PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Lioneye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Lioneye has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lioneye
vs
Durant

220 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Lioneye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Durant!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lioneye has a takedown stuffed.
Durant looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Durant misses with a head kick.
Lioneye tries to clinch but Durant is having none of it.

Durant feints and as Lioneye raises his hands in defense, Durant changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lioneye wants to get back to his feet but Durant is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lioneye really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lioneye looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lioneye looking to control.
Lioneye wants to stand up but Durant is controlling him.
Lioneye looking to control.
Durant content to stall in guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lioneye leaves Durant with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lioneye clinches up with Durant and pushes him back against the cage.

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

Durant scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lioneye trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Durant prevents Lioneye from improving his position.
Lioneye moves into full guard.
Durant won't allow Lioneye to get back to his feet.
Lioneye trying to control the position here.

Lioneye is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Durant is aware though and is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lioneye not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Durant wants to control from the top but Lioneye keeps moving.

Lioneye looking for a guillotine here but Durant defends easily.
Lioneye is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Durant is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lioneye misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lioneye is trying hard to land a takedown here. Durant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Lioneye gets caught flat footed, as Durant shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lioneye keeping full guard, as Durant tries to pass.
Lioneye looking to control but Durant passes into half guard.
Lioneye has a hand on Durant's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Durant takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Durant controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lioneye is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Durant wants to control the pace but Lioneye is squirming around nicely.
Lioneye can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lioneye's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Durant controlling the pace for now.
Lioneye really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Durant dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Durant misses with a takedown

and Lioneye counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lioneye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lioneye scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Durant has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lioneye is working away from the top position though.
Lioneye not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Durant tries to get to full guard but Lioneye has control of the leg.
Lioneye is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lioneye knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Durant on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lioneye trying to control from half guard but Durant is working away.
Lioneye trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lioneye seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Durant does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Durant dodges the punch combination from Lioneye.
Lioneye tries to clinch up.

Lioneye shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Durant working a defensive guard here.
Lioneye has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lioneye wants to stand but Durant is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lioneye stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Durant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lioneye trying to control the position from guard on top but Durant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durant working a defensive guard here.
Durant throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lioneye trying to control the position from guard on top but Durant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lioneye looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Durant!
Lioneye content just to control the position here.
Durant tries to reverse the position but Lioneye maintains control.
Lioneye cracks Durant with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lioneye looking to finish Durant with some ground and pound. This is bad for Durant!
Durant keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lioneye looking to control but Durant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Lioneye is going olschool here, as he tries to force Durant to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Durant shrugs it off.
Durant is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lioneye is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lioneye will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lioneye controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lioneye prevents Durant from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Lioneye dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Durant leaves Lioneye with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lioneye fails in his attempt to clinch.

Lioneye drives through and clinches with Durant against the cage.
Durant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lioneye is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lioneye takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Lioneye jumps guard and drags Durant to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Durant is fighting to break Lioneye's control of his arms but Lioneye is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lioneye wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durant wants to control from the top but Lioneye keeps moving.
Lioneye controls Durant momentarily but Durant frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lioneye fails with the takedown

and Durant decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lioneye's guard.
Durant trying to control but Lioneye is working from the bottom.
Lioneye working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Durant trying to control the position from guard on top but Lioneye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lioneye wants to sweep but no luck.
Lioneye keeping moving, preventing Durant from controlling successfully.
Durant looking to sit in guard and control but Lioneye gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Durant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lioneye is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lioneye lands a jab to Durant's midsection.
Lioneye moves in looking to clinch but Durant pushes him off.

Lioneye clinches with his opponent.
Lioneye taking a breather.

Lioneye jumps into guard, dragging Durant to the mat.
Durant wants to control from the top but Lioneye keeps moving.
Lioneye wants to sweep here but Durant controlling him for the moment.

That's four 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.
Durant trying to control the position from guard on top but Lioneye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lioneye wants to get back to his feet but Durant is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Durant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Durant stuffs the takedown attempt from Lioneye. Lioneye gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kevin Durant.
I think Durant has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Durant!