PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evan Saunders (ranked 4176 p4p, 2495 weight class) and Ray Turn (ranked 471 p4p, 309 weight class). Evan Saunders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Saunders
vs
Turn

210 cm
25
265
4 - 5 - 0

178 cm
27
265
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evan Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ray Turn !
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders throws a body punch but Turn moves out of range.
Saunders explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Turn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Saunders!
Turn wants to control but Saunders is keeping him busy.
Saunders tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Turn wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Turn happy to just control the position for now.
Saunders is trying to control Turn 's posture but Turn avoids it.
Saunders is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turn works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Saunders definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Turn tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Turn trying to control the action but Saunders is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turn in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Turn has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Saunders is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Turn yanks on the arm and Saunders is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Turn .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ray Turn !