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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oikea suora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Durant! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oikea suora! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Durant has a takedown stuffed. Durant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. suora will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Durant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Durant jabbing away but nothing is landing. Durant closes the distance and clinches. Durant wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Durant swings wildly with an uppercut but suora uses good head movement to avoid it. Durant stalling against the cage.
suora pulls guard. suora looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Durant won't allow suora to get back to his feet. suora wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. Durant wants to stand but suora has a closed guard, so he can't escape. Durant throws and elbow that misses. suora uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Durant's guard. Nice move by suora!
That's one minute gone in the round. suora sitting in guard, not really doing much. suora trying to control the position from guard on top but Durant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Durant will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Durant wants to hit a switch here but suora passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Durant there! Feeble punches landing from Durant - he's mounted - they can't hurt. suora tries to control but Durant wriggling away. suora controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Durant trying desperately to get to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. suora controlling from the full mount. suora looking to control but Durant is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Durant is trying to stand but he's just given suora his back. Durant trying to control the hands but suora breaks the grip. suora tries to get the hooks in deep but Durant pushed the leg off. Durant has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke. Durant is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if suora gets his way!
That's three minutes gone in the round. suora trying to control. Durant is trying to get back to his feet but suora has full control of the position and if anything, Durant has just worked his way into a worse spot. suora doesn't have the hooks in and Durant manages to turn into his guard.
suora escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Durant gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. suora looks gassed! suora working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Durant. Durant with a flurry of punches that miss. suora seems keen to control Durant's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Durant postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Durant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Durant is in close to suora's body, working some short punches and elbows. Durant gets to his feet - suora follows without any prompting. suora shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Durant as he jumps to the side. A combination from Durant does no damage. Durant tried to score with a low kick but suora checks it. Durant throws a right hand that suora ducks under and follows up with a left that suora also avoids with ease. Durant decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. suora manages to escape and get back to his feet! Durant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
suora slips a jab and a cross from Durant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kevin Durant will probably get the nod. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
suora circles away from the clinch attempt.
suora doesn't manage to clinch there - Durant circles away.
Durant circles away from the clinch attempt.
suora gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Durant counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Durant. Durant lands with a left to the head. suora fails to pull the fight into his guard.
suora manages to break the clinch.
Durant throws a one two combo.
A right-left combo lands from Durant. Durant leaves suora with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Kevin Durant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oikea suora. Durant looks for the body kick but suora saw that one coming. Durant misses with a wild combination.
Kevin Durant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Durant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durant lands with a hook. suora tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Durant walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Durant shoots in but no luck this time. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Durant lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and suora has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from suora and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Durant misses with a wild combination.
suora shoots and misses and Durant counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Durant throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. suora keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. suora wants to control but Durant is keeping busy and won't allow it. suora won't allow Durant to pass to mount. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. suora trying to hold on to Durant's head to control him but Durant postures up.
Durant is keen to just control but suora is a slippery customer. Durant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. suora defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Durant throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. suora throws a combination. Durant tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Durant throws a left and a right that both miss
and suora counters with a two punch combo. No luck for Durant with that takedown attempt. Durant throws a sloppy head kick and suora moves out of range easily. suora shoots for a takedown but Durant saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Durant throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Durant tries to land a front kick but suora steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Durant stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Durant wants it to stay on the feet. suora connects with a high kick. Durant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
suora with a poor takedown and Durant counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Durant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Durant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Durant is stalling in the full guard. Durant throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as suora works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Durant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for suora on the ground. Durant controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. suora wants to stand up but Durant is controlling him. suora has his feet on Durant's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Durant digs a good hook to suora's body.
Durant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durant looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for suora! suora wants to hold on but Durant pushes him away. Kevin Durant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. suora sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Durant looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. suora tries to kick Durant off but Durant keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Still in half guard, Durant seems content to control. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Durant dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Durant shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. suora manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. suora is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. suora had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Durant is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. suora Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Durant's back instead. Durant trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. Durant wants to escape the position.
A lull in the action here.
Durant has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Durant looking very determined here, making life difficult for suora.
Durant is trying to break free.
Durant trying to control the action but suora just sinks the hooks in. Durant holding both suora 's hands and preventing any damage. Durant wants to escape the position.
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. Durant has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke. suora controls the action. The crowd hopeful of a finish here - suora's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Durant can't escape the position.
suora missing with strikes from the back. Durant is in bad spot here.
suora throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Durant!
suora avoiding Durant 's attempts to control his hands. suora has the hooks in. Durant is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Durant staying busy and making it hard for suora to control. Durant tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell! suora tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Durant on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Durant tries to get out of the position. suora avoids the attempt from Durant to control. suora won't let Durant get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now. Durant is trying to reverse the position but instead suora has taken his back - oops! Durant staying busy and making it hard for suora to control. Durant holding both suora 's hands and preventing any damage. suora struggling to land strikes to the head as Durant covers up. Kevin Durant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Durant is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
suora trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! suora somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back. Oikea suora has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Durant avoids the strikes from suora.
And that's the end of the fight! Kevin Durant showed his dominance in that final round. Well Durant 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27 Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27 Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Durant!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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