PBP Commentary

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

Duran
vs
Hemmo

170 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paini Hemmo!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran cracks Hemmo with a right hand to the side of the head.

Duran gets caught flat footed, as Hemmo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Duran utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duran is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hemmo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Duran working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hemmo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hemmo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hemmo is in close to Duran's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hemmo postures up and lands a big shot to Duran's brow.
Hemmo cracks Duran with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hemmo tries to free his leg and advance position but Duran is retaining full guard.
Hemmo advances to half guard.
Hemmo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hemmo prevents Duran from improving his position.
Hemmo is thwarting Duran's attempts to control the position.
Duran knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hemmo on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemmo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duran is looking to control Hemmo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Duran avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hemmo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Duran with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duran trying to hold on to Hemmo's head to control him but Hemmo postures up.
Hemmo lands with a punch from half guard.
Hemmo stalling.
Duran has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hemmo is working away from the top position though.
Hemmo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duran defending well though.
Hemmo content to control rather than advance.
Duran trying to control but Hemmo postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hemmo dives in and scores a takedown into Duran's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hemmo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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!
Hemmo trying to control the position from guard on top but Duran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duran avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duran is trying to control the position but Hemmo postures up.
Hemmo passes Duran's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Hemmo thows a huge punch but Duran dodges it nicely.
Hemmo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hemmo working the head and body with strikes.
Hemmo is pressing down on Duran's thigh, looking to free his foot. Duran is holding on for now.
Duran wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran is looking to control Hemmo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Duran avoid being mounted?
Duran avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hemmo.
Duran wants to get back to full guard.
Duran taking some punishment here, with Hemmo in his half guard.
Duran wants to control the action here but instead Hemmo manages to pass to full mount!
Hemmo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hemmo raining down shots from the mount!
Hemmo controlling from mount.
Duran really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Duran in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Duran is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo lands a heavy elbow.
Hemmo with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hemmo raining down shots from the mount!
Duran wants to control but Hemmo is having none of it.
Duran can't escape the position.
Hemmo avoids the attempt from Duran to control.
Duran tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hemmo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran is bucking up trying to escape but Hemmo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Duran tries to hold on but Hemmo postures up.
Hemmo controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paini Hemmo dominated that round.
That's time! Duran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hemmo walks into a straight right hand from Duran.
Hemmo looks for a takedown but Duran sprawls well.
Hemmo misses with an uppercut.

Hemmo drives through with a takedown into Duran's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hemmo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hemmo throwing strikes but missing.
Duran avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Duran trying to keep a closed guard but Hemmo is proving a slippery customer.
Hemmo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hemmo looking to pass the guard.
Hemmo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duran is trying to keep Hemmo in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran wants to control the position but Hemmo says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hemmo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Duran is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hemmo 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.
Duran is looking to control Hemmo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Duran avoid being mounted?
Duran wants to get back to full guard but Hemmo has passed into side control.
Duran wants to control but Hemmo postures up.
Hemmo cracks Duran with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Duran is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hemmo connects with a decent elbow.
Hemmo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Duran can't do much from the bottom here.
Hemmo in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran is trying to control Hemmo's posture but Hemmo avoids it.
Duran is trying to get back to half guard.
Duran takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Duran is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hemmo connects with a decent elbow.
Duran looks to move to half guard but instead Hemmo has passed into mount! Damn!
Hemmo lands a big elbow.
Hemmo landing punches.
Duran takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hemmo looking to finish Duran with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duran!
Hemmo avoids the attempt from Duran to control.
Duran is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo lands a big shot there that rocks Duran but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Duran tries to hold on but Hemmo pushes him away.
Hemmo unloading with bombs!
Hemmo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hemmo controlling from mount.
Duran keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hemmo with a couple of short strikes.
Hemmo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duran is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hemmo avoids the attempt from Duran to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hemmo with a couple of short strikes.
Hemmo with a couple of short strikes.
Hemmo cracks Duran with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo with shots to the head and body - Duran looks very uncomfortable down there.

Duran is rocked!
Hemmo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Duran is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemmo postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Duran in real trouble here! The ref calls for Duran to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paini Hemmo!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
61%

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