PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey The Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Celek comes to the cage accompanied by 40 oz. Jeffrey The Dude has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Celek
vs
The Dude

180 cm
26
164 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

173 cm
27
168 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Powerful

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeffrey The Dude!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dude moves away from the strike by Celek.
Celek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Dude moves away.
The Dude slips a jab and a cross from Celek.
Celek throws a low kick but The Dude avoids it.
Celek avoids the body shot from The Dude.
The Dude slips under a jab.
The Dude tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brent Celek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Celek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The Dude has a takedown stuffed.
The Dude ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celek moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Celek clobbers The Dude with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Celek cracks the inside of The Dude's front leg.
The Dude takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Celek tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Dude takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Celek.
Celek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A lazy left from Celek finds it's target.
The Dude tries to clinch up but Celek circles away and keeps his distance.
Brent Celek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Celek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dude throws out the jab.
Celek misses with a wild combination.
The Dude throws a body punch but Celek moves out of range.
The Dude swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Celek throws a right hand that The Dude ducks under and follows up with a left that The Dude also avoids with ease.
Celek thuds a left hand into The Dude's body.
Celek digs a good hook to The Dude's body.
The Dude shoots for a takedown but Celek saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Celek throws a shot from downtown. The Dude moves away and avoids it.
The Dude takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Celek.
Celek misses with an uppercut. The Dude saw that one coming.
Celek keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brent Celek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeffrey The Dude.
Celek works over The Dude's head and body with a nice combination.
Celek with a hook.
The Dude misses with a looping left.
The Dude staying out of range there.
The Dude gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Celek.
The Dude moves out of range as Celek strikes.
The Dude doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Celek scores with a four punch combination!
Celek throws a series of punches but The Dude moves out of range.
Celek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dude walks into a jab.
A jab from Celek finds it's way through The Dude's defenses.
Celek is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Dude fails to land the takedown.
Celek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Dude throws out the jab.
Celek missing with a left hand there. The Dude was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Celek wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Dude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Celek.
Celek throws a looping overhand right but The Dude ducks down to avoid it.
Celek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Dude.
The Dude takes one to the chin there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Celek.
Celek connects with a nice looking jab.
Celek cracks The Dude with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Dude misses with a shot to the body
letting Celek counter with a right hand.
The Dude takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Celek fails to land with a series of punches.
The Dude slips under a jab from Celek.
Celek lands with an uppercut that bounces The Dude off the cage and back into rage.
Celek is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Dude takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Celek scores with a punch to the head.
The Dude misses with a jab to the body
and Celek counters with a thumping low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Dude looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Dude on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Celek. Celek obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Celek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Celek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Celek dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Dude just misses with a punch to the body.
Celek getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

The Dude looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The Dude prevents Celek from standing back up.

The Dude is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Celek sees it coming and defends easily.

Celek pushes The Dude off and gets back to his feet.
The Dude is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Celek rather than just go for the knockout.
Celek lands with a right hand.

The Dude fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Celek sprawls well initially but The Dude persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Celek is trying to stand back up but The Dude is controlling him
The Dude is looking to take a break and control but Celek is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Celek wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but The Dude manages to mount him!
Celek is trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Celek bucks The Dude off and manages to get back to his feet!
Brent Celek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Dude takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Celek lands with a nice body punch.
A jab lands there for Celek.
The Dude slips a jab from Celek.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Celek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Dude.
Celek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Dude shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Celek pinned against the cage. Celek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Celek scores with a punch to the head.

The Dude fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Celek, pushing him back against the cage.
The Dude gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Celek.

Celek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Dude keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Celek.
Celek lands a glancing blow to the side of The Dude's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek throws a shot from downtown. The Dude moves away and avoids it.
The Dude avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Dude has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big left from Celek misses.
Celek takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The Dude uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Celek.
The Dude on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Celek getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Celek misses the shot to the body.
Celek looks to land a left hand but The Dude moved out of range nicely.
Celek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

The Dude moves into the clinch.
The Dude is trying to force a seperation but Celek has the dominant position.
The Dude tries for a takedown but Celek manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dude stalling against the cage.
The Dude wants to stall.

Celek breaks the clinch.

The Dude feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Celek wants to stand but The Dude is controlling the position.
Celek keeping moving, preventing The Dude from controlling successfully.

Celek uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Celek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Dude circles away quickly and effectively.
The Dude ducks under a wild hook from Celek.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeffrey The Dude will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Celek scores with a shot to the body.
Celek misses the jab.

The Dude shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Celek napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Celek wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Celek tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Celek looking very determined here, making life difficult for The Dude.
Celek looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek is keeping busy.

The Dude has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Celek has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The Dude takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Celek is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The Dude missing with strikes.
Celek holding both The Dude 's hands and preventing any damage.
Despite being in a bad position, Celek is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.

Celek is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Celek lands a jab to the head.
Celek loads up on a big right hand but The Dude slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celek misses with a wild body shot.
Celek throws a hook to the side of The Dude's head but The Dude sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Celek misses with a series of wild punches.
Celek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Celek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Dude.
Celek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Dude takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Celek lands a head shot.
The Dude misses with a body shot.
Celek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Dude sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four 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.
Celek lands a nice hook to The Dude's body. The Dude takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Dude misses with a takedown attempt
and Celek counters with a stiff right hand.
The Dude thows a body shot but no joy.
The Dude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Celek manages to avoid it.
The Dude uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Celek.
Celek lands with an overhand left.
Celek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Celek. The Dude does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Dude misses with a hook to the body
and Celek counters with a stiff right hand.
Celek misses with a double jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Celek lands the left hand.
Jeffrey The Dude has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Celek moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Dude throws an overhand right that lands on Celek's shoulder, as Celek tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Celek showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Celek has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Brent Celek!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Brent Celek!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Brent Celek!

Brent Celek wins by unanimous decision!