PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Van Dukes (ranked 24636 p4p, 23123 weight class) and Mathieu David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dukes
vs
David

188 cm
25
170
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
27
177
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Van Dukes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mathieu David!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dukes throws a series of punches but David avoids them all with ease.
David displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A lazy body kick from Dukes
and David counters with a left and a right that stings Dukes.
Dukes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before David can pounce on him.

David drives through and clinches with Dukes against the cage.
David tries to land a knee to the head but Dukes blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from David.
David lands a hook that snaps the head of Dukes backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is keeping an eye on David - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from Dukes fails to land.

David breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dukes misses with a looping right.
David dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
David has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dukes is landing a low percentage of strikes.

David moves into the clinch.
David is stalling here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

David breaks from the clinch.

David closes the distance and clinches.
David with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by David as Dukes tries to tie him up.
Dukes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for David to work.
David using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dukes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
David holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from David on the inside.
Dukes avoids a wild elbow strike from David.
David using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dukes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
David has Dukes pressed against the cage, preventing Dukes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
David stalling in the clinch.
David tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
David tries to land a knee to the head but Dukes blocks with his arms.
Dukes has had enough of the clinch but David keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
David throws an elbow that misses.
David tries to land knees in the clinch but Dukes avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from David.
David misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dukes.
David cracks Dukes with a nice body shot.
David avoiding damage.
David looking to throw knees to the head but Dukes is blocking nicely.
David throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dukes blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dukes misses with a body punch.
David avoiding damage as Dukes throws knees to the body.
David is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dukes is defending well for now.
David with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
David throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dukes blocks it with crossed arms.
Dukes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
David tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dukes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dukes blocks an elbow strike.
David has Dukes pressed against the cage.
Dukes is trying to stall.

David breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Good leg kick by David.
Mathieu David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
David lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dukes!
Dukes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
David lands a high kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dukes tries to clinch but David moves away
and David counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
David scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
David looks to land a left hand but Dukes moved out of range nicely.
Dukes appears to be looking for a big counter.
David will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dukes tries to land a body kick
and David counters with a series of strikes. Dukes will be more careful next time no doubt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mathieu David dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

David lands an overhand right.
Dukes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dukes dodges the punch combination from David.
David scores with a hook.
David lands a head kick!

Dukes is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dukes. David does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oh Dukes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dukes gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! David gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Dukes is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mathieu David!