PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bench Press (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Duffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shawn Duffe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Press
vs
Duffe

165 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

202 cm
19
198 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bench Press!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Duffe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duffe tries a head kick but it misses.
Duffe looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Press decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Press not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Press not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Press is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duffe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Press.
Duffe has hold of Press's hands but Press slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Duffe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Press working over Duffe with some ground and pound. Duffe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Press drops an elbow to the side of Duffe's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Press tries to pass the half guard into mount. Duffe knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Press working over Duffe with some ground and pound. Duffe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Press missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duffe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duffe has hold of Press's hands but Press slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Press not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Press looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Press 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.
Duffe blocking the ground and pound attempt from Press.
Press takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Duffe is in trouble now - Press has advanced to mount!
Press landing strikes, looking to finish!
Press has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Press in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Press scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Press landing strikes from the mount.
Press lands a big shot there that rocks Duffe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Press lands with some strikes.
Duffe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Press landing punches.
Press putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Duffe is bucking up trying to escape but Press cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duffe is bucking up trying to escape but Press cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Press in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
A nice elbow there by Press.
Press cracks Duffe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Press is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Shawn Duffe has been cut.
Press breaks from Duffe's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Press.

Duffe is rocked!
The referee warns Duffe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Duffe is still in real trouble! Can Press finish him?
A nice elbow there by Press.
Duffe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Duffe seems to have recovered his senses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Duffe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Press working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Press lands a big shot there that rocks Duffe but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duffe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Press lands a nice shot to the head.
Duffe in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That has opened up Shawn Duffe's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Press scoring with strikes but Duffe is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Press cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

The cut above Shawn Duffe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Press unloading with bombs!
BOOM! Press connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Press landing shots from mount.

Shawn Duffe's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shawn Duffe's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bench Press!