PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Duritz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Worthy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drop the world. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Worthy
vs
Duritz

182 cm
35
167 lbs
29 - 17 - 0

177 cm
28
167 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Worthy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Duritz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duritz misses with a body kick.
Duritz has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Worthy lands a front kick.
Duritz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Worthy counters with an inside leg kick.
Duritz misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Worthy coming out on top.

It looks like Adam Duritz has been cut.
Worthy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Worthy throws the left hand but Duritz avoids the punch easily.
Duritz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Worthy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Duritz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duritz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Worthy just misses with a punch to the body.
Duritz circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy misses with a straight right.
Worthy misses with a looping left.
Duritz tries to clinch there but Worthy circles away.
A head kick by Duritz misses
and Worthy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Worthy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Worthy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Worthy takes a swing at Duritz's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Worthy.
Worthy tries a head kick but it misses.

Duritz tries to keep at a distance but Worthy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Worthy holding his opponent close, against the cage.

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

Duritz moves into range and clinches up with Worthy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Duritz fails to land.
Worthy wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Worthy blocks a body shot from Duritz.
Worthy lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Duritz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Worthy looks to throw a body kick
and Duritz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Duritz throws a big shot that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Worthy, right into the meat.
Duritz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Worthy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Worthy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Duritz's head backwards.
Worthy throws the left hand but Duritz avoids the punch easily.
Worthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Worthy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marlon Worthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Worthy finds it's way through Duritz's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Worthy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Duritz under the eye.
Worthy throws a body punch but Duritz moves out of range.
Worthy looks to land a right hand but Duritz moved out of range.
Worthy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Worthy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Duritz tries to clinch but Worthy is having none of it.
Worthy scores with a punch to the head.
Worthy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duritz takes one to the side of the head.
Duritz misses with a jab, cross combination.

Duritz clinches.

Worthy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duritz tries to clinch up but Worthy circles away and keeps his distance.

Duritz has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duritz being controlled against the cage.

Duritz manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worthy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duritz misses with a head kick.
Duritz slips a straight right by Worthy.
Duritz throws a leg kick but Worthy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Worthy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Worthy moves out of range as Duritz throws a body kick.
Worthy circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duritz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Worthy.

Duritz clinches with his opponent.
Worthy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Worthy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Worthy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Duritz's cut.
That's time! Worthy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Worthy scores with a sloppy right hand. Duritz should have avoided that one.
Worthy with a jab.
Worthy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duritz throws out a leg kick but Worthy moves out of range and Duritz only half commits.
Duritz wants to clinch.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch but Worthy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Duritz clinches up against the cage.
Worthy tries to work over Duritz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duritz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duritz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Worthy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Worthy swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy is trying to stall.

Worthy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Worthy finds it's target.

Duritz has closed the distance and engaged Worthy in a clinch.
Worthy misses with some punches.
Worthy avoiding damage as Duritz throws knees to the body.
Worthy lands a left hand.
Worthy taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Worthy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worthy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duritz doesn't manage to clinch there - Worthy circles away.
Duritz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Worthy throws a hook to the side of Duritz's head but Duritz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duritz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duritz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duritz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Decent striking displayed by Worthy there.
Worthy misses with a body punch
and Duritz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Worthy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duritz is looking to clinch but Worthy is avoiding it.
Worthy takes a swing at Duritz's ribcage but misses.
Duritz lands with a shot to the body.
Worthy misses with a hook.
Duritz moves out of range of the strikes.
Duritz tries to clinch there but Worthy circles away.
Worthy misses with a hook to the body
and Duritz counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duritz just misses with a punch to the body.
Duritz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Worthy.
Worthy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duritz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Worthy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Worthy scores with a hook.
Duritz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worthy moves away.
Duritz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Worthy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Worthy scores with a shot to the body.
Worthy looks to land a right hand but Duritz moved out of range.
Worthy throws a body punch but Duritz moves out of range.
Duritz tries to clinch up.
Duritz throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Duritz misses.
Worthy missing with a left hand there. Duritz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duritz tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Worthy counter with a right hand.
Duritz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Duritz throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Worthy misses.
Worthy misses with a hook.
Duritz wants to clinch up but Worthy keeps it at a distance.
Duritz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Worthy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Worthy. That snapped Duritz's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Worthy moves out of range as Duritz strikes.
Duritz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marlon Worthy is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick from Worthy misses.
Worthy swats away the attempt to clinch by Duritz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Marlon Worthy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adam Duritz's cut.
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.

Worthy thuds a left hand into Duritz's body.
Duritz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Duritz tries to clinch up.
A big right from Worthy misses.
A lazy left from Worthy finds it's target.
Worthy just misses with a punch to the body.
Duritz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Worthy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Worthy misses with an uppercut.
Worthy throws a right hand that misses
and Duritz counters with an inside leg kick.
Worthy lands a head shot.
Worthy throws a lazy uppercut
and Duritz counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duritz is looking to clinch.
Duritz tries to clinch but Worthy moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy throws a hook but Duritz blocks it.
Worthy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Worthy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duritz. That did some damage!
Duritz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Worthy is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Duritz moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Duritz!
Adam Duritz is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Adam Duritz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.