PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Guinness (ranked 5687 p4p, 4347 weight class) and Grand Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Guinness
vs
Duke

189 cm
18
271
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
255
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

ALPHAwear

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Guinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grand Duke!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guinness shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duke but Duke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Guinness.

Duke has closed the distance and engaged Guinness in a clinch.
Duke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Guinness wants a takedown but no success here.
Duke digs a right hand underneath Guinness's ribcage. Guinness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duke presses Guinness against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Duke as the two fighters clinch.
Guinness is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Duke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duke lands with a left to the head.
Duke works on Guinness's body with a couple of short punches.
Duke pushes Guinness back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duke scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke cracks Guinness with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duke lands with a short shot to the head.
Duke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guinness or not.

Duke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duke lands a right hook to the body.

Duke closes the distance and pushes Guinness back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Duke.
Duke scores with a shoulder strike.
Duke cracks Guinness with a nice body shot.
Duke is working Guinness over against the cage.
Guinness can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
Nice body punch from Duke.
Duke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duke pushes Guinness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Duke scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guinnesss head.
A shot in the inside from Duke.
A nice left hand lands by Duke.
A hook to the body from Duke.
Guinness could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Still in the clinch, Duke scores with a nice short uppercut.

Duke breaks from the clinch.

Duke pushes Guinness up against the cage in a clinch.
Duke lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Duke.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duke.
A short body shot lands from Duke as the two fighters clinch.
Duke scores with a shoulder strike.
Duke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Duke scores with a hook to the body.
Duke lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duke lands a nice shot to the body.
Duke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duke digs a right hand underneath Guinness's ribcage. Guinness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duke lands a right hand.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duke leaning his opponent against the cage.
Duke lands with a light punch inside.
Duke lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guinness backwards.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Duke darts in and clinches Guinness up against the cage.
Duke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guinness tries to pull guard but Duke won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Guinness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Duke pushes Guinness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Guinness.
Guinness looking for a takedown.
Duke lands a body shot.
Duke lands a body shot.
Duke is leaning against Guinness and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duke lands a shoulder strike.
Duke pushes Guinness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guinness backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grand Duke dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Duke gets a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Duke.
Duke scores with a hook to the body.
Duke works on Guinness's body with a couple of short punches.
Duke cracks Guinness with a nice body shot.
Duke lands with a right to the head.
Duke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Guinness's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duke.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Duke. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A shot in the inside from Duke.
Duke lands an uppercut.

Duke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Duke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Duke.
Guinness is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice left hand lands by Duke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.

Guinness is rocked!
Duke scores with a shot to the side of Guinness's head.
Oh Guinness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Duke drops Guinness onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Guinness is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Duke is pressed up against the cage. Guinness has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Duke down to the mat. Duke avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Duke shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Guinness as he jumps to the side.
Guinness wants to clinch but Duke slips to the side
and Duke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guinness looks up at the clock. Bad move! Duke lands a right hand from hell, dropping Guinness. Duke pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grand Duke!