PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karen Darabedyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darabedyan has chosen KDB Highlights as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Karen Darabedyan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Durden
vs
Darabedyan

180 cm
25
161 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

170 cm
24
169 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyler Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Karen Darabedyan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Darabedyan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick from Durden.
Durden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Durden closes the distance and clinches.

Darabedyan breaks the clinch.

Darabedyan drives through with a takedown into guard.
Durden looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Darabedyan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Durden is looking to get back to full guard here but Darabedyan has managed to pass to side control instead.
Darabedyan lands with some strikes.
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!
Darabedyan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Darabedyan looks gassed!
Durden slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Darabedyan stops Durden from getting back to his feet.
Durden is trying to escape back to his feet but Darabedyan uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Darabedyan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Durden to see if he's OK.

Darabedyan stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Darabedyan fails to land the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Durden is looking to clinch.

Darabedyan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Darabedyan wants to work for an arm triangle but Durden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Durden looks like he's trying to stand up.
Durden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Darabedyan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Darabedyan's back!
Durden is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Darabedyan. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Durden is trying to stick to Darabedyan's back but Darabedyan is turning into Durden. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Durden's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Darabedyan.

Darabedyan stands up and waves to Durden to follow him.
Durden moves in looking to clinch but Darabedyan pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darabedyan throws a series of punches but Durden moves out of range.
Darabedyan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Durden cracks the inside of Darabedyan's front leg.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Darabedyan swinging wildly here.
Darabedyan avoids the head kick by Durden.
Darabedyan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Darabedyan falls off balance throwing a combination

and Durden moves into the clinch.

Darabedyan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durden stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Durden wants it to stay on the feet.
Durden avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Durden throws a right and a left that Darabedyan avoids nicely.
Darabedyan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Durden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Darabedyan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darabedyan looks to land a body kick but Durden moved away.
Durden's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Durden duly obliges.

Darabedyan darts in and clinches Durden up against the cage.

Darabedyan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Darabedyan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Darabedyan showed some decent athleticism there.
Darabedyan prevents Durden from improving his position.
Darabedyan is pressing down on Durden's thigh, looking to free his foot. Durden is holding on for now.
Durden wants to get back to his feet.
Durden wants to control but Darabedyan is keeping busy.
Darabedyan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Darabedyan.
Darabedyan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durden with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Darabedyan escapes and gets back to his feet.
Durden throws a body kick that misses.

Darabedyan takes the fight into the clinch.

Darabedyan pulls guard successfully.

Darabedyan manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Darabedyan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Darabedyan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Darabedyan decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karen Darabedyan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Durden throws a left and a right that both miss

and Darabedyan counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Darabedyan gets to his feet. Durden looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Darabedyan misses with an attempted mid kick.

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

Durden stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch but Darabedyan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durden slips a jab and a cross from Darabedyan.
Darabedyan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durden delivers a nice body kick.

Darabedyan moves into range and clinches up with Durden.

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

Darabedyan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Darabedyan gets to his feet - Durden follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Darabedyan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Durden counters with a left and a right that stings Darabedyan.
Durden tries to clinch there but Darabedyan circles away.
Durden shoots in but Darabedyan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Darabedyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden throws a head kick but Darabedyan moves out of range.
Darabedyan shoots in for a takedown but Durden shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Darabedyan pushes Durden up against the cage in a clinch.
Darabedyan tries to break free but Durden pushes him back against the cage.

Darabedyan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durden clinches but Darabedyan breaks the clinch
and Darabedyan counters with a left to the body.
Durden swinging wildly here.
Darabedyan lands with a slapping head kick.
Darabedyan misses with a head kick.
Darabedyan throws a combination. Durden tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Durden throws a series of punches but Darabedyan avoids them all with ease.
Durden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Darabedyan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Darabedyan scores a takedown into full mount!
Darabedyan with shots to the head and body - Durden looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darabedyan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Durden looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Darabedyan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Darabedyan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Darabedyan is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Durden is surviving well by controlling Darabedyan's body position as best he can.
Darabedyan is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Darabedyan breaks from Durden's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Durden sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Darabedyan throwing shots but Durden is blocking nicely.
Darabedyan trying to mount his opponent but Durden defends it.
Darabedyan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden is refusing to be controlled, as Darabedyan sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Durden looking for submissions off his back.
Darabedyan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Karen Darabedyan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Darabedyan moves into full mount! Durden won't be happy about that!
Durden is bucking up trying to escape but Darabedyan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Darabedyan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Darabedyan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Darabedyan working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four 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.
Darabedyan tries to control but Durden wriggling away.
Durden is looking to improve his position but Darabedyan isn't that keen on the idea.
Darabedyan working the ground and pound effectively.
Darabedyan is landing with some decent strikes but Durden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Darabedyan.
Darabedyan lands a nice shot to the head.
Darabedyan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Durden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Durden that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Darabedyan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Durden's face.
Darabedyan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karen Darabedyan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Darabedyan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Durden misses.
Durden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darabedyan.
Durden closes the distance but Darabedyan moves to the side

and Darabedyan counters by moving into the clinch.
Durden tries to circle away but Darabedyan has him pinned against the cage.
Darabedyan keeps control of Durden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Darabedyan pulls guard.
Durden wants to stand but Darabedyan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Durden wants to stand and escape but instead Darabedyan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Durden is working an open guard so Darabedyan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Durden gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Darabedyan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Durden, up you get!
Durden throws a series of punches but Darabedyan moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darabedyan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Durden counters with a leg kick.
Durden moves in looking to clinch but Darabedyan pushes him off.
Durden fails to land with a series of punches.
Darabedyan connects with a crisp jab.
Darabedyan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Darabedyan shoots in but Durden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Darabedyan misses with a double jab
and Durden counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Durden as Darabedyan shoots in.
Durden shoots in for a double leg but Darabedyan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Durden looks for a takedown but Darabedyan sprawls well.
Darabedyan cracks Durden with an open hand slap.
Darabedyan swinging wildly here.
Durden throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Darabedyan. No joy for Durden on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Durden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Darabedyan scores with a three punch combo!
An inside leg kick from Durden misses.
Darabedyan with a hook.

Darabedyan feints and as Durden raises his hands in defense, Darabedyan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Durden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Darabedyan trying to control but Durden is working from the bottom.
Darabedyan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Darabedyan sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Durden manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Durden landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darabedyan is looking to improve his position but Durden isn't that keen on the idea.

Durden moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Darabedyan has worked his arm free - good work by Darabedyan!
Durden working away.
Darabedyan is pushing Durden's head away, looking to escape. Durden manages to hold on to the position though.
Darabedyan is looking to regain half guard here but Durden keeps moving and retains side control.
Darabedyan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Darabedyan is looking for a sweep. Durden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

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.

Darabedyan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Durden stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Darabedyan tries to bum rush Durden with a series of wild strikes but Durden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyler Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durden throws a right hand that Darabedyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Darabedyan also avoids with ease.
Darabedyan shoots for a takedown but Durden saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Durden throws a nice looking combination but Darabedyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Darabedyan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Darabedyan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durden does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Durden avoids a kick to the body.
Darabedyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karen Darabedyan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Darabedyan gets in close and instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karen Darabedyan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Darabedyan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karen Darabedyan!