PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Aly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Durak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Durak has chosen Johny Cash as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Aly
vs
Durak

189 cm
24
300 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
295 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mohammad Aly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Durak!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Durak to score with a decent uppercut.
Ivan Durak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durak scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Horrible takedown attempt by Aly or perhaps it was just good defense by Durak, which made it look bad.
Durak throws a series of punches but Aly moves out of range.
Aly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Durak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Durak throws a series of punches but Aly moves out of range.
Aly closes the distance and clinches up with Durak, looking for a takedown. Aly pushes Durak against the cage but Durak circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Aly shoots in looking for a takedown. Durak tries to sprawl out of it but Aly keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Durak manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Despite the aggression on Durak's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammad Aly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Durak keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
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!
Durak tries to clinch but Aly is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Durak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aly paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Durak gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Durak stops a takedown attempt from Aly.
Durak prevents a takedown attempt there.
Aly goes for a takedown in the clinch but Durak prevents it.
Durak lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Durak is working Aly over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Durak.
Aly is breathing heavily.
Durak is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Durak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durak wants to clinch but Aly slips to the side

and Aly counters with a single leg into guard. Durak didn't expect that.
Aly postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Durak can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Durak has an active guard here but Aly has managed to pass into half guard.
Durak is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Aly there.
Durak is looking to get back to full guard here but Aly has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durak misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Aly working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aly scores with a couple of short elbows.
Aly looks up at the clock and then as Durak takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Aly smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Durak looking for a sweep but Aly has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Durak is trying to escape the mount.
Aly with the ground and pound from mount.
Aly lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aly lands with some strikes.
Aly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durak is bucking up trying to escape but Aly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Aly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Aly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
Aly controlling from mount.
Aly dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Aly cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Aly controlling from mount.
The referee warns Durak that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mohammad Aly dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Aly shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Durak as he jumps to the side.
It seemed like Durak was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aly shoots in for a takedown but Durak shows good takedown defense.
Sloppy strikes from Durak. Those never looked like landing.
Aly dives in for a single leg takedown but Durak sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammad Aly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aly takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Mohammad Aly has been cut.
Aly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Durak circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durak paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Durak catches Aly with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Aly forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ivan Durak!
Our winner, Ivan Durak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.