PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Turcotte (ranked 1146 p4p, 1264 weight class) and Samuel Clemens (ranked 153 p4p, 172 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Turcotte
vs
Clemens

180 cm
20
160
8 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
160
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Clemens!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turcotte lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Samuel Clemens has been cut.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Clemens connects with a body shot.
Clemens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens counters with a one-two to the body.
Clemens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.

Clemens clinches.
Clemens lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turcotte can't break the clinch.
Clemens lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Clemens fails to land.
Clemens swings wildly with an uppercut but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.

Clemens breaks from the clinch.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turcotte looks to land a right hand but Clemens moved out of range.
Turcotte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clemens scoring well with a low kick there.
Jacques Turcotte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clemens digs a good hook to Turcotte's body.
Turcotte throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
Turcotte throws a right hand that misses
and Clemens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clemens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clemens lands a slapping body shot.
Turcotte throws a hook but Clemens blocks it.
Turcotte misses with a hook
and Clemens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clemens lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Clemens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turcotte throws a big shot that misses.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Clemens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Clemens lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turcotte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clemens moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turcotte looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Clemens.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Clemens throws out a counter right but Turcotte avoids it with no problem.
Turcotte throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clemens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a hook but Clemens avoids it easily.
Clemens scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Turcotte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clemens throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turcotte on the side of the head.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Clemens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turcotte takes a swing at Clemens's ribcage but misses.
Turcotte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clemens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Turcotte slips under a jab.
Turcotte scores with the left hand. Clemens knows he should have avoided that one.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Clemens is trying to counter with his kicks.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turcotte throws a hook to the side of Clemens's head but Clemens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clemens scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Clemens stuns Turcotte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Clemens scores with a jab.
Clemens feints and then cracks Turcotte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turcotte down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clemens scores with a jab.
Turcotte misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a nice uppercut.
Clemens throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Clemens releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Clemens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Clemens throws a counter combo.
Clemens thumps Turcotte with a low kick.
Turcotte throws a shot from downtown. Clemens moves away and avoids it.
Clemens wants to counter with a clinch but Turcotte pushes him away.
Clemens throws a right hand that Turcotte ducks under and follows up with a left that Turcotte also avoids with ease.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Clemens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Turcotte misses the target.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Clemens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turcotte loads up on a big right hand but Clemens slips the punch.
Clemens swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Turcotte misses.
The fighters circling - Turcotte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clemens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
Clemens scores with a jab to the head.
Turcotte is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clemens tests Turcotte's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws out a loose jab but Clemens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clemens catches Turcotte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Clemens displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turcotte throws out the jab.
Turcotte swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Clemens.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Clemens.
Clemens was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Turcotte throws a hook to the side of Clemens's head but Clemens sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clemens is looking to clinch but Turcotte is avoiding it.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Clemens listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Turcotte throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Clemens.
Clemens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turcotte.
Turcotte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Clemenss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Turcotte throws a hook but Clemens blocks it.
Clemens throws out a counter right but Turcotte avoids it with no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clemens lands a nice hook to Turcotte's body. Turcotte takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turcotte is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Clemens instigates a clinch.
Clemens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turcotte backwards.
Turcotte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clemens's elbow.
Clemens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turcotte's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Clemens dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Clemens's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Turcotte looks to score with a jab to the body but Clemens is just out of range.
Clemens has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Clemens blocks a jab.
Turcotte throws a big shot that misses.
Clemens gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Clemens scores with a nice strike.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
A cross from Clemens lands.
Clemens slips a jab from Turcotte.
Samuel Clemens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clemens lands an overhand right.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Clemens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clemens is looking to slow Turcotte down with leg kicks.
Turcotte misses with a left hand
and Clemens counters with a nice body shot.
Clemens throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clemens is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut
and Clemens counters with a stiff right hand.
Clemens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turcotte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clemens looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clemens moves away from the strike by Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Clemens blocks a jab.
Clemens steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Clemens moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Clemens lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Clemens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Clemens slips a jab from Turcotte.
Clemens ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Clemens ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Clemens clobbers Turcotte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Turcotte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clemens can pounce on him.

Clemens closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Clemens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turcotte wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Clemens lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clemens works on Turcotte's body with a couple of short punches.
Clemens misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clemens lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clemens misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turcotte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Clemens blocking some punches.
Clemens can't find room to land a body shot as Turcotte controls the action.

Turcotte's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the liver by Clemens. Beautiful body shot.
Clemens tries to move into range but Turcotte moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Turcotte throws the left hand but Clemens avoids the punch easily.
Clemens throws a right and a left that Turcotte avoids nicely.
Clemens scores with a jab.
Clemens on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Turcotte throws a hook but Clemens blocks it.
Turcotte throws a lazy right hand but Clemens sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turcotte swings for the body but Clemens moves out of range.
Clemens lunges at Turcotte with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Turcotte's hand.
Turcotte loads up on a big right hand but Clemens slips the punch.
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Clemens ducks down to avoid it.
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a hook but Clemens avoids it easily.
Turcotte throws a jab when Clemens was well out of range.
Clemens pushes Turcotte away with a front kick.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Turcotte throws a looping overhand right but Clemens ducks down to avoid it.
Clemens lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Clemens fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turcotte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Clemens moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Clemens.
Turcotte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Clemens to counter with a crisp jab.
Turcotte looks to throw the jab but Clemens is out of range.
Turcotte misses with a right hand
and Clemens counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Clemens slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clemens slips under a jab from Turcotte.
Clemens doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Clemens.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Clemens.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Turcotte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turcotte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Clemens cracks Turcotte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clemens throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turcotte stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clemens scores with a punch to the head.

Turcotte is rocked!
Clemens moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Clemens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Turcotte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turcotte throws a shot from downtown. Clemens moves away and avoids it.
Clemens scores with a leg kick.

Clemens closes the distance and clinches.
Clemens scores with a nice hook to the head.
Clemens throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turcottes head.
Clemens lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turcotte backwards.
Turcotte doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clemens lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turcotte backwards.
Turcotte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clemens misses with a knee to the head.
Clemens avoiding damage.
Clemens doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Clemens.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clemens lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turcotte.
Turcotte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clemens works on Turcotte's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel Clemens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Samuel Clemens's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Clemens steps in with a hook that catches Turcotte right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Clemens follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Turcotte looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Clemens!