PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bong Ki Duk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Leduc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ki Duk's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, north korea's national anthem. Leduc has chosen Trivium-Through Blood And Dirt And Bone as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ki Duk
vs
Leduc

198 cm
35
260 lbs
31 - 23 - 0

204 cm
31
273 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Pitt Nutrition 160Q!

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 31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bong Ki Duk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Leduc!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ki Duk throws a sloppy head kick and Leduc moves out of range easily.
Ki Duk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leduc connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Bong Ki Duk has been cut.

Ki Duk has managed to clinch.
Ki Duk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Leduc scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ki Duk has a couple of punches blocked by Leduc.
Ki Duk lands an uppercut.
Ki Duk throws a head punch that misses.
Leduc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ki Duk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ki Duk blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ki Duk.
Leduc told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Leduc.
Ki Duk has a couple of punches blocked by Leduc.
Ki Duk has Leduc pressed against the cage.
Ki Duk lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ki Duk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leduc misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Duk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ki Duk lands with a right to the head.
Leduc goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ki Duk prevents it.
Leduc misses with a punch to the body.
Ki Duk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ki Duk blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leduc.
A left hand lands to the body for Leduc.
Leduc misses with a punch on the inside.
Leduc gets through Ki Duk's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ki Duk blocking some punches.
Ki Duk lands a shoulder strike.
Leduc misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leduc can't find room to land a body shot as Ki Duk controls the action.
Ki Duk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ki Duk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ki Duk looking to throw knees to the head but Leduc is blocking nicely.
Leduc lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ki Duk backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ki Duk blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ki Duk tries to work over Leduc's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Leduc scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leduc has a couple of punches blocked by Ki Duk.
Ki Duk tries to land a knee to the head but Leduc blocks with his arms.
Ki Duk prevents a body shot from Leduc.
Leduc lands with a short shot to the head.
Ki Duk prevents a body shot from Leduc.
Ki Duk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ki Duk avoids the elbow strike from Leduc, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ki Duk fails to land.
Leduc scores with a shoulder strike.
Leduc scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ki Duk is pushing Leduc up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ki Duk looking to stall.
Ki Duk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leduc throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leduc working aggressively here.
Ki Duk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ki Duk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leduc's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Leduc as the two fighters clinch.
Ki Duk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Leduc or not.
Ki Duk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Leduc swings wildly with an uppercut but Ki Duk uses good head movement to avoid it.

Leduc gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Leduc sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ki Duk is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Leduc working Ki Duk over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ki Duk wants to control the action here but instead Leduc manages to pass to full mount!
Ki Duk taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leduc is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Bong Ki Duk's cut is getting worse.
Leduc tries to control but Ki Duk wriggling away.
Ki Duk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Jeez, Bong Ki Duk's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bong Ki Duk's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joe Leduc!
During a confident post fight interview, Joe Leduc thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.