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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thorocules Crittitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White 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, Thorocules Crittitus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Durant!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Thorocules Crittitus has been cut.
Durant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durant forces Crittitus back against the cage and clinches.
Durant is pressed up against the cage. Crittitus has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Durant down to the mat. Durant avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Durant tries to land a front kick but Crittitus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Durant misses with a wild combination.
Crittitus looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Durant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crittitus backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durant fails to land with a series of punches.
Crittitus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durant.
Durant takes the fight into the clinch.
Durant is looking to break free of the clinch but Crittitus has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Durant.
Crittitus throws a head punch that misses.
Durant cracks Crittitus with a nice body shot.
Crittitus is breathing heavily.
Durant drags the fight down to the ground.
Durant wants to stand but Crittitus is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Durant throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Durant throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crittitus is looking to stand up but Durant won't let him.
Durant looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Durant is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Crittitus defends well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Durant scores with a three punch combo!
Crittitus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durant scores with a hook to the body. Crittitus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Durant closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crittitus did well to prevent Durant getting side control.
Durant wants to take a breather but Crittitus is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Crittitus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Durant is working away from the top position though.
It looks like Durant is going to stand back up.
Durant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crittitus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Crittitus wants to control but Durant is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crittitus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Durant.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Durant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Durant throws a series of punches but Crittitus moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Durant fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Crittitus does no damage.
Durant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Crittitus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Durant is striking but Crittitus is not phased and passes to half guard.
Crittitus seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Durant tries to roll over but Crittitus keeps him under control.
Crittitus is looking to take a break and control but Durant is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crittitus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Durant looking for submissions off his back.
Still in half guard, Crittitus seems content to control.
Crittitus stops Durant from getting back to his feet.
Durant missing with punches from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crittitus tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crittitus looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Durant misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Durant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thorocules Crittitus'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.
Durant throws a right and a left that Crittitus avoids nicely.
Durant walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Crittitus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Durant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Durant throws a right hand that Crittitus ducks under and follows up with a left that Crittitus also avoids with ease.
Crittitus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Durant misses with a two punch combination.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.
Crittitus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Durant tries to clinch there but Crittitus circles away.
Crittitus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Durant stuffs the takedown attempt from Crittitus. Crittitus gets slowly back to his feet.
Durant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durant throws a lazy head kick
and Crittitus counters with a big head kick but Durant shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crittitus misses with a double jab
and Durant counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crittitus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crittitus throws a nice head kick!
Thorocules Crittitus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crittitus shoots in for a double leg but Durant sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Durant looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Durant misses with a combination
and Crittitus decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Durant's guard.
Durant is working an open guard so Crittitus takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Crittitus tries to clinch but Durant is having none of it.
Durant clinches but Crittitus breaks the clinch
so Crittitus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durant keeping moving, preventing Crittitus from controlling successfully.
Crittitus looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant has his foot on Crittitus's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Crittitus works his way back into a safe position though.
Crittitus pushes down on Durant's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Crittitus wants to stand up but Durant has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Crittitus wants to take a breather but Durant is having none of it.
Durant pushes Crittitus off but Crittitus dives into side control.
Crittitus cracks Durant with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Crittitus stands up.
A jab lands there for Durant.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant looks to land a combination but Crittitus avoids it well.
Crittitus shoots in for a takedown but Durant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorocules Crittitus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crittitus blocks a head kick by Durant.
Durant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Durant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durant throws a combination that misses
and Crittitus counters with a nice kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Crittitus or perhaps it was just good defense by Durant which made him look bad.
Durant misses with a double jab
and Crittitus counters with a thumping low kick.
Durant moves in looking to clinch but Crittitus pushes him off.
Durant lands with a nice combination. Crittitus backs away looking to recover.
Durant throws a body punch but Crittitus moves out of range.
Durant misses the jab.
Crittitus has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Durant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crittitus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crittitus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crittitus tries to move into range but Durant moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Crittitus tries to clinch up
and Durant counters with a stiff right hand.
Durant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Crittitus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Crittitus prevents Durant from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Crittitus there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crittitus decides to stand and escape the position.
Durant throws a lazy head kick
so Crittitus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Crittitus wants to control from the top but Durant keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thorocules Crittitus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thorocules Crittitus's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Crittitus tries to close the distance and clinch but Durant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crittitus circles away quickly and effectively.
Durant avoids the body shot from Crittitus.
Crittitus throws a head kick that misses.
A nice combination there by Durant.
Good standup being displayed there by Durant as he connects with a hook.
Crittitus shoots in but no luck this time.
Durant throws a combination that misses
and Crittitus moves into the clinch.
Durant working hard to break the clinch.
Durant makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Durant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crittitus backwards.
Durant looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Durant lands a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crittitus displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durant up against the cage.
Crittitus keeps control of Durant as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crittitus tries to pull guard but Durant holds him up against the cage and eventually Crittitus drops back down to his feet.
Crittitus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Durant can't break the clinch.
Crittitus tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thorocules Crittitus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Durant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durant throws the kick towards the body but Crittitus avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Durant.
Durant uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crittitus has time to react.
Durant throws a head kick but Crittitus moves out of range.
Durant lands a two punch combo.
Durant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crittitus lands the left hand.
Durant takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Durant does it's job there.
Durant throws a lazy right hand but Crittitus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice cross by Crittitus.
Crittitus tries to clinch up.
Crittitus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durant.
Crittitus misses the jab.
Crittitus shoots in for a takedown but Durant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Durant as Crittitus shoots in.
Durant drives through and clinches with Crittitus against the cage.
Crittitus tries to pull guard but Durant won't allow it.
Crittitus has Durant pressed against the cage, preventing Durant from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Durant has had enough of the clinch but Crittitus keeps him there for the moment.
Crittitus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Durant clinches up with Crittitus and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crittitus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Durant lands a hook to the side of the head.
Durant has Crittitus pushed against the cage.
Durant jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Crittitus walks away with a smile on his face. Durant gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Crittitus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Durant counters with a two punch combo.
Durant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crittitus gets a clinch.
Crittitus prevents Durant from breaking the clinch.
Durant wants to break free but Crittitus has control.
Crittitus jumps guard and drags Durant to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Durant scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Crittitus is controlling Durant's posture.
Durant looking to sit in guard and control but Crittitus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant wants to stand but Crittitus is controlling the position.
Crittitus 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.
Durant wants to stand and escape but Crittitus is having none of it.
Crittitus gets to his feet. Durant looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Durant scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crittitus shoots for a double leg takedown but Durant sprawls well. He's pushed Crittitus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Durant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Durant has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Durant!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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