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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durham comes into the arena with Billionaire - Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars blaring out of the sound system. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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152 lbs
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174 cm
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150 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Durham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Young!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young throws a hook but Durham avoids it easily.
Young takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Young walks into a left hand.
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Young looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Durham!
Young takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Young lands a big elbow.
Durham tries to hold on but Young pushes him away.
Durham is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Young is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Durham avoids a strike by Young and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Young's guard! Fantastic escape!
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Durham throws a strike but Young rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Durham is pulling down on Young's head. It's preventing any offense from Young, at least for the moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Durham not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Young looking to pass the guard.
Durham wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Young stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Durham swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Durham trying to keep a closed guard but Young is proving a slippery customer.
Young postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Durham is controlling Young's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Durham.
Durham shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Durham trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durham thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Durham thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Young can do anything to dispel that myth.
Young is concentrating on defense, preventing Durham from advancing position.
Durham lands strikes from half guard.
Young is staying active underneath Durham, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Durham thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Young to regain full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Durham trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Durham.
Durham trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Young takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Durham shoots in and bounces Young off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Young controls Durham momentarily but Durham frees himself.
Durham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Young keeping moving, preventing Durham from controlling successfully.
Young working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Durham.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Durham throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Durham trying to control but Young is working from the bottom.
Durham throws a big right hand that misses.
Young has his hands on Durham's head, controlling the position.
Young avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durham closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Durham just content to control the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Durham works to advance to full mount. Young defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Durham misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Durham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Young is looking to escape.
Durham lands a big elbow.
Durham punching from mount but Young doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Durham thowing shots but they're missing.
Durham working the ground and pound effectively.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Durham with shots to the head and body - Young looks very uncomfortable down there.
Durham throws a strike there. Young manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Young tries to get to full guard but Durham has control of the leg.
Durham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
Durham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Young's head.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Durham.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Durham.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Durham with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nice strikes from Durham there.
Durham trying to control from half guard but Young is working away.
Durham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Durham wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Durham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Durham is trying to control the action in half guard but Young is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Durham dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Durham avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Durham closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Durham throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Durham working the ground and pound but Young is defending the strikes.
Durham controls the position.
Young tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Durham wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Young defending against the ground and pound.
Durham is staying tight to Young's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Durham with the ground and pound but Young regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durham sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Durham trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Durham.
Durham tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Young swivels and escapes.
Durham gets the takedown into side control.
Durham tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Durham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Young keeps working.
Durham working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to buck Durham off but Durham is having none of it.
Durham tries to score with some ground and pound. Young controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Young regains half guard, as Durham was trying to land strikes.
Young is looking to improve his position.
Durham scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Durham tries to pass the half guard into mount. Young knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Durham lands a nice short elbow.
Young is staying active underneath Durham, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
Durham wants to take a breather but Young is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Durham swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Mike Durham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durham stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's four 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.
Durham works Young's body with a nice hook.
Durham thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Young tries to clinch up.
Durham scores with a shot to the body.
Young with a lazy takedown attempt
and Durham counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Durham.
Durham wants to control but Young is keeping him busy.
Young keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Young avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Durham.
Durham with the ground and pound but Young uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Durham is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Durham trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Durham digs a good hook to Young's body.
Young shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Durham is trying to defend but Young finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Young throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Young performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Young missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Durham gets full guard.
Durham has control of Young's left arm, preventing Young from doing any damage.
Durham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Young is one step ahead there.
Young must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to control from the top but Durham keeps moving.
Young is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Young thows a big elbow that misses.
Durham can't keep his opponent in guard - Young advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Durham controlling the position well.
Young is keen to just control but Durham is a slippery customer.
Young throws a strike but Durham avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Durham has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Young trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mike Durham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young wants to control from the top but Durham keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young looking to sit in guard and control but Durham gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Durham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Durham 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Mike Durham!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Mike Durham!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Mike Durham!
Mike Durham wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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