PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 18050 p4p, 3954 weight class) and Jari Bull (ranked 726 p4p, 490 weight class). Durand kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N.. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Durand
vs
Bull

201 cm
36
214
42 - 14 - 1

200 cm
39
210
32 - 14 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jari Bull!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bull misses with a wild body shot.
Durand moves away from the strike by Bull.
Durand misses with a looping left.
Bull wants to counter the offense by Durand and move into the clinch position.
Durand throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Bull. That snapped Durand's head back.
Durand throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Bull throws a looping overhand right but Durand ducks down to avoid it.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Bull.
Durand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bull throws out the jab.
Durand misses with a hook.
Durand with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bull to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durand stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Durand thows a left - swing and a miss!

Durand has closed the distance and engaged Bull in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Durand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durand blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a knee strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Durand.
Durand landing knees to the body.
Durand with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bull dodges an elbow strike from Durand.
Durand blocks a body shot from Bull.
A short left from Durand.
Durand creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bull's defenses.

It looks like Jari Bull has been cut.
Bull lands a shot to the body.
Durand lands with a left to the head.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but Bull is blocking nicely.
Bull lands a right hand.
Bull takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durand lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Durand scores with a nice short uppercut.
Durand can't find room to land a body shot as Bull controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Durand has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Bull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bull misses with a body punch.
Durand throws a punch but it's blocked by Bull.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand with a knee to the head.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
Bull lands with a left to the head.
Bull blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bull.
Durand lands with a left to the head.
Bull throws a head punch that misses.
Bull blocking some punches.

Durand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durand punishes Bull's body with a nice straight punch.
Durand defending well as Bull loads up on a big left hand.
Bull throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Durand slips under a jab from Bull.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull misses with a hook. Durand ducked under it nicely.
Durand ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Durand blocks a jab.
Bull misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Durand with a nice calf kick.
Durand throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durand misses with a hook.
Bull throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
Bull misses with a hook. Durand ducked under it nicely.
Bull fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durand manages to avoid it.
Bull throws a poor cross that misses
and Durand counters with a nice leg kick.
Bull misses with a straight right.
As Bull backs away, Durand returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bull misses with a jab to the body
and Durand counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durand staying out of range there.
Bull just misses with a punch to the body.
Jari Bull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Durand looks to land a body kick but Bull moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durand. Bull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Durand swings for the body but Bull moves out of range.
Durand connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bull's hands.
Bull thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand is looking to slow Bull down with leg kicks.
Durand pushes Bull away with a front kick.
Bull lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bull avoids the head kick by Durand.
Durand throws a head kick that Bull semi-blocks.
Durand misses with a low kick.
Bull looks to land a left hand but Durand moved out of range nicely.
Durand moves away from the strike by Bull.
A low kick from Bull is predictable there
and Durand counters with a nice body kick.
Durand misses with a looping right.
Durand fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bull looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bull misses with a wild body shot.
Durand appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

Durand clinches with his opponent.
Durand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bull can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durand doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durand is trying to break the clinch but Bull is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Durand.
Durand prevents a body shot from Bull.
Durand lands with a light punch inside.

Durand breaks from the clinch.
Bull scores with a nice strike.
Durand swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bull lands a jab to the nose.
Durand misses with an uppercut. Bull saw that one coming.
Durand attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bull connects with a good right hand that stumbles Durand. Durand circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bull is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab from Durand finds it's way through Bull's defenses.
Bull looks to score with a jab to the body but Durand is just out of range.
Bull throws a hook but Durand blocks it.
Durand lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull throws a looping overhand right but Durand ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Durand swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bull throws a hook but Durand blocks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bull.
A slow jab from Bull misses its intended target.
Bull scores with a body shot.
Bull misses with a body kick.
Bull wants to land a leg kick but Durand is out of range.
Durand scores with a leg kick.
Durand thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bull if he has to take too many more of those.
Durand misses with a body kick.
That kick from Durand tenderised Bull's leg. Bull is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bull looks to score with a jab to the body but Durand is just out of range.
Durand feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Durand misses with a low kick.
Bull throws a lazy uppercut

