PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Jyllendael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Jyllendael will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Duncan
vs
Jake Jyllendael

185 cm
22
240 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

184 cm
30
246 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Jyllendael!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jyllendael tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Duncan defends well and Jyllendael ends up having to push Duncan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jyllendael lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.

It looks like Eddie Duncan has been cut.
Duncan is pressed up against the cage. Jyllendael has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Duncan down to the mat. Duncan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Jyllendael closes the distance and clinches.

Duncan has clasped his hands together around Jyllendael's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
An elbow from Duncan crashes against the mat.

Duncan tries for a kimura but Jyllendael is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Duncan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jyllendael knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Duncan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jyllendael is pushing Duncan's head away, looking to escape. Duncan manages to hold on to the position though.
Duncan in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An elbow from Duncan crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan working the ground and pound.
Duncan is staying tight to Jyllendael's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Duncan in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jyllendael is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Duncan's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Duncan throwing shots but Jyllendael is blocking nicely.
Duncan thows a huge punch but Jyllendael dodges it nicely.
Duncan working over Jyllendael with some ground and pound. Jyllendael looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jyllendael has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duncan is working away from the top position though.
Jyllendael is trying to get back to full guard.
Duncan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duncan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Duncan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jyllendael is trying to stand up here but Duncan is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Duncan connects with a nice short shot to Jyllendael's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jyllendael trying to control from the bottom.
Duncan winds up and cracks Jyllendael with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Duncan is looking for a kimura here.
Duncan throws a strike but Jyllendael avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Duncan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jyllendael wants to sweep but no luck.
Duncan postures up and lands a big shot to Jyllendael's brow.
Duncan postures up in Jyllendael's guard and throws a big left but Jyllendael blocks it.
Duncan wants to control from the top but Jyllendael keeps moving.
Duncan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duncan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jyllendael is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Duncan, into his guard.
Duncan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jyllendael is one step ahead there.
Jyllendael working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Duncan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jyllendael postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jyllendael trying to control the position from guard on top but Duncan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duncan trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan keeping moving, preventing Jyllendael from controlling successfully.
Duncan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duncan striking off his back but it's not causing Jyllendael any problems.
Duncan working a defensive guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Duncan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jyllendael manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jyllendael is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Duncan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duncan trying to pass the guard but Jyllendael defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duncan is nestled in close to Jyllendael, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Duncan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Duncan's cut.
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.

Jyllendael fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jyllendael tries to clinch up.
Nice sprawl there from Jyllendael as Duncan shoots in.
Jyllendael takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duncan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jyllendael's waist but Jyllendael gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Duncan off to one side.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jyllendael as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Duncan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jyllendael fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jyllendael has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jyllendael lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jyllendael throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Duncan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jyllendael but Jyllendael pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jyllendael tries to sprawl but Duncan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jyllendael is staying active underneath Duncan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jyllendael actively working from the bottom here.
Jyllendael is looking for a sweep. Duncan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duncan wants to take a breather but Jyllendael is having none of it.
Duncan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duncan is thwarting Jyllendael's attempts to control the position.
Duncan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jyllendael with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duncan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jyllendael knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Duncan working Jyllendael over with strikes.
Jyllendael tries to roll over but Duncan keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan wants to take a breather but Jyllendael is having none of it.
Jyllendael is trying to control but can't.

Duncan is looking for a kimura here.
Jyllendael has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Duncan is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from Duncan there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duncan is nestled in close to Jyllendael, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jyllendael is trying to maintain the position but Duncan is very close to passing his half guard.
Duncan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Duncan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Duncan throwing shots but Jyllendael is blocking nicely.
Jyllendael wants to control but Duncan is keeping busy.
Jyllendael slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jyllendael trying to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Duncan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Duncan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Duncan postures up and lands a big shot to Jyllendael's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jyllendael controls Duncan momentarily but Duncan frees himself.
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!
Duncan lands a couple of elbows.
Jyllendael looking to control.
Jyllendael trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Duncan throws a big right hand that misses.
Duncan postures up and lands a big shot to Jyllendael's brow.
Jyllendael utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duncan postures up.
Duncan trying to control but Jyllendael is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duncan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jyllendael is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Duncan throws an elbow that misses. Jyllendael uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Duncan's guard. Nice move by Jyllendael!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Duncan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Duncan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Duncan shoots in but no luck this time.
Jyllendael looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Duncan is fending him off so far but Jyllendael persists. Nope, Duncan circles away and we're back to standing.
Duncan shoots in for a takedown but Jyllendael shows good takedown defense.
Duncan fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Duncan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jyllendael is looking to clinch but Duncan is avoiding it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Duncan.
Jyllendael is trying to control Duncan's posture but Duncan avoids it.
Duncan lands a few punches from side control.

Duncan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jyllendael, who protects the arm well.
Jyllendael is trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jyllendael tries to bench press Duncan off him but Duncan keeps the position.
Jyllendael controls the position for a moment.
Jyllendael manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Eddie Duncan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duncan slows the pace down in half guard.

Duncan is trying to work for a kimura but Jyllendael is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jyllendael misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jyllendael is trying is best to control the position here.
Jyllendael throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Duncan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jyllendael wants to control but Duncan is keeping busy.
Duncan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Duncan is working for a submission of some sort.
Jyllendael wants to control but Duncan is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duncan thows a huge punch but Jyllendael dodges it nicely.
Jyllendael wants to improve his position but Duncan is controlling well.
Duncan throwing shots but Jyllendael is blocking nicely.
Eddie Duncan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duncan lands strikes from half guard.
Duncan misses with a head shot. Jyllendael uses the momentum to regain guard.
Duncan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jyllendael for as long as he can get away with.
Duncan stands up over Jyllendael, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Duncan content to stall in guard here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jyllendael is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Duncan is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Eddie Duncan wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Duncan drives through with a takedown into Jyllendael's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jyllendael trying to keep a closed guard but Duncan is proving a slippery customer.
Jake Jyllendael has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jyllendael is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Duncan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Duncan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Duncan!
In his post fight interview, Eddie Duncan started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Jake Jyllendael spoke after the fight, saying 'oh, that was just bad luck'.