PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Nibbs (ranked 23065 p4p, 3169 weight class) and Timmy Turles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Nibbs
vs
Turles

185 cm
29
200
4 - 5 - 0

215 cm
24
185
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Christopher Nibbs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timmy Turles!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nibbs misses with a wild combination.
Turles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nibbs pinned against the cage. Nibbs gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nibbs is looking to counter the offense by Turles and move into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Turles is defended easily by Nibbs.
Turles is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Turles doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Nibbs holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Christopher Nibbs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timmy Turles.
Turles looks winded!
Turles goes for a takedown attempt but Nibbs pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nibbs uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turles has time to react.
Nibbs misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nibbs lands a jab to the nose.
Nibbs looks to land a combination but Turles avoids it well.

Nibbs feints and as Turles raises his hands in defense, Nibbs changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nibbs advances position into side control!
Nibbs content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nibbs works to advance to full mount. Turles defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Nibbs lands a couple of good shots and Turles has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Nibbs lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Turles is rocked!

Nibbs is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Turles is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Christopher Nibbs!
Christopher Nibbs was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.