and Durand counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Durand.
Durand comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bull tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durand is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bull's elbow.
Durand takes a shot to the head.
Durand missing with knees to the body.
Bull misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Durand creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Durand lands a nice elbow.
Durand has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bull has a couple of punches blocked by Durand.
Durand with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Jari Bull's cut even more.
Jacques Durand has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Durand doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durand lands a left hand.
Bull prevents a body shot from Durand.
A head punch on the inside from Durand fails to land.
Bull tries a body shot but Durand blocks it.
Durand lands with a light punch inside.
Durand lands with a right to the head.
Bull looking to slow down the pace here.
Bull is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Durand is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Durand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand tries to work over Bull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bull lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bull takes an elbow to the forehead.
Durand working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Durand stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bull taking a breather.

Durand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durand misses with an uppercut.
Bull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durand was well out of range. Poor timing from Bull.
Bull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bull misses with a jab to the body
and Durand counters with a nice leg kick.
Durand throws a nice inside leg kick.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Bull scores with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bull looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bull misses with a looping left.
Bull's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Durand takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Durand slips under a jab from Bull.
Bull moves out of range of the body kick.
Bull misses with a hook
and Durand counters with a thumping low kick.
Bull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durand.
Durand is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bull.
Durand explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Durand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Durand wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand throws a wild body kick that Bull sees coming a mile off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Durand.
Bull throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
Durand doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Durand tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bull is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Durand.
Bull punishes Durand's body with a nice straight punch.
Bull digs a good hook to Durand's body.
Bull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Durand finds it's way through Bull's defenses.
Durand will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bull let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Durand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bull.
Durand scores with a jab.
The fighters circling - Bull throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab by Bull.
Bull looks to land a right hand but Durand moved out of range.
Durand misses with a body shot.
Durand scores with a spinning back kick!
Bull misses with a wild body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bull.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durand half committed to a counter leg kick.
Durand is looking to slow Bull down with leg kicks.
Bull missing with a left hand there. Durand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Durand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Durand tries a head kick but it misses.
Durand digs a good body shot into Bull's ribs.
Bull scores with a shot to the body.
Durand wants to slow Bull down by chopping away at his legs.
Bull is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Durand wants to clinch up but Bull keeps it at a distance.
Bull throws a leg kick but Durand sees it coming and moves out of range.
Durand moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bull throws a lazy right hand but Durand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bull misses with a double jab
and Durand counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durand connects with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jacques Durand will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jari Bull's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Durand slips under a jab.
Bull throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Bull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bull throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Bull stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Durand.
Bull avoids the body shot from Durand.
Jari Bull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durand moves out of range of the body kick from Bull.
Bull just misses with a punch to the body.
Durand throws a body shot but no joy.
Bull throws out a counter right but Durand avoids it with no problem.
Bull misses with an uppercut.
Durand avoids the head kick by Bull.
Durand fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bull just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bull misses with a lunging right hand
and Durand makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bull takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Durand closes the distance and pushes Bull back into the ropes.
Durand landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Durand throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bull is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Durand tries a knee to the head but Bull blocks it.
Durand lands a damaging elbow.
Bull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Durand.
A short left from Durand.
Bull tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durand throws an elbow that misses.
Durand scores with a nice hook to the head.
Durand connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bull's face.
Bull has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Durand seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bull can turn it around.
A right hand to the body from Durand.
Durand lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bull misses with a punch on the inside.
Bull throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Durand.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
Bull blocks an elbow strike.
Bull has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Durand.
Bull misses with the head strike.
Durand looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand lands a shot to the body.
Durand lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Durand is working Bull over against the ropes.
Bull takes a knee to the side of the body.
Durand landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Durand.
Durand scores with a knee to the head.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
A body shot lands from Durand.

Durand escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jacques Durand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bull rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Durand counters with a nice uppercut.
Bull misses with a jab to the body
and Durand counters with a straight right hand.
Bull takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull misses with a combination
and Durand counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Durand punishes Bull's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from Durand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Durand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Durand has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Jacques Durand!
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Jacques Durand!
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Jacques Durand!

Jacques Durand wins by unanimous decision!
Jacques Durand retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Jacques Durand thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.