PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kentrell Turner (ranked 3472 p4p, 3694 weight class) and Davig Singh (ranked 423 p4p, 448 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turner
vs
Singh

185 cm
25
185
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
24
185
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kentrell Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Davig Singh!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turner shoots in and drives through. Singh sprawls well.
Turner throws a series of punches but Singh moves out of range.
Turner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Singh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Singh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Singh misses with a takedown attempt - Turner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Turner wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Singh shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turner tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Singh manages to circle out of the way.
Singh shoots in for a double leg but Turner sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Turner is looking to counter punch.
Kentrell Turner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davig Singh.
Turner fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner darts in looking for a takedown but Singh gets double underhooks and turns Turner into the cage.
Turner connects with an inside leg kick.
Turner fails to land with a series of punches.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Singh sprawls well. Singh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Turner gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Singh clinches.

Singh manages to pull guard.
Turner throws an elbow that misses. Singh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Turner's guard. Nice move by Singh!

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Singh trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Singh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Turner is proving hard to escape from.
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner keeping moving, preventing Singh from controlling successfully.
Turner managing to control the position.
Turner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Singh stays in close to Turner's body and controls the position.
My spies in Cozad MMA Montreal inform me that Singh has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turner is keeping the position for now.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Singh throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Turner was covering up waiting for the punch and Singh finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Turner pushes Singh off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh fails with a takedown attempt.
Turner lands with a good body shot.
Turner dives in for a single leg takedown but Singh sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Turner gets tackled into the cage by Singh. Singh maintains the clinch.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Singh closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Turner did well to prevent Singh getting side control.
Turner tries to kick Singh off in order to stand up. Singh Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Davig Singh will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Turner throws a lazy right hand but Singh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Singh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Turner but Turner pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kentrell Turner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Singh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turner.
Singh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Turner as he jumps to the side.
Singh moves to clinch but Turner breaks away
and Turner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singh moves to clinch but Turner breaks away
and Turner counters with a nice uppercut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Singh.
Kentrell Turner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davig Singh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner shoots in looking for a takedown but Singh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Turner's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Singh dives in and scores a takedown into Turner's guard.
Turner keeping moving, preventing Singh from controlling successfully.
Singh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Singh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Turner's guard.
Singh throws a big right hand that misses.
Singh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Singh has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Turner trying to control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Turner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Turner misses the target.

Singh shoots in and gets a takedown into Turner's guard.
Singh tries to free his leg and advance position but Turner is retaining full guard.
Singh not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Singh throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner pulls Singh in close to prevent any damage.
Davig Singh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Singh is stalling in the full guard.
Singh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turner swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Singh engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Singh fails with an attempt to clinch.
A left and a right from Turner both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Davig Singh has been cut.
Singh dives in for a single leg takedown but Turner sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Turner scores with a one two! Singh had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Singh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Turner avoids it really well and circles away.
Turner wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Singh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
Turner looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Turner scores with a spinning back kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kentrell Turner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Davig Singh's cut.
That's time! Turner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A combination from Turner does no damage.
Singh with the counter takedown but Turner avoids it easily.
Turner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Singh fails with a takedown attempt.
Turner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kentrell Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner misses with a double jab.
Singh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Turner sprawls well. Turner wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Singh gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner lands a two punch combo.
Turner leaves Singh with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kentrell Turner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davig Singh.
Singh fails with the takedown
and Turner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turner throws a series of strikes that have Singh backpedaling.
Turner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Singh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As Singh tries to get set, Turner tries to push him back and clinch up but Singh manages to avoid the attempt.
Singh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Turner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Turner tries to counter by clinching up but Singh breaks away and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turner decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Turner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Singh can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Singh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Turner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Singh defending well though.
Turner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Singh regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turner.
Singh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Singh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Turner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Singh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Turner keeps the fight on the outside.
Turner appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Turner scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Singh shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turner delivers a nice body kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Singh or perhaps it was just good defense by Turner, which made it look bad.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Singh tries for a takedown but Turner circles away easily
enabling Turner to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kentrell Turner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kentrell Turner!
Kentrell Turner decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.