PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Tincher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duke
vs
Tincher

180 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
150 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Tincher!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke lands a nice looking body kick.
Duke throws a head kick but Tincher moves out of range.
Tincher moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tincher fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tincher checks a leg kick nicely.
Tincher fails to land the takedown.
Duke tries to clinch up but Tincher circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duke.
Tincher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duke tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Tincher counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Tincher is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Duke has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tincher works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke is not content to let Tincher control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duke regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Duke manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Tincher decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Duke, up you get!
Tincher looks gassed!
Duke tries to clinch up but Tincher circles away and keeps his distance.
Duke fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Duke rushes Tincher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tincher blocks the elbow strike.

Tincher manages to break the clinch.
Duke wants to clinch up but Tincher keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tincher takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tincher lands a two punch combo.

Tincher darts in and clinches Duke up against the cage.
Duke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tincher.

Tincher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tincher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tincher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Tincher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duke throws a knee to the head but misses.

Tincher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tincher clobbers Duke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tincher tries to clinch but Duke moves out of range.
Tincher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duke throws a head kick that half lands.

Tincher has closed the distance and engaged Duke in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke wants to get back to striking at distance but Tincher won't allow it.
Tincher can't break the clinch.
Duke lands a nice elbow.
Knees to the body from Duke.
Tincher tries to pull guard but Duke holds him up against the cage and eventually Tincher drops back down to his feet.
Raoul Duke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Tincher.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Tincher goes for a takedown attempt but Duke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Duke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tincher counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tincher must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Tincher stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Duke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tincher's calf.

Tincher closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Duke struggling a bit here.

Tincher decides to stand up, so the ref orders Duke to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tincher tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Tincher scores a takedown into full mount!
Tincher tries to control but Duke wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tincher cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Duke sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tincher decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Tincher 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.

Tincher tries to clinch but Duke moves out of range.
Duke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Tincher fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Duke sprawls well initially but Tincher persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tincher thows a huge punch but Duke dodges it nicely.
Tincher is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tincher with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Duke slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tincher trying to control but Duke is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tincher gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Duke forces Tincher back against the cage and clinches.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duke stops a takedown attempt from Tincher.
Duke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke lands an elbow inside.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke is looking to break free of the clinch but Tincher has double underhooks.

Tincher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Tincher gets the takedown into side control.
Tincher creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tincher decides to stand back up.
Tincher misses with a head kick.
Duke throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A head kick misses from Tincher.
Duke throws a head kick that misses

and Tincher counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tincher's guard.

Tincher looking for a guillotine here but Duke defends easily.
Tincher manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tincher dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tincher breaks from Duke's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Duke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tincher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Tincher is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Duke has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Duke!
Tincher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tincher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tincher working a defensive guard but Duke manages to pass into side control anyway.
Tincher is trying to control Duke's posture but Duke avoids it.
Tincher is looking to regain half guard here but Duke keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Tincher showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Tincher fails to land with a series of punches.
Duke throws a nice looking combination but Tincher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duke jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tincher fails with a takedown attempt.
Tincher closes the distance and clinches up with Duke, looking for a takedown. Tincher pushes Duke against the cage but Duke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duke throws a right hand that Tincher ducks under and follows up with a left that Tincher also avoids with ease.
Tincher takes one to the chin there.
Duke lands a with a good body shot.
Duke scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tincher doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duke drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tincher wants to sweep here but Duke controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tincher is trying to keep Duke in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tincher looking for a guillotine here but Duke defends easily.
Duke preventing the sweep.
Duke prevents Tincher from getting back to his feet.
Tincher looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Duke puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Tincher works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Duke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duke preventing the sweep.
Duke passes into half guard.
Ryan Tincher has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tincher trying to control from the bottom.
Tincher regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Duke.
Duke postures up.
Duke with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tincher has Duke pulled in close to control his posture.
Raoul Duke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Duke drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tincher manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Duke has Tincher in his guard.

Duke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tincher trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duke wants to stand but Tincher is controlling the position.
Tincher throwing strikes from guard but Duke blocks nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tincher wants to stand and escape but instead Duke has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raoul Duke showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tincher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Tincher!