PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tayfun Turan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Turan
vs
Williams

178 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tayfun Turan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenny Williams!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Turan backs up against the cage.
Williams throws a right hand that Turan ducks under and follows up with a left that Turan also avoids with ease.
Turan moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
A bone on bone clash there as Williams blocks the leg kick.
Williams jabs Turan right on the nose. Turan blinks but takes it well.

Williams moves into the clinch.
Turan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Turan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams is working Turan over against the cage.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turan backwards.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Turan blocks an elbow strike from Williams.
Turan taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turan being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Williams.
Turan is breathing heavily.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Turan looking to slow down the pace here.
Williams just leaning against Turan, taking a breather.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Williams effectively controlling the action here.
Williams receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turan backwards.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams lands an elbow that stopped Turan in his tracks for a moment.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Turan won't want to take too many of those.
A short left from Williams.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turan avoids it.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turan tries to pull guard but Williams holds him up against the cage and eventually Turan drops back down to his feet.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turan backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Turan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Williams.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turan's defenses.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Turan can't break the clinch.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Williams - that landed with a thud.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams lands a body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Williams has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Turan uses from the top position.
Turan won't allow Williams to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Williams holds on and takes a little breather.
Turan preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Williams will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Williams dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Turan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Williams but Williams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Williams moves out of range as Turan throws a body kick.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Turan.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Turan throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turan manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Turan taking a breather.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Turan's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams digs a right hand underneath Turan's ribcage. Turan let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Williams.
Williams stalling against the cage.
Turan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a left hand.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Turan won't want to take too many of those.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kenny Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Turan won't want to take too many of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Turan won't want to take too many of those.

Williams gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Williams there.
Turan is not content to let Williams control the position.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Williams tries to pass to full mount but Turan defends it.
Williams wants to control but Turan is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turan trying to control here.
Turan is not content to let Williams control the position.
Turan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Williams.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Williams throws the left hand but Turan avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams throws a series of punches but Turan avoids them all with ease.
Tayfun Turan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turan misses with a head kick.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turan circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Williams wants it to stay on the feet.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turan throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Turan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tayfun Turan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right-left combo lands from Williams.
Turan tries to score with a low kick but Williams moves his leg out of the way.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Turan clinches but Williams breaks the clinch

and Williams counters by clinching up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Turan tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Williams landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

A cross from Williams lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Turan tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams throws a combination that misses

and Turan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Williams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Turan looking to sit in guard and control but Williams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Williams stands and throws Turan's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Williams decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Turan throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lunges at Turan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Turan's hand.
Williams scores with a head kick.
Turan moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot

and Turan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Williams!
Williams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Turan tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams is just holding on here. Turan manages to take his back.
Tayfun Turan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kenny Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Turan off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams turns into Turan and is now in his guard.
Turan controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.

Turan has his foot on Williams's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Williams works his way back into a safe position though.
Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Williams controls from within his opponent's guard.
Turan controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Williams is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Turan trying to control the position.
Williams showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Williams's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Let's hope that Williams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kenny Williams.
Turan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Turan backing up. Turan nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams works over Turan's head and body with a nice combination.
Turan gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Williams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Williams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams lunges at Turan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Turan's hand.

Williams darts in and clinches Turan up against the cage.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Turan tries to tie him up.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Turan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kenny Williams.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aken scores the fight 25:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 25:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Williams!