PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dom Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Dust Brothers - This Is Your Life. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Willis
vs
Durden

166 cm
25
165 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis ducks under a wild hook from Durden.
Willis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Durden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Willis misses with a two punch combination.
Durden thuds his right hand into Willis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Willis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Durden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Willis has Durden up against the cage in a clinch.
Willis has Durden pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Durden manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Durden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Willis's elbow.
Willis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willis prevents a body shot from Durden.
Durden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Willis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Durden pulls his leg out and moves away.
Durden scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Willis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Willis showed some decent athleticism there.
Willis works his foot free and advances to mount.
Willis tries to control but Durden wriggling away.
Durden is looking to get to half guard.
Willis punishing his opponent with strikes.
Willis scoring with strikes but Durden is staying in there.
Poor strikes thrown by Willis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Durden is rocked!

It looks like Tyler Durden has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durden tries to hold on but Willis postures up.
Durden is still in real trouble! Can Willis finish him?
Durden is in all sorts of trouble here.
Durden seems to have recovered his senses.

Willis with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Durden working to try and regain half guard.
Willis landing strikes from the mount and Durden is in trouble!
Durden avoids a series of strikes thrown by Willis.
Willis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Durden's face.
Willis postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Durden bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Willis and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Willis!
During a confident post fight interview, Dom Willis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Tyler Durden spoke after the fight, saying 'That ain't right! I have no idea how could it happen...'.