PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and killa bazilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durden comes to the cage accompanied by All Nightmare Long. killa bazilla will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Durden
vs
bazilla

200 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

225 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, killa bazilla!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

bazilla shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Durden keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
bazilla thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Durden blocking the ground and pound attempt from bazilla.
bazilla thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Durden to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Durden controls bazilla momentarily but bazilla frees himself.

Durden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Durden is breathing heavily.
bazilla postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

bazilla gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Durden closes this distance looking for a takedown but bazilla circles away.

bazilla shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
bazilla lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durden hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
bazilla cracks Durden with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
bazilla punishing his opponent with strikes.
bazilla is in the full mount, landing strikes.
bazilla with good strikes from the mount here!
bazilla with good strikes from the mount here!
bazilla landing strikes from the mount.
Durden is trying desperately to improve position.
bazilla cracks Durden with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Durden is wriggling around trying to escape.
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Durden is trying to stand up.
bazilla lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durden hang on?
bazilla scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bazilla looking to finish Durden with some ground and pound. This is bad for Durden!
bazilla lands a big shot there that rocks Durden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Durden tries to reverse the position but bazilla maintains control.
bazilla looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Durden working to try and regain half guard.
Durden wants to control but bazilla is having none of it.
bazilla scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Durden?
bazilla with the ground and pound from mount.
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Durden takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Durden is in a horrible position here. bazilla smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Durden really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bazilla dominating with strikes here.
Durden squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Durden is trying desperately to improve position.
bazilla with the ground and pound from mount.
Durden is in a horrible position here. bazilla smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
bazilla dominating with strikes here.
Durden tries to hold on but bazilla postures up.
bazilla lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
bazilla working Durden over with strikes here.

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.
bazilla scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Durden flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Durden tries to reverse the position but bazilla maintains control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, bazilla cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
bazilla lands a big elbow.
bazilla landing shots from mount.
Durden might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
bazilla lands a big shot there that rocks Durden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
bazilla lands a big shot there that rocks Durden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Durden is in a horrible position here. bazilla smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
bazilla breaks from Durden's wrist control and lands an elbow.
bazilla working away from the top, dropping strikes.
bazilla postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Durden looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

killa bazilla dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

bazilla drives through with a takedown into guard.
bazilla distracts Durden with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
bazilla loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Durden wants to sweep here but bazilla controlling him for the moment.
bazilla postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Durden is on top in guard.
bazilla trying to strike off his back.
Durden trying to control but bazilla is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
bazilla throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
bazilla striking off his back but it's not causing Durden any problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bazilla trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
bazilla punching to the body, from the bottom.
Durden trying to control the position from guard on top but bazilla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
bazilla will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Durden fails with the takedown.
bazilla swats away the attempt to clinch by Durden.
The fight stays on the outside here - bazilla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

bazilla moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, bazilla just misses with a elbow thrown towards Durden's brow.

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

Durden gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows bazilla to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

bazilla stands up from guard. Let's bang!

bazilla shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Durden manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
bazilla is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
bazilla throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
bazilla makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
bazilla postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Durden is on top in guard.
bazilla looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
bazilla trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
bazilla striking off his back but it's not causing Durden any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bazilla tries to land a sweep but no joy.
bazilla trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
bazilla tries to land a sweep but no joy.
bazilla with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Durden can't handle though.
bazilla lands an upkick as Durden stands over him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
bazilla with a poor takedown

and Durden counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
bazilla wants to get back to full guard but Durden has mounted him!
bazilla manages to regain half guard. Good work.
bazilla missing with punches from the bottom.
bazilla is trying to stand.
Durden trying to control the action but bazilla is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

bazilla kicks off Durden and gets to his feet.

bazilla looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
bazilla working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Durden's head.
bazilla tries to free his leg and advance position but Durden is retaining full guard.
bazilla throwing strikes but missing.
bazilla scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Durden is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Durden is working an open guard so bazilla takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
bazilla fails with a takedown attempt.

Excellent takedown into side control there by bazilla.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

killa bazilla showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

bazilla closes the distance and clinches.
bazilla tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Durden just stands there and leans against the cage.
Durden gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from bazilla.
Durden lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Durden.
bazilla tries to land knees in the clinch but Durden avoids the damage to the body.
Durden is struggling to control the position.

Durden successfully pulls guard.
bazilla throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
bazilla throwing strikes but missing.
bazilla with a flurry of punches that miss.
bazilla throws a strike but Durden rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bazilla throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durden won't allow bazilla to get back to his feet.
bazilla tries to strike from the bottom.
bazilla bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Durden's guard.
killa bazilla has got the better of the ground game so far.
bazilla would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
bazilla with a flurry of punches that miss.
Durden trying to keep a closed guard but bazilla is proving a slippery customer.
bazilla landing with the ground and pound.
bazilla chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two 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.
bazilla works over Durden with some ground and pound from guard.
bazilla stopping the sweep attempt from Durden.

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

bazilla closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Durden to the mat! Durden manages to get full guard.
bazilla must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as bazilla accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Durden working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from bazilla.
bazilla cracks Durden with a solid left hand.
bazilla postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
bazilla postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Durden not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bazilla working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Durden's head.
bazilla throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Durden works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

bazilla forces Durden back against the cage and clinches.

bazilla breaks the clinch.

Durden gets caught flat footed, as bazilla shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

bazilla gets to his feet. Durden looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

bazilla looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
bazilla scoring with strikes to the body and head.
killa bazilla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
bazilla trying to control the pace.
bazilla's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking to improve his position.
Durden misses with some strikes from the bottom.
bazilla with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

bazilla stands up from half guard.
Tyler Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - bazilla looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
killa bazilla comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well bazilla has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... killa bazilla!