PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Jaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Areli Durga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durga comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Godsmack - Voodoo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jaw
vs
Durga

188 cm
29
190 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
200 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Jaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Areli Durga!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durga just misses with a punch to the body.
Durga tries to clinch up.
Jaw stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Durga.
Durga lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Durga drives through and clinches with Jaw against the cage.
Durga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jaw.
Durga just leaning against Jaw, taking a breather.
Durga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaw is defending well for now.
Durga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jaw manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Durga lands an elbow that stopped Jaw in his tracks for a moment.
Durga's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jaw avoids it.
Jaw dodges an elbow strike from Durga.
Jaw misses with an elbow strike.
Durga lands a knee to the head.
Jaw with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jaw leaning his opponent against the cage.
Durga lands an elbow inside that Jaw shrugs off.
Durga dodges an elbow strike from Jaw.
Durga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durga can't find room to land a body shot as Jaw controls the action.
Jaw is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durga avoiding damage as Jaw throws knees to the body.
Durga trying to land knees to the body.
Durga pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jaw displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durga up against the cage.
Durga unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Durga throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durga missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Jaw.
Durga misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durga pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Durga as Jaw tries to tie him up.
Durga lands an elbow inside that Jaw shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Durga as Jaw tries to tie him up.
Durga lands a nice elbow.
Durga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaw is defending well for now.
Jaw creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Durga lands an elbow inside that Jaw shrugs off.
Jaw wants to stall.
Durga scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaw trying to control the position but instead, Durga has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jaw into the cage.
Jaw's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Jaw.
Durga lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Durga tries to land a front kick but Jaw steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Areli Durga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durga swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jaw counters with a low kick, right behind Durga 's knee.
Durga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jaw finds it's way round the side to connect with Durga's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Areli Durga dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Durga feints and then cracks Jaw's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jaw down.
Jaw throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaw throws a shot from downtown. Durga moves away and avoids it.
Durga swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jaw avoids the body shot from Durga.
Durga lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jaw at a distance.
Durga scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Durga throws the kick towards the body but Jaw avoids it.
Jaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durga lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Durga tries to clinch there but Jaw circles away.
Jaw takes a swing at Durga's ribcage but misses.
Durga lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Jaw is rocked!
Durga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jaw takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Durga is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jaw rather than just go for the knockout.
Durga motions for Jaw to come forward. Durga throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Durga throws a body kick that misses.
Jaw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaw slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jaw avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Durga explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Durga throws a sloppy head kick and Jaw moves out of range easily.

Durga moves into the clinch.
Jaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Durga.
Jaw managing to block the knees to the body from Durga.
Jaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Durga.
Durga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jaw avoids it.
Jaw leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaw is trying to maintain a safe position but Durga gets an underhook and turns Jaw into the cage.
Durga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jaw is defending well for now.
Durga missing with knees to the body.
Jaw is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Durga is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Durga throws an elbow that misses.
Durga trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Jaw.
Jaw avoiding damage as Durga throws knees to the body.
Durga utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaw avoiding damage as Durga throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Areli Durga seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Durga tries to throw a body punch but Jaw avoids it by throwing Durga back against the cage.
Jaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jaw lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Durga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jaw is trying to stall.
Jaw taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Durga content to slow the pace in the clinch.
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!
The referee calls for Jaw to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Areli Durga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Durga ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Durga.
A punch lands to the side of Jaw 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Durga with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Durga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Durga comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durga scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Durga throws a body punch but Jaw moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durga lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Durga.

Durga clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Durga throws an elbow but misses.
Durga trying to land knees to the body.
Durga blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jaw in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jaw looking to slow down the pace here.
Jaw taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jaw takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Durga.
Jaw blocks an elbow strike from Durga.
Come on Jaw - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jack Jaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaw looking to slow down the pace here.
Durga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Durga tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jaw controlling the action here for a moment.
Durga manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Durga with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaw blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Durga has Jaw pushed against the cage.
Jaw just leaning against Durga, taking a breather.
Jaw seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jaw.
Durga lands a nice elbow.
Durga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Durga pushes off an throws an elbow but Jaw leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Durga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jaws head.
Durga connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jaw's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Durga.
Jaw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Jaw.
Jaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaw throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Durga's head.
Durga lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaw takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaw throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durga moves in looking to clinch but Jaw pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Areli Durga comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Durga has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Areli Durga!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Areli Durga made sure he mentioned KINGDOM, along with how happy he was to win his fight.