PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 20957 p4p, 714 weight class) and Dick Doss (ranked 21519 p4p, 766 weight class). Durand comes to the ring accompanied by Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N.. Dick Doss told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Durand
vs
Doss

201 cm
23
257 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

212 cm
24
292 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Doss!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doss tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Durand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Doss.
Durand throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Doss just misses with a punch to the body.
Dick Doss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doss throws a leg kick
and Durand counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've been informed that Doss has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Doss moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Durand throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Doss counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Doss.
Durand with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Durand lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Dick Doss has been cut.
Durand has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Durand blocks the elbow strike.

Durand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durand moves away from the strike by Doss.
Durand pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Doss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Doss misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand is looking to land body kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Doss misses the target.
Doss throws a shot to the body.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Doss.
Durand throws a quick counter head kick but Doss was just out of range.
Durand scores with a jab. Doss acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Doss.
Durand fakes the leg kick and cracks Doss in the body.
Doss throws a leg kick but Durand moved away.
Doss tests Durand's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Doss throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand counters with a body kick that stops Doss in his tracks momentarily.
Doss misses the jab.
Durand throws a body kick that misses.
Doss takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Doss throws a looping overhand right but Durand ducks down to avoid it.
Doss throws a body punch but Durand moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doss missing with a left hand there. Durand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Durand pushes Doss up against the ropes in a clinch.
Doss throws a head punch that misses.
Doss misses with a knee to the head.
Doss has a couple of punches blocked by Durand.
Durand pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Durand working Doss over with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Doss.
Doss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durand lands a knee to the body.
Doss looks winded!

Durand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doss.
Durand scores with a nice right hand.
Durand throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Durand scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Doss's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Doss throws a shot from downtown. Durand moves away and avoids it.
Durand throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Doss misses with a leg kick
and Durand counters with a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Doss.
Durand works the jab nicely.
Durand scores with a crisp jab that stopped Doss in his tracks.
Durand fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doss misses with a hook
and Durand counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Durand fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Durand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doss steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Durand.
Jacques Durand is winning the standup battle so far.
Durand tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doss looks to throw the jab but Durand is out of range.
Doss has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Durand.
Doss throws a hook to the side of Durand's head but Durand sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Some bone on bone action there as Durand checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doss misses with a low kick as Durand jumps back.
Doss pivots, looking for a leg kick but Durand is out of range and Doss settles back down.
Durand throws a right and a left that Doss avoids nicely.
Doss misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Doss misses the target.
Good work by Doss as he checks the leg kick.
Durand throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Doss throws a lazy right hand but Durand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doss feints and then cracks Durand's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durand down.
Good exchange - Doss coming out on top.
Doss doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Durand clinches up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Doss.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Durand here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Durand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durand throws a sloppy head kick and Doss moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss scores with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Durand.
Doss connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durand digs a good hook to Doss's body.

Durand rushes Doss and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Doss struggles to land a body shot inside as Durand controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durand.
Doss misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Durand.
Durand managing to block the knees to the body from Doss.
Doss working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Durand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Doss attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Doss swings widly with a right hand
and Durand counters with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Doss fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Doss swings for the body but Durand moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Durand misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Doss's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Doss takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Doss tests Durand's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Durand slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Durand on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Durand tries a head kick but it misses.
Durand misses with a straight left.
Doss steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durand.
Nice defenses there by Durand.

Durand darts in and clinches Doss up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Doss.
Doss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Doss as Durand tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doss working aggressively here.
Durand tries a knee to the head but Doss blocks it.
Durand tries a knee to the head but Doss blocks it.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Durand wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Durand is trying to break free.
Durand with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Doss tries to throw a body punch but Durand avoids it by throwing Doss back against the ropes.
Durand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doss can do to turn this around?
Doss tries to work over Durand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Doss tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doss throws an elbow but it misses.

Durand breaks the clinch.
Durand slips under a jab.
Durand with a nice cross.
Doss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Durand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durand. That's going to slow Doss down.
A big left from Doss misses.
Doss clobbers Durand with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Durand throws a push kick but Doss slaps the foot to one side.
Durand slips under a jab.
As Doss backs away, Durand returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss throws a lazy right hand but Durand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Doss thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick misses from Durand.
Doss ducks under a wild hook from Durand.
Durand throws the kick towards the body but Doss avoids it.
Durand tries to clinch up but Doss circles away and keeps his distance.

Durand takes the fight into the clinch.
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!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Durand takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Durand blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Doss.
Doss misses with a punch on the inside.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
Durand blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Doss goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Doss's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Doss throws a leg kick but Durand sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Doss throws a jab when Durand was well out of range.
Doss throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Durand wants to clinch.
Doss throws a leg kick that misses.
Doss checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Durand drives through and clinches with Doss against the ropes.
Durand landing knees to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doss has a couple of punches blocked by Durand.

Durand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Doss ducks under a wild hook from Durand.
Doss looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Doss misses with a hook to the body
and Durand counters with a two punch combo.
Doss tests Durand's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doss looks to throw the jab but Durand is out of range.
Durand throws a series of punches but Doss moves out of range.
Durand connects with a good right hand that stumbles Doss. Doss circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Doss tries a low kick but Durand avoids it.
Durand thumps Doss with a low kick.
Durand lands a nice looking kick to the body. Doss takes a step back to recover.
Doss takes a swing at Durand's ribcage but misses.
Doss avoids a kick to the body.
Durand avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Durand checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slow jab from Durand misses its intended target.
Doss let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Doss blocks the body kick.
Durand throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doss misses with a shot to the body
and Durand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Doss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Doss misses the jab.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Durand throws the kick towards the body but Doss avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doss scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Durand lands with a cross.
Durand gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Doss slips a jab from Durand.
Durand lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Doss misses with an uppercut. Durand saw that one coming.
Nice body kick there by Durand.
Doss's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Doss throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacques Durand had his way with Dick Doss in that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Doss's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Doss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dick Doss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durand lands a leg kick that knocks Doss off balance momentarily.
Doss dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Durand. That did some damage!
Durand scores with a shot to the body.
Durand checks a low kick from Doss.
Durand fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Doss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Durand.
Doss fails to land with a series of punches.
Durand dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Doss misses with a straight left.
Doss keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Durand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Doss wants to counter with a clinch but Durand pushes him away.
Durand connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doss's jab looks to have found its range, popping Durand under the eye.
A big right from Doss misses.
Doss tries to move into range but Durand moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Doss misses with a hook

and Durand holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Durand trying to stall but Doss improves his position.
Durand with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Doss lands an uppercut.
Doss blocks an elbow strike.
Doss lands with a left to the head.
Durand with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jacques Durand has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Durand lands an elbow just above Doss 's eye.
Durand is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Doss is defending well for now.
Durand creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Doss's defenses.
Durand prevents a body shot from Doss.
Doss misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Doss up against the ropes.
Durand throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doss blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Doss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Durand using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durand.
Doss is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Durand just misses with a elbow thrown towards Doss's brow.
Doss is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Durand is defending well for now.
Jacques Durand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durand misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Doss.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Durand obliges.
Durand lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Durand.
Durand misses with a knee to the head.
Doss has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Durand.
Doss tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

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 Sam Margolis scores the fight for Jacques Durand!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Jacques Durand!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Jacques Durand!

Jacques Durand wins by unanimous decision!
Jacques Durand really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Urban Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Dick Doss spoke after the fight, saying 'gran chin'.