PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Atte Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Duarte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peltola comes to the cage accompanied by Biggest & The Best. Duarte is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Go 2 Sleep by Ludacris. Marcos Duarte is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Peltola
vs
Duarte

180 cm
38
189 lbs
25 - 18 - 2

181 cm
37
194 lbs
30 - 18 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent 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 25 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Atte Peltola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marcos Duarte!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola misses the shot to the body.
Peltola throws out a loose jab but Duarte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duarte loads up on a big right hand but Peltola slips the punch.
Peltola lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Peltola misses the jab.
Peltola missing with a left hand there. Duarte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peltola lands with a good body shot.
Duarte loads up on a big right hand but Peltola slips the punch.
A counter left hand to the body from Peltola misses its target.
Duarte moves away from the strike by Peltola.
And Duarte tries to counter it with a takedown but Peltola pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Peltola throws a hook but Duarte blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Peltola throws a lazy uppercut
and Duarte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Peltola digs a good hook to Duarte's body.
Peltola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duarte throws out a counter right but Peltola avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duarte avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Peltola lands a jab.
Peltola throws a jab but it's blocked by Duarte.
Peltola moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDuarte.

Duarte gets a takedown into half guard.
Peltola tries to get to full guard but Duarte has control of the leg.

Duarte looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Peltola is pressing down on Duarte's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte wants to control from the top but Peltola keeps moving.
Duarte is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Duarte loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Peltola has momentary wrist control but Duarte slips an elbow through the middle.
Duarte has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Duarte won't allow Peltola to sweep him here.
Duarte with a nice head shot there.
Duarte with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duarte trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duarte trying to control the position from guard on top but Peltola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peltola is trying to control the position but Duarte postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltola managing to control the position.
Duarte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Duarte stands up over Peltola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Peltola is pulling down on Duarte's head to control his posture.
Peltola trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Peltola looks to throw the jab but Duarte is out of range.
Duarte throws out a counter right but Peltola avoids it with no problem.
Peltola thuds his right hand into Duarte's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Duarte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duarte walks into a jab.
A slow jab from Peltola misses its intended target.
Duarte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Duarte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Peltola takes a swing at Duarte's ribcage but misses.
Peltola misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Peltola. That snapped Duarte's head back.
Peltola loads up on a big right hand but Duarte slips the punch.
Peltola misses with a wild body shot.
Peltola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duarte manages to avoid it.
Peltola rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duarte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atte Peltola dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Duarte throws the left hand but Peltola avoids the punch easily.
Peltola loads up on a big right hand but Duarte slips the punch.
Peltola throws a poor cross that misses
and Duarte counters with a good, hard body kick but Peltola shrugs it off.
Peltola pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Duarte back to the cage. Peltola follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Duarte slips a jab from Peltola.
Duarte blocks a jab.
Duarte lands a head shot.
Duarte missing with a left hand there. Peltola was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Duarte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duarte changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peltola misses with a hook
and Duarte counters with a right hand to the body.
Peltola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Peltola misses with a shot to the body
enabling Duarte to counter with a crisp jab.
Duarte moves out of range of the strikes.
Duarte feints the counter takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltola misses the shot to the body.
Duarte replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Peltola blocks it well.
Peltola misses with an uppercut.
Duarte ducks under a wild hook from Peltola.
Peltola misses with a straight left.
Duarte looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Peltola misses with a left hand
and Duarte counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Peltola throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Duarte counters with a straight right hand.
Peltola stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duarte.
Duarte shoots in and drives through. Peltola sprawls well.
Peltola scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Peltola misses with a straight right.
Nice sprawl there from Peltola as Duarte shoots in.
Duarte moves forwards but Peltola connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Peltola throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duarte on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peltola jabs Duarte to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duarte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duarte misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Peltola on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Duarte throws a nice looking combination but Peltola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duarte moves away from the strike by Peltola.
Peltola connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Duarte's hands.
Duarte avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Duarte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Peltola connects with a looping right hand.
Peltola scores with a body shot.
Peltola throws a jab when Duarte was well out of range.
Duarte throws out a counter right but Peltola avoids it with no problem.
Peltola tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Duarte defends well and Peltola ends up having to push Duarte into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Peltola misses with a wild body shot.
Atte Peltola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duarte slips under a jab from Peltola.
Duarte looks to score with a jab to the body but Peltola is just out of range.
Peltola throws a shot from downtown. Duarte moves away and avoids it.
Duarte avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Duarte feints the counter takedown.
Peltola thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Peltola misses.
Peltola takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Duarte throws a hook but Peltola blocks it.

Duarte throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Peltola was covering up waiting for the punch and Duarte finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Duarte stands up over Peltola, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltola is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Peltola seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peltola prevents Duarte from improving his position.
We've been hearing that Peltola has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peltola working the head and body with strikes.
Duarte is staying active underneath Peltola, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Peltola is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Duarte looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Peltola looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Duarte with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Peltola trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atte Peltola dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Duarte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Duarte is rocked!
Duarte gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Peltola gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Duarte is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Atte Peltola!
A very excited looking Atte Peltola made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.