PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 71 p4p, 1276 weight class) and Landin Durham (ranked 0 p4p, 101 weight class). Landin Durham told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Young
vs
Durham

171 cm
27
139
14 - 0 - 0

150 cm
27
130
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Angus Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Landin Durham!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Durham is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.

Young manages to pull guard.
Young will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Young controls Durham momentarily but Durham frees himself.
Young definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Young looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Young continues to stall.
Durham looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Young not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young wants to control the position but Durham says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Young desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Durham prevents Young from improving his position.
Young is working hard here to advance position.
Young trying to control but Durham postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Durham prevents Young from improving his position.
Durham looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Young has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Durham is working away from the top position though.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Durham takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young leaning his opponent against the cage.
Durham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Young is stalling here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durham tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.

Durham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Young moves into the clinch.
Young leaning against his opponent.
Young content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Durham wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Durham is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Young pulls guard.
Young has his hands on Durham's head, controlling the position.
Durham sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Young working for a triangle but Durham defends it easily.
Young working a defensive guard but Durham passes into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young is trying to control but can't.
Young tries to get to full guard but Durham has control of the leg.
Young moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Young rushes Durham and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Durham tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Durham.
Young keeps control of Durham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Durham is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Durham working aggressively here.
Durham wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Young pulls guard.
Young pulls Durham in close to his closed guard and prevents Durham from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durham postures up.
Young pulls Durham in close to his closed guard and prevents Durham from doing any damage or advancing position.
Young looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Durham tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.
Young lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Durham tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.
Young pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Durham throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Durham is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Durham.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with the head strike.

Young jumps guard.
Young pulls Durham in to control the position.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Durham controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Young is trying to keep Durham in close.
Durham sitting in guard here, content to control.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Young wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Young darts in and clinches Durham up against the cage.
Durham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Young prevents Durham from breaking the clinch.
Young tries to pull guard but Durham forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Young decides to pull guard.
Young working a defensive guard here.

Young throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Young controls Durham momentarily but Durham frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Durham misses the shot to the body.
Durham connects with a nice looking jab.
Durham keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Young drives through and clinches with Durham against the cage.
Durham wants to break free but Young has control.
Durham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durham misses with the head strike.
Durham is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Durham scores with a nice strike.
Landin Durham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durham looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
As Durham tries to get set, Young tries to push him back and clinch up but Durham manages to avoid the attempt.

Young has managed to clinch.
Durham goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Durham misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Durham misses with the head strike.
Durham has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Durham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Durham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Durham misses with a punch on the inside.

Young pulls guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durham postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young has his foot on Durham's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Durham works his way back into a safe position though.
Young is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Young seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Young wants to clinch up but Durham keeps it at a distance.
Landin Durham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Durham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Durham misses the body punch

and Young counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Durham is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Durham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durham can do to turn this around?
Durham is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young lands a body punch.
Durham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Durham wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young has Durham pressed against the cage, preventing Durham from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Durham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Durham misses with a punch to the body.
Durham tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.

Young jumps guard.

Young looking for subs off his back but Durham has passed one foot through into half guard.
Durham prevents Young from improving his position.
Young trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to get to full guard but Durham has control of the leg.
Durham passes the guard and advances to mount!
Durham controlling the position easily from mount.
Young working to try and regain half guard.
Young tries to hold on but Durham pushes him away.
Young really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durham content just to control the position here.
Young wants to hold on but Durham pushes him away.
Young tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Young tries to hold on but Durham pushes him away.
Young looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Young can't escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Durham not allowing Young to control his hands.
Durham just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Landin Durham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Young 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 David Hoff scores the fight for Angus Young!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Angus Young!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Angus Young!

Angus Young wins by unanimous decision!