PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toni Turpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martial Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Law has chosen Go Hard as his entrance music. Martial Law struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Turpa
vs
Law

183 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
199 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toni Turpa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martial Law!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Law throws a head kick that misses.
Turpa shoots in looking for a takedown but Law manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Turpa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Turpa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Law lands a head kick!

Turpa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Turpa is fighting to break Law's control of his arms but Law is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Turpa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Law swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Law wants to get back to his feet but Turpa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Turpa trying to control but Law is working from the bottom.
Turpa throwing strikes from guard but Law blocks nicely.
Law looking to hit a scissor sweep but Turpa is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpa slips nicely into half guard.

Turpa is looking for a kimura here.

Turpa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Law sees it coming and defends easily.
Turpa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Law kicks Turpa off and gets back to his feet.
Turpa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turpa dips to his left and cracks Law with an uppercut!
Turpa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toni Turpa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Law drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Law looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turpa manages to get back to half guard.
Turpa gets back to full guard.

Turpa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Law doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Turpa is tightening it up a little... Law has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Law reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Law taps out! nice BJJ there by Turpa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Toni Turpa!