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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pires is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tier - Rammstein. Augusto Pires has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Durant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augusto Pires!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pires scores with a nice head shot.
Durant bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pires looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Durant drops his hands momentarily and Pires takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pires throws a hook to the side of Durant's head but Durant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Durant.
Durant connects with a body shot.
Pires displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Durant throws out the jab.
Pires throws the left hand but Durant avoids the punch easily.
Durant looks for the body kick but Pires saw that one coming.
Pires misses with a hook. Durant ducked under it nicely.
Pires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Durant moves away.
Pires throws a right and a left that Durant avoids nicely.
Durant blocks a jab.
Pires avoids a punch combination nicely.
Durant throws and low kick but Pires moves out of range easily.
Durant throws a jab but it's blocked by Pires.
Durant throws a solid leg kick but Pires takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durant.
Pires misses with a body shot
and Pires takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Augusto Pires has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Durant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pires.
Durant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pires on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pires throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Durant.
Pires lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Durant misses with a two punch combination.
Pires throws a hook to the side of Durant's head but Durant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pires slips a straight right by Durant.
Pires dodges the punch combination from Durant.
Durant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pires.
Durant lands with a hook. Pires tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Durant misses with a low kick as Pires jumps back.
Pires stuns Durant with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Durant moves out of range as Pires strikes.
Durant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pires looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pires misses with a combination
and Durant counters with a left and a right that stings Pires.
Pires looks gassed!
Durant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pires doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pires.
Durant throws a jab when Pires was well out of range.
Durant buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Durant fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pires checks it well.
Pires rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Durant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Durant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Pires misses.
Good exchange - Durant coming out on top.
Durant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pires throws a body punch but Durant moves out of range.
Pires misses with a series of wild punches.
Durant is looking to land body kicks.
Durant lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Durant wants to land a leg kick but Pires is out of range.
Durant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pires.
Durant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durant paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Durant fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab lands there for Durant.
Durant lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Durant throws a push kick but Pires slaps the foot to one side.
Pires gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Durant lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durant throws a chopping leg kick but Pires manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durant uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Durant throws a sloppy head kick and Pires moves out of range easily.
Durant throws a leg kick that misses.
No joy there for Durant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Durant connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A shot to the body from Pires misses
and Durant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Durant misses with a low kick.
Durant misses with a body kick.
Durant misses with a double jab.
Durant throws a sloppy head kick and Pires moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pires misses with a straight left.
Pires checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pires lands a jab-cross combination.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Durant cracks Pires with a right hand to the side of the head.
That has opened up Augusto Pires's cut even more.
Durant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pires.
Pires missing with a left hand there. Durant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pires.
A cross from Durant lands.
Durant throws a body punch but Pires moves out of range.
Pires blocks the body kick.
No joy there for Pires, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Durant throws a right and a left that Pires avoids nicely.
Pires lands a body shot.
Durant scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pires in his tracks.
Pires fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pires changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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 Augusto Pires's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pires moves away.
Pires misses with a combination
and Durant counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Durant has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pires misses with a straight left.
Durant throws a shot to the body.
Durant walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pires checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Durant scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Durant lands with a good body shot.
Pires takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kevin Durant is winning the standup battle so far.
Durant connects with the punch.
Pires on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durant fails to land with a series of punches.
Durant throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Durant attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Durant misses with a looping left.
Durant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pires.
Durant jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pires has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pires throws a nice looking combination but Durant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kevin Durant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pires misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pires moves forwards but Durant connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Durant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pires showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durant.
Pires takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Durant throws a body kick that misses.
Pires takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pires swings for the body but Durant moves out of range.
Durant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pires can do to turn this around?
Durant tries to land a leg kick but Pires saw it coming and moves away.
Durant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pires counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Durant lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Durant tries to bum rush Pires with a series of wild strikes but Pires uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pires tries to bum rush Durant with a series of wild strikes but Durant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pires takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left and a right from Durant both land. Nice combination.
Durant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durant takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Durant darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut there from Pires.
Pires misses with a combination
and Durant counters with a three punch combo that has Pires backing up. Pires nods at Durant to acknowledge the strikes.
Pires misses with a combination
and Durant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Durant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pires was well out of range. Poor timing from Durant.
No joy there for Pires, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durant misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pires moves away.
Pires changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Durant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durant fails to land with a series of punches.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Durant.
