PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durden has chosen Pride as his entrance music. Jake Bourne has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bourne
vs
Durden

187 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bourne blocks a head kick by Durden.

Durden has closed the distance and engaged Bourne in a clinch.
Durden has Bourne pressed against the cage, preventing Bourne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike.
Durden slowing the pace effectively.
Durden can't find room to land a body shot as Bourne controls the action.
Durden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Durden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourne blocks it with crossed arms.
Bourne slows down the pace here.
Durden throws an elbow that misses.
Bourne avoiding damage as Durden throws knees to the body.
Durden lands an elbow that stopped Bourne in his tracks for a moment.
Come on Durden - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden misses with an elbow strike.
Bourne blocks an uppercut.
Bourne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bourne letting Durden take a breather here.
Bourne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bourne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bourne tries to circle away but Durden has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Durden just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bourne's brow.
Durden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bourne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Durden pushes off an throws an elbow but Bourne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Durden throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne avoids the elbow strike from Durden, against the cage.
Durden lands a damaging elbow.
Durden lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Durden.
A frustrated look appears on Bourne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Durden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bourne is defending well for now.
Bourne throws a punch but it's blocked by Durden.
Bourne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durden content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Durden continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Durden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bourne takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden looking to throw knees to the head but Bourne is blocking nicely.
Durden tries to throw a body punch but Bourne avoids it by throwing Durden back against the cage.
Durden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Durden stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Durden receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Durden lands an elbow just above Bourne 's eye.
Durden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Durden prevents Bourne from breaking the clinch.
Bourne can't break the clinch.
Durden lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bourne.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike.
Durden lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Durden lands with a right to the head.
Durden lands an elbow that stopped Bourne in his tracks for a moment.
Durden tries to land knees in the clinch but Bourne avoids the damage to the body.
Bourne managing to block the knees to the body from Durden.
Bourne avoiding damage as Durden throws knees to the body.
Bourne tries to break the clinch but Durden is controlling the position.
Durden gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden looking to throw knees to the head but Bourne is blocking nicely.
Bourne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bourne wants to break free but Durden has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Durden dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bourne connects with a jab.
Bourne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Durden.
Durden wants to clinch.
Durden moves in looking to clinch but Bourne pushes him off.
Durden tries to clinch but Bourne moves away
and Bourne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bourne works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durden tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bourne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Durden is looking to clinch.
Durden moves in looking to clinch but Bourne pushes him off.
Bourne takes a swing at Durden's ribcage but misses.
Bourne is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Durden takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Durden tries to clinch but Bourne moves out of range.
Durden throws a poor cross that misses
and Bourne counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bourne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bourne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bourne lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Durden scores with a spinning back kick!
Durden ducks right into an uppercut from Bourne.
Durden throws a wild body kick that Bourne sees coming a mile off.
Jake Bourne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bourne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bourne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bourne feints a jab promting Durden to slip. Bourne then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durden slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Durden misses with a head kick.
Durden tries to clinch but Bourne is having none of it.
Bourne is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bourne dodges the punch combination from Durden.
Bourne swats away the attempt to clinch by Durden.
Jake Bourne is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Durden cracks the inside of Bourne's front leg.
Bourne clobbers Durden with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Durden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne misses with a two punch combination.
Durden tries to clinch up but Bourne circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Bourne. Those never looked like landing.

Durden has closed the distance and engaged Bourne in a clinch.
Durden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bourne up against the cage.
Durden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne avoids the elbow strike from Durden, against the cage.
Bourne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bourne blocks a body shot from Durden.
Durden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike from Durden.
Durden avoiding damage.
Durden misses with a knee to the head.
Durden misses with an elbow strike.
Bourne working hard to break the clinch.
Durden lands with a left to the head.
Bourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Durden is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Durden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Durden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bourne backwards.
Durden throws an elbow but it misses.
Durden stalling.
Durden lands a damaging elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bourne swings wildly with an uppercut but Durden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durden will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bourne up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tyler Durden will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Bourne throws a shot from downtown. Durden moves away and avoids it.
Durden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bourne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bourne throws a series of punches but Durden moves out of range.
Bourne misses with a wild body shot.

Durden rushes Bourne and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Durden controlling the action here for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Bourne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Durden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Durden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Durden throws an elbow but misses.
Durden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bourne is defending well for now.
Durden gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Durden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bourne blocks it with crossed arms.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike from Durden.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Durden takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bourne blocks an elbow strike from Durden.
Durden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bourne up against the cage.
Bourne tries to break the clinch but Durden is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bourne avoiding damage as Durden throws knees to the body.
Durden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bourne avoids it.
Durden throws an elbow that misses.
Durden lands a right hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Durden.
Durden lands an elbow that stopped Bourne in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Durden.
Durden has Bourne pressed against the cage, preventing Bourne from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Durden creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Durden tries a knee to the head but Bourne blocks it.
Durden swings wildly with an uppercut but Bourne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bourne is trying to push Durden away but Durden has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourne dodges an elbow strike from Durden.
Durden lands an elbow inside that Bourne shrugs off.
Durden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Durden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Durden can't find room to land a body shot as Bourne controls the action.
Durden lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Durden lands a nice elbow.
Durden misses with an elbow strike.
Durden lands with a light punch inside.
Durden creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bourne managing to block the knees to the body from Durden.
Durden lands an elbow inside that Bourne shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bourne's defenses.
Durden gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Durden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyler Durden is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bourne is trying to break free.
Durden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bourne is defending well for now.
Durden throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bourne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Durden has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Durden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Durden 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Durden!
Tyler Durden very nearly forgot to thank Vandal Fight Boutique (prices $8 - $30) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.