PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elijah David (ranked 3452 p4p, 359 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 3559 p4p, 369 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Durden's choice of entrance music: The Dust Brothers - This Is Your Life. This should be a great matchup!

David
vs
Durden

167 cm
30
165 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

180 cm
32
170 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elijah David!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Elijah David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
David throws a push kick but Durden slaps the foot to one side.
David moves in looking to clinch but Durden pushes him off.
Durden looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Durden stalks David and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into David's face. David staggers backwards, shaken.
David throws a hook to the side of Durden's head but Durden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durden misses with a double jab.
We've been told by David's head coaches at The Gentleman's Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
David will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durden scores with a jab. David acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
David cracks Durden with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Durden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by David.
David tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durden was well out of range. Poor timing from David.
Durden tries a quick counter leg kick but David is wise to it.
Durden misses with a kick to the body
and David counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
David tries a head kick but it misses.
Durden circles away from the clinch attempt.
Durden leaves David with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David appears to be looking for a big counter.
Durden moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Durden looks to land a combination but David avoids it well.
David throws a head kick that misses
and Durden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Durden looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
David went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
David misses with a body shot.
David scores with a push kick.
No joy there for David, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
David misses with a wild combination.
David shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Durden falls off balance throwing a combination
and David counters with a nice uppercut.
David fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David throws a body kick that misses
and Durden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Durden looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Durden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
David moves out of range of the body kick from Durden.
David wants to clinch up but Durden keeps it at a distance.
David lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Durden circles away quickly and effectively.
David dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Durden. That did some damage!
David moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
David connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
David misses with a kick to the body.
David sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! David crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Durden - the referee stops the clock and David gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Durden. David manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
David moves out of range as Durden throws a body kick.
David dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Durden. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
David takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
David connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Durden chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before David can pounce on him.
Durden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
David misses the jab.
David defending well as Durden loads up on a big left hand.
David is looking to counter with head kicks.
David wants to clinch.
David pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durden drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
David throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
David throws a leg kick but Durden sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Durden misses with a body kick.
It looked like David wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Durden throws a wild body kick that David sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
David takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
David will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Durden has a takedown stuffed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durden missing with a left hand there. David was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
David avoids a kick to the body.
Durden misses with a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Durden.
David bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Durden's head.

David closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Durden quickly recovers to half guard.
David prevents Durden from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
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 Elijah David will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

David misses with a takedown attempt - Durden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David misses with a body shot.
David throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durden throws a leg kick which misses David's front leg but catches the back leg as David tries to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Durden has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
David tries to bum rush Durden with a series of wild strikes but Durden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
David ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
David lands with a slapping head kick.
Durden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Elijah David is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Durden throws a poor cross that misses
and David counters with a two punch combo.
David throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durden misses the shot to the body.
Elijah David is winning the standup battle so far.
David misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durden is looking to land body kicks.
Durden throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden avoids the head kick by David.
Durden looking to land some kicks to the body here.
David scores with a kick to the midsection.
Durden blocks a jab.
Durden throws a jab but it's blocked by David.
Durden connects with a jab.
Durden takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
David misses with a hook.
Durden unleashes a big counter combination but David bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
David throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durden lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Durden tries to bum rush David with a series of wild strikes but David uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Durden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
David takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Durden throws a body kick that misses.
David fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Durden on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
David throws a sloppy head kick and Durden moves out of range easily.
Durden pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
David with a lazy takedown attempt
and Durden counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Durden slips under a jab.
Durden moves out of range as David throws a body kick.
David takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Durden looks to land a left hand but David moved out of range nicely.
David moves out of range of the body kick.
Durden takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Durden misses with a straight left.
David dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Durden. That did some damage!
David throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
David tries to clinch but Durden moves out of range.
David just misses with a punch to the body.
Durden looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyler Durden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horrible takedown attempt by David or perhaps it was just good defense by Durden, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elijah David. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Durden throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
David ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
David misses the shot to the body.
David takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
David tries to land a front kick but Durden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
David throws a hook but Durden avoids it easily.
Durden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from David.
David takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Durden lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from David does it's job there.
David misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden cracks David with an open hand slap.
David displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Durden throws out the jab.
Durden closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

David has closed the distance and engaged Durden in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from David fails to land.
Durden trying to control the position but instead, David has worked for underhooks and has pushed Durden into the cage.
David looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Durden is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
David misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durden prevents a body shot from David.
Durden takes an elbow to the temple.
Durden misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Elijah David will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

David keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Durden.
David showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durden.
Durden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by David.
Durden throws a leg kick but David sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Durden swats away the attempt to clinch by David.

David shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. David showed some decent athleticism there.
Durden makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Durden.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden has control of David's left arm, preventing David from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David stands up over Durden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Durden looking to hit a scissor sweep but David is one step ahead there.
Durden seems keen to control David's posture.
David might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Durden keeping moving, preventing David from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
David is in close to Durden's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tyler Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
David wants to control from the top but Durden keeps moving.
David sitting in guard, not really doing much.
David looking to sit in guard and control but Durden gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Durden trying to control the position from guard on top but David is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. David is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden postures up in David's guard and throws a big left but David blocks it.
David looking to hit a scissor sweep but Durden is one step ahead there.
Durden content to stall in guard here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Durden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
David scores with a head kick. Durden tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
David misses with a wild body shot.
Durden throws a fast counter high kick but David manages to duck under it in time.
David throws a front kick aimed at Durden's knee but Durden avoids it well.
David throws a half hearted mid kick.
Durden throws a low kick but David moves out of range easily.
David doesn't manage to clinch there - Durden circles away.
As David backs off Durden throws a huge counter combo but David manages to avoid it all.
Durden fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Durden connects with a single shot there.
Durden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Durden misses.
David misses with a hook.
A jab from Durden misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
David lands a right hook to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Durden!
David is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyler Durden.
I think David has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tyler Durden!
A victorious Tyler Durden thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.