PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Oven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duran's choice of entrance music: Seven devils - Florence. Calvin Duran has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oven
vs
Duran

185 cm
30
195 lbs
16 - 9 - 2

185 cm
29
193 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, George Oven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calvin Duran!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Oven circles away quickly and effectively.
Duran misses with a head kick.
Oven misses with a low kick.
Oven takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice shot by Oven.
Duran moves out of range of the strikes.
Oven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Duran moves into the clinch.
Duran blocking some punches.
Duran lands a shoulder strike.
Oven lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duran lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duran blocks a body shot from Oven.
Oven swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Oven has picked Duran up - he's going for a ride! Oven dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Duran is trying to stand up here but Oven is controlling him well.
Oven not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oven working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Duran's thigh. Duran counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Duran trying to control the position here.
Duran keeping moving, preventing Oven from controlling successfully.
Duran wants to stand and escape but Oven is having none of it.
Duran trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oven with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Duran thows a body shot but no joy.
A cross from Duran lands.
Duran throws a right hand that Oven ducks under and follows up with a left that Oven also avoids with ease.
A clash of legs there as Duran blocks the low kick.
Some wild striking there from Duran.
Oven takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oven throws a jab but it's blocked by Duran.
Duran avoids the body shot from Oven.
Oven takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Duran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oven. Duran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oven throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duran stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oven throws a series of punches but Duran avoids them all with ease.
Oven tried to score with a low kick but Duran checks it.
Duran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oven.
Duran throws a jab when Oven was well out of range.
Duran looks to throw the jab but Oven is out of range.
Duran cracks Oven with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Duran misses with a body shot.
Oven throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oven swings for the body but Duran moves out of range.
Duran blocks a head kick by Oven.
Duran feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ovens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oven tries a head kick but it misses.
Duran connects with a body shot.
Duran avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oven misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oven ducks under a wild hook from Duran.
Duran throws a head kick that Oven semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duran misses with a body shot.
Oven takes a swing at Duran's ribcage but misses.
No luck for Oven with that takedown attempt.
Duran dodges the punch combination from Oven.
Duran throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duran rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oven moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Duran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oven slips a straight right by Duran.
Oven is trying hard to land a takedown here. Duran sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Oven checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oven defending well as Duran loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oven lands a head shot.
A jab from Oven misses.
Oven moves out of range of the body kick.
Oven throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duran stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Calvin Duran will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Good leg kick by Oven there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oven throws out a powerful jab.
Duran slips a jab and a cross from Oven.
Oven jabs at Duran's body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Oven 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.
Oven connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duran.
Duran throws a shot from downtown. Oven moves away and avoids it.
Oven throws a big shot that misses.
Duran tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Oven.
A clash of legs there as Duran blocks the low kick.
Oven connects with a right hand. Duran shakes it off.
Oven keeps the fight on the outside.
Duran needs to keep his hands up - Oven had a free shot at his head there.
Oven takes a swing at Duran's ribcage but misses.
Duran tries to score with a low kick but Oven moves his leg out of the way.
Duran fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duran throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duran throws a big shot that misses.
Calvin Duran seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Duran closes the distance and clinches.
Duran swings wildly with an uppercut but Oven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oven has a couple of punches blocked by Duran.
Oven can't break the clinch.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oven lands with a short shot to the head.
Oven trying to land knees to the body.
Duran misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oven lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duran backwards.
Duran pushes Oven back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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 stops a takedown attempt from Oven.
Duran managing to block the knees to the body from Oven.
Oven working aggressively here.
Duran misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duran tries to work over Oven's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Oven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duran slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oven lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oven thows a left - swing and a miss!

Duran clinches up with Oven and pushes him back against the cage.
Duran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Duran.
Oven blocks an uppercut.
Duran looking to stall.
Duran works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duran is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oven is keeping busy.
Duran throws a punch but it's blocked by Oven.
Duran lands a left hand.
Duran digs a right hand underneath Oven's ribcage. Oven let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Calvin Duran seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Duran.
Oven is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Duran pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Duran lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oven backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oven has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Duran throws a head punch that misses.
Duran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ovens head.

Oven is rocked!
Duran lands an uppercut.
Oh Oven is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Duran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oven wants to take the fight to the mat but Duran manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Oven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duran creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Oven with a big uppercut! Oven tries to clinch up but Duran pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Oven to the mat! Oven covers up and Duran unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Calvin Duran!
Calvin Duran seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.