PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Turn (ranked 4041 p4p, 2822 weight class) and John Sullivan (ranked 459 p4p, 344 weight class). John Sullivan has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Turn
vs
Sullivan

178 cm
26
265
3 - 5 - 0

191 cm
25
260
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Turn !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Turn .
John Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sullivan slaps away a takedown attempt from Turn , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Turn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sullivan pinned against the cage. Sullivan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Turn . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sullivan swats away the attempt to clinch by Turn .
Sullivan lands with a nice body punch.
Sullivan throws out a powerful jab.
Sullivan lands with a nice combination. Turn backs away looking to recover.
Turn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sullivan moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sullivan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sullivan lands a really nice looking cross but Turn seems unphased.
Sullivan scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turn slips a jab and a cross from Sullivan.
Turn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sullivan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Turn .
Sullivan is trying to buck Turn off.
Sullivan being controlled for a moment.
Sullivan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sullivan tries to escape but Turn is in control.

Turn tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Turn has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sullivan is pushing Turn 's head away, looking to escape. Turn manages to hold on to the position though.

Turn is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sullivan has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sullivan wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turn is trying to get an arm triangle but Sullivan is defending well.
Sullivan pushes Turn away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Turn gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Turn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sullivan, who protects the arm well.

Turn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Turn is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Sullivan's shoulder. That is not cool.
Turn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sullivan keeps working.

Turn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sullivan, who protects the arm well.
Turn wants to control but Sullivan is keeping him busy.

Turn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sullivan, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet.
Turn scores with a couple of short elbows.
Turn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Turn wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sullivan, who protects the arm well.

Turn has hold of Sullivan's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Sullivan tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Turn cranks the arm and Sullivan screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Sullivan, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ray Turn !