PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Wuzz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruphus Duphus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruphus Duphus struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wuzz
vs
Duphus

190 cm
20
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

198 cm
21
227 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Heisenberg

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Wuzz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruphus Duphus!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wuzz tries to keep at a distance but Duphus has taken the fight into the clinch.

Duphus has picked Wuzz up - he's going for a ride! Duphus dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Wuzz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wuzz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Duphus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duphus perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wuzz taking some punishment here, with Duphus in his half guard.
Wuzz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Duphus trying to control from half guard but Wuzz is working away.

Wuzz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Duphus trying to control from half guard but Wuzz is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Duphus seems to be working for a kimura but Wuzz defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wuzz is defending against the submission attempts here by Duphus.
Duphus tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wuzz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wuzz is looking to improve his position.
Wuzz gets full guard.
Duphus must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Duphus makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wuzz wants to sweep but no luck.
Duphus throwing strikes from guard but Wuzz blocks nicely.
Duphus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wuzz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duphus is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wuzz working for a triangle but Duphus defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duphus lands a couple of digs.
Duphus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duphus forces his way into half guard.
Wuzz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duphus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wuzz is looking for a sweep. Duphus is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duphus frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Duphus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wuzz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Wuzz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duphus lands with some strikes.
Duphus working the ground and pound effectively.
Duphus controlling his opponent.
Duphus connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Duphus has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Socrates' House of Questions. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Duphus lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wuzz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Duphus thows a huge punch but Wuzz dodges it nicely.
Duphus uses his free foot to push down on Wuzz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wuzz.
Duphus lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wuzz gets back to half guard.
Duphus winds up and cracks Wuzz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duphus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duphus is pressing down on Wuzz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wuzz is holding on for now.
Wuzz is looking to escape.
Duphus lands strikes from half guard.

Duphus seems to be working for a kimura but Wuzz defends the submission attempt.
Wuzz has hold of Duphus's hands but Duphus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Duphus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Duphus is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wuzz sees it coming and defends easily.

Wuzz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Duphus is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruphus Duphus dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wuzz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Wuzz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duphus is looking for a sweep.

Wuzz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Duphus has escaped the position, nice work there.
Duphus sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Wuzz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wuzz is thwarting Duphus's attempts to control the position.

Wuzz is trying to work for a kimura but Duphus is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wuzz has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Duphus defend it? Wuzz steps over the head and cranks it - Duphus is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Wuzz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Wuzz!