PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Durrani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Paulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Durrani
vs
Paulson

170 cm
25
159 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

180 cm
30
162 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

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 17 - 7 - 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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Paulson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Durrani.
Durrani misses with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paulson.
Paulson throws a hook to the side of Durrani's head but Durrani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Durrani does no damage.
Nice body punch from Durrani.
Paulson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Durrani misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Paulson misses.
Paulson connects with a right hand. Durrani shakes it off.
Durrani misses with the body kick
and Paulson counters with a straight right hand.
Durrani looks to land a right hand but Paulson moved out of range.
Durrani takes a swing at Paulson's ribcage but misses.
Paulson misses with a body shot.

Durrani gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Durrani avoids a wild elbow strike from Paulson.
Paulson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paulson working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Durrani avoids the damage to the body.
Durrani with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Durrani holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Durrani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Paulson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Durrani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paulson's elbow.
Durrani lands a nice knee to the body.
Durrani misses with a knee strike.
Paulson pushes Durrani back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Durrani missing with knees to the body.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Durrani is blocking nicely.
Durrani connects with a knee to the head.
Paulson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Paulson missing with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Paulson.
Paulson managing to block the knees to the body from Durrani.
Paulson avoiding damage as Durrani throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrani lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Durrani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Durrani working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Durrani is blocking nicely.
Durrani missing with knees to the body.
Durrani blocks a body shot from Paulson.
Durrani taking a breather.
Durrani blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paulson misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durrani.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Durrani as Paulson tries to tie him up.
Durrani lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Paulson.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Durrani avoids the damage to the body.
Durrani dodges an elbow strike from Paulson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrani stalling in the clinch but Paulson improves position.
Durrani scores with a hook to the body.
Durrani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paulson.
Paulson lands an elbow inside.
Paulson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durrani prevents a body shot from Paulson.
Durrani blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durrani misses with a body punch.
Paulson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Durrani avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but Durrani blocks it.
Paulson misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Durrani.
Durrani tries to land knees in the clinch but Paulson avoids the damage to the body.
Paulson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durrani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paulson.
Durrani scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrani blocks an elbow strike.
Durrani utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paulson looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durrani lands with a right to the head.
Durrani scores a nice knee to the body.
Paulson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Paulson avoiding damage as Durrani throws knees to the body.
Durrani landing knees to the body.
Durrani landing knees to the body.
Durrani slows down the pace here.
Durrani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durrani using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Paulson being controlled against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Durrani.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani 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.

Paulson throws an overhand right that lands on Durrani's shoulder, as Durrani tries to avoid the shot.
Durrani scores with a sloppy right hand. Paulson should have avoided that one.
Durrani throws a push kick but Paulson slaps the foot to one side.
Good work by Durrani as he checks the leg kick.
Paulson cracks Durrani with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durrani. Paulson does a little dance to reset his feet.

Durrani moves into range and clinches up with Paulson.
Paulson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Durrani backwards.

Paulson breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Paulson.
An inside leg kick from Paulson misses.
Durrani thows a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Durrani blocks the low kick.
Durrani fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paulson checks it well.
Paulson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Durrani.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Durrani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Durrani misses the shot to the body.
Paulson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Paulson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Durrani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paulson's calf.
Durrani lands a nice hook to Paulson's body. Paulson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Durrani scores with a decent looking hook.
Durrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paulson.
Durrani throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paulson connects with a solid leg kick.
Paulson misses the shot to the body.
Durrani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paulson.
Durrani throws a wild body kick that Paulson sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durrani. Paulson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Durrani feints and then cracks Paulson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Paulson down.
Paulson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Durrani is looking to wear down Paulson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Paulson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durrani swings for the body but Paulson moves out of range.
Durrani needs to keep his hands up - Paulson had a free shot at his head there.
Paulson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Durrani's calf.
Paulson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Paulson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Durrani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Paulson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Durrani misses with a kick to the body.
Paulson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Durrani is looking to land body kicks.
Durrani throws a wild body kick that Paulson sees coming a mile off.
Durrani slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durrani. Paulson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paulson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Durrani moves away.
Paulson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Durrani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paulson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Paulson misses with a left hand
and Durrani connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durrani thows a body kick. Paulson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Durrani takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Durrani forces Paulson back against the cage and clinches.
Durrani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paulson is defending well for now.
Paulson blocks a body shot from Durrani.
Paulson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Durrani misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paulson.
Paulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durrani misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Durrani obliges.

Paulson breaks the clinch.
Paulson fails to land with a series of punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Paulson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Durrani lands a high kick!
Durrani checks a leg kick.
Paulson tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice jab there from Durrani.
Paulson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Durrani wants to land a leg kick but Paulson is out of range.
Paulson misses the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durrani misses with a hook.
Paulson tries to land a leg kick but Durrani saw it coming and moves away.
Durrani tries to land a front kick but Paulson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A thudding body kick lands there by Durrani!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahmad Durrani dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Durrani throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paulson.
Paulson lands a nice shot that snaps Durrani's head back.
Paulson thuds a left hand into Durrani's body.
Durrani takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A chopping leg kick lands by Durrani.
Paulson misses the shot to the body.
Paulson lands a slapping body shot.
Paulson misses with the combination.
Paulson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paulson throws a low kick but Durrani moves out of range easily.
Paulson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Paulson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Durrani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paulson was well out of range. Poor timing from Durrani.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrani pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice shot lands for Durrani.
Paulson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Durrani checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Paulson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A bone on bone clash there as Durrani blocks the leg kick.
Durrani swings for the body but Paulson moves out of range.
Paulson lands a nice hook to Durrani's body. Durrani takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Durrani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paulson.
Durrani pivots, looking for a leg kick but Paulson is out of range and Durrani settles back down.
Paulson blocks a head kick by Durrani.
Paulson thows a leg kick but Durrani checks it
and Durrani counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Paulson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paulson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Durrani pushes Paulson up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson avoiding damage as Durrani throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Paulson.
Paulson cracks Durrani with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durrani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paulson can't find room to land a body shot as Durrani controls the action.
Durrani on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paulson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durrani lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Durrani digs a right hand underneath Paulson's ribcage. Paulson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Paulson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Paulson throws a head punch that misses.
Paulson misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulson trying to land knees to the body.
Durrani tries to throw a body punch but Paulson avoids it by throwing Durrani back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson misses with an elbow over the top.
Paulson tries to land knees in the clinch but Durrani avoids the damage to the body.
Ahmad Durrani has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Durrani landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paulson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice body punch from Durrani - that landed with a thud.
Durrani tries to land a knee to the head but Paulson blocks with his arms.
Paul Paulson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paulson working aggressively here.
Durrani tries to work over Paulson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Durrani trying to control the position but instead, Paulson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Durrani into the cage.
Paulson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durrani tries a knee to the head but Paulson blocks it.
Paulson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Durrani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paulson is defending well for now.
Durrani effectively controlling the action here.
Durrani misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Paulson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Durrani's brow.
Paulson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paulson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paulson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ahmad Durrani is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durrani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paulson.
Durrani looking to throw knees to the head but Paulson is blocking nicely.
Durrani tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paulson's elbow.
Paulson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paulson misses with a punch to the body.
Durrani lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paulson misses with an elbow over the top.
Paulson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durrani lands a body punch.
Paulson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ahmad Durrani!
Ahmad Durrani spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.