PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drazen Nitrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nitrovic has chosen Children (Dream version) by Robert Miles as his entrance music. Dan Turner is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Turner
vs
Nitrovic

170 cm
18
144 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
130 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Drazen Nitrovic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner wants to clinch up but Nitrovic keeps it at a distance.
Turner shoots in but no luck this time.
Turner shoots in but no luck this time.
Nitrovic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turner shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner misses with a double jab.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nitrovic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Turner is rocked!
Turner misses with a hook.
Oh Turner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turner fails to land the takedown.
Turner seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitrovic misses with a double jab

and Turner counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Nitrovic!

Turner moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Nitrovic has worked his arm free - good work by Nitrovic!
Sloppy strikes there by Turner.

Nitrovic throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Turner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nitrovic circles away.
Drazen Nitrovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitrovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turner shoots for a takedown but Nitrovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nitrovic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turner tries to clinch there but Nitrovic circles away.
Dan Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Nitrovic.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nitrovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nitrovic throws a series of punches but Turner moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitrovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Nitrovic.
No luck for Turner with that takedown attempt.
Nitrovic misses with the combination.
Turner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nitrovic is fending him off so far but Turner persists. Nope, Nitrovic circles away and we're back to standing.
Nitrovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A punch combination from Nitrovic misses.
Turner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nitrovic circles away.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nitrovic as he avoids it easily.
Nitrovic keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Turner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Turner thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drazen Nitrovic dominated that round.
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.

Turner shoots in looking for a takedown. Nitrovic tries to sprawl out of it but Turner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nitrovic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nitrovic throws a right and a left that Turner avoids nicely.
Turner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nitrovic.

Turner feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Turner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nitrovic is adopting a defensive guard.
Turner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Nitrovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nitrovic is proving hard to escape from.
Turner wants to stand and escape but instead Nitrovic has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Turner looking for a guillotine here but Nitrovic defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Turner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Turner wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Nitrovic is now in half guard.
Turner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Turner looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Turner is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Nitrovic pulls his head out easily.

Turner actively working from the bottom here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nitrovic misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nitrovic throws a right and a left that Turner avoids nicely.

Turner scores a takedown into full mount!
Turner landing strikes from the mount and Nitrovic is in trouble!

Turner goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Nitrovic is on top in guard.
Turner thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Turner is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Turner will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nitrovic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nitrovic as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nitrovic throws a right hand that Turner ducks under and follows up with a left that Turner also avoids with ease.
Turner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitrovic misses with a double jab.
Turner shoots in but no luck this time.
Turner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nitrovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turner takes one to the chin there.
Nitrovic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turner throws a nice looking combination but Nitrovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nitrovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Nitrovic.
Turner shoots in for a takedown but Nitrovic shows good takedown defense.
Turner dodges the punch combination from Nitrovic.
Turner shoots for a takedown but Nitrovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitrovic misses with a few strikes there.
Turner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nitrovic's waist but Nitrovic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Turner off to one side.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nitrovic as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nitrovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turner.
Turner looks for a takedown but Nitrovic sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nitrovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turner circles away quickly and effectively.
Nitrovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Nitrovic misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nitrovic.
Nitrovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Turner misses with a takedown attempt - Nitrovic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nitrovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drazen Nitrovic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nitrovic has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drazen Nitrovic!