PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kid Kamakazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iain Durrant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamakazi comes to the cage accompanied by Cooking by the book. Kid Kamakazi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Iain Durrant's chin.

Kamakazi
vs
Durrant

155 cm
27
130 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

170 cm
38
148 lbs
26 - 28 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kid Kamakazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iain Durrant!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Durrant.
Durrant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kamakazi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Kamakazi gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Durrant breaks the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Durrant blocks the leg kick.
Kamakazi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Durrant makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durrant moves out of range of the body kick from Kamakazi.
Durrant lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kamakazi backs up against the cage.
Kamakazi is looking to chop away at Durrant's legs.
Durrant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrant misses with a few strikes there.
A right-left combo lands from Durrant.
Durrant misses with a body shot.
Kid Kamakazi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamakazi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kamakazi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durrant swinging wildly here.
Durrant blocks the body kick.
Kamakazi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrant shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kamakazi defends it nicely.
Durrant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kamakazi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Kamakazi moves into the clinch.
Durrant tries to break the clinch but Kamakazi is controlling the position.
Durrant is looking to break free of the clinch but Kamakazi has double underhooks.
Durrant tries to circle away but Kamakazi has him pinned against the cage.
Kamakazi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Durrant's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Kamakazi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Kamakazi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrant wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Durrant leaning his opponent against the cage.

Kamakazi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Durrant does it's job there.
Kamakazi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Durrant fails with the takedown.
Kamakazi tries to clinch
and Durrant counters with a right hand to the body.
Durrant with a poor takedown
and Durrant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kid Kamakazi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iain Durrant.
Kamakazi 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.
Kamakazi throws a sloppy head kick and Durrant moves out of range easily.
Durrant takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Durrant is rocked!

It looks like Iain Durrant has been cut.
Durrant misses with a wild body shot.
Durrant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durrant feints a jab promting Kamakazi to slip. Durrant then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kamakazi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Durrant throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kamakazi throws a solid leg kick but Durrant takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kamakazi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kid Kamakazi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iain Durrant'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.

Kamakazi connects with a leg kick. Durrant looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice body kick from Kamakazi.
Durrant throws an off balance right hand
and Kamakazi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Durrant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kamakazi.
Kamakazi motions for Durrant to come forward. Kamakazi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Durrant drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Durrant goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Kamakazi has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Durrant but great work by Kamakazi.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kamakazi in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kamakazi throws an elbow but Durrant slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamakazi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Durrant is looking for a sweep.

Kamakazi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Durrant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Durrant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kamakazi circles away quickly and effectively.
Kamakazi throws a push kick but Durrant slaps the foot to one side.
A big right from Kamakazi misses.
Kamakazi doesn't manage to clinch there - Durrant circles away.

Kamakazi clinches up with Durrant and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrant is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Kamakazi manages to break the clinch.
Durrant misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kamakazi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kamakazi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kamakazi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kamakazi looks to land a body kick but Durrant moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Durrant looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kamakazi!
Durrant prevents Kamakazi from escaping the position.

Durrant swings around for an armbar but Kamakazi sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Durrant's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Durrant is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Durrant preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kamakazi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kamakazi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Durrant is working an open guard so Kamakazi takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A punch combination from Kamakazi misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrant scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kid Kamakazi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kamakazi misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Kamakazi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Durrant swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kamakazi counters with a left to the body.
Durrant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Durrant scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Durrant has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kamakazi connects with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kamakazi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Kamakazi instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Kamakazi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Iain Durrant's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Durrant checks the leg kick.
Durrant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kamakazi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kamakazi.
Durrant throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kamakazi's waist but Kamakazi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Durrant off to one side.
Durrant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Durrant there.
Durrant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamakazi.
Kamakazi tries a head kick but it misses.
Durrant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kamakazi cracks a nice hook into Durrant's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Durrant blocks the low kick.
Durrant misses with a combination
and Kamakazi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kamakazi tries to clinch but Durrant is having none of it.
Kid Kamakazi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kamakazi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kamakazi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kamakazi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kamakazi misses with a body shot.
Kamakazi tries to score with a low kick but Durrant moves his leg out of the way.
Iain Durrant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durrant misses with a few strikes there.
Kamakazi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Durrant throws a right hand that Kamakazi ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamakazi also avoids with ease.
Kamakazi throws a sloppy head kick and Durrant moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Durrant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kamakazi is looking to wear down Durrant with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Durrant throws a series of punches but Kamakazi moves out of range.
Kamakazi feints and then cracks Durrant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durrant down.
Sloppy strikes from Durrant. Those never looked like landing.
Kamakazi is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durrant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kamakazi.
Durrant checks a leg kick nicely.
Durrant moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kamakazi lands the left hand.
Kamakazi scores with a spinning back kick!
Kamakazi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kamakazi lands with a hook. Durrant tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Durrant fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durrant misses with a wild body shot.
Kamakazi misses with a few strikes there.
Durrant with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kamakazi to score with a decent uppercut.
Kamakazi dodges the punch combination from Durrant.
Kamakazi throws a head kick that half lands.
Kid Kamakazi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Durrant is still on wobbly legs! Can Kamakazi finish him?
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!
Durrant tries for a takedown but Kamakazi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Durrant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kamakazi feints and then cracks Durrant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Durrant down.
Kamakazi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Kamakazi drives through and clinches with Durrant against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Kamakazi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kamakazi 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kid Kamakazi!
An out of breath Kid Kamakazi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.