PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saint George (ranked 6409 p4p, 4878 weight class) and Vaga Duran (ranked 677 p4p, 572 weight class). Vaga Duran is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

George
vs
Duran

187 cm
18
215
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
18
218
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Saint George!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vaga Duran!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duran with a hook.
George scores with a decent looking hook.

George gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
George has a couple of punches blocked by Duran.
Duran manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Duran works on George's body with a couple of short punches.
Duran digs a right hand underneath George's ribcage. George let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from George fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Duran as George tries to tie him up.
Duran scores with a shoulder strike.
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from George.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
George scores with a shot to the side of Duran's head.
George tries to work over Duran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duran.
Duran working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Duran.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
Duran lands a hook that snaps the head of George backwards.
George misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duran misses with a short punch on the inside.
George presses Duran against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duran works on George's body with a couple of short punches.
Duran stalling in the clinch.
George tries to work over Duran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duran misses with the head strike.
George stalls.
Duran looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Duran stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
George taking a breather.
Duran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duran tries to land a knee to the head but George blocks with his arms.
Duran effectively controlling the action here.
A shot in the inside from Duran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran misses with a short punch on the inside.
George managing to block the knees to the body from Duran.
A right hook to the body lands for Duran.
George tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
George prevents a body shot from Duran.
George working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duran has George pushed against the cage.
George tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Duran as George tries to tie him up.
Duran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duran leaning his opponent against the cage.
Duran gets through George's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a punch but it's blocked by George.
Duran scores with a shot to the side of George's head.
Duran works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
George blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duran is leaning against George and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duran is trying to maintain a safe position but George gets an underhook and turns Duran into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
George takes a shot to the head.
Duran presses George against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duran throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
George taking a breather.
Duran misses with some punches.
Duran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
George misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duran swings wildly with an uppercut but George uses good head movement to avoid it.
George has a couple of punches blocked by Duran.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran struggles to land a body shot inside as George controls his hands.
I was talking to George's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
George goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down George.
Duran lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
George misses with a shot to the kidneys.
George swings wildly with an uppercut but Duran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duran lands a nice uppercut.

George is rocked!
George doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duran works on George's body with a couple of short punches.
Duran controlling the action here for a moment.
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh George is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duran tries to land a knee to the head but George blocks with his arms.
Duran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duran working aggressively here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Duran misses with some punches.
George tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duran misses with a short punch on the inside.
George blocks an uppercut.
Duran throws a head punch that misses.
Duran misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
George blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duran is pushing George up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vaga Duran 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.

George looks to score with a jab to the body but Duran is just out of range.
George seems to have got his legs back now.
Duran throws the left hand but George avoids the punch easily.
George with a nice cross.
George misses with a body shot.
Duran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
George throws an off balance right hand
and Duran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
George takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Duran rushes George and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
George lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duran backwards.
George doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. George is defending well for now.
George tries to stall but Duran uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
George lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from George - that landed with a thud.
Duran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Duran.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
George throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran lands a right hand.
George lands a shoulder strike.
Duran throws a punch but it's blocked by George.
Vaga Duran seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Duran lands a body punch in the clinch.
George prevents a body shot from Duran.
A short right from George on the inside.
George misses with a body punch.
George tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
George misses with a short punch on the inside.
George scores with a shoulder strike.
Duran effectively controlling the action here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from George.
Duran controlling the action here for a moment.
Duran blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran misses with some punches.
Duran blocks an uppercut.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
George lands a body punch.
Duran avoiding damage.
George lands a nice shot to the body.
Duran lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
George misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Duran.
Duran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duran blocking some punches.
George struggles to land a body shot inside as Duran controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
George tries to work over Duran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duran lands a right hand that snaps the head of George backwards.
Duran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duran displaying some good clinch control by pressing George up against the cage.
Duran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Duran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a head punch that misses.
George lands a shot to the body.
Duran dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
George blocking some punches.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
George blocks an elbow strike from Duran.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
George tries a body shot but Duran blocks it.
Duran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with George's elbow.
Duran leaning against his opponent.
Duran throws an elbow but it misses.
George stalling the fight.
George tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duran's elbow.
George presses Duran against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Duran is breathing heavily.
Duran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
George misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
George misses with some punches.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Duran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Duran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of George backwards.
George misses with some punches.
Duran lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
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!
George swings away with an uppercut that misses.
George tries a body shot but Duran blocks it.
A short right from Duran on the inside.
A shot in the inside from George.
George throws a head punch that misses.
George working aggressively here.
George lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vaga Duran 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. This is the final round!

George misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duran.

Duran moves into the clinch.
George tries to work over Duran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
George working aggressively here.
Duran struggles to land a body shot inside as George controls his hands.
Duran lands a nice knee to the body.
George being controlled against the cage.
Duran has a couple of punches blocked by George.
Still in the clinch, Duran scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
George has a couple of punches blocked by Duran.
George is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short uppercut from Duran.
George misses with a body punch.
Duran tries a body shot but George blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
George misses with a punch on the inside.
George is looking to control Duran's arms but Duran gets an underhook and turns him. Now George has his back to the cage.
Duran works on George's body with a couple of short punches.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from George fails to land.
Duran misses with some punches.
George struggles to land a body shot inside as Duran controls his hands.
Duran lands a left hand that snaps the head of George backwards.
George misses with some punches.
Duran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duran controlling the action here for a moment.
George wants to stall.
Duran misses with a body punch.
Duran lands with a short shot to the head.
Duran dips a shoulder and cracks George with a mighty uppercut! George falls back against the cage and Duran unloads with a barrage of strikes! George is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Duran screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vaga Duran!