PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Balgair Duff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balgair Duff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Duff
vs
Judah

187 cm
18
171 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Balgair Duff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Judah!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duff keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Judah dodges the punch combination from Duff.
Jab by Duff.
Judah tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Duff manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Judah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duff.
Duff takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Duff throws a lazy right hand but Judah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duff throws a right and a left that Judah avoids nicely.
Duff misses with a body punch
and Judah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Judah slips the punch.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Duff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duff throws a right hand that Judah ducks under and follows up with a left that Judah also avoids with ease.
Judah tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff loads up on a big right hand but Judah slips the punch.
Judah tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duff counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff tries to bum rush Judah with a series of wild strikes but Judah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Judah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duff throws a good cross that connects.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.
Duff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duff is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Judah.
Duff has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Judah finds it's way round the side to connect with Duff's head.
Duff misses with an uppercut.

Judah moves into the clinch.
Duff can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Duff.
Duff has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Judah pushes Duff back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duff tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah lands a shoulder strike.
Duff is leaning against Judah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duff misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Duff.
Duff lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duff presses Judah against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Judah misses with a punch on the inside.
Judah blocks a body shot from Duff.
Judah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Duff.
Judah throws a head punch that misses.
Judah gets through Duff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Duff.
A right hand to the body from Duff.

Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Judah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Judah looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Duff takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.
Duff takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Duff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah stuns Duff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Judah is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duff rather than just go for the knockout.
Duff lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Judah lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Judah works Duff's body with a nice hook.
Duff looks to land a right hand but Judah moved out of range.
Duff thows a body shot but no joy.
Duff misses with a looping left.
Judah takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Duff uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Duff moved out of range nicely.
Judah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duff.
Duff throws out a loose jab but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duff scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Judah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Duff lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Duff controls the action.
Duff lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff tries to break free but Judah pushes him back against the ropes.
Duff lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Judah misses with a punch to the body.
Duff misses with a body punch.
Duff misses with a body punch.
Judah working aggressively here.
Judah has a couple of punches blocked by Duff.
Duff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Judah.
Duff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duff prevents a body shot from Judah.
Duff can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Duff tries to circle away but Judah has him pinned against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Judah lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Judah.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judah.
Duff prevents a body shot from Judah.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Judah will probably get the nod.
That's time! Duff's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Duff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judah tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Duff throws a big shot that misses.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Duff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Judah.
Judah throws a series of punches but Duff avoids them all with ease.
Duff misses the shot to the body.
Judah tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Judah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duff throws a body punch but Judah moves out of range.
Duff connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Judah tries to clinch but Duff moves away
and Judah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Judah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Judah tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Duff manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judah throws a right and a left that Duff avoids nicely.
Duff misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Duff misses the target.
Judah ducks under a wild hook from Duff.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Judah connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duff's hands.
Duff takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Duff lands with a good body shot.
Judah lands a nice hook to Duff's body. Duff takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Duff moves forwards but Judah connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duff throws a nice looking combination but Judah bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duff throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Judah cracks a nice hook into Duff's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duff throws a right hand that misses

and Judah counters by moving into the clinch.
Judah wants to get back to striking at distance but Duff won't allow it.
Duff blocks an uppercut.
Judah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Duff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duff misses with a left hand

and Judah counters by clinching up.
Judah has a couple of punches blocked by Duff.
Judah struggles to land a body shot inside as Duff controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Judah slips under a jab from Duff.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Judah tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.

Judah forces Duff back against the ropes and clinches.
Duff misses with the head strike.

Judah breaks from the clinch.
Judah connects with a jab.
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duff throws out a loose jab but Judah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balgair Duff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Judah.
Judah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duff.
Duff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Judah.
Judah tries to clinch but Duff moves out of range.
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Duff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duff misses with a left hand
and Judah counters with a left to the body.
Duff misses with a body shot.
Judah shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Duff eats them both and turns towards Judah to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Balgair Duff has been cut.
Judah lands a head shot.
Judah dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duff throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Judah slips under a jab.
Duff misses with a lunging right hand

and Judah moves into the clinch.
Judah lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Judah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judah lands with a right to the head.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Duff.
Judah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Duff.
Duff blocks a body shot from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah misses with a body punch.

Judah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judah wants to clinch.
Judah tries to clinch up.
Judah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duff swings widly with a right hand
enabling Judah to counter with a crisp jab.
Duff moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Judah is looking to clinch but Duff is avoiding it.
Judah lands with a cross.
Duff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duff just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Judah.
Judah with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Judah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Balgair Duff's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Duff misses with a body shot.
Duff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Duff lands the left hand.
Judah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duff at a distance.
Duff swings away with a body shot that misses
and Judah counters with a right hand to the body.
Duff swats away the attempt to clinch by Judah.
Duff connects with a body shot that sends Judah's belly button to the back.
Judah moves to clinch but Duff breaks away
and Duff counters with a nice uppercut.
Judah fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big left from Judah misses.
Judah cracks Duff with a good jab.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daniel Judah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Judah.
Judah slips a straight right by Duff.
Judah slips under a jab from Duff.
Judah throws a predictable looking body shot

and Duff counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff misses with some punches.
Duff blocks an uppercut.
Duff misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Judah blocks a body shot from Duff.
Judah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duff misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Duff.
Judah working aggressively here.
Judah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Duff's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duff tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duff is trying to break the clinch but Judah has him pressed against the ropes.
Judah is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duff stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Judah blocking some punches.
Duff blocking some punches.
Duff softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duff.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Judah gets through Duff's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Judah misses.
Duff misses with a right hand
and Judah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duff thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duff misses with a lunging right hand

and Judah holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Judah lands a nice shot to the body.
Judah is working Duff over against the ropes.
Judah prevents a body shot from Duff.
Judah pushes Duff back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Judah.
Judah lands an uppercut.
Judah is trying to break the clinch but Duff has him pressed against the ropes.
Judah tries to work over Duff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah lands an uppercut.
Judah digs a right hand into Duff's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duff's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Judah lands with a light punch inside.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duff tries a body shot but Judah blocks it.
Judah keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duff's efforts to push away.
Judah scores with a nice hook to the head.
Duff can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Balgair Duff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duffs head.
Nice body punch from Duff.
Judah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duff backwards.
Judah tries to work over Duff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah is trying to break free.
Judah makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Judah - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duff doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duff fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duff is trying to force a seperation but Judah has the dominant position.
Daniel Judah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duff tries to work over Judah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Judah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Judah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah lands with a short shot to the head.
Duff tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah tries to circle away but Duff has him pinned against the ropes.
Duff can't find room to land a body shot as Judah controls the action.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Duff digs a right hand underneath Judah's ribcage. Judah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah lands a left hand.
Duff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
Duff misses with a punch to the body.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Judah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Judah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Judah!
Balgair Duff spoke after the fight, saying 'I should have trained more instead of drinking all that Macallan single malt! Man, I need a drink. Where's the Macallan at?'.