PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Couture (ranked 3262 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Lupus (ranked 4202 p4p, 488 weight class). Dan Couture has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Couture
vs
Lupus

189 cm
34
223 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

193 cm
35
208 lbs
10 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duke Lupus!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupus throws a leg kick
and Couture connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Couture closes the distance and clinches.
Couture swings wildly with an uppercut but Lupus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Couture misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lupus tries a knee to the head but Couture blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lupus.
Couture gets through Lupus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lupus stalling in the clinch but Couture improves position.
Still in the clinch, Couture scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Duke Lupus has been cut.
Lupus stalling.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lupus.
Lupus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Couture's defenses.

It looks like Dan Couture has been cut.
Couture misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lupus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lupus is trying to stall.

Lupus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Couture has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture lands with a light punch inside.

Lupus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Couture gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Couture.
Lupus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nice body punch from Couture.
Lupus misses with an elbow strike.
Couture scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Couture.
Lupus misses with a knee strike.
Couture lands a body punch.
Lupus looks winded!
Couture lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lupus backwards.
A shot in the inside from Couture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture avoids a wild elbow strike from Lupus.
Lupus 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.
Nice body punch from Couture.
A nice left hand lands by Couture.
A short left from Couture.
Couture has Lupus pressed against the cage, preventing Lupus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Couture blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lupus is trying to break the clinch but Couture is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Couture.
Nice body punch from Couture.
Couture lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Couture lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Couture.
Couture lands a hook to the side of the head.
Couture lands with a left to the head.
Couture throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lupuss head.

Lupus is rocked!
Couture lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lupus or not.
Lupus is still on wobbly legs! Can Couture finish him?
A shot in the inside from Couture.
Couture lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Couture lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Couture lands a right hand.
Lupus misses with an elbow over the top.
Lupus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Couture is keeping busy.
Lupus seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Couture as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Couture.

That has opened up Duke Lupus's cut even more.
Lupus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Couture lands a body shot.
Couture lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Couture loads up on a right hand - it lands flush and knocks Lupus senseless! What a punch!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dan Couture!
Dan Couture made sure to mention his sponsor, Aspire Clothing in his post fight interview.