looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duddits is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Duddits takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Duddits really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Matharu. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duddits tries to bench press Matharu off him but Matharu keeps the position.
Duddits is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Duddits managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Matharu.
Matharu tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Matharu throws a strike aimed at the side of Duddits's head but Duddits avoids it well.
Matharu misses with the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Matharu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Matharu is breathing heavily.
Duddits throws a looping overhand right but Matharu ducks down to avoid it.
Duddits lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Matharu tries to clinch up but Duddits circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duddits stalks Matharu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Matharu's face. Matharu staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Matharu dives in and grabs Duddits's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duddits pushes down on Matharu's head and hops out.
Matharu slips under a jab from Duddits.
Matharu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Duddits lands a left and a right that send Matharu crashing to the mat, dazed. Duddits thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Duddits dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sab Matharu'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.

Duddits lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Matharu - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Duddits!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Duddits!