PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Sincere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Durden
vs
Sincere

186 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyler Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Sincere!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden stuffs the takedown.
Durden shoots in for a double leg but Sincere sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jay Sincere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Durden closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Durden lands with a punch from half guard.
Sincere flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sincere manages to get to full guard.
Durden is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sincere manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Durden manages to get himself to full guard.
Sincere working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sincere works over Durden with some ground and pound from guard.
Sincere missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sincere postures up in Durden's guard and throws a big left but Durden blocks it.
Sincere throws a strike but Durden rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sincere will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sincere tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Durden trying to control but Sincere is working from the bottom.
Sincere preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Durden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Sincere scores a takedown into full mount!
Durden takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Durden is bucking up trying to escape but Sincere cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sincere dominating with strikes here.
Sincere 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.
Durden is breathing heavily.
Sincere in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durden reaches up and holds on to Sincere to control the position.
Sincere lands a heavy elbow.
Sincere breaks from Durden's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Sincere.
Sincere scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Durden?
Durden is looking to get to half guard.
Sincere fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Durden is in a horrible position here. Sincere smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sincere raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sincere lands a big elbow.
Durden is bucking up trying to escape but Sincere cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sincere pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sincere avoids the attempt from Durden to control.
Sincere punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sincere postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Durden looks a forlorn figure.
Sincere lands with some strikes.
Sincere lands with some strikes.
Durden is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden wants to hold on but Sincere pushes him away.
Sincere landing punches.
Sincere fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sincere with the ground and pound from mount.
Sincere lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Sincere.
Sincere lands a nice shot to the head.
Durden wants to hold on but Sincere pushes him away.
Sincere lands a big shot there that rocks Durden but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Durden wants to control but Sincere is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sincere cracks Durden with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sincere landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Sincere dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sincere shoots and misses
and Sincere takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sincere shoots and misses

and Durden counters with a single leg into guard. Sincere didn't expect that.
Sincere throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Durden has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Durden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sincere is keeping the position for now.

Sincere scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Durden feints and as Sincere raises his hands in defense, Durden changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sincere can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Durden controls the pace.
Sincere striking off his back but it's not causing Durden any problems.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sincere is on top in guard.
Sincere with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sincere working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Durden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sincere is one step ahead there.
Jay Sincere has got the better of the ground game so far.
Durden is working hard here to advance position.
Durden working a defensive guard here.
Durden has momentary wrist control but Sincere slips an elbow through the middle.
Sincere scoring with punches to the head and body.

Durden is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Durden throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sincere lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sincere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sincere darts in trying to clinch
and Durden counters with a body kick.
Tyler Durden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good exchange - Sincere coming out on top.
Sincere doesn't manage to clinch there - Durden circles away.
Sincere fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durden fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sincere works over Durden's head and body with a nice combination.

Durden scores with a takedown into Sincere's guard.
Sincere keeping full guard, as Durden tries to pass.
Sincere is looking to stand back up but Durden counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Sincere.
Durden blocks the strikes from Sincere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sincere gets back to full guard.
Sincere is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sincere is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Durden is controlling him.
Sincere trying to strike off his back.
Sincere wants to stand and escape but Durden is having none of it.
Sincere striking off his back but it's not causing Durden any problems.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Durden stands up over Sincere, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sincere fails with the takedown

and Durden counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tyler Durden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sincere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sincere wants to sweep here but Durden controlling him for the moment.
Durden wants to get up but he can't break Sincere's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Durden lands a couple of elbows.
Sincere wants to get back to his feet but Durden is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sincere trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Durden trying to control but Sincere is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Sincere shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Durden dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Durden lands with a cross.
Sincere misses with a takedown

and Durden counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Durden content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sincere is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Durden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Durden's back!
Sincere cracks Durden with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Durden from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Sincere has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sincere lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Sincere lands strikes to the head.
Durden tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Durden is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sincere lands a heavy elbow.
Sincere landing shots from mount.
Durden is looking to improve his position but Sincere isn't that keen on the idea.
Sincere is landing with some decent strikes but Durden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sincere blocks Durden's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Durden is in a horrible position here. Sincere smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Durden is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sincere with the ground and pound from mount.
Sincere in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Durden sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Sincere is nestled in close to Durden, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Sincere.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sincere lands a nice short elbow.
Sincere lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sincere is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Durden wants to control but Sincere is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sincere prevents Durden from standing back up.
Sincere passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Durden!
Sincere scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sincere lands a big elbow.
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sincere lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Sincere connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Durden is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sincere lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durden hang on?
Durden bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Durden showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Durden is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Durden decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sincere, up you get!
Sincere fails with the takedown
and Durden counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sincere gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Durden counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tyler Durden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Sincere.
Durden throwing strikes from guard but Sincere blocks nicely.
Durden trying to control but Sincere is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sincere is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sincere throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Durden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Durden 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Durden!