Pires takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Durant connects with the punch.
Pires throws a right and a left that Durant avoids nicely.
Jab by Durant.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pires throws a left and a right that both miss
and Durant counters with a nice uppercut.
Durant staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Durant misses.
Pires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durant.
Pires bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Durant's head.
Durant takes a swing at Pires's ribcage but misses.
Durant throws a head kick but Pires moves out of range.
Pires lands with an overhand left.
Pires's corner calls for a 1-2. Pires obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A combination from Durant does no damage.
Pires moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Durant tries to bum rush Pires with a series of wild strikes but Pires uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Durant drops his hands momentarily and Pires takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pires checks a low kick from Durant.
Pires punishes Durant's body with a nice straight punch.
Durant throws out a leg kick but Pires moves out of range and Durant only half commits.
Durant lands a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pires moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pires walks into a stiff left hand from Durant.
Pires throws a left and a right that both miss
and Durant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Durant slips a jab and a cross from Pires.
Durant lands a nice hook to Pires's body. Pires takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Durant there.
Durant misses with the combination.
Jab by Pires.
Pires thuds a left hand into Durant's body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pires!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pires blocks the body kick.
Pires throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pires swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durant misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Durant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Durant slips a jab and a cross from Pires.
Durant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durant lands with a straight right. Pires didn't see that one coming.
Durant scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Durant throws a right hand that Pires ducks under and follows up with a left that Pires also avoids with ease.
A big left from Durant misses.
Durant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pires tries to bum rush Durant with a series of wild strikes but Durant uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pires checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Pires.
Pires blocks a jab.
Durant throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Durant misses with a kick to the body.
Durant swings for the body but Pires moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pires misses with a double jab.
Durant tries a head kick but it misses.
Durant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pires.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant dodges the punch combination from Pires.
Pires tests Durant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pires moves out of range of the body kick from Durant.
Durant lands a nice looking body shot.
Durant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Durant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pires stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Durant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pires backs up against the cage.
Durant throws a right hand that Pires ducks under and follows up with a left that Pires also avoids with ease.
Pires throws a nice looking combination but Durant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Durant scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pires doesn't seem bothered though.
Pires throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pires is out of range.
Pires throws a body punch but Durant moves out of range.
Durant stuns Pires with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Durant throws and low kick but Pires moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pires takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Durant slips a jab and a cross from Pires.
Durant tests Pires's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Durant fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pires throws a sloppy body shot
and Durant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Durant throws a nice outside leg kick.
Durant scores with the left hand. Pires knows he should have avoided that one.
Durant punishes Pires's body with a nice straight punch.
Pires throws a lazy right hand but Durant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Durant throws a right and a left that Pires avoids nicely.
Pires connects with a looping right hand.
Durant missing with a left hand there. Pires was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pires digs a good hook to Durant's body.
A big right from Pires misses.
Pires slips a jab and a cross from Durant.
Pires throws a series of punches but Durant avoids them all with ease.
Durant scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pires throws out the jab.
Durant scores with a jab. Pires acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Durant takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pires misses with a wild combination.
Durant throws a right and a left that Pires avoids nicely.
Pires throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Durant connects with a looping right hand.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Durant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pires lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Durant at a distance.
Durant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durant moves away from the strike by Pires.
A jab from Pires misses.
Durant shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pires misses with a two punch combination.
Durant punishes Pires's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws a solid leg kick but Pires takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durant.
Durant closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pires walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pires takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Durant scoring well with a low kick there.
Pires throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Durant darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut there from Durant.
Durant misses with a low kick.
Durant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pires swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Durant displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
No joy there for Durant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durant is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pires.
Durant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pires ducks under a wild hook from Durant.
Durant throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pires.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Durant clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A shot to de liver by Pires. Beautiful body shot.
Durant throws a sloppy head kick and Pires moves out of range easily.
Durant moves away from the strike by Pires.
Pires misses with a looping left.
Pires blocks a leg kick.
Pires fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durant connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pires. Pires circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Durant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durant misses with a straight left.
Durant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pires.
Pires connects with a crisp jab.
Pires throws a series of punches but Durant avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Durant.
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Durant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pires.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.
Pires throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Pires misses the target.
Durant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pires backs up against the cage.
Durant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pires.
Pires moves out of range of the leg kick from Durant.
Pires misses the shot to the body.
