PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deontay Wilder (ranked 3823 p4p, 3346 weight class) and Jim Duggan (ranked 484 p4p, 417 weight class). Duggan has chosen USA NATIONAL ANTHEM as his entrance music. Jim Duggan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wilder
vs
Duggan

200 cm
25
280
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
25
280
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Deontay Wilder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jim Duggan!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duggan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Wilder misses the target.
Wilder looks to land a combination but Duggan avoids it well.
Wilder misses with a series of wild punches.

Duggan gets a clinch.
Duggan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duggan lands with a right to the head.
Wilder lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Jim Duggan has been cut.
Wilder lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilder.
Duggan tries to break free but Wilder pushes him back against the cage.
Duggan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wilder blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wilder lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilder lands a damaging elbow.
Duggan blocking some punches.
Wilder lands with a short shot to the head.
Duggan swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilder uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Wilder on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duggan tries a body shot but Wilder blocks it.
Wilder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wilder tries to land knees in the clinch but Duggan avoids the damage to the body.
Wilder creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duggan's defenses.
Duggan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duggan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duggan gets through Wilder's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Duggan fails to land.
Wilder lands an elbow inside.
Duggan throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilder.
Wilder digs a right hand into Duggan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duggan's gas tank.
Wilder pushes Duggan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Jim Duggan's cut even more.
Duggan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wilder.
Wilder gets through Duggan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Wilder scores with a shot to the side of Duggan's head.
Duggan is trying to break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilder.
Wilder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wilder lands a knee to the body.
Duggan looks winded!
Wilder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Duggan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wilder lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Wilder.
Wilder pushes Duggan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wilder lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Duggan or not.
Wilder looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wilder missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Wilder - that landed with a thud.
Wilder scores with a hook to the body.
Wilder scores with a nice hook to the head.

Duggan is rocked!
Wilder lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Duggan to his knees! Wilder keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deontay Wilder!
After winning the bout, Deontay Wilder thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.