PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Turcotte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dennis Turcotte could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Diego Sanchez's chin.

Turcotte
vs
Sanchez

175 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dennis Turcotte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turcotte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turcotte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turcotte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Turcotte dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.

Turcotte shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanchez's guard.
Turcotte is looking to advance position but Sanchez has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Turcotte tries to reverse the position but Sanchez maintains control.
Turcotte sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Turcotte's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sanchez prevents Turcotte from improving his position.
Turcotte makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Turcotte.
Sanchez stopping the sweep attempt from Turcotte.
Turcotte trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turcotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turcotte slips a jab from Sanchez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Turcotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Diego Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Turcotte scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sanchez won't allow Turcotte to pass to mount.
Turcotte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
Turcotte tries to pass to full mount but Sanchez defends it.

Turcotte is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanchez defends it well.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turcotte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sanchez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turcotte.
Turcotte passes the guard and advances to mount!
Turcotte punching from mount but Sanchez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Turcotte unloads with some shots from mount but Sanchez bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Turcotte swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Sanchez is now in Turcotte's guard. A big mistake from Turcotte there, giving up the dominant position!
Turcotte looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sanchez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Diego Sanchez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Turcotte moved out of range.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Turcotte ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Turcotte with a series of wild strikes but Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Turcotte wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Turcotte ducks under and follows up with a left that Turcotte also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Turcotte with a series of wild strikes but Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.

Turcotte shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sanchez napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sanchez prevents Turcotte from moving into mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez prevents Turcotte from taking his back.
Turcotte looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Turcotte goes for an armbar but Sanchez turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sanchez.

Sanchez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Turcotte keeps moving.
Turcotte lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sanchez!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sanchez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Turcotte.

Turcotte looking to secure an arm triangle but Sanchez defends it well.
Turcotte landing punches.
Sanchez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Turcotte tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Turcotte sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turcotte jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Sanchez is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Sanchez and Turcotte has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.

Turcotte tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Turcotte is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanchez is defending well.
Sanchez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez looking for submissions off his back.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Turcotte has control of the leg.
Sanchez gets full guard.

Turcotte is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Turcotte throws and elbow that misses. Sanchez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Turcotte's guard. Nice move by Sanchez!
Turcotte 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turcotte is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Turcotte dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez swings for the body but Turcotte moves out of range.

Turcotte decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Turcotte is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Turcotte to get the leverage.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Turcotte is controlling well.

Turcotte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sanchez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turcotte.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turcotte throws a strike but Sanchez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position.
Turcotte advances position into side control!
Turcotte working away.
Turcotte in side control, throwing shots but Sanchez defends.

Turcotte is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sanchez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dennis Turcotte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two 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.
Turcotte tries to move to mount but Sanchez blocks the move with his legs.

Turcotte tries for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.
Sanchez struggling a bit here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Turcotte backpedaling.
Turcotte slips a jab from Sanchez.
Turcotte slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Turcotte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots and misses

and Turcotte counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turcotte tries for a takedown. No joy.

Sanchez pulls guard.
Turcotte chips away with some ground and pound.

Turcotte is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Turcotte wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Turcotte missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turcotte looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez has a closed guard, preventing Turcotte from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Sanchez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Turcotte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Turcotte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Turcotte advances to half guard.

Turcotte seems to be working for a kimura but Sanchez defends the submission attempt.

Turcotte is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sanchez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turcotte.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Turcotte is working for a kimura but Sanchez is defending it quite comfortably.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Turcotte showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Turcotte has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Turcotte!