PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Anderson
vs
Duran

188 cm
26
190 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

185 cm
20
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q159 Rec/Stamina

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Anderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Duran!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran avoids the body shot from Anderson.
Duran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Duran. That snapped Anderson's head back.
Anderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Duran's head.

It looks like Calvin Duran has been cut.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Duran manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Duran slips the punch.
Anderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Duran to score with a decent uppercut.
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Duran pinned against the cage. Duran gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duran but Duran pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson misses with a takedown
enabling Duran to counter with a crisp jab.
Duran stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran dodges the punch combination from Anderson.
Anderson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Anderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Duran connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anderson scrambles back to his feet.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
Anderson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duran sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Duran stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Anderson fails to land the takedown.
Duran connects with a body shot that sends Anderson's belly button to the back.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duran.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran connects with a leg kick. Anderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Duran tests Anderson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duran scores with a shot to the body.
Anderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Duran lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran slips under a jab.
Anderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Anderson throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Duran counter with a right hand.
Greg Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Anderson.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duran but Duran pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Anderson.
Duran scores with a push kick.
Nice takedown defense from Duran. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
Duran cracks Anderson with a good jab.
Duran connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duran scores with a jab to the body.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt
and Duran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Duran displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Anderson.
Duran lands a jab to the nose.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Duran counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Duran as he jumps to the side.
Duran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Duran connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anderson scrambles back to his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Anderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Duran - the referee stops the clock and Anderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Duran. Anderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Duran scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Duran throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duran lands with a nice body kick.
Duran bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Anderson's head backwards.
Anderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Duran'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.

Duran slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Duran thuds a left hand into Anderson's body.
Duran scores with a body shot.
Anderson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Duran to score with a decent uppercut.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anderson misses the jab.
Anderson throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Duran keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice straight punches there by Duran. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Duran.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Duran lands a lovely overhand right.
A cross from Duran lands.
Duran lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anderson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duran lands a right hook to the body.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Anderson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown. Duran tries to sprawl out of it but Anderson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duran manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Duran's corner calls for a 1-2. Duran obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jab, jab by Duran - just one landing.
Anderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Anderson misses.
Anderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duran throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Anderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Anderson with that takedown attempt.
Anderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Anderson misses with an uppercut. Duran saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Anderson. That's going to slow Duran down.
Duran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson misses with a wild combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Duran.
Duran scores with a jab to the head.
Anderson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Duran really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Duran is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Anderson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Duran because Anderson loaded up on that one.
Duran really wants to buck Anderson off and get back to his feet.
Duran tries to reverse the position but Anderson maintains control.
Anderson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Duran because Anderson loaded up on that one.
Duran avoids a series of strikes thrown by Anderson.
Anderson punching from mount but Duran doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Anderson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Anderson landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anderson unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duran is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Duran holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Anderson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Duran tries to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Anderson landing strikes from the mount.
Anderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Anderson with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Anderson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Anderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Anderson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Greg Anderson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Calvin Duran's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Anderson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Duran's guard.

Anderson has gone for a leg lock! Duran slips out almost immediately though and dives into Anderson's guard.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Duran from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duran engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Anderson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Duran trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Duran wants to stand but Anderson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Calvin Duran hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Duran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Anderson misses with a hook. Duran ducked under it nicely.
Anderson looks to land a right hand but Duran moved out of range.
Anderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Duran slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters circling a little - Duran finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Duran moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Anderson looks for a takedown but Duran sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Anderson misses with a straight right.
Anderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Duran can pounce on him.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Duran's waist but Duran gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Anderson off to one side.
Duran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duran.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot lands for Duran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Duran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Calvin Duran seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Anderson throws a right hand that misses
and Duran counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Duran but Duran pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Duran works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anderson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Anderson missing with a left hand there. Duran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Duran shows good takedown defense.
Anderson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duran throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Duran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
Duran scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Duran shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Anderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duran digs a good hook to Anderson's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duran lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Duran checks a low kick from Anderson.
Duran moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Duran. That snapped Anderson's head back.
Anderson misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson dives in and grabs Duran's left leg, looking for a takedown. Duran pushes down on Anderson's head and hops out.
Anderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Duran. Duran obviously looking to wear him down.
Anderson walks into a stiff left hand from Duran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Duran's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Anderson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duran, as that shot connected.
Duran scoring well with a low kick there.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Anderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but Duran manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Duran lands an overhand right.
A left lands for Duran.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A left lands for Duran.
Duran leaves Anderson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Duran goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Duran throws a one two combo.
Anderson throws a lazy right hand but Duran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duran lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Anderson shoots in and drives through. Duran sprawls well.
Duran lands with a kick to the ribs.
Good shot there by Duran.
Duran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Duran scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Duran.
Anderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Duran pinned against the cage. Duran gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Duran connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Duran jabs at Anderson's body.
A head kick misses from Duran.
Duran connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Anderson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Anderson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duran.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Duran which made him look bad.
Anderson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Anderson looks for a takedown but Duran sprawls well.
Anderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Duran avoids it really well and circles away.
Anderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Anderson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Anderson walks into a straight right hand from Duran.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Duran shows good takedown defense.
Duran chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A lazy left from Duran finds it's target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Duran.
A head kick misses from Duran.
Duran stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet.
Duran throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duran lands a front kick.
Duran scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Duran's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Duran.
Duran lands a slapping body shot.
Duran looks to land a combination. Anderson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Anderson throws a series of punches but Duran moves out of range.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt - Duran sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Duran lands a head kick. Anderson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The fighters circle momentarily. Duran darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Duran lands with an uppercut that bounces Anderson off the cage and back into rage.
Anderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duran lands a lovely overhand right.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt.
Anderson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Anderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Duran stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duran connects with a body shot that sends Anderson's belly button to the back.
Duran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Anderson momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran jabs Anderson right on the nose. Anderson blinks but takes it well.
Anderson shoots in but Duran avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Duran connects with a good right hand that stumbles Anderson. Anderson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Duran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.
Duran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duran connects with a single shot there.
Duran lands with a straight right. Anderson didn't see that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Anderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duran.
Anderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Duran to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Duran counters with a nice leg kick.
Duran with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Anderson drops his hands momentarily and Duran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Anderson misses with a looping right.
Crunch! Duran slams his shin into Anderson's torso.
Duran keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Duran punishes Anderson's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran cracks Anderson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Duran has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duran lands with a shot to the body.
Anderson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Duran connects with a jab.
Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Calvin Duran is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Anderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duran finds it's way round the side to connect with Anderson's head.
Greg Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Anderson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Duran swivels and escapes.
Duran fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Anderson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin Duran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Duran has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 46:49
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin Duran!
Calvin Duran is the new middleweight champion!