PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van der Laan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Duran
vs
Van der Laan

185 cm
25
193 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

185 cm
33
195 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

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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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan misses with a wild body shot.
Van der Laan misses with an uppercut.
Duran lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Van der Laan lands a jab-cross combination.
Duran circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duran throws a head kick but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Duran throws a lazy right hand but Van der Laan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Duran.
Duran throws a sloppy head kick and Van der Laan moves out of range easily.
Van der Laan throws a hook to the side of Duran's head but Duran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van der Laan connects with an inside leg kick.
Duran has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van der Laan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van der Laan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van der Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Van der Laan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan tries a head kick but it misses.
Duran blocks a low kick nicely.
Duran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van der Laan.
Duran lands a jab to Van der Laan's midsection.
Some wild striking there from Van der Laan.
Duran scores with a hook.
Van der Laan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van der Laan misses with a looping left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van der Laan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Duran has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duran and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Duran throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Duran misses with a hook. Van der Laan ducked under it nicely.
Duran throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van der Laan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Van der Laan is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duran.
A combination from Duran does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duran. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab lands there for Van der Laan.
Good exchange - Duran coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duran checks a low kick from Van der Laan.
Duran throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Van der Laan.
Duran tries to bum rush Van der Laan with a series of wild strikes but Van der Laan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Van der Laan moves out of range as Duran throws a body kick.
Duran misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Van der Laan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Van der Laan, right into the meat.
Duran chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van der Laan can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan misses with a head kick.
Van der Laan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Duran finds it's target.
Duran connects with a high kick.
A jab from Duran does it's job there.
Van der Laan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duran.
Duran takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duran misses with a kick to the body.
Duran thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Van der Laan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Van der Laan tries to work over Duran's front leg with a kick but Duran checks it.
Duran closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duran swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duran throws a head kick but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Duran takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Duran blocks a head kick by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Van der Laan misses the target.
Van der Laan throws a wild body kick that Duran sees coming a mile off.
Duran throws a shot from downtown. Van der Laan moves away and avoids it.
Van der Laan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duran's calf.
Duran misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Duran lands with a nice body kick.
Nice shot by Duran.
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 Calvin Duran will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Duran avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van der Laan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van der Laan circles away quickly and effectively.
Van der Laan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Calvin Duran is winning the standup battle so far.
Van der Laan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duran throws out the jab.
Duran avoids a kick to the body.
Van der Laan throws a head kick but Duran moves out of range.
Van der Laan is looking to score with low kicks.
Van der Laan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duran takes a swing at Van der Laan's ribcage but misses.
Van der Laan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duran moves out of range of the leg kick from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch but Duran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van der Laan sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran throws a looping overhand right but Van der Laan ducks down to avoid it.
Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van der Laan.
Duran dips to his left and cracks Van der Laan with an uppercut!
Van der Laan wants to clinch up but Duran keeps it at a distance.
Van der Laan throws a head kick but Duran moves out of range.
Van der Laan blocks a head kick by Duran.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van der Laan.
Calvin Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van der Laan throws a shot from downtown. Duran moves away and avoids it.
Duran dips to his left and cracks Van der Laan with an uppercut!
Duran with a jab.
Duran misses with a straight left.
Van der Laan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan lands with a cross.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van der Laan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A big right from Duran misses.
Van der Laan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duran.
Duran takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Duran looks to land a body kick but Van der Laan moved away.
Van der Laan throws a low kick, looking for Duran's leg but Duran calmly moves out of range.
Duran throws a lazy head kick
and Van der Laan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Duran's knee momentarily.
Duran takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van der Laan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Van der Laan walks into a jab.
Van der Laan throws a body kick that misses.
Duran throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van der Laan counters with a solid body kick.
Duran is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Duran.
Duran lands with a good body shot.
Van der Laan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Duran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duran tries to land a front kick but Van der Laan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Van der Laan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Van der Laan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duran checks a leg kick.
Van der Laan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Van der Laan takes one to the side of the head.
Van der Laan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Van der Laan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Duran is out of range.
Nice cross by Duran.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Duran.
Duran throws a series of punches but Van der Laan avoids them all with ease.
Duran takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good work by Duran as he checks the leg kick.
Van der Laan connects with a body shot that sends Duran's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot lands for Duran.
Duran moves out of range of the body kick from Van der Laan.
Duran misses with a looping left.
Duran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duran tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duran.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duran. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duran throws an overhand right that lands on Van der Laan's shoulder, as Van der Laan tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Duran dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Van der Laan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Duran.
A swing and a miss from Duran.
Duran blocks a leg kick.
Duran misses with an uppercut. Van der Laan saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Duran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van der Laan doesn't seem phased though.
Van der Laan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duran throws out the jab.
Van der Laan lands a nice shot that snaps Duran's head back.
Duran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan misses with a straight right.
Duran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A telegraphed right hand from Duran misses the target.
Van der Laan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van der Laan throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duran misses with a hook. Van der Laan ducked under it nicely.
Duran with a nice cross.
Van der Laan moves away from the strike by Duran.
Van der Laan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A telegraphed right hand from Van der Laan misses the target.
Duran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van der Laan in his tracks.
Van der Laan lands a body shot.
Duran lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van der Laan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duran.
Duran throws a head kick that misses.
Duran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Andre Van der Laan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Duran checks a leg kick.
Duran throws a looping overhand right but Van der Laan ducks down to avoid it.
Van der Laan moves in looking to clinch but Duran pushes him off.
Van der Laan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duran.
Van der Laan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van der Laan.
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!
Duran throws a head kick that Van der Laan semi-blocks.
Van der Laan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Duran's calf.
Van der Laan throws a right and a left that Duran avoids nicely.
Duran lands a jab to Van der Laan's midsection.
Duran lands a slapping body shot.
Van der Laan tries to close the distance and clinch but Duran swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan throws a body punch but Duran moves out of range.
Duran lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Duran misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van der Laan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Duran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van der Laan.
Duran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duran misses the shot to the body.
Van der Laan throws a hook but Duran blocks it.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Duran sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van der Laan misses with a leg kick
and Duran cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Duran checks a leg kick nicely.
Duran thumps Van der Laan with a low kick.
Duran avoids the head kick by Van der Laan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan throws a hook but Duran blocks it.
Duran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick but Duran moved away.
Van der Laan scoring well with a low kick there.
Van der Laan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick misses from Duran.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duran lands a head kick!
A swing and a miss from Van der Laan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van der Laan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Duran.
Duran jabs Van der Laan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van der Laan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

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 Calvin Duran.
Well Duran 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Calvin Duran!
After the fight, Calvin Duran was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.