PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Durran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maria Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durran comes into the arena with Do or die blaring out of the sound system. Maria Ozawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Durran
vs
Ozawa

183 cm
18
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

175 cm
29
155 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Durran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maria Ozawa!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ozawa circles away quickly and effectively.
A head kick misses from Ozawa.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Durran is defended easily by Ozawa.
Durran throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ozawa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Durran will feel that in the morning.

Ozawa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ozawa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ozawa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Durran's head.
Ozawa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ozawa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Durran is refusing to be controlled, as Ozawa sits in half guard.
Ozawa slows the pace down in half guard.
Durran knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ozawa on the ground.

Ozawa is trying to work for a kimura but Durran is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Ozawa there.
Ozawa working Durran over with strikes.
Ozawa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ozawa passes the guard and advances to mount!
Durran taking shots to the head.
Ozawa dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozawa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ozawa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ozawa cracks Durran with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Durran is rocked!
Ozawa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Durran is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ozawa landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozawa lands a big shot to the head and Durran winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Maria Ozawa!
Maria Ozawa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Billy Durran stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm sorry that I let all of you down. I gave it 100 percent and I promise that I will come back stronger next time'.