PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Demarce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Demarce could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tyson Durham's chin.

Demarce
vs
Durham

188 cm
24
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Demarce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Durham!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durham connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Durham throws a right hand that Demarce ducks under and follows up with a left that Demarce also avoids with ease.
Demarce moves away from the strike by Durham.
Demarce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Durham.
Durham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durham misses with a looping left.

Durham gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Demarce has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Durham can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Demarce controls the pace.
Durham keeping full guard, as Demarce tries to pass.
Demarce stays in close to Durham's body and controls the position.
Demarce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Durham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demarce is one step ahead there.
Demarce is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ryan Demarce has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Durham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyson Durham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durham pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Durham scores with a jab.

Demarce shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Durham's guard.
Demarce passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Durham is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Durham's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Demarce throws a strike aimed at the side of Durham's head but Durham avoids it well.
Demarce wants to lay and pray for a moment but Durham keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarce throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Demarce working the ground and pound but Durham is defending the strikes.
Durham manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Durham prevents Demarce from standing back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durham is trying to control. Demarce wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Durham is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Demarce tries to get to full guard but Durham has control of the leg.
Demarce is controlling Durham's trapped leg to prevent Durham from advancing to side control.
Demarce wants to control but Durham is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Tyson Durham has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Durham throws a hook but Demarce blocks it.
Durham lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarce moves away from the strike by Durham.
Durham misses with a double jab.
Durham misses with a straight right.
Durham lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Durham looks to land a right hand but Demarce moved out of range.
Durham lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Durham looks winded!

Demarce closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Demarce trying to mount his opponent but Durham defends it.
Demarce controlling the action here.
Demarce looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Durham with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Durham is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demarce working over Durham with some ground and pound. Durham looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Durham is defending against the submission attempts here by Demarce.
Demarce throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Demarce seems content to control.

Demarce is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Durham has hold of Demarce's hands but Demarce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Durham wants to get back to full guard but Demarce has mounted him!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durham is in a horrible position here. Demarce smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Durham is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Demarce dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Durham feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Demarces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Durham throws a right and a left that Demarce avoids nicely.
Demarce closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Durham gets caught flat footed, as Demarce shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Demarce postures up and lands a big shot to Durham's brow.
Demarce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Demarce postures up.
Demarce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Durham is trying to control the position but Demarce postures up.
Demarce working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Demarce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Demarce is looking to work some ground and pound but Durham has wrist control.
Durham keeping moving, preventing Demarce from controlling successfully.
Demarce looking to pass the guard.
Ryan Demarce overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durham not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Demarce wants to control from the top but Durham keeps moving.
Demarce lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Demarce is in close to Durham's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Demarce distracts Durham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Durham tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Demarce wants to control from the top but Durham keeps moving.
Demarce is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Demarce's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarce chips away with some ground and pound.
Demarce looking to pass the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demarce wants to control from the top but Durham keeps moving.
Durham trying to control the position.
Demarce landing some decent shots from guard.
Demarce is stalling in the full guard.
Durham controls Demarce momentarily but Demarce frees himself.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Demarce looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarce stands up over Durham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Demarce keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Durham's head.
Demarce is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Demarce trying to control but Durham is working from the bottom.
Demarce tries to free his leg and advance position but Durham is retaining full guard.
Demarce stopping the sweep attempt from Durham.
Demarce postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Demarce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Durham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Durham is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Demarce engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Demarce landing some decent shots from guard.
Durham wants to control the position but Demarce says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demarce works his way into side control.
Durham is not content to let Demarce control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Demarce dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Durham connects with the punch.
Demarce shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Durham throws a looping overhand right but Demarce ducks down to avoid it.
Demarce swings for the body but Durham moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Durham.
Durham works the jab nicely.
Durham misses with a wild combination.
Durham lands the left hand.

Demarce is rocked!
Demarce moves out of range of the strikes.

Demarce decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demarce trying to control from half guard but Durham is working away.

Demarce is working for a kimura but Durham is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durham wants to control but Demarce is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Demarce is taking a breather. Durham says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Demarce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Durham gets full guard.
Durham is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Demarce's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Demarce thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Demarce looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demarce throws a big right hand that misses.
Demarce tries to free his leg and advance position but Durham is retaining full guard.
Demarce is working hard here to advance position.
Demarce stopping the sweep attempt from Durham.
Demarce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demarce stands up over Durham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Demarce working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Demarce lands a couple of elbows.
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!
Demarce landing some decent shots from guard.
Demarce scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Demarce drops back looking for a leg! Durham is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Durham manages to kick Demarce off! Demarce jumps back into Durham's guard.
Demarce trying to control the position from guard on top but Durham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durham working a defensive guard here.
Demarce seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Demarce stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Durham swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demarce throws a big elbow that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Demarce ducks under a wild hook from Durham.

Demarce scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Demarce is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Durham knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The strikes coming from Demarce are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Demarce working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demarce trying to control the position but Durham is working away.
Demarce landing a few strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Demarce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Demarce, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight for Ryan Demarce!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Ryan Demarce!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Ryan Demarce!

Ryan Demarce wins by unanimous decision!
In defeat, Tyson Durham stepped up to the mic, saying 'I wish i could have come away with the win. Next time i will come back better and stonger then ever you just wait and see.'.