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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Durston (ranked 5503 p4p, 5112 weight class) and Heung Min Young (ranked 586 p4p, 574 weight class). Heung Min Young will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyle Durston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heung Min Young!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durston tries for a takedown but Young circles away easily
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young misses with the combination.
Durston closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Durston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Young stuns Durston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durston has closed the distance and engaged Young in a clinch.
Durston displaying some good clinch control by pressing Young up against the cage.
Young gets underhooks to prevent Durston's takedown attempt.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Durston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kyle Durston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durston clinches up against the cage.
Durston tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Young just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Durston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Durston has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Durston to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Durston takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Durston gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Young wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Durston manages to pass to side control.
Young wants to stand back up but Durston manages to pass into side control.
Young is pushing Durston's head away, looking to escape. Durston manages to hold on to the position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durston lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Durston decides to stand back up.
Young throws a head kick that misses
and Durston moves into the clinch.
Durston is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Durston drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Durston is trying to pull guard but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Durston tries for a takedown but Young manages to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durston pulls Young into guard.
Young wants to stand but Durston is controlling his posture from full guard.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Durston. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Young wants to stand and escape but instead Durston has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Durston is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Durston sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Durston's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Durston dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Durston misses with a kick to the body
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durston drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Durston has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Young uses from the top position.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Durston.
Durston manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Young manages to get himself to full guard.
Durston is looking to stand up but Young won't let him.
Kyle Durston overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Young is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Durston presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for Durston to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Durston tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Durston takes the fight into the clinch.
Durston gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Young is trying to stand back up but Durston is controlling him
Young is looking to get back to is feet but Durston passes into side control.
Young is letting Durston control him for a moment.
Durston advances nicely into full mount.
Durston connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durston controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Durston working for a guillotine from mount but Young is in no mood to give up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Durston landing strikes, looking to finish!
Durston in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durston landing strikes, looking to finish!
Durston controlling the pace for now.
Durston connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Young is rocked!
Durston with good strikes from the mount here!
Young is still in real trouble! Can Durston finish him?
Durston working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Young looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Durston! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kyle Durston!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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