PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Durden (ranked 913 p4p, 127 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 826 p4p, 115 weight class). Durden comes to the cage accompanied by Pixies - Where is my Mind. The Human has chosen Adventure Time as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Durden
vs
The Human

180 cm
19
173 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
172 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fanatic Inc.

KAISER Nutrition - Q160
Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Human defending well as Durden loads up on a big left hand.
The Human sizes up Durden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Durden closes the distance and pushes The Human back into the cage.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.

Durden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durden manages to avoid it.
Durden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Human lands with a right hand.
The Human walks into a stiff left hand from Durden.
The Human moves out of range of the strikes.
Durden swings for the body but The Human moves out of range.
The Human takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The Human fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Durden looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durden throws the left hand but The Human avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by The Human.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Human moves away.
The Human drops his hands momentarily and Durden takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Human connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durden manages to avoid it.
The Human slips under a jab.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durden.
The Human lands a jab to the head.
Durden moves forwards but The Human connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Human. Durden does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
The Human tests Durden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Human scores with a jab. Durden acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Human is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Durden had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

The Human tries to keep at a distance but Durden has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Human lands a left hand.
The Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Durden breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Human misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durden paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Durden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Human slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Durden moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Durden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Human moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Durden rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and The Human counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Human.
Durden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from The Human.
The Human goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Durden manages to break the clinch.
The Human scores with a jab.
The Human lands a really nice looking cross but Durden seems unphased.
Durden lands a jab to the nose.
The Human misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Durden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for The Human.
Durden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Human lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The Human slips under a jab from Durden.
The Human tries to clinch
and Durden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The Human tries to clinch but Durden is having none of it.
The Human connects with a body shot that sends Durden's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed right hand from Durden misses the target.
Durden misses with an uppercut.

The Human closes the distance and pushes Durden back into the cage.
The Human'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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Durden.
The Human tries a body shot but Durden blocks it.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human'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.
Durden prevents a body shot from The Human.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Human has a couple of punches blocked by Durden.

Durden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Human digs a good hook to Durden's body.
Durden throws the left hand but The Human avoids the punch easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human is looking to chop away at Durden's legs.
Durden throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
The Human is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Human lands the left hand.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but The Human is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn The Human 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.

The Human lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Human with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Human throws a body punch but Durden moves out of range.
The Human lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
The Human throws the left hand but Durden avoids the punch easily.
The Human stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Human throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finn The Human seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Durden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Durden fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Human, pushing him back against the cage.
The Human lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Durden looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Human misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Human has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Human tries to work over Durden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durden.
The Human throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Durdens head.
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!
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human can't find room to land a body shot as Durden controls the action.
The Human misses with some punches.
Durden blocking some punches.
The Human tries to pull guard but Durden won't allow it.
Durden stalling the fight.
The Human misses with a punch on the inside.
The Human tries to throw a body punch but Durden avoids it by throwing The Human back against the cage.
Durden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durden.
The Human has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Durden seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Human can turn it around.
Durden misses with a punch on the inside.
The Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Human effectively controlling the action here.
The Human trying to control the position but instead, Durden has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Human into the cage.
Durden blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Human lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Human lands with a light punch inside.
The Human is looking to control Durden's arms but Durden gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Human has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, The Human scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Human.
Durden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Durden controls his hands.
The Human can't find room to land a body shot as Durden controls the action.
The Human misses with the head strike.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Human misses with the head strike.
Durden taking a breather.
The Human taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from The Human as the two fighters clinch.
The Human working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Human.
The Human swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durden has The Human pushed against the cage.

The Human drags the fight down to the ground.

The Human working for a triangle but Durden defends it easily.

Durden got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Human has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Durden has managed to get both his arms back between The Human's legs - danger averted.

The Human looking for a guillotine here but Durden defends easily.
Durden knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Human on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The Human has his foot on Durden's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Durden works his way back into a safe position though.
The Human pulls Durden in to control the position.

Durden avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Durden stands up and waves to The Human to follow him.

Durden moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn The Human showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The Human clobbers Durden with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Human swings for the body but Durden moves out of range.
A big left from Durden misses.
Decent striking displayed by The Human there.

Durden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Durden's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Human lands with a straight right. Durden didn't see that one coming.
The Human takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The Human lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Human throws a looping overhand right but Durden ducks down to avoid it.
The Human swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by The Human - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Human comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Human throws a right and a left that Durden avoids nicely.
The Human on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Durden moves into the clinch successfully.
Durden lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Human.
A hook to the body from The Human.
The Human has a couple of punches blocked by Durden.
The Human works on Durden's body with a couple of short punches.
The Human swings wildly with an uppercut but Durden uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Human tries to throw a body punch but Durden avoids it by throwing The Human back against the cage.
The Human misses with the head strike.
The Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Durden cracks The Human with a nice body shot.
The Human lands a left hand.
The Human working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from The Human fails to land.
Abraham Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Human tries to pull guard but Durden forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Finn The Human seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Durden throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Humans head.
Durden blocks an uppercut.
Durden missing with knees to the body.
The Human is trying to pull guard but Durden has him pressed against the cage.
Durden blocking some punches.
The Human lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Human tries to work over Durden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Durden controls his hands.
The Human working aggressively here.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Human lands a left hand.
The Human leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Human jumps guard but Durden stands there with The Human around his waist. The Human gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Abraham Durden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Finn The Human.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Durden trying to land knees to the body.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durden's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Human trying to control the position but instead, Durden has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Human into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The Human is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning The Human up against the cage.
Durden misses with the head strike.
Durden blocks a body shot from The Human.
Durden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Durden controls his hands.
The Human is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Durden takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Durden controls his hands.
The Human has a couple of punches blocked by Durden.

And that's the end of the fight!
Finn The Human comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Human has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finn The Human!
Finn The Human spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.