{"id":57994,"date":"2025-08-10T00:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57994\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:02:15","slug":"ufc-on-espn-72-video-christian-leroy-duncan-spins-tkos-eryk-anders-in-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57994\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC on ESPN 72 video: Christian Leroy Duncan spins, TKOs Eryk Anders in first"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Leroy Duncan was simply too dynamic for Eryk Anders.<\/p>\n

In the main card opener of UFC on ESPN 72<\/a>, Duncan (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) found a way to take out a very durable Anders (17-9 MMA, 9-9 UFC) in the opening round of their middleweight bout. The official stoppage time of the TKO was 3:53.<\/p>\n

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Duncan was relentless from the start. He came forward, offering a variety of striking techniques to keep Anders guessing. It wasn’t all clean, though. Duncan poked Anders in the eye accidentally and landed an inside leg kick a little too inside. Neither foul stopped Duncan from putting heavy pressure on Anders.<\/p>\n

A spinning back elbow connected to rock Anders, and Duncan swarmed with punches to put the finishing touches on the opening-round TKO.<\/p>\n

Check out video of the finish below (via X<\/a>):<\/p>\n

With the win, Duncan makes it two in a row. In his first appearance of the year, he won a unanimous decision over Andrey Pulyaev. For Anders, the result halted his momentum of back-to-back wins over Jamie Pickett and former champ Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n

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Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 72 results:<\/p>\n

Christian Leroy Duncan def. Eryk Anders via TKO (punches) \u2013 Round 1, 3:53<\/p>\n

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