PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perle De Lait (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perle De Lait has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Duran
vs
De Lait

192 cm
22
216 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
217 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Perle De Lait!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Duran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Duran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Duran.
Duran misses with an uppercut. De Lait saw that one coming.
Duran thows a body kick. De Lait tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Duran circles away from the clinch attempt
and Duran counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. De Lait is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Duran has closed the distance and engaged De Lait in a clinch.

Duran breaks the clinch.
De Lait looks to clinch
and Duran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Duran misses with a straight right.
De Lait moves out of range of the strikes.
Duran misses with a wild body shot.
De Lait on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jose Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran throws a head kick but De Lait moves out of range.
Duran scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Lait in his tracks.
De Lait takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circling - Duran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Lait tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Duran thows a body shot but no joy.
Duran throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Lait on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duran. Duran obviously looking to wear him down.
Duran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Laits jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
De Lait has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Duran.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duran lands an overhand right.
Duran tries a head kick but it misses.
De Lait tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lait avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duran misses with a double jab

and De Lait moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Duran.
De Lait is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Duran is keeping busy.
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
Duran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duran.
Duran lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duran is pushing De Lait up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Duran lands a body punch in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Duran - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
De Lait's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lait fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duran is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
De Lait takes a knee right on the jaw!
Duran works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duran scores with a shoulder strike.
De Lait misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Lait.
A right hand to the body from Duran.
Duran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Lait trying to control the position but instead, Duran has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Lait into the cage.
Duran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Perle De Lait has been cut.
Duran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duran cracks De Lait with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Lait tries a body shot but Duran blocks it.
De Lait misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duran.
Duran lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Lait.
De Lait looks gassed!
Duran working De Lait over with knees to the body.
Come on Duran - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Duran prevents a body shot from De Lait.
A short left from Duran.
Duran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
Duran taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Duran lands a hook that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran lands a nice shot to the body.

Duran breaks from the clinch.
De Lait takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Lait darts in trying to clinch
and Duran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Duran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Perle De Lait's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Duran lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Duran delivers a nice body kick.
Duran lands a glancing blow to the side of De Lait's head.
Duran pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Duran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Duran lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
De Lait drops his hands momentarily and Duran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Lait moves in looking to clinch but Duran pushes him off.
Duran tests De Lait's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duran lands a right hook to the body.
Duran fakes the leg kick and cracks De Lait in the body.
De Lait keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duran.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lait takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Lait tries to clinch but Duran moves away
and Duran counters with a slapping leg kick.
Duran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Duran lands with a good body shot.
Duran misses with a series of wild punches.
Duran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duran lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Lait's sensitive parts.
Duran looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De Lait takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
De Lait is breathing heavily.
De Lait closes the distance looking to clinch
and Duran counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Lait takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Perle De Lait is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duran cracks De Lait with an open hand slap.
Duran scores with a nice head shot.
Duran looks to land a right hand but De Lait moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Duran - just one landing.
Duran scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Lait chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duran can pounce on him.

Duran has closed the distance and engaged De Lait in a clinch.
Duran displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Lait up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by De Lait.
Duran is pushing De Lait up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lait lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duran tries to throw a body punch but De Lait avoids it by throwing Duran back against the cage.
Jose Duran has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Lait has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Duran.
Duran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duran lands a shoulder strike.
Duran makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran lands a shoulder strike.
De Lait is looking to control Duran's arms but Duran gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Lait has his back to the cage.
Duran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Lait.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duran obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Duran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duran.
Duran lands with a light punch inside.
De Lait misses with a body punch.
Duran connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Lait's face.
Duran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duran with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Duran gets through De Lait's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Lait has a couple of punches blocked by Duran.
Duran lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Lait.
Duran lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Lait can do to turn this around?
Duran is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Duran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Perle De Lait's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Duran scores with a spinning back kick!
Duran fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Lait looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duran.
Duran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duran lands with an overhand left.
De Lait darts in trying to clinch
and Duran makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
De Lait on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Duran lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Lait takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duran thows a body kick. De Lait tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Lait moves to clinch but Duran breaks away
and Duran counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Lait takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Duran throws a head kick that half lands.
Duran connects with a single shot there.
Duran cracks De Lait with an open hand slap.
Jose Duran is winning the standup battle so far.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Lait tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and De Lait takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duran throws a head kick that misses.
De Lait takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Duran throws a lazy right hand but De Lait sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Duran clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lait takes a knee right on the jaw!
De Lait tries to throw a body punch but Duran avoids it by throwing De Lait back against the cage.
Duran is leaning against De Lait and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Lait backwards.
Duran with a knee to the head.
De Lait tries to throw a body punch but Duran avoids it by throwing De Lait back against the cage.
De Lait has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short left from Duran.
Duran lands with a light punch inside.
Duran stalling.

Duran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Lait tries to clinch but Duran moves away
and Duran counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duran throws a nice head kick!
Duran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duran misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Lait tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Duran counters with an inside leg kick.
De Lait gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duran.
De Lait tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Duran counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Duran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Lait tries to clinch but Duran moves out of range.
Duran scores with a one two! De Lait had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
De Lait walks into a straight right hand from Duran.
A slapping leg kick lands for Duran.
Perle De Lait has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Lait slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duran. That's going to slow De Lait down.
De Lait tries to move into range but Duran moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duran explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
De Lait chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duran can pounce on him.
De Lait gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Duran clobbers De Lait with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Duran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jose Duran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De Lait tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Duran counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Duran throws a jab when De Lait was well out of range.
Nice body kick there by Duran.
De Lait moves in looking to clinch but Duran pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duran lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Duran lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Duran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duran 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Duran!
Jose Duran really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that RAW Nutrition Recovery *159 : 60$ * logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.