PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Duffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knockyo Assout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assout has chosen Mamma Said Knock You Out as his entrance music. Knockyo Assout will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Duffe
vs
Assout

190 cm
23
245 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Duffe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Knockyo Assout!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Assout.
Assout throws a series of punches but Duffe avoids them all with ease.
Assout misses with a double jab.
Duffe walks into a left hand.
Duffe misses with the combination.
Assout throws a combination that misses

and Duffe counters with a shoot takedown. Assout fights it but they end up in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duffe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duffe throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Duffe gets to his feet. Assout looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Assout misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duffe misses with the combination.

Duffe scores with a takedown into Assout'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!
Duffe throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assout trying to control the position here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duffe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duffe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duffe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duffe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Assout's head.
Assout avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duffe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Assout's head.
Duffe with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assout is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Duffe throwing strikes but missing.
Duffe is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Assout utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duffe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duffe throwing strikes but missing.
Duffe trying to control but Assout is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Assout is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Duffe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assout misses with a combination
and Duffe counters with a one-two to the body.
Knockyo Assout is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Assout looks gassed!
Duffe throws a series of punches but Assout avoids them all with ease.

Duffe scores a takedown into full mount!
Assout taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Duffe.
Duffe thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Duffe throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Duffe cracks Assout with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duffe unloads with some shots from mount but Assout bucks and avoids them well.
Assout really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duffe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Duffe unloading with bombs!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assout can't escape the position.
Duffe landing strikes, looking to finish!
Duffe landing shots from mount.
Duffe lands a nice shot to the head.
Duffe lands a nice shot to the head.
Duffe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Assout hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Duffe.
Duffe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Duffe landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Duffe 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.

Duffe throws a left that rocks Assout and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Duffe dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Assout regain composure!

Assout is rocked!
Duffe throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Assout tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Duffe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Assout keeps working.
Assout bucks up and tries to throw Duffe off but instead Duffe has got his back!
Duffe throwing sloppy strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Duffe manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Assout is breathing heavily.
Duffe throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Assout!
Duffe misses with an elbow to the head.
Assout prevents Duffe from getting a body triangle.
Duffe connects with a big shot to the side of Assout's head.
Duffe trying to control momentarily.
Duffe lands a shot to the head.
Duffe lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Duffe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Assout can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assout manages to reverse the position and now he's in Duffe's guard. Nice work there by Assout.

Duffe wriggles free and stands up.
Duffe misses with a wild combination.
Duffe throws a nice looking combination but Assout bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duffe misses with a double jab
enabling Assout to counter with a crisp jab.
Knockyo Assout seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duffe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Assout looks to land a right hand but Duffe moved out of range.
Duffe misses with the combination.
Duffe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Assout.
Duffe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Assout throws a combination that misses

and Duffe counters by moving into the clinch.
Duffe lands a shot to the body.
Duffe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duffe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duffe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Duffe is trying to trip Assout. He has hold of a leg but Assout is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Duffe persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Duffe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duffe is looking to work some ground and pound but Assout has wrist control.
Duffe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duffe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Duffe trying to control but Assout is working from the bottom.
Duffe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duffe chips away with some ground and pound.
Duffe 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.
Assout avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duffe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Duffe dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A lazy left from Duffe finds it's target.

Duffe closes the distance and clinches.
Duffe stalling.
Duffe gets through Assout's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duffe scores with a shoulder strike.
Duffe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Assout backwards.
Duffe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Duffe as Assout tries to tie him up.
Duffe is struggling to control the position.
Assout takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duffe lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duffe throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Duffe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Assout's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Duffe.
Duffe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duffe.

Duffe works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Duffe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Duffe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Duffe throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duffe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Assout works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Duffe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Duffe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Duffe trying to control but Assout is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duffe landing with the ground and pound.
Duffe trying to control the position from guard on top but Assout is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Duffe gets to his feet - Assout follows without any prompting.
Duffe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Duffe closes the distance and clinches.
Duffe lands a left hand.
Duffe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knockyo Assout has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duffe manages to break the clinch.
Assout throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Duffe rushes Assout and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Duffe is working for takedown but Assout is calmly controlling the position for now.
Duffe has Assout pressed against the cage.
Duffe misses with some punches.

Duffe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Assout showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duffe.
Assout pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Duffe moves out of range of the body kick from Assout.
Assout throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duffe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Duffe throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Assout counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duffe throws a series of strikes that have Assout backpedaling.
Assout slips a jab and a cross from Duffe.

Duffe looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duffe lands a couple of digs.
Duffe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duffe trying to control the position from guard on top but Assout is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shane Duffe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duffe content to stall in guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duffe landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Duffe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duffe 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Duffe!