PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodderick Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Posse! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rodderick Austin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Austin
vs
Duke

190 cm
26
245 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
235 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Global Nutritional ACME (Q157) 90% ROR on Laundry

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodderick Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duke.
Duke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Austin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Austin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Austin is blocking nicely.

Austin breaks the clinch.
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Austin looks to clinch
enabling Duke to counter with a crisp jab.
Austin wants to clinch

and Duke counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Duke.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Duke lands a body shot in the clinch.
Austin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Austin avoids the damage to the body.
Duke lands an elbow that stopped Austin in his tracks for a moment.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Duke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Duke just misses with a elbow thrown towards Austin's brow.
Austin blocks an elbow strike.
Duke lands an uppercut.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duke lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Duke has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Austin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Austin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Duke tries a knee to the head but Austin blocks it.
Austin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Austin tries a knee to the head but Duke blocks it.
Austin is breathing heavily.
Austin looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Austin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duke blocks it with crossed arms.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duke blocks the elbow strike.
Duke lands an elbow inside.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Austin looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.

Duke has picked Austin up - he's going for a ride! Duke dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Duke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Duke thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Austin's head.
Duke wants to advance to full mount but Austin doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Duke is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Duke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duke lands a couple of digs.
Austin looking to control.
Duke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Duke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Austin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Duke trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Austin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duke is looking to work some ground and pound but Austin has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Duke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Duke throws and elbow that misses. Austin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Duke's guard. Nice move by Austin!

Duke is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Austin has his hands clasped together but Duke extends an breaks Austin's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Duke.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harrison Duke!