PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Philo Beddoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beddoe comes to the cage accompanied by Stranglehold/ Ted Nugent. Kevin Durant will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Beddoe
vs
Durant

174 cm
28
195 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

186 cm
28
192 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Philo Beddoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Durant!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beddoe misses with a hook
and Beddoe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beddoe cracks Durant with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Beddoe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Durant avoids the body shot from Beddoe.
Durant stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beddoe looks to land a right hand but Durant moved out of range.
Durant throws out a counter right but Beddoe avoids it with no problem.
Durant throws out a loose jab but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
A cross from Durant lands.
Durant has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Durant slips under a jab from Beddoe.
Durant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Durant on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Beddoe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beddoe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beddoe tries to throw a body punch but Durant avoids it by throwing Beddoe back against the cage.
Beddoe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Durant or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durant.
Beddoe scores with a hook to the body.
Beddoe blocking some punches.
Beddoe misses with the head strike.
Durant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beddoe backwards.

Durant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beddoe moves in looking to clinch but Durant pushes him off.
Beddoe throws a body punch but Durant moves out of range.
Beddoe blocks a jab.
Durant explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Durant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beddoe.
Beddoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beddoe misses with a hook to the body
and Durant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beddoe looks to score with a jab to the body but Durant is just out of range.
Durant has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beddoe lands with a nice body punch.
Beddoe moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beddoe scores with a nice strike.
Kevin Durant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Durant lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beddoe tries to clinch there but Durant circles away.
Durant defending well as Beddoe loads up on a big left hand.
Beddoe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Durant looks to land a left hand but Beddoe moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Durant throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beddoe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Philo Beddoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beddoe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good shot there by Beddoe.
Beddoe throws a looping overhand right but Durant ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beddoe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Durant, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beddoe.
Durant tries to throw a body punch but Beddoe avoids it by throwing Durant back against the cage.
Beddoe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beddoe lands a nice uppercut.
Beddoe stalls.
Beddoe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durant pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Durant lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beddoe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beddoe blocks an elbow strike.
Beddoe prevents a body shot from Durant.
Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant tries to throw a body punch but Beddoe avoids it by throwing Durant back against the cage.
Beddoe throws a punch but it's blocked by Durant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws an elbow that misses.

Durant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beddoe tries to clinch up
and Durant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beddoe feints a jab promting Durant to slip. Beddoe then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durant slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.

Beddoe scores with a takedown into Durant's guard.
Beddoe wants to control from the top but Durant keeps moving.
Durant looking to control.

Durant is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Beddoe defends well.
Durant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beddoe is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Philo Beddoe will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Beddoe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Durant circles away.
Durant looks to land a body kick but Beddoe moved away.
Durant lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Beddoe misses with a takedown attempt
and Durant counters with a good, hard body kick but Beddoe shrugs it off.
Beddoe misses with a takedown attempt
and Durant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Philo Beddoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beddoe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Durant gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beddoe.
Beddoe throws a hook but Durant blocks it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Durant! But no joy.
Durant lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.
Beddoe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Durant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beddoe throws a lazy uppercut
and Durant counters with a straight right hand.
Beddoe misses the jab.
Durant is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beddoe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Durant misses with a head kick.
Durant misses with a looping right.
Beddoe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Durant stuns Beddoe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beddoe misses with a right hand
and Durant counters with a stiff right hand.
Durant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beddoe.
A big right from Durant misses.
Beddoe attempts a counter takedown but Durant avoids it well and moves away.
Beddoe lands with a good body shot.

Beddoe has closed the distance and engaged Durant in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Beddoe.
Beddoe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Durant tries a body shot but Beddoe blocks it.
Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Philo Beddoe has been cut.
Beddoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beddoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durant lands an elbow just above Beddoe 's eye.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Durant.
Philo Beddoe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beddoe lands a body shot.
Beddoe misses with the head strike.
Beddoe looking to slow down the pace here.
Beddoe tries to throw a body punch but Durant avoids it by throwing Beddoe back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant misses with some punches.
Durant throws a punch but it's blocked by Beddoe.
Beddoe pushes Durant back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Durant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beddoe throws a body punch but Durant moves out of range.
Durant swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Beddoe misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Durant! But no joy.
Beddoe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Beddoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beddoe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Durant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beddoe shoots in and drives through. Durant sprawls well.
Durant with a jab.
Beddoe throws a poor cross that misses
and Durant counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws the left hand but Beddoe avoids the punch easily.
Beddoe closes the distance and clinches up with Durant, looking for a takedown. Beddoe pushes Durant against the cage but Durant circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beddoe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Durant takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beddoe scores with a punch to the head.
Durant defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Beddoe.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Beddoe.
Durant gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Beddoe wants to work for an arm triangle but Durant is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Durant trying to control but Beddoe postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Durant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Philo Beddoe's cut.
That's time! Beddoe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Durant. That snapped Beddoe's head back.
Beddoe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durant appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Durant misses the shot to the body.
Durant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Beddoe misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Durant on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Durant.
Beddoe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Durant defends well and Beddoe ends up having to push Durant into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Durant throws out a counter right but Beddoe avoids it with no problem.
Beddoe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durant on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Beddoe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durant.
Beddoe throws a jab when Durant was well out of range.
Kevin Durant seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beddoe avoids a kick to the body.
Durant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beddoe throws out the jab.
Beddoe misses with a hook.
Beddoe connects with the punch.
Beddoe wants to clinch
and Durant counters with a nice body kick.
Durant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beddoe throws out the jab.
Beddoe connects with a nice looking jab.
Durant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beddoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Durant.
Beddoe scores with a nice head shot.
Beddoe scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Durant looks for the body kick but Beddoe saw that one coming.
Durant misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beddoe closes the distance and pushes Durant back into the cage.
Beddoe can't find room to land a body shot as Durant controls the action.
Durant lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Durant tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durant lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Beddoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Beddoe blocks a body shot from Durant.
Beddoe managing to block the knees to the body from Durant.
Beddoe blocks an uppercut.
Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but Beddoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Beddoe as the two fighters clinch.

Durant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beddoe moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beddoe blocks a head kick by Durant.
Beddoe tries for a takedown but Durant circles away easily
and Durant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Durant throws a head kick that Beddoe semi-blocks.
Durant lands with a slapping head kick.

Beddoe moves into range and clinches up with Durant.
Beddoe misses with a knee to the head.
Durant tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beddoe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Durant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Durant throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beddoes head.
Beddoe tries a body shot but Durant blocks it.
Beddoe prevents a body shot from Durant.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant tries a body shot but Beddoe blocks it.
Durant tries a knee to the head but Beddoe blocks it.
Beddoe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Durant crunches a lovely knee into Beddoe's ribcage.
Beddoe wants to stall.
Beddoe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Durant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Philo Beddoe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Durant misses with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beddoe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Durant is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durant lands a nice shot to the body.
Beddoe managing to block the knees to the body from Durant.
Durant struggles to land a body shot inside as Beddoe controls his hands.
Beddoe throws a punch but it's blocked by Durant.

Durant breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Beddoe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Durant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Durant has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Durant!
Kevin Durant bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.