PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Duarte (ranked 2760 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lurch Addams (ranked 3109 p4p, 0 weight class). Lurch Addams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Duarte
vs
Addams

192 cm
25
292 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
20
280 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Duarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Lurch Addams!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Duarte. Addams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Addams steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Duarte.
Duarte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duarte misses the jab.
A jab from Duarte misses.
Addams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duarte moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromAddams.
Addams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duarte throws a jab but it's blocked by Addams.
Addams tries to counter with a clinch but Duarte shakes him off and moves away.
Duarte throws a poor cross that misses
and Addams counters with a leg kick.
Duarte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte keeps the fight on the outside.
Addams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Duarte misses with a looping left.
Duarte throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte misses with an uppercut
and Addams counters with a nice low kick that buckles Duarte's knee momentarily.
Duarte wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duarte throws an overhand right that lands on Addams's shoulder, as Addams tries to avoid the shot.
Duarte looks to land a left hand but Addams moved out of range nicely.
Diego Duarte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duarte throws a hook to the side of Addams's head but Addams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Addams tries to counter with a clinch but Duarte shakes him off and moves away.
Addams moves in looking to clinch but Duarte pushes him off.
Duarte was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Duarte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duarte swats away the attempt to clinch by Addams.
It looked like Duarte wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Duarte throws a poor cross that misses
and Addams counters with a nice body kick.
Duarte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Addams.
Duarte throws the left hand but Addams avoids the punch easily.
Addams only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Addams appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duarte 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.
Addams slips under a jab.
Addams tries to counter with a clinch but Duarte shakes him off and moves away.
Addams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Duarte clinches up with Addams and pushes him back against the cage.
Addams lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Diego Duarte has been cut.
Addams tries a knee to the head but Duarte blocks it.
Addams's coach down at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Addams's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Duarte misses with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Addams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duarte misses with a punch to the body.
Duarte scores with a hook to the body.
Addams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duarte.
A knee to the head by Addams.
Duarte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Addams.
Duarte lands a hook that snaps the head of Addams backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Duarte.
Addams throws an elbow that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Duarte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Addams lands an elbow just above Duarte 's eye.
Addams misses with a knee to the head.
Duarte can't find room to land a body shot as Addams controls the action.
Addams misses with an elbow over the top.
Duarte avoids a wild elbow strike from Addams.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duarte.
Duarte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Duarte.
Addams landing knees to the body.
Duarte takes an elbow to the temple.
Duarte throws a punch but it's blocked by Addams.
A short uppercut from Duarte.
Duarte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duarte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Duarte.
Addams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Addams wants to take the fight to the mat but Duarte manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Duarte misses with a body punch.
Addams tries a knee to the head but Duarte blocks it.
A short uppercut from Duarte.
Addams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Addams.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Addams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Diego Duarte's cut is getting worse.
Duarte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Duarte swings wildly with an uppercut but Addams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Addams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Addams.
Duarte misses with a punch to the body.
Duarte blocks the elbow strike.
Duarte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Addams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duarte is breathing heavily.
Addams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duarte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Duarte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Addams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Addams lands a knee to the head.
Duarte takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Diego Duarte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Duarte's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Duarte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duarte throws a shot from downtown. Addams moves away and avoids it.
Addams tries to close the distance and clinch but Duarte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Duarte lands an impressive looking overhand right. Addams doesn't seem phased though.
Duarte throws a hook but Addams avoids it easily.
And Addams responds with a good body kick, but Duarte manages to step out the way in time.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Duarte crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Addams - the referee stops the clock and Duarte gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Addams. Duarte manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Duarte throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Addams counters with a thumping low kick.
Duarte throws a hook to the side of Addams's head but Addams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Addams buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Addams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte misses with a straight right.
Duarte throws a predictable looking body shot
and Addams counters with a solid body kick.
Addams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duarte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duarte is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Addams's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Addams chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Addams tries to clinch but Duarte moves out of range.
Addams lands a leg kick that knocks Duarte off balance momentarily.
Duarte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Addams can pounce on him.
A swing and a miss from Duarte.
Duarte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Addams.
Duarte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Addams avoids the body shot from Duarte.
Addams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duarte. That did some damage!
Duarte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Addams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Addams throws out the jab.
Addams lands with a nice body kick.
Addams is looking to clinch but Duarte is avoiding it.
Addams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duarte.
Addams tries to close the distance and clinch but Duarte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters circling a little - Addams finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Addams wants to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Addams slips under a jab from Duarte.
Duarte misses with an uppercut
and Addams counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte misses with a body punch
and Addams makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Duarte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Addams.
Duarte throws a body shot but no joy.
Addams tries a quick counter leg kick but Duarte is wise to it.
Duarte misses with a looping right.
Duarte misses with an uppercut. Addams saw that one coming.
Duarte swings away with a body shot that misses
and Addams counters with a nice leg kick.

Addams moves into the clinch.
Addams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duarte misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Addams.
Addams missing with knees to the body.
Duarte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duarte struggles to land a body shot inside as Addams controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Addams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Addams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duarte's defenses.
Addams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Addams manages to break the clinch.
Duarte throws a lazy uppercut
and Addams counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Addams avoids the body shot from Duarte.
Addams tries to clinch up but Duarte circles away and keeps his distance.
Duarte swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Addams is looking to clinch but Duarte is avoiding it.
Duarte on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Duarte will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Duarte drives through and clinches with Addams against the cage.
Addams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Addams effectively controlling the action here.
Addams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duarte.
Addams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Addams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duarte avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lurch Addams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Diego Duarte's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Addams tries to clinch but Duarte moves out of range.
Duarte misses with a hook. Addams ducked under it nicely.
Addams tries to counter by closing the distance.
Duarte throws a big shot that misses.
Duarte connects with a single shot there.

Addams has Duarte up against the cage in a clinch.
Addams scores a nice knee to the body.
Addams stalling against the cage.
Duarte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte avoids the elbow strike from Addams, against the cage.
Addams has Duarte pressed against the cage.
Addams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duarte has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duarte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Duarte has a couple of punches blocked by Addams.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Addams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duarte's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Addams looking for a takedown.
Addams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duarte takes an elbow to the temple.
Addams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Addams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duarte's defenses.

Diego Duarte's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Addams working Duarte over with knees to the body.
Addams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Addams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Addams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Addams crunches a lovely knee into Duarte's ribcage.

Addams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Addams has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Addams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duarte's face.

Jeez, Diego Duarte's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Duarte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Addams just leaning against Duarte, taking a breather.
Duarte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duarte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Addams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Duarte takes a knee right on the jaw!

Duarte is rocked!
Addams lands an elbow inside.
Oh Duarte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duarte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Addams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duarte's defenses.
Clinched against the cage, Addams lands a big elbow that drops Duarte! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Duarte is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lurch Addams!
After winning the bout, Lurch Addams thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.