PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ceaser El Toro Jr (ranked 207 p4p, 82 weight class) and Roberto Duranto (ranked 29 p4p, 10 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Roberto Duranto was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

El Toro Jr
vs
Duranto

174 cm
30
171
19 - 7 - 0

180 cm
35
169
27 - 13 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ceaser El Toro Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Roberto Duranto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duranto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
El Toro Jr avoids the body shot from Duranto.
Duranto misses the shot to the body.
Duranto misses with a series of wild punches.
El Toro Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters circling - El Toro Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Duranto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and El Toro Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duranto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Duranto throws a head kick but El Toro Jr moves out of range.
El Toro Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Duranto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr takes a swing at Duranto's ribcage but misses.
Duranto throws out a counter right but El Toro Jr avoids it with no problem.
Duranto connects with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Duranto.
El Toro Jr jabs Duranto right on the nose. Duranto blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duranto misses with a kick to the body.
Duranto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr tries to move into range but Duranto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duranto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro Jr.
Duranto throws a lazy head kick
and El Toro Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duranto takes a swing at El Toro Jr's ribcage but misses.
Duranto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
El Toro Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duranto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Duranto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
El Toro Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

El Toro Jr clinches with his opponent.

Duranto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from El Toro Jr misses.
Duranto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr loads up on a big right hand but Duranto slips the punch.
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!
El Toro Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duranto throws out the jab.
Duranto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duranto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duranto lands with a cross.
El Toro Jr connects with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto scores with a crisp jab that stopped El Toro Jr in his tracks.
Duranto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr backing away here, and Duranto unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

El Toro Jr moves into the clinch.

Duranto manages to break the clinch.
Duranto scores with a body shot.
Duranto throws a hook but El Toro Jr avoids it easily.
El Toro Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duranto.
El Toro Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Duranto lands with a nice body kick.
El Toro Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duranto.
Duranto misses with a series of wild punches.
Duranto lands a jab to the nose.
El Toro Jr gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Duranto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto tests El Toro Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duranto misses with a hook. El Toro Jr ducked under it nicely.
El Toro Jr looks to clinch
and Duranto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Duranto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Duranto connects with a jab.
Duranto loads up on a big right hand but El Toro Jr slips the punch.
A jab from Duranto misses.
Roberto Duranto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Duranto.
El Toro Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Duranto slips a straight right by El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Duranto misses with a kick to the body.
El Toro Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duranto looks to land a left hand but El Toro Jr moved out of range nicely.
Duranto lets loose with a powerful body kick. El Toro Jr will feel that in the morning.

El Toro Jr has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro Jr lands an elbow just above Duranto 's eye.
El Toro Jr throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duranto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Toro Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Duranto breaks from the clinch.
El Toro Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Duranto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El Toro Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duranto manages to avoid it.
Duranto misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Duranto.
Duranto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Duranto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
El Toro Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A lazy left from Duranto finds it's target.
El Toro Jr catches Duranto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro Jr moves out of range as Duranto throws a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duranto lands with a good body shot.
El Toro Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Duranto throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and El Toro Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duranto thuds his right hand into El Toro Jr's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice leg kick lands there from Duranto.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Duranto dominated that round.
That's time! El Toro Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

El Toro Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Duranto throws out a powerful jab.
Duranto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Duranto fails to land with a series of punches.
El Toro Jr misses with a shot to the body
and El Toro Jr takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duranto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberto Duranto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El Toro Jr misses with a head kick.
Duranto lands with a thumping leg kick.
Duranto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Duranto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
El Toro Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro Jr ducks right into an uppercut from Duranto.
El Toro Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Toro Jr. Duranto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duranto is looking to score with low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Toro Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Duranto jabs El Toro Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Duranto scores with a hook to the body. El Toro Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Duranto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duranto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Duranto catches El Toro Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto avoids the body shot from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
El Toro Jr slips a straight right by Duranto.
Duranto blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Duranto! But no joy.
El Toro Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duranto has time to react.
Duranto throws a looping overhand right but El Toro Jr ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro Jr throws a head kick that half lands.
Good leg kick by Duranto.
Sloppy strikes from Duranto. Those never looked like landing.
El Toro Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Duranto just manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duranto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
El Toro Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick lands for Duranto.
El Toro Jr misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto lands the left hand.

