PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinton Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sree Narayanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Duran
vs
Narayanan

189 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

189 cm
25
225 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clinton Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sree Narayanan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Narayanan pushes Duran up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Narayanan.
Duran jumps guard but Narayanan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Narayanan prevents a takedown attempt there.

Narayanan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Duran regains guard.
Narayanan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Narayanan slips nicely into half guard.
Narayanan sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran taking some punishment here, with Narayanan in his half guard.
Narayanan content to control rather than advance.
Narayanan working over Duran with some ground and pound. Duran looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narayanan content to control rather than advance.
Duran is breathing heavily.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sree Narayanan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Narayanan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Narayanan moves into the clinch.

Narayanan jumps guard and drags Duran to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Narayanan pulls Duran in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narayanan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Narayanan stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narayanan's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sree Narayanan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Narayanan throws a push kick but Duran slaps the foot to one side.

Narayanan moves into the clinch.

Narayanan gets control of Duran's arms and successfully pulls guard. Narayanan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Narayanan is pulling down on Duran's head. It's preventing any offense from Duran, at least for the moment.
Narayanan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Duran manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sree Narayanan dominated that round.
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.

Narayanan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Narayanan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Narayanan wants to stand up but Duran is controlling the position.
Narayanan not doing much here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Narayanan works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narayanan content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duran tries to reverse the position but Narayanan maintains control.
Narayanan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sree Narayanan was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Duran gets tackled into the cage by Narayanan. Narayanan maintains the clinch.

Narayanan manages to pull guard.
Narayanan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Duran's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narayanan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Narayanan advances to half guard.
Narayanan controlling the pace.
Narayanan drops an elbow to the side of Duran's head.
Narayanan controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sree Narayanan.

Narayanan has Duran up against the cage in a clinch.

Narayanan has clasped his hands together around Duran's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narayanan slows the pace down.

Narayanan decides to stand back up. Narayanan steps back and let's Duran get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Oooooh!!! Narayanan has knocked Duran down with a huge combo! Narayanan steps away and waves a wobbly Duran back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sree Narayanan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Narayanan has taken the fight to the clinch.

It looks like Clinton Duran has been cut.

Narayanan pulls Duran into guard.
Narayanan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Narayanan pulls Duran in close to prevent any damage.
Narayanan striking off his back.

Duran is rocked!

Narayanan pushes a forearm under Duran's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Duran is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sree Narayanan!
Sree Narayanan took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.