PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archie Duncan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Jo Jo Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jo Jo Junior's choice of entrance music: Be friends. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duncan
vs
Jo Jo Junior

188 cm
27
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Jo Jo Junior!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jo Jo Junior scores with a body shot.
Duncan digs a good body shot into Jo Jo Junior's ribs.
Jo Jo Junior walks into a straight right hand from Duncan.

It looks like Joey Jo Jo Junior has been cut.
Jo Jo Junior lands a body shot.
Jo Jo Junior swings for the body but Duncan moves out of range.

Jo Jo Junior gets a clinch.
Duncan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Duncan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Duncan blocks the elbow strike.
Duncan lands a body shot.
Jo Jo Junior gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duncan tries a body shot but Jo Jo Junior blocks it.
Jo Jo Junior just leaning against Duncan, taking a breather.
Duncan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jo Jo Junior is trying to stall.
Jo Jo Junior lands an elbow that stopped Duncan in his tracks for a moment.
Duncan throws a punch but it's blocked by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior swings wildly with an uppercut but Duncan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duncan is trying to force a seperation but Jo Jo Junior has the dominant position.
Jo Jo Junior lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jo Jo Junior leaning his opponent against the cage.
Duncan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jo Jo Junior swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duncan working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jo Jo Junior lands a nice shot to the body.
Duncan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Duncan throws a punch but it's blocked by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior looking to throw knees to the head but Duncan is blocking nicely.
Duncan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duncan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Duncan.
Jo Jo Junior prevents Duncan from breaking the clinch.
Jo Jo Junior lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duncan.
Duncan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jo Jo Junior gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jo Jo Junior using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duncan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Duncan swings wildly with an uppercut but Jo Jo Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
Duncan misses with a punch on the inside.
Jo Jo Junior wants to stall.
Jo Jo Junior throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duncan misses with some punches.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan looking to stall.
Duncan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Duncan controlling the action here for a moment.
Jo Jo Junior trying to control the position but instead, Duncan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jo Jo Junior into the cage.
Jo Jo Junior leaning against his opponent.
Duncan tries to break free but Jo Jo Junior pushes him back against the cage.
Duncan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Duncan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jo Jo Junior is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Duncan blocks the elbow strike.
Duncan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duncan avoids it.
Duncan working aggressively here.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but it misses.
Jo Jo Junior taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Duncan.
Duncan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jo Jo Junior lands a damaging elbow.
Jo Jo Junior utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jo Jo Junior blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior blocking some punches.
Duncan takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Duncan.
Jo Jo Junior lands an elbow inside that Duncan shrugs off.
Jo Jo Junior lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Duncan lands with a light punch inside.
Jo Jo Junior tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duncan's elbow.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a knee to the head.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land a knee to the head but Duncan blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jo Jo Junior just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duncan's brow.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duncan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior, against the cage.
Duncan is trying to push Jo Jo Junior away but Jo Jo Junior has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jo Jo Junior throws a punch but it's blocked by Duncan.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow that misses.
Jo Jo Junior swings wildly with an uppercut but Duncan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duncan stalling in the clinch but Jo Jo Junior improves position.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Duncan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stalling in the clinch from Jo Jo Junior.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jo Jo Junior looks gassed!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Duncan.
Duncan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior, against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior can't find room to land a body shot as Duncan controls the action.
Jo Jo Junior swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duncan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duncan misses with a punch on the inside.
Jo Jo Junior blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Duncan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jo Jo Junior misses the shot to the body.
Duncan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jo Jo Junior counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Joey Jo Jo Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duncan misses with a series of wild punches.
Duncan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jo Jo Junior manages to avoid it.
Duncan checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a wild body shot.
Duncan throws an overhand right that lands on Jo Jo Junior's shoulder, as Jo Jo Junior tries to avoid the shot.
Jo Jo Junior is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duncan rather than just go for the knockout.
Duncan misses with a series of wild punches.
Jo Jo Junior tries to clinch up but Duncan circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Duncan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Jo Jo Junior'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.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Duncan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jo Jo Junior manages to avoid it.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duncan.
Duncan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jo Jo Junior lands a nice shot to the body.
Jo Jo Junior is looking to clinch.
Jo Jo Junior thows a body shot but no joy.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a wild body shot.
Duncan checks a leg kick.
Duncan throws a nice looking combination but Jo Jo Junior bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duncan works over Jo Jo Junior's head and body with a nice combination.
Jo Jo Junior is looking to clinch but Duncan is avoiding it.
Jo Jo Junior fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duncan misses with an uppercut
and Jo Jo Junior counters with a nice body shot.
Archie Duncan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duncan avoids the body shot from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duncan. That did some damage!
Duncan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jo Jo Junior makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
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!
Duncan keeps the fight on the outside.
Duncan throws an off balance right hand
and Jo Jo Junior counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jo Jo Junior closes the distance and clinches.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior, against the cage.
Come on Jo Jo Junior - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jo Jo Junior stalling in the clinch but Duncan improves position.
Duncan tries to stall but Jo Jo Junior uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Duncan has a couple of punches blocked by Jo Jo Junior.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow that misses.
Jo Jo Junior lands a knee to the head.
Jo Jo Junior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duncan can't find room to land a body shot as Jo Jo Junior controls the action.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan prevents a body shot from Jo Jo Junior.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jo Jo Junior just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duncan's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Duncan.
Duncan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duncan tries a body shot but Jo Jo Junior blocks it.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow strike.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow strike.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jo Jo Junior tries to stall but Duncan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Duncan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duncan tries to work over Jo Jo Junior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jo Jo Junior looking to slow down the pace here.
Jo Jo Junior throws a punch but it's blocked by Duncan.
Duncan stalling in the clinch but Jo Jo Junior improves position.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Duncan.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land a knee to the head but Duncan blocks with his arms.
Duncan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duncan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duncan misses with a body punch.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow over the top.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike.
Jo Jo Junior misses with the head strike.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land knees in the clinch but Duncan avoids the damage to the body.
Duncan is trying to stall.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land knees in the clinch but Duncan avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior looking to throw knees to the head but Duncan is blocking nicely.
Jo Jo Junior is breathing heavily.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike.
Duncan is trying to break the clinch but Jo Jo Junior has him pressed against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow over the top.
Duncan stalling in the clinch but Jo Jo Junior improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo Jo Junior looking to slow down the pace here.
Duncan misses with some punches.
Jo Jo Junior trying to stall but Duncan improves his position.
Duncan lands a nice uppercut.
Duncan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Duncan throws a head punch that misses.
Duncan misses with a punch on the inside.
Duncan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Duncan.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land knees in the clinch but Duncan avoids the damage to the body.
Duncan dodges an elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jo Jo Junior creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Duncan's defenses.
Archie Duncan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but misses.
Jo Jo Junior lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jo Jo Junior trying to control the position but instead, Duncan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jo Jo Junior into the cage.
Jo Jo Junior pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Duncan throws a head punch that misses.
Duncan takes a shot to the head.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan gets through Jo Jo Junior's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duncan.
Duncan blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jo Jo Junior just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duncan's brow.
Duncan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jo Jo Junior doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duncan.
Duncan throws a punch but it's blocked by Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow but misses.
Jo Jo Junior is trying to stall.
Duncan lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duncan trying to stall but Jo Jo Junior improves his position.
Duncan avoids a wild elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land knees in the clinch but Duncan avoids the damage to the body.
Duncan working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jo Jo Junior.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Duncan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey Jo Jo Junior's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Duncan misses with a hook
and Jo Jo Junior counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Jo Jo Junior clinches up against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior misses with an elbow strike.
Jo Jo Junior is trying to maintain a safe position but Duncan gets an underhook and turns Jo Jo Junior into the cage.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land knees in the clinch but Duncan avoids the damage to the body.
Duncan avoids the elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior, against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior lands a knee to the body.
Duncan tries to break the clinch but Jo Jo Junior is controlling the position.
Jo Jo Junior misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duncan.
Jo Jo Junior lands a body shot.
Jo Jo Junior wants to stall.
Duncan stalling.
Duncan misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Jo Jo Junior to work.
Duncan trying to stall but Jo Jo Junior improves his position.
A bit of stalling here from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan dodges an elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior throws an elbow that misses.
Duncan lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jo Jo Junior lands a nice uppercut.
Jo Jo Junior lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Jo Jo Junior.
A short body shot lands from Jo Jo Junior as the two fighters clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jo Jo Junior lands a damaging elbow.
Jo Jo Junior effectively controlling the action here.

