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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Reefer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Durrant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durrant has chosen Baha Men - Who let the dogs out as his entrance music. David Durrant has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Christopher Reefer's chin.
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176 lbs
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177 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christopher Reefer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Durrant!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durrant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reefer.
Durrant scores with a hook to the body. Reefer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Durrant lands a jab to Reefer's midsection.
Durrant avoids the body shot from Reefer.
Reefer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durrant lands a jab-cross combination.
Durrant throws a hook to the side of Reefer's head but Reefer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reefer shoots in looking for a takedown. Durrant tries to sprawl out of it but Reefer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Durrant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Durrant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Reefer is out of range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reefer.
Durrant displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reefer.
Durrant stuffs the takedown attempt from Reefer. Reefer gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Reefer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slow jab from Durrant misses its intended target.
Durrant connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two 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.
Reefer takes a swing at Durrant's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Durrant misses.
Durrant misses with a shot to the body
so Reefer counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Reefer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reefer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reefer stands up over Durrant, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reefer looking to pass the guard.
Durrant wants to sweep but no luck.
Durrant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Durrant trying to control the position here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reefer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Durrant pinned against the cage. Durrant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Durrant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Reefer checks a leg kick.
Reefer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Durrant defends it nicely.
Durrant misses with a hook.
Reefer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Reefer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Durrant dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jab by Durrant.
A slow jab from Durrant misses its intended target.
Durrant throws a hook but Reefer avoids it easily.
Durrant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Durrant misses with a body shot.
Durrant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durrant takes a swing at Reefer's ribcage but misses.
Durrant slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrant misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Reefer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Durrant fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reefer misses with a body punch
and Durrant counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Durrant misses.
David Durrant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reefer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A lazy left from Durrant finds it's target.
Durrant scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reefer misses with a body shot
and Durrant counters with a good low kick that Reefer was not able to check.
Reefer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Durrant avoids the body shot from Reefer.
Durrant throws a combination. Reefer tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reefer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durrant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durrant attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Reefer misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reefer blocks a jab.
Durrant moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reefer missing with a left hand there. Durrant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Durrant ducks under a wild hook from Reefer.
Durrant will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Durrant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
David Durrant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Durrant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Durrant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reefer throws out the jab.
David Durrant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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.
Durrant scores with a jab. Reefer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Durrant works the jab nicely.
Reefer jabs Durrant right on the nose. Durrant blinks but takes it well.
It looks like David Durrant has been cut.
Reefer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durrant.
Durrant scores with a hook to the body. Reefer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A clash of legs there as Reefer blocks the low kick.
Durrant swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Reefer slips a jab and a cross from Durrant.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Durrant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Durrant's cut.
That's time! Reefer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Durrant throws a nice looking combination but Reefer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Durrant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reefer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Durrant looks to land a combination but Reefer avoids it well.
Reefer ducks under a wild hook from Durrant.
Nice jab there from Durrant.
Durrant throws a shot from downtown. Reefer moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durrant scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Durrant moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reefer slips under a jab from Durrant.
Durrant stalks Reefer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reefer's face. Reefer staggers backwards, shaken.
Durrant lands with an overhand left.
Reefer slips a jab from Durrant.
Reefer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Durrant misses its intended target.
Reefer checks a leg kick.
Durrant misses with a double jab
and Reefer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrant wants to clinch.
A shot to the body from Reefer misses
and Durrant counters with a leg kick.
Durrant chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Reefer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durrant misses with a low kick.
Durrant throws a right and a left that Reefer avoids nicely.
Reefer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Durrant can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reefer's hands.
Durrant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reefer.
Christopher Reefer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durrant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Durrant throws a hook to the side of Reefer's head but Reefer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durrant waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reefer.
David Durrant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reefer circles away from the clinch attempt
and Reefer counters with a nice double leg into guard.
David Durrant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrant is trying to control the position but Reefer postures up.
Durrant is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reefer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reefer postures up in Durrant's guard and throws a big left but Durrant blocks it.
Reefer trying to control the position from guard on top but Durrant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Durrant tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reefer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Durrant trying to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Durrant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Durrant winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Durrant!
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energy
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hype
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