Durant throws a chopping leg kick but Pires manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durant scores with a punch to the head.
Durant throws a hook to the side of Pires's head but Pires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pires blocks a leg kick.
Pires takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the body from Pires misses
and Durant counters with a nice uppercut.
Pires fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durant manages to avoid it.
Pires throws a hook but Durant avoids it easily.
Durant throws a nice looking combination but Pires bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Durant listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Durant connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pires. Pires circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pires scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Durant uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pires is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durant.
Durant digs a good hook to Pires's body.
Durant pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Durant scores with a punch to the head.
Durant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pires was well out of range. Poor timing from Durant.
Pires throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Durant to counter with a crisp jab.
Durant works Pires's body with a nice hook.
Durant lands with a hook. Pires tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Durant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Durant moves out of range of the strikes.
Pires throws a series of punches but Durant moves out of range.
Durant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pires.
Pires connects with a looping right hand.
Pires looks to land a right hand but Durant moved out of range.
Nice jab there from Durant.
Durant is looking to score with low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant lands an overhand right.
Pires lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Durant circles away quickly and effectively.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pires takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Durant scores with a jab to the jaw.
Durant ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pires avoids the head kick by Durant.
Pires takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pires thuds his right hand into Durant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pires throws an overhand right that lands on Durant's shoulder, as Durant tries to avoid the shot.
Durant lands a nice shot that snaps Pires's head back.
Pires slips a jab and a cross from Durant.
Pires pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Durant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Durant jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pires misses with a series of wild punches.
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 Pires has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pires and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pires closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pires. Durant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Durant as he connects with a hook.
Pires throws a right hand that Durant ducks under and follows up with a left that Durant also avoids with ease.
Durant lands a nice shot to the body.
Durant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pires looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Durant throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pires.
Durant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Durant swinging wildly here.
A combination from Pires does no damage.
Pires swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Durant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Durant scores with a body shot.
Pires ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pires misses with a hook. Durant ducked under it nicely.
Durant misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Durant had his way with Augusto Pires in that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Pires throws a series of punches but Durant moves out of range.
Durant swings for the body but Pires moves out of range.
Pires misses with a double jab
enabling Durant to counter with a crisp jab.
Pires on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pires takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Durant bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pires's head.
Durant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pires lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Durant circles away quickly and effectively.
Durant connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pires momentarily.
Durant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Durant throws a push kick but Pires slaps the foot to one side.
Pires stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Durant.
Durant misses with a body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Durant cracks Pires with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from Pires does no damage.
Durant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pires slips under a jab from Durant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant stuns Pires with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pires scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pires misses with a double jab
and Durant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Durant misses with a kick to the body.
Durant slips under a jab from Pires.
Pires drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Durant.
Durant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pires takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pires fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Durant looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pires keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pires slips under a jab.
Durant lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pires lands an overhand right.
Pires misses with a double jab.
Durant cracks Pires with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant slips under a jab.
Durant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durant throws a low kick, looking for Pires's leg but Pires calmly moves out of range.
Durant connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Durant takes a swing at Pires's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Pires misses.
Durant lands a slapping body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Durant.
Pires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Durant.
Pires takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Durant throws a body kick that misses.
Durant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pires backs up against the cage.
Durant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pires's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pires duly obliges.
Pires cracks Durant with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pires looks to land a left hand but Durant moved out of range nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Durant, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Durant slips under a jab from Pires.
Durant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Danga de danga de dang - Pires scores with a four punch combination!
Pires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pires will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pires avoids the head kick by Durant.
Durant throws a lazy right hand but Pires sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pires misses with a double jab.
Pires doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pires falls off balance throwing a combination
and Durant makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durant throws a body punch but Pires moves out of range.
Pires throws a series of strikes that have Durant backpedaling.
Durant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Durant cracks Pires with an open hand slap.
Kevin Durant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Some wild striking there from Pires.
Durant misses with a head kick.
Pires is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Durant scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pires takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pires throws out a loose jab but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pires scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pires falls off balance throwing a combination
and Durant counters with a left and a right that stings Pires.
Pires doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Durant defending well as Pires loads up on a big left hand.
Pires takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Durant has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Durant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Augusto Pires has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durant scores with a jab.
Pires avoids the head kick by Durant.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 50:45
Judge George Francis scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Durant!
Kevin Durant retains his middleweight title!
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