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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Durant (ranked 2091 p4p, 2179 weight class) and Never Hurry (ranked 244 p4p, 249 weight class). Never Hurry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Never Hurry!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurstr�m.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Durant lands a jab to the nose.
Durant misses with a wild body shot.
As Durant backs off Hurry throws a huge counter combo but Durant manages to avoid it all.
Durant looks to land a combination. Hurry sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Durant ducks right into an uppercut from Hurry.
It looks like Tom Durant has been cut.
Durant misses with a lunging right hand
and Hurry counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Durant just misses with a punch to the body.
Durant lands a leg kick that knocks Hurry off balance momentarily.
Durant wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hurry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Durant momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Durant misses with an elbow strike.
Hurry lands a body punch.
Hurry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Durant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hurry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durant.
Hurry throws a right and a left that Durant avoids nicely.
Durant jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durant. Hurry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hurry throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Durant misses with a wild combination.
Hurry throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Hurry has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Durant rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hurry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Durant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hurry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hurry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hurry lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Durant throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hurry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hurry throws a push kick but Durant slaps the foot to one side.
Hurry moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurry. That did some damage!
Hurry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Durant darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durant throws the left hand but Hurry avoids the punch easily.
Durant scores with a nice strike.
Durant connects with a body shot that sends Hurry's belly button to the back.
Durant tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hurry counters with a crisp one two that drops Durant! Hurry thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Durant to his feet! Durant is in big trouble!
Hurry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Hurry moves forwards but Durant connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Durant shoots in for a takedown but Hurry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Durant connects with a right hand. Hurry shakes it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durant.
Durant swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Durant misses with a lunging right hand
and Hurry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durant misses with a series of wild punches.
Hurry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Durant throws an overhand right that lands on Hurry's shoulder, as Hurry tries to avoid the shot.
Tom Durant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durant gets a double leg takedown into Hurry's guard.
Hurry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hurry keeping moving, preventing Durant from controlling successfully.
Durant decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Hurry, up you get!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant takes a swing at Hurry's ribcage but misses.
Durant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Durant defending well as Hurry loads up on a big left hand.
Durant misses with a looping left.
Durant lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Durant.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Hurry checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hurry wants to counter the offense by Durant and move into the clinch position.
Durant throws a shot to the body.
Durant misses with a leg kick.
Durant throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Durant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hurry circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Durant.
Despite the aggression on Hurry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Durant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Durant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Durant's cut.
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.
Hurry slips a jab and a cross from Durant.
Hurry throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Durant pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hurry is out of range and Durant settles back down.
Durant looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hurry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Durant misses with a left hand
and Hurry connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hurry looks to land a left hand but Durant moved out of range nicely.
Hurry takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Durant closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hurry to the mat! Hurry manages to get full guard.
Hurry wants to stand but Durant is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Durant trying to control but Hurry is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hurry wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hurry trying to keep a closed guard but Durant is proving a slippery customer.
Durant trying to control the position from guard on top but Hurry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
A head kick misses from Durant.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Durant here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Durant tries to clinch but Hurry is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Durant wants to clinch up but Hurry keeps it at a distance.
Durant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Durant moves out of range as Hurry strikes.
Durant closes the distance and clinches.
Hurry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hurry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
Tom Durant's cut is getting worse.
Hurry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hurry misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hurry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hurry manages to break the clinch.
Durant misses with a hook
and Hurry counters with a crisp right hand that drops Durant! Hurry lets Durant back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Hurry cracks Durant with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Durant looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away� can Hurry finish him?
Durant is rocked!
Tom Durant's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Durant with a jab.
Oh Durant is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Durant fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hurry manages to avoid it.
Hurry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Durant throws a solid leg kick but Hurry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durant.
A countering left hand to the body from Hurry misses.
Durant seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant stuns Hurry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hurry defending well as Durant loads up on a big left hand.
Hurry gets tackled into the cage by Durant. Durant maintains the clinch.
Durant digs a right hand into Hurry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hurry's gas tank.
Hurry can't find room to land a body shot as Durant controls the action.
Hurry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Durant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Durant pushes off an throws an elbow but Hurry leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hurry blocking some punches.
Durant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Durant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Durant attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Never Hurry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Durant misses the shot to the body.
Hurry blocks a jab.
Durant is looking to clinch.
Durant thuds his right hand into Hurry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant keeps Hurry at a distance using the push kick.
Durant with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hurry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jeez, Tom Durant's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tom Durant is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hurry.
Durant bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hurry's head backwards.
Durant misses with a right hand
and Hurry makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hurry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hurry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Durant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Durant closes the distance but Hurry moves to the side
and Hurry counters with a right hand to the body.
Hurry misses with a hook. Durant ducked under it nicely.
Durant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hurry was well out of range. Poor timing from Durant.
Hurry now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Durant misses with a two punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Never Hurry will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tom Durant's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Durant scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Durant shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hurry but Hurry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hurry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.
Durant throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hurry's waist but Hurry gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Durant off to one side.
Hurry cracks Durant with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Durant looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away� can Hurry finish him?
Durant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durant misses with an elbow over the top.
Durant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hurry just misses with a punch to the body.
Durant takes a swing at Hurry's ribcage but misses.
Hurry doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant throws a nice looking combination but Hurry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hurry gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Durant.
Hurry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hurry takes the fight into the clinch.
Hurry throws a punch but it's blocked by Durant.
Tom Durant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Durant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hurry misses with a punch to the body.
Durant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durant is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hurry looking to slow down the pace here.
Durant throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hurry manages to break the clinch.
Durant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hurry.
A countering left hand to the body from Hurry misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurry avoids the body shot from Durant.
Hurry appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A head kick by Durant misses
and Hurry counters with a nice right hand that sends Durant toppling to the canvas! Durant scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hurry finish him?!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tom Durant's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Never Hurry!
A victorious Never Hurry thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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