PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darryl Deadwords (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yousaf Kurracon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yousaf Kurracon will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Deadwords
vs
Kurracon

150 cm
19
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darryl Deadwords!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yousaf Kurracon!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kurracon drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kurracon wants to pass the guard but Deadwords is keeping the position.
Kurracon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kurracon preventing the sweep.
Kurracon controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kurracon pushing down on Deadwords's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kurracon controlling the pace.
Kurracon is pressing down on Deadwords's thigh, looking to free his foot. Deadwords is holding on for now.
Kurracon is taking a breather. Deadwords says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Yousaf Kurracon.
The fight stays on the outside here - Deadwords looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch but Kurracon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deadwords moves in looking to clinch but Kurracon pushes him off.
Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deadwords tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch but Kurracon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kurracon.

That's two 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.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.
Darryl Deadwords is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kurracon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.
Deadwords tries to clinch but Kurracon is having none of it.
Deadwords doesn't manage to clinch there - Kurracon circles away.
Kurracon swats away the attempt to clinch by Deadwords.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kurracon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Darryl Deadwords seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deadwords is looking to clinch but Kurracon is avoiding it.
Deadwords doesn't manage to clinch there - Kurracon circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch but Kurracon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Deadwords fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deadwords tries to clinch but Kurracon is having none of it.
Deadwords tries to clinch there but Kurracon circles away.
Kurracon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kurracon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.

Kurracon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Deadwords's guard.
Kurracon controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kurracon slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kurracon remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Kurracon's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurracon advances to full mount.
Kurracon controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yousaf Kurracon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Deadwords fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deadwords tries to clinch but Kurracon is having none of it.
Deadwords tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kurracon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kurracon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Deadwords wants to clinch.
Deadwords fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deadwords doesn't manage to clinch there - Kurracon circles away.
Deadwords is looking to clinch.
Deadwords fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deadwords tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deadwords tries to clinch there but Kurracon circles away.
Deadwords moves in looking to clinch but Kurracon pushes him off.
Deadwords tries to clinch there but Kurracon circles away.
Deadwords moves in looking to clinch but Kurracon pushes him off.
Deadwords tries to clinch but Kurracon moves out of range.
Deadwords fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Deadwords looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deadwords is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Deadwords tries to clinch there but Kurracon circles away.

Kurracon throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Deadwords was covering up waiting for the punch and Kurracon finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Deadwords looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kurracon is stalling in the full guard.
Kurracon advances position into side control!
Kurracon moves into full mount!
Kurracon controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Kurracon has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Deadwords might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Despite being in the dominant position, Yousaf Kurracon just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kurracon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurracon shoots in for a takedown but Deadwords shows good takedown defense.
Kurracon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Deadwords fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deadwords is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Kurracon closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kurracon lands in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurracon slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kurracon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kurracon is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Deadwords struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yousaf Kurracon 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Deadwords wants to clinch up but Kurracon keeps it at a distance.
Deadwords tries to clinch up.
Deadwords tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Deadwords looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kurracon looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Kurracon works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kurracon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deadwords is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kurracon controlling from mount.
Darryl Deadwords has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Despite being in the dominant position, Yousaf Kurracon just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Deadwords fails in his attempt to clinch.
Deadwords is looking to clinch but Kurracon is avoiding it.

Kurracon shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Deadwords is trying to defend but Kurracon finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kurracon moves nicely into side control.
Kurracon is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Deadwords will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kurracon has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Deadwords!
Kurracon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Yousaf Kurracon just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Deadwords moves in looking to clinch but Kurracon pushes him off.
Deadwords tries to clinch up but Kurracon circles away and keeps his distance.
Deadwords is looking to clinch.
Kurracon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kurracon shoots in for a takedown but Deadwords shows good takedown defense.
Kurracon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Deadwords tries to clinch up but Kurracon circles away and keeps his distance.
Deadwords is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kurracon.
Kurracon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yousaf Kurracon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kurracon 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yousaf Kurracon!