PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and vinzie kamote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). vinzie kamote has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Turner
vs
kamote

179 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joshua Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, vinzie kamote!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Turner lands in his opponent's guard.
Turner tries to free his leg and advance position but kamote is retaining full guard.
Turner content to stall in guard here.
kamote really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Turner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
kamote trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
kamote looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Turner puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
kamote is trying to maintain the position but Turner is very close to passing his half guard.
Turner seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
kamote is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner controlling the pace.
kamote is looking to improve his position.
Turner uses his free foot to push down on kamote's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for kamote.
Turner lands with some strikes.
Turner controlling from the full mount.
kamote trying desperately to get to his feet.
Turner scoring with strikes but kamote is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner controlling the position easily from mount.
kamote working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner working kamote over with strikes here.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Turner working for a submission but kamote is keeping him at bay.
Turner landing strikes, looking to finish!
kamote is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Turner landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner scoring with strikes but kamote is staying in there.
Turner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Turner lands a big shot there that rocks kamote but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.
Turner has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of kamote's face.
kamote looks gassed!
Turner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Turner lands with some strikes.
Turner working the ground and pound effectively.
Turner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Turner controlling his opponent.
Turner raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Turner has hold of kamote's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and kamote manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Turner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Turner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Turner 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 and bounces kamote off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Turner advances to half guard.
kamote has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Turner is working away from the top position though.
Joshua Turner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Turner sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
kamote is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
kamote trying to control here.
kamote tries to get to full guard but Turner has control of the leg.
Turner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks kamote with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Turner passes to side control.
Turner is putting a hurting on kamote here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
kamote gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Turner with good strikes from the mount here!
Turner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.
Turner with a couple of short strikes.
Turner controlling the pace for now.
Turner unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner lands a big elbow.
Turner controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner with shots to the head and body - kamote looks very uncomfortable down there.
Turner scoring with strikes but kamote is staying in there.
Turner raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Turner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Turner landing punches.
Turner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Turner unloading with bombs!
Turner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands a big shot there that rocks kamote but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turner landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner lands a big shot there that rocks kamote but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
kamote is looking to improve his position but Turner isn't that keen on the idea.
Turner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Turner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Turner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turner lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Turner dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Turner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Well, if Turner is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Turner maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! kamote could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Turner has cracked it and kamote is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Turner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joshua Turner!