PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Audrius Polinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Dustin Duke has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Duke
vs
Polinski

188 cm
22
206 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

205 cm
20
205 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dustin Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Audrius Polinski!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polinski moves in looking to clinch but Duke pushes him off.
Polinski is looking to clinch.
Duke looks to throw the jab but Polinski is out of range.
Duke fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Polinski wants to clinch up but Duke keeps it at a distance.
Duke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Duke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polinski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Polinski doesn't manage to clinch there - Duke circles away.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Duke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Polinski instigates a clinch.
Polinski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Polinski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Polinski throws an elbow but it misses.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Polinski.
Polinski crunches a lovely knee into Duke's ribcage.
Polinski has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Polinski trying to land knees to the body.
Polinski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Polinski tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Polinski looks gassed!
Polinski lands a nice elbow.
Polinski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Polinski throws an elbow but misses.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duke takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duke digs a right hand underneath Polinski's ribcage. Polinski let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duke takes an elbow to the temple.
Duke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Polinski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Polinski has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Duke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duke lands with a nice body punch.
Duke keeps the fight on the outside.
Decent striking displayed by Duke there.
Duke shoots in for a takedown but Polinski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Polinski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Duke clinches with his opponent.
Duke tries to circle away but Polinski has him pinned against the cage.
Duke is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Polinski obliges.
Polinski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duke's efforts to push away.
Duke lands an uppercut.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but Polinski keeps him there for the moment.
Polinski tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Duke wants to break free but Polinski has control.
Duke pushes off an throws an elbow but Polinski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Duke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke is looking to break free of the clinch but Polinski has double underhooks.
Polinski has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duke working hard to break the clinch.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Polinski has him pressed against the cage.
Polinski tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Duke is trying to force a seperation but Polinski has the dominant position.
Polinski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duke.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Polinski has him pressed against the cage.
Duke scores with a shot to the side of Polinski's head.
Duke wants to get back to striking at distance but Polinski won't allow it.
Polinski keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duke blocks an elbow strike.
Polinski throws an elbow that misses.
Duke lands a left hand.
Polinski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Polinski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duke's efforts to push away.
Polinski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Polinski has him pressed against the cage.
Duke blocks an elbow strike from Polinski.
Duke is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polinski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Polinski has him pressed against the cage.
Polinski misses with an elbow strike.
Duke avoids a wild elbow strike from Polinski.
Polinski has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Polinski missing with knees to the body.
Duke is trying to force a seperation but Polinski has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duke throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duke wants to break free but Polinski has control.

Duke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Polinski looks to clinch
and Duke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Polinski tries to clinch up
and Duke counters with a nice body shot.
Polinski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Duke thuds his right hand into Polinski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Polinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Polinski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Duke counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Duke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duke lands with a nice combination. Polinski backs away looking to recover.
Duke misses with a few strikes there.
Polinski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Duke tries to keep at a distance but Polinski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Duke is trying to break the clinch but Polinski has him pressed against the cage.

Duke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Duke wants to clinch up but Polinski keeps it at a distance.
Duke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Polinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Polinski wants to clinch but Duke slips to the side
and Duke counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Polinski tries to clinch up
letting Duke counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Duke 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.

Duke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duke is looking to clinch but Polinski is avoiding it.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Duke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Duke.
Duke swats away the attempt to clinch by Polinski.
Polinski tries to clinch up but Duke circles away and keeps his distance.
Polinski checks a leg kick nicely.
Polinski closes the distance looking to clinch

and Duke counters with a shoot takedown. Polinski fights it but they end up in guard.
Polinski keeping moving, preventing Duke from controlling successfully.
Polinski is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Duke has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Duke slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The strikes coming from Duke are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Duke prevents Polinski from escaping the position.
Duke knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Polinski on the ground.
Duke trying to control the position but Polinski is working away.
Polinski is letting Duke control him for a moment.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke trying to control the action but Polinski is working from the bottom.
Duke prevents Polinski from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duke tries to move into full mount but can't pass Polinski's legs.
Polinski is trying to buck Duke off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Duke dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Polinski wants to clinch

and Duke counters with a crisp one two that drops Polinski! Duke thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Polinski to his feet! Polinski is in big trouble!

Polinski is rocked!
Polinski tries to clinch but Duke moves away
and Duke counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Polinski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Duke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Polinski is still on wobbly legs! Can Duke finish him?
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Duke! Polinski is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dustin Duke!