PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Durrani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahmad Durrani has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Durrani
vs
Thompson

170 cm
21
145 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
11 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ahmad Durrani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durrani.
Durrani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thompson.
Thompson misses with a left hand
and Durrani counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Durrani paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thompson slips a jab from Durrani.
Durrani defending well as Thompson loads up on a big left hand.
Durrani jabs at Thompson's body.
Durrani throws a right hand that misses

and Thompson counters with a shoot takedown. Durrani fights it but they end up in guard.
Thompson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Durrani works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Durrani looking for a sweep. Not yet Durrani, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Durrani wants to sweep here but Thompson controlling him for the moment.
Durrani working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson looking to sit in guard and control but Durrani gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Durrani wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Thompson has a closed guard, preventing Durrani from standing up.
Durrani preventing the sweep.

That's two 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.
Durrani slips nicely into half guard.
Thompson is trying to get back to full guard.

Thompson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Durrani is looking to advance position but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson tries to roll over but Durrani keeps him under control.
Thompson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Durrani is working away from the top position though.
Durrani performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to roll over but Durrani keeps him under control.
Durrani is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ahmad Durrani.
Thompson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Durrani lands with an overhand left.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thompson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson wants to clinch but Durrani slips to the side
and Durrani counters with a nice body kick.
Durrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Ahmad Durrani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durrani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Durrani lands a body shot.
Durrani misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
Durrani swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson throws a shot from downtown. Durrani moves away and avoids it.
Thompson throws a poor cross that misses
and Durrani counters with a left to the body.
Durrani swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani dominated that round.
That's time! Durrani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Durrani misses with a body shot.
Thompson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Durrani scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thompson with a nice cross.
Thompson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A combination from Durrani does no damage.
Durrani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durrani throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani misses with a lunging right hand
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Durrani lands a head kick. Thompson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Durrani misses with a body punch
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Durrani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durrani. Thompson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Durrani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durrani thuds a left hand into Thompson's body.
Durrani misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Durrani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durrani.
Thompson checks the leg kick.
Thompson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thompson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Durrani's waist but Durrani gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thompson off to one side.
Durrani moves forwards but Thompson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thompson checks a low kick from Durrani.
Durrani misses the body punch
and Thompson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durrani swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Thompson rushes Durrani and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson tries to pull guard but Durrani won't allow it.
Durrani missing with knees to the body.
Thompson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Durrani avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ahmad Durrani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Thompson.
Thompson fails to pull guard.
Good body shot from Durrani.
Durrani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Durrani scores with a hook to the body.
Durrani lands a nice elbow.
Durrani lands with a right to the head.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.

Thompson jumps guard and drags Durrani to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Durrani preventing the sweep.
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Durrani wants to control but Thompson is keeping busy.
Durrani is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to take a break and control but Durrani is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Thompson wants to free his trapped foot but Durrani is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Thompson wants to take a breather but Durrani is having none of it.
Durrani manages to get to full guard.
Durrani seems keen to control Thompson's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Durrani lands a jab.
Durrani tries to land a leg kick but Thompson saw it coming and moves away.
Durrani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thompson.
Durrani misses with an uppercut
and Thompson counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durrani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Durrani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thompson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani throws a chopping leg kick but Thompson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Durrani tries to sprawl but Thompson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Thompson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Durrani defending well though.
Thompson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durrani with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson throwing shots but Durrani is blocking nicely.
Durrani tries to get to full guard but Thompson has control of the leg.
Thompson is looking to take a break and control but Durrani is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Durrani is looking for a sweep. Thompson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrani is positioning himself well to prevent Thompson advancing to mount.
Durrani trying to hold on to Thompson's head to control him but Thompson postures up.
Thompson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Durrani on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Durrani trying to hold on to Thompson's head to control him but Thompson postures up.

Thompson is working for a submission of some sort.
Durrani tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to pass Durrani's guard but actually Durrani recovers to full guard.
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thompson won't allow Durrani to sweep him here.
Durrani is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Thompson gets full guard.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Durrani from controlling successfully.
Durrani tries to free his leg and advance position but Thompson is retaining full guard.
Durrani has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Thompson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Thompson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Thompson working for a triangle but Durrani defends it easily.
Durrani wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Thompson really dominated that 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.

Durrani takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Thompson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Durrani!
Thompson looking to land elbow strikes but Durrani uses the position to regain half guard.
Durrani tries to get to full guard but Thompson has control of the leg.
Thompson is looking to stall here but Durrani recovers full guard.
Thompson throws and elbow that misses. Durrani uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Thompson's guard. Nice move by Durrani!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Durrani passes into side control.
Thompson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Durrani content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Thompson tries to bench press Durrani off him but Durrani keeps the position.
Billy Thompson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Durrani controls the position.
Durrani wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thompson keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You can see the frustration on Thompson's face as Durrani controls the position.
Thompson tries to improve position but can't.
Durrani just content to control the position.
Thompson prevents Durrani from moving into mount.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ahmad Durrani.
A shot to the liver by Durrani. Beautiful body shot.
Durrani throws out a loose jab but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durrani is looking to wear down Thompson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Durrani pushes Thompson away with a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrani swings widly with a right hand
and Thompson counters with a nice uppercut.
Durrani throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Durrani thuds his shin into the meat of Thompson's side.
A combination from Durrani does no damage.
Durrani feints and then cracks Thompson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thompson down.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Durrani throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a right hand that Durrani ducks under and follows up with a left that Durrani also avoids with ease.
Durrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thompson.
Durrani misses with a lunging right hand
and Thompson counters with a right hand to the body.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Durrani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thompson.
Durrani misses with a left hand
and Thompson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Durrani.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani had his way with Billy Thompson in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Thompson just misses with a punch to the body.
Durrani lands a jab to the nose.
Durrani looks to land a body kick but Thompson moved away.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
Durrani stuffs the takedown attempt from Thompson. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet.
Thompson moves out of range of the leg kick from Durrani.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durrani throws a sloppy body shot
and Thompson counters with a straight right hand.
Durrani throws a series of punches but Thompson avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani slips a straight right by Thompson.
Sloppy strikes from Thompson. Those never looked like landing.
Durrani throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Durrani misses
and Thompson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thompson tries to move into range but Durrani moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson looks to land a combination but Durrani avoids it well.
Thompson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Durrani bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Durrani throws a jab but it's blocked by Thompson.
Thompson checks a low kick from Durrani.
Thompson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Durrani looks for the body kick but Thompson saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durrani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrani misses with a left hand

and Thompson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Thompson stops Durrani from getting back to his feet.
Thompson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Durrani knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Durrani keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Billy Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Thompson seems to be working for a kimura but Durrani defends the submission attempt.
Thompson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrani moves into full guard.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Durrani's head.
Ahmad Durrani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durrani utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thompson working some strikes from top position.
Durrani avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Durrani controlling the position.
Durrani preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Durrani has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:47
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ahmad Durrani!