Duncan breaks from the clinch.
Jo Jo Junior thuds a left hand into Duncan's body.
Duncan swats away the attempt to clinch by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Jo Jo Junior. Beautiful body shot.
Jo Jo Junior throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jo Jo Junior swings away with a body shot that misses
and Duncan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duncan swats away the attempt to clinch by Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan throws an off balance right hand
and Jo Jo Junior counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Duncan thinking.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duncan was well out of range. Poor timing from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan looks to throw the jab but Jo Jo Junior is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jo Jo Junior closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Duncan throws a punch but it's blocked by Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan lands a nice uppercut.
Duncan managing to block the knees to the body from Jo Jo Junior.
A right hook to the body lands for Duncan.
Duncan throws a head punch that misses.
Jo Jo Junior lands an elbow just above Duncan 's eye.
Jo Jo Junior stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jo Jo Junior crunches a lovely knee into Duncan's ribcage.
Duncan lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior misses with the head strike.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a knee to the head.
Duncan avoiding damage as Jo Jo Junior throws knees to the body.
Jo Jo Junior is looking to control Duncan's arms but Duncan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jo Jo Junior has his back to the cage.
Duncan working aggressively here.
Duncan avoids a wild elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Duncan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior tries to stall but Duncan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duncan avoids it.
Duncan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duncan presses Jo Jo Junior against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Duncan.
Duncan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jo Jo Junior backwards.
Jo Jo Junior wants to stall.
Duncan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duncan gets through Jo Jo Junior's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duncan throws a head punch that misses.
Duncan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duncan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Duncan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duncan blocks an elbow strike from Jo Jo Junior.
Jo Jo Junior pushes off an throws an elbow but Duncan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Duncan throws a head punch that misses.
Duncan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jo Jo Junior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Duncan swings wildly with an uppercut but Jo Jo Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duncan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duncan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jo Jo Junior swings wildly with an uppercut but Duncan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Duncan fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duncan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jo Jo Junior lands a nice elbow.
Jo Jo Junior misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Duncan.
Archie Duncan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jo Jo Junior takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Duncan.
Duncan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Duncan lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Duncan.
Duncan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jo Jo Junior backwards.
Jo Jo Junior tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duncan avoids it.
Jo Jo Junior tries to throw a body punch but Duncan avoids it by throwing Jo Jo Junior back against the cage.
Duncan gets through Jo Jo Junior's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duncan avoiding damage.
Duncan managing to block the knees to the body from Jo Jo Junior.
Duncan lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duncan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duncan.

Duncan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jo Jo Junior takes a swing at Duncan's ribcage but misses.
Joey Jo Jo Junior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duncan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duncan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Archie Duncan.
Well Duncan 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archie Duncan!