El Toro Jr moves into the clinch.
El Toro Jr slowing the pace effectively.
El Toro Jr working aggressively here.
Duranto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
El Toro Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, El Toro Jr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Duranto's brow.
El Toro Jr letting Duranto take a breather here.
Duranto lands a right hand.
Duranto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Duranto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for El Toro Jr.
Duranto tries to circle away but El Toro Jr has him pinned against the cage.
Duranto digs a right hand underneath El Toro Jr's ribcage. El Toro Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
El Toro Jr takes a shot to the head.
Duranto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duranto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr blocking some punches.

Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Duranto lands a nice leg kick that just misses El Toro Jr's sensitive parts.
El Toro Jr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Duranto works the jab nicely.
El Toro Jr slips under a jab from Duranto.
Nice shot lands for Duranto.
El Toro Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Duranto.
Duranto is looking to slow El Toro Jr down with leg kicks.
Duranto ducks under a wild hook from El Toro Jr.
Duranto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
El Toro Jr walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duranto throws a front kick aimed at El Toro Jr's knee but El Toro Jr avoids it well.
Duranto scores with the left hand. El Toro Jr knows he should have avoided that one.
Duranto cracks El Toro Jr with a good jab.

El Toro Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr misses with a body punch.
El Toro Jr prevents a body shot from Duranto.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duranto slows down the pace here.

Duranto breaks from the clinch.
El Toro Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Duranto is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Duranto takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Duranto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro Jr.
El Toro Jr looks to land a left hand but Duranto moved out of range nicely.
Duranto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A cross from Duranto lands.
Duranto connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duranto throws a nice inside leg kick.
El Toro Jr misses with a body shot.
El Toro Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Duranto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

El Toro Jr looks to land a right hand but Duranto moved out of range.
Duranto lands a nice looking kick to the body. El Toro Jr takes a step back to recover.
El Toro Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Duranto looks to land a right hand but El Toro Jr moved out of range.
Duranto scores with a punch to the head.
El Toro Jr misses with a straight left.
El Toro Jr is looking to slow Duranto down with leg kicks.
El Toro Jr misses with a hook. Duranto ducked under it nicely.
Duranto appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duranto tests El Toro Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Duranto throws a hook but El Toro Jr avoids it easily.
Duranto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Duranto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from El Toro Jr 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 Duranto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Duranto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A countering left hand to the body from Duranto misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duranto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Toro Jr. That did some damage!
El Toro Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Duranto circles away.
El Toro Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Duranto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Duranto misses.
Duranto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro Jr looks to land a body kick but Duranto moved away.
Duranto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
El Toro Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duranto lands with a right hand.
Duranto catches El Toro Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Duranto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro Jr throws out the jab.
A solid body kick from Duranto.
Duranto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Duranto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duranto tried to score with a low kick but El Toro Jr checks it.
Duranto throws a leg kick but El Toro Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Duranto lands with an uppercut that bounces El Toro Jr off the cage and back into range.
Duranto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Duranto moves out of range of the body kick.
A little jabbing left from Duranto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
El Toro Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Duranto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duranto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. El Toro Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Duranto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ceaser El Toro Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice jab there from Duranto.
Duranto throws a leg kick which misses El Toro Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as El Toro Jr tries to avoid it.
El Toro Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duranto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duranto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of El Toro Jr's head.
Duranto connects with a looping right hand.
El Toro Jr missing with a left hand there. Duranto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Duranto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A good leg kick by Duranto.
El Toro Jr moves forwards but Duranto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Duranto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on El Toro Jr. That did some damage!
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
El Toro Jr moves away from the strike by Duranto.
Duranto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Toro Jr throws a looping overhand right but Duranto ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duranto keeps the fight on the outside.
Duranto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
El Toro Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
El Toro Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Duranto throws a good cross that connects.
El Toro Jr misses with a leg kick
enabling Duranto to counter with a crisp jab.
El Toro Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
El Toro Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duranto scores with a hook.
Duranto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as El Toro Jr backs up against the cage.

El Toro Jr is rocked!
Duranto scores with a jab to the head.
Oh El Toro Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duranto feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending El Toro Jr crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Roberto Duranto!
Roberto Duranto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.