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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Blixt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osulf Durin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blixt comes to the cage accompanied by Stretch Arm Strong - Second Chances. Durin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Feuer Frei. Osulf Durin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jay Blixt's chin.
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180 cm
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185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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192 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Blixt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Osulf Durin! The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Durin misses with the combination.
Durin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blixt stuffs the takedown attempt from Durin. Durin gets slowly back to his feet. Durin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blixt throws a low kick, looking for Durin's leg but Durin calmly moves out of range. Osulf Durin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Durin misses with a two punch combination.
Blixt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Durin swats him away and circles back towards the center. Durin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Blixt wants to get back to his feet. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Blixt is trying to get back to full guard. Durin passes the guard and advances to mount! Durin looking to finish with strikes here!
That's one minute gone in the round. Blixt tries to hold on but Durin postures up. Blixt tries to reverse the position but Durin maintains control. Durin with the ground and pound from mount. Blixt is working to get back to half guard.
Blixt is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Blixt wants to hold on but Durin pushes him away. Durin throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. Durin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Durin lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Blixt is in all sorts of trouble here.
Blixt gets back to half guard. Blixt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Blixt tries to get to full guard but Durin has control of the leg. Blixt looking for submissions off his back. Durin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Blixt wants to get back to his feet. Durin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Blixt knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Durin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Durin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blixt's head. Durin content to control rather than advance.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Blixt tries to clinch up but Durin circles away and keeps his distance. Blixt clinches up with Durin and pushes him back against the cage. Blixt throws an elbow that misses.
Blixt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Durin blocks it with crossed arms. Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but Durin blocks with his arms.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blixt misses with an elbow strike.
That's four 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. Blixt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Blixt looks to throw an elbow but misses. Blixt lands an elbow that stopped Durin in his tracks for a moment. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Blixt has Durin pressed against the cage, preventing Durin from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Durin is trying to break the clinch but Blixt has him pressed against the cage. Nice elbow from Blixt. Blixt pushes off an throws an elbow but Durin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Blixt stops a takedown attempt from Durin.
Durin breaks the clinch.
Blixt moves out of range as Durin strikes. Durin looks to land a combination but Blixt avoids it well. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. No joy there for Durin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blixt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Durin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blixt moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Jay Blixt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Blixt doesn't manage to clinch there - Durin circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Osulf Durin dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Durin misses with a hook. Blixt ducked under it nicely. Blixt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Durin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Durin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blixt counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Blixt is stalling here.
Blixt lands a nice knee to the body. Blixt looking to slow down the pace here. Blixt is stalling here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blixt. Durin tries to break the clinch but Blixt is controlling the position. Come on Blixt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Blixt throws an elbow that misses.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Durin avoiding damage as Blixt throws knees to the body.
Blixt lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Osulf Durin has been cut. Blixt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Blixt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Durin managing to block the knees to the body from Blixt.
Blixt misses with a knee strike.
Durin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control! An elbow from Durin crashes against the mat.
Durin lands a decent elbow from side control. Durin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blixt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Durin working the ground and pound. Durin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Durin is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Durin tries for a kimura but Blixt is defending well. Blixt tries to escape but Durin is in control. Blixt tries to strike from the bottom but misses. Durin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Blixt is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Durin has just dragged him back down to the mat. Blixt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Durin off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Blixt.
Blixt scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Durin is looking for a way out. A bit of a pause in the action here. Blixt controlling the positon. Durin rolls, trying to escape but Blixt keeps control of the position.
Blixt missing with punches from the back. Blixt is landing with strikes from the back. Durin fending off the submission attempt from Blixt. Blixt tightening his grip on Durin, looking for the choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Durin trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. Durin covering up well under a series of strikes from Blixt. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Blixt dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Osulf Durin's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Durin gets the takedown into side control. Blixt is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Blixt tries to bench press Durin off him but Durin keeps the position. Durin working the strikes but Blixt uses the opportunity to regain half guard. Blixt is looking to escape. Durin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Durin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Blixt has one foot on Durin's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Durin misses with a looping left. Durin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Blixt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Durin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Blixt clinches up with Durin and pushes him back against the cage. Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blixt scores with a knee to the head.
Blixt tries to land a knee to the head but Durin blocks with his arms.
Blixt lands an elbow just above Durin 's eye. Blixt misses with a knee strike.
Blixt misses with a knee to the head. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Blixt obliges. Blixt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Durin avoids it. Blixt gets underhooks to prevent Durin's takedown attempt.
Blixt lands a nice knee to the body. Durin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Blixt just stands there and leans against the cage. Jay Blixt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osulf Durin.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Blixt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Durin.
Blixt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durin up against the cage. Blixt lands an elbow just above Durin 's eye. Knees in the clinch landing for Blixt.
Durin blocks an elbow strike from Blixt.
Blixt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blixt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Durin's face.
Durin can't get the takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blixt. Blixt displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durin up against the cage. Blixt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Blixt lands an elbow that stopped Durin in his tracks for a moment. Blixt missing with knees to the body.
Durin jumps guard and drags Blixt to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Durin looking to control.
Durin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blixt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Blixt stands up and waves to Durin to follow him. Blixt staying out of range there. Durin misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Blixt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Blixt tries to close the distance and clinch but Durin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Blixt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Durin paws at him with a jab and circles away. Blixt is looking to clinch but Durin is avoiding it.
Durin with a lazy takedown attempt and Blixt counters with a big head kick but Durin shrugs it off. Blixt closes the distance but Durin moves to the side and Durin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. The fight stays on the outside here - Blixt looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Blixt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blixt throws a body punch but Durin moves out of range. Durin scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Durin throws a right hand that Blixt ducks under and follows up with a left that Blixt also avoids with ease. Blixt tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight! Jay Blixt showed his dominance in that final round. I think Blixt 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28 Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28 Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Blixt!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
38% |
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