PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maua Wauna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maua Wauna has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wauna
vs
Duke

185 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Maua Wauna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samuel Duke!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Duke does no damage.
Duke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wauna.
Duke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wauna.
Duke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wauna.
Sloppy strikes from Duke. Those never looked like landing.
Duke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wauna.
Duke slips a jab and a cross from Wauna.
Wauna is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duke.
Duke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wauna works over Duke's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Samuel Duke has been cut.
Duke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Samuel Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wauna moves away.
Duke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duke stuffs the takedown attempt from Wauna. Wauna gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke throws a combination that misses

and Wauna counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Duke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wauna in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wauna preventing the sweep.
Wauna makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Wauna thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wauna postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wauna throwing strikes from guard but Duke blocks nicely.
Duke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wauna is pushing down on Duke's leg trying to pass to half guard. Duke is fighting to maintain full guard but Wauna has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wauna moves nicely into side control.
Duke has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

Wauna is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Duke has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wauna goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Duke rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wauna's guard! Nice work there by Duke!
Duke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Wauna is looking to cinch up a triangle. Duke throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Wauna's body to avoid the submission. Wauna has instead reached around Duke's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Wauna arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Maua Wauna!