PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Durrani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ahmad Durrani has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ahmad Durrani seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Durrani
vs
Cole

170 cm
24
155 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
157 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ahmad Durrani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hank Cole!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durrani misses with a body kick.
Durrani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole throws a predictable looking body shot
and Durrani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durrani throws a leg kick but Cole sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Cole takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Durrani misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Cole throws a body punch but Durrani moves out of range.
Cole misses with the combination.
Cole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Durrani connects with a solid leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cole swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cole scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahmad Durrani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole checks a leg kick nicely.
Durrani misses with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Durrani.
Durrani misses with an uppercut
and Cole counters with a stiff right hand.
Cole throws a sloppy body shot
and Durrani counters with a nice leg kick.
Durrani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cole's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrani avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cole throws a body punch but Durrani moves out of range.
Durrani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durrani lands a nice shot that snaps Cole's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping body kick lands there for Durrani.
Durrani looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Durrani shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Durrani misses with a wild body shot.
Durrani throws a leg kick that is checked

and Cole counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cole.
Cole lands with a left to the head.
Durrani prevents a body shot from Cole.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durrani landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Durrani crunches a lovely knee into Cole's ribcage.
Durrani keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cole's efforts to push away.
Durrani using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cole has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Durrani trying to land knees to the body.
Durrani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durrani lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Hank Cole has been cut.
Durrani tries a knee to the head but Cole blocks it.
Durrani with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Durrani missing with knees to the body.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.

Cole manages to break the clinch.
Durrani digs a good body shot into Cole's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole with a hook.
Cole blocks the body kick.
Durrani takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
No joy there for Cole, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Durrani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Durrani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole moves out of range of the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durrani throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cole counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Durrani thinking.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Durrani - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ahmad Durrani will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hank Cole's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cole rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Durrani counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Durrani. That snapped Cole's head back.
Durrani throws a body kick that misses.

Durrani clinches.
Durrani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cole is defending well for now.
Durrani looking to throw knees to the head but Cole is blocking nicely.
Durrani is trying to stall.
Cole on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cole softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Durrani tries to work over Cole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cole tries a body shot but Durrani blocks it.
Durrani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cole tries to work over Durrani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cole.
Cole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durrani keeps control of Cole as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cole takes a knee right on the jaw!
Durrani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cole is defending well for now.
Durrani missing with knees to the body.

Cole breaks the clinch.
Durrani misses the jab.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Durrani throws a series of strikes that have Cole backpedaling.
Durrani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cole.
Durrani looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durrani takes one to the side of the head.
Durrani looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ahmad Durrani is winning the standup battle so far.
Cole takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durrani moves out of range as Cole strikes.
A punch combination from Cole misses.
Durrani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cole is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Durrani rather than just go for the knockout.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Durrani.
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cole looks to land a right hand but Durrani moved out of range.
Cole throws a body punch but Durrani moves out of range.
Durrani defending well as Cole loads up on a big left hand.
Durrani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Durrani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Cole misses its intended target.
Cole avoids the body shot from Durrani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrani lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Durrani misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Cole checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Durrani with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cole to score with a decent uppercut.
Cole throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cole steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Durrani. That one must have hurt.
Durrani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durrani lands with a hook. Cole tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cole checks a low kick from Durrani.
Cole swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Durrani counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hank Cole'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. This is the final round!

Durrani avoids the body shot from Cole.
Durrani throws a nice looking combination but Cole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Durrani throws a hook but Cole avoids it easily.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Durrani moves away.
Durrani misses with a leg kick.
Durrani throws a head kick that misses.
Durrani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Durrani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Durrani.
Cole scores with the left hand. Durrani knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Durrani keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cole.
Cole misses with a right hand
and Durrani counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Cole misses its intended target.
Durrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cole.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durrani throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Durrani throws a leg kick but Cole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Durrani thuds his shin into the meat of Cole's side.
Cole moves out of range of the body kick from Durrani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole moves out of range of the body kick.
Durrani scores with a nice body kick.
Cole misses with a left hand
and Durrani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durrani walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cole checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cole throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Cole finds it's way through Durrani's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durrani misses with a lunging right hand
and Cole makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durrani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrani throws a hook to the side of Cole's head but Cole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Cole avoids the body shot from Durrani.
Cole misses with a wild body shot.
Cole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Durrani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Durrani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Cole 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cole avoids a kick to the body.
Cole just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole tries to clinch but Durrani moves away
and Durrani counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cole throws a body punch but Durrani moves out of range.
Durrani tries to clinch but Cole is having none of it.
Cole scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Durrani doesn't seem bothered though.
Hank Cole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A combination from Cole does no damage.
Durrani works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Durrani throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durrani misses with a kick to the body.
Cole takes a swing at Durrani's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ahmad Durrani.
Well Durrani 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Hank Cole!
Hank Cole made sure to mention his sponsor, PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% ) in his post fight interview.