PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Khaled - All I do is win. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Youngblood
vs
Duran

183 cm
21
211 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

192 cm
23
219 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Duran!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duran is looking to chop away at Youngblood's legs.
Duran cracks Youngblood with an open hand slap.
Youngblood lands with an uppercut that bounces Duran off the cage and back into range.
Duran blocks the body kick.
Youngblood avoids the head kick by Duran.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Youngblood lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Duran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Duran lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Youngblood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Youngblood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Duran scores with a leg kick.
Youngblood moves out of range as Duran strikes.
Youngblood checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Youngblood misses with a low kick.
Duran thows a body shot but no joy.
Duran misses with a head kick.
Duran tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Youngblood throws a hook but Duran avoids it easily.
Duran checks a low kick from Youngblood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Youngblood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Youngblood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Duran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Duran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Duran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Youngblood moves away from the strike by Duran.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duran.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Youngblood lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Duran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nice straight punches there by Youngblood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Youngblood.
Duran throws a low kick but it's checked well by Youngblood.
Duran takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Youngblood misses with a few strikes there.
Duran lands with a right hand.
Youngblood tries to land a front kick but Duran steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Duran tries to close the distance and clinch up but Youngblood swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Duran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Duran tries to land a front kick but Youngblood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Duran throws a low kick but it's checked well by Youngblood.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duran. Youngblood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duran lands a nice shot to the body.
Duran checks the leg kick nicely there.
Youngblood lands a slapping body shot.
Duran checks a leg kick.
Duran lunges at Youngblood with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Youngblood's hand.

Duran has closed the distance and engaged Youngblood in a clinch.
Youngblood blocking some punches.

Youngblood breaks from the clinch.
A good leg kick by Duran.
Youngblood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duran was well out of range. Poor timing from Youngblood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Youngblood was well out of range. Poor timing from Duran.
Duran throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duran tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Youngblood connects with a right hand. Duran shakes it off.
Duran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Youngblood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Duran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Youngblood misses with a body shot.
Youngblood throws a big shot that misses.
Youngblood misses with a wild body shot.
Youngblood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duran throws a sloppy head kick and Youngblood moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Youngblood throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duran is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Youngblood rather than just go for the knockout.
Duran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Youngblood.
Youngblood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Duran on the side of the head.
Duran throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Youngblood looks to throw the jab but Duran is out of range.
Duran throws a body punch but Youngblood moves out of range.
Youngblood avoids a kick to the body.
Duran checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Youngblood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duran slips under a jab from Youngblood.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Duran misses.
Duran punishes Youngblood's body with a nice straight punch.
Duran misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jose Duran will probably get the nod.
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.

Duran cracks Youngblood with a right hand to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Youngblood.
Youngblood lands a nice looking body shot.
A lazy left from Youngblood finds it's target.
Duran stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Duran checks a low kick from Youngblood.
Youngblood misses with a looping right.
Matt Youngblood is winning the standup battle so far.
Duran takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duran explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duran looks to score with a jab to the body but Youngblood is just out of range.
Youngblood dodges the punch combination from Duran.
Youngblood blocks a leg kick.
Duran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood moves out of range of the body kick.
Duran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood wants to slow Duran down by chopping away at his legs.
Duran lands with a good body shot.
Duran slips a jab from Youngblood.
Duran uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Youngblood.
Youngblood connects with a body shot.
Youngblood connects with a jab.
Youngblood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duran can pounce on him.
Duran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Youngblood.
Youngblood loads up on a big right hand but Duran slips the punch.
Duran throws a leg kick but Youngblood sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Youngblood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Duran takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Youngblood scores with a jab.

Duran is rocked!
Youngblood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Duran backs away from a small jab... but Youngblood lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Duran crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Youngblood with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Matt Youngblood!
Matt Youngblood is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Matt Youngblood thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.