PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Durden (ranked 4428 p4p, 4548 weight class) and Sancho Bandito (ranked 467 p4p, 481 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Sancho Bandito was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Durden
vs
Bandito

183 cm
25
170
1 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
170
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Sakura Style

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sancho Bandito!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bandito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandito was well out of range. Poor timing from Durden.
Bandito moves to clinch but Durden breaks away
and Durden counters with a straight right hand.
Durden throws a body punch but Bandito moves out of range.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Durden pushes him away.
Durden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bandito.
Bandito is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden takes a swing at Bandito's ribcage but misses.
Durden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bandito.
Bandito ducks under a wild hook from Durden.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden lands a jab to the nose.
Durden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandito.
Durden swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Bandito counters by moving into the clinch.
Bandito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Durden tries to throw a body punch but Bandito avoids it by throwing Durden back against the cage.
Bandito taking a breather.

Durden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Durden fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Durden throws out a loose jab but Bandito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durden sets himself, and Bandito steps forward looking for the clinch! Durden avoids it this time.
Bandito defending well as Durden loads up on a big left hand.
Bandito blocks a jab.
Bandito steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durden.
Durden misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bandito doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Durden throws a shot from downtown. Bandito moves away and avoids it.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Bandito is just out of range.
Bandito tries to clinch but Durden moves out of range.
Durden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Durden misses.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bandito moves away.
Durden misses the shot to the body.
Bandito doesn't manage to clinch there - Durden circles away.
Bandito tries to clinch up.
Tyler Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandito.
A slow jab from Durden misses its intended target.
Bandito steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durden.
Durden throws a hook but Bandito avoids it easily.
Durden lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Durden misses the target.
Bandito closes the distance looking to clinch
and Durden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Durden throws a sloppy body shot

and Bandito moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Durden scores with a nice short uppercut.
Durden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Durden.
Durden lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Durden.
Durden misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bandito trying to control the position but instead, Durden has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bandito into the cage.
Durden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durden misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Durden fails to land.
Durden working aggressively here.
Durden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bandito backwards.
Durden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Durden scores with a shoulder strike.
Bandito looking to stall.
Bandito wants to stall.
Durden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durden letting Bandito take a breather here.
Durden tries a body shot but Bandito blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Durden dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Durden loads up on a big right hand but Bandito slips the punch.
Tyler Durden is winning the standup battle so far.
Durden misses with a body punch

and Bandito counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bandito manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Durden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Durden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Durden pushes him away.
Durden scores with a jab. Bandito acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden throws an off balance right hand

and Bandito moves into the clinch.

Durden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durden misses with an uppercut.
Durden is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Durden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandito is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bandito avoids the body shot from Durden.
A swing and a miss from Durden.
A big left from Durden misses.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bandito moves away.
Bandito dodges the punch combination from Durden.
Bandito tries to counter by closing the distance.
A slow jab from Durden misses its intended target.
Durden sets himself, and Bandito steps forward looking for the clinch! Durden avoids it this time.
Durden lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durden. Bandito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Durden pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but Bandito ducks down to avoid it.
Durden throws the left hand but Bandito avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Durden finds it's way through Bandito's defenses.
Durden catches Bandito with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bandito staying out of range there.
Bandito tries to counter by closing the distance.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bandito ducks under a wild hook from Durden.
Durden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bandito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bandito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bandito can do to turn this around?
Durden throws a hook but Bandito blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bandito holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bandito is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bandito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Durden as Bandito tries to tie him up.

Durden breaks from the clinch.

Bandito fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Durden, pushing him back against the cage.
Durden scores with a shoulder strike.

Durden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bandito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Bandito is just out of range.
Durden keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Durden misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden swings widly with a right hand

and Bandito counters by moving into the clinch.
Bandito stalling the fight.
Durden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Durden misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Bandito.
Durden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Durden misses with a punch to the body.
Tyler Durden has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Durden breaks from the clinch.
Bandito moves away from the strike by Durden.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.
Bandito fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bandito moves away from the strike by Durden.
Bandito moves in looking to clinch but Durden pushes him off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Durden dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Durden throws a looping overhand right but Bandito ducks down to avoid it.
Durden throws the left hand but Bandito avoids the punch easily.
Bandito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durden.
A shot to the body from Durden misses

and Bandito counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bandito.
Durden can't find room to land a body shot as Bandito controls the action.
Bandito prevents a body shot from Durden.

Durden escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Durden just misses with a punch to the body.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.
Durden swings for the body but Bandito moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durden throws out a loose jab but Bandito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but Bandito ducks down to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Durden lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden looks to score with a jab to the body but Bandito is just out of range.
Bandito doesn't manage to clinch there - Durden circles away.
Bandito gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Durden.

Bandito has managed to clinch.
Durden struggles to land a body shot inside as Bandito controls his hands.
Durden lands a hook that snaps the head of Bandito backwards.
Bandito is trying to maintain a safe position but Durden gets an underhook and turns Bandito into the cage.
Durden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bandito backwards.
Bandito is trying to stall.

Durden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durden misses with a hook.
Bandito slips a straight right by Durden.
Durden throws a hook to the side of Bandito's head but Bandito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durden.
Durden swings for the body but Bandito moves out of range.
Durden swats away the attempt to clinch by Bandito.
Bandito tries to clinch but Durden moves out of range.
Durden throws a big shot that misses.
Durden throws a jab when Bandito was well out of range.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but Bandito ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Durden misses the target.
Bandito steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Durden.
Durden jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden misses with a body shot.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Durden pushes him away.
Bandito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bandito is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bandito wants to clinch.
Durden throws a body punch but Bandito moves out of range.
Bandito wants to counter the offense by Durden and move into the clinch position.
Durden misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden misses with a wild body shot.
Durden just misses with a punch to the body.

Bandito rushes Durden and presses him up against the cage.
Durden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bandito is looking to control Durden's arms but Durden gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bandito has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Durden has a couple of punches blocked by Bandito.
Bandito stalling in the clinch but Durden improves position.
Stalling in the clinch from Bandito.
Bandito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Durden misses with some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Durden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bandito is trying to stall.

Durden manages to break the clinch.
Sancho Bandito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durden lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Durden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Durden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26

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