PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keisuke Atoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Duex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Duex acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Atoshi
vs
Duex

170 cm
19
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keisuke Atoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Duex!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duex wants to clinch.
Duex moves in looking to clinch but Atoshi pushes him off.
Duex wants to clinch up but Atoshi keeps it at a distance.

Duex drives through and clinches with Atoshi against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Atoshi is breathing heavily.
Duex landing knees to the body.
Atoshi dodges an elbow strike from Duex.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duex with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duex with a knee to the head.
Duex lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Duex.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex with a knee to the head.

Atoshi is rocked!
Duex lands a nice knee to the body.
Atoshi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duex has him pressed against the cage.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Duex landing knees to the head.
Duex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atoshi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atoshi is trying to break the clinch but Duex has him pressed against the cage.
Duex landing knees to the head.
Duex trying to land knees to the body.
Duex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atoshi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Duex is pressed up against the cage. Atoshi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Duex down to the mat. Duex avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Duex moves into the clinch successfully.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Atoshi is trying to break free.
Duex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atoshi has had enough of the clinch but Duex keeps him there for the moment.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Atoshi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duex lands a nice knee to the body.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Atoshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duex backwards.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
Duex stops a takedown attempt from Atoshi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex prevents Atoshi from breaking the clinch.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atoshi blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Duex lands a nice knee to the body.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Duex as Atoshi tries to tie him up.
Atoshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duex keeps control of Atoshi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Atoshi wants to get back to striking at distance but Duex won't allow it.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
Duex landing knees to the body.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atoshi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atoshi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keisuke Atoshi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
Duex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atoshi managing to block the knees to the body from Duex.
Knees to the body from Duex.
Duex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Atoshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atoshi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Duex walks away with a smile on his face. Atoshi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Duex has taken the fight to the clinch.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Atoshi tries to break the clinch but Duex is controlling the position.
Atoshi looking for a takedown.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Atoshi fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex with a knee to the head.
Atoshi avoiding damage as Duex throws knees to the body.
Duex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Atoshi avoids a wild elbow strike from Duex.
Duex looking to throw knees to the head but Atoshi is blocking nicely.
Duex landing knees to the head.
Atoshi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duex tries a knee to the head but Atoshi blocks it.
Duex lands a knee to the head.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Atoshi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duex landing knees to the body.
Atoshi pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Duex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Duex dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Duex moves in looking to clinch but Atoshi pushes him off.
Atoshi shoots in but Duex avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Duex tries to clinch there but Atoshi circles away.
Duex is looking to clinch.
Duex misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Duex moves into the clinch successfully.
Duex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
Duex landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Duex.
Duex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duex misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but Atoshi blocks with his arms.
Atoshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex misses with a knee to the head.
Atoshi wants a takedown.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex misses with an elbow over the top.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Frank Duex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atoshi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Duex just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keisuke Atoshi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duex lands a nice knee to the body.
Atoshi has had enough of the clinch but Duex keeps him there for the moment.
Duex prevents Atoshi from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Duex lands a knee to the body.

Atoshi jumps into guard, dragging Duex to the mat.
Atoshi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Duex trying to control the position from guard on top but Atoshi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Duex preventing the sweep.
Atoshi pulls Duex in to control the position.
Atoshi keeping moving, preventing Duex from controlling successfully.

Duex drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Duex jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Atoshi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Atoshi trying to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Duex scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Duex gets a clinch.
Duex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atoshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Atoshi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atoshi blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Atoshi jumps guard but Duex stands there with Atoshi around his waist. Atoshi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atoshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duex misses with a knee to the head.
Duex throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Duex scores with a knee to the head.
Atoshi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex misses with a knee to the head.
Duex scores with a knee to the head.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Atoshi stalls.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atoshi tries to pull guard but Duex won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Atoshi is trying to drag Duex to the mat but Duex just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Duex pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Duex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Duex drives through and clinches with Atoshi against the cage.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex lands a knee to the body.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex landing knees to the head.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atoshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atoshi tries to pull guard but Duex won't allow it.
Duex misses with a knee strike.
Duex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Duex.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex trying to land knees to the body.
Duex gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duex misses with a knee strike.
Duex lands a knee to the body.
Duex missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but Atoshi blocks with his arms.
Duex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Duex misses with a knee strike.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
Duex tries to land knees in the clinch but Atoshi avoids the damage to the body.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atoshi's face.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
A short left from Atoshi.
Duex looking to throw knees to the head but Atoshi is blocking nicely.
Atoshi trying to control the position but instead, Duex has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atoshi into the cage.
Duex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Duex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atoshi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Duex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Duex misses with a knee strike.
Duex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duex gets underhooks to prevent Atoshi's takedown attempt.
Duex with a knee to the head.
Duex throws an elbow but it misses.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Duex landing knees to the body.
Duex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atoshi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duex has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Duex misses with a knee to the head.
Duex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duex crunches a lovely knee into Atoshi's ribcage.
Duex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Duex lands a knee to the head.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Atoshi pulls guard successfully.
Atoshi wants to stand up but Duex is controlling him.
Duex is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Duex gets to his feet. Atoshi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Duex tries to close the distance and clinch but Atoshi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Duex clinches up against the cage.
Duex with a knee to the head.
Duex missing with knees to the body.
Duex connects with a knee to the head.
Duex gets underhooks to prevent Atoshi's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keisuke Atoshi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Duex.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duex gets underhooks to prevent Atoshi's takedown attempt.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atoshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Duex tries to land knees in the clinch but Atoshi avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Duex just misses with a elbow thrown towards Atoshi's brow.
Duex landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atoshi tries for a takedown but Duex manages to get underhooks.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duex.
Duex scores with a knee to the head.
Duex looking to throw knees to the head but Atoshi is blocking nicely.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duex with a knee to the head.
Duex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duex scores with a knee to the head.
Duex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Keisuke Atoshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Frank Duex is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Duex landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atoshi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Duex walks away with a smile on his face. Atoshi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Duex comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Duex winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Duex!