PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rovan Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Schmidt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmidt has chosen B.Y.O.B by System of a Down as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Turner
vs
Schmidt

183 cm
23
180 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

183 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rovan Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Howard Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turner has closed the distance and engaged Schmidt in a clinch.
Schmidt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turner.
Turner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schmidt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turner.
Schmidt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turner.
Schmidt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Turner with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Turner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schmidt looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Schmidt.
Turner is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Turner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Schmidt's defenses.
Schmidt letting Turner take a breather here.
Turner connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Turner.
Turner lands a damaging elbow.

Turner jumps guard and drags Schmidt to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Turner uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Turner throws a head kick that Schmidt semi-blocks.

Turner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Turner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Turner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Turner crunches a lovely knee into Schmidt's ribcage.
Schmidt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turner with a knee to the head.
Turner lands a nice elbow.
Schmidt struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Turner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turner has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Schmidt uses from the top position.
Turner tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Turner kicks Schmidt off and gets to his feet.
Schmidt doesn't manage to clinch there - Turner circles away.
Turner goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Schmidt tries a head kick but it misses.

Turner clinches up with Schmidt and pushes him back against the cage.
Turner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Turner tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Schmidt misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Turner.
Turner looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.
Schmidt throws an elbow that misses.
Schmidt landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner connects with a nasty looking knee right to Schmidt's face.
Schmidt presses Turner against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Schmidt can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Schmidt avoids the elbow strike from Turner, against the cage.
Schmidt dodges an elbow strike from Turner.
Schmidt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Turner looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.
Schmidt landing knees to the body.
Schmidt lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Schmidt.
Schmidt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schmidt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Turner managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
Turner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Turner prevents a body shot from Schmidt.
Schmidt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schmidt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner lands an elbow inside.
Schmidt misses with a hook from the clinch.

Turner lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Schmidt flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Schmidt makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Schmidt.
Schmidt striking off his back but it's not causing Turner any problems.
Schmidt throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Turner gets to his feet - Schmidt follows without any prompting.

Turner pushes Schmidt up against the cage in a clinch.
Schmidt tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Turner misses with a knee to the head.
Turner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Turner lands a knee to the head.
Schmidt throws an elbow that misses.
Schmidt tries a knee to the head but Turner blocks it.
Schmidt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schmidt struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmidt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schmidt has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Schmidt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Turner lands a hook that snaps the head of Schmidt backwards.
Schmidt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Turner blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turner.
Turner blocks an elbow strike from Schmidt.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turner managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Turner misses with an elbow over the top.
Schmidt tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Schmidt takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Turner.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Turner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schmidt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turner's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schmidt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmidt misses with an elbow over the top.
Turner looking to throw knees to the head but Schmidt is blocking nicely.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schmidt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Schmidt misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Turner tries to pull guard but Schmidt holds him up against the cage and eventually Turner drops back down to his feet.
Turner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Schmidt can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Turner lands an elbow just above Schmidt 's eye.
Turner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turner managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Turner avoiding damage as Schmidt throws knees to the body.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schmidt tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Schmidt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schmidt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Schmidt.
Turner just leaning against Schmidt, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rovan Turner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Schmidt misses with a few strikes there.
Schmidt tries to clinch but Turner moves out of range.

Turner drives through and clinches with Schmidt against the cage.
Turner scores with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Turner throws an elbow but misses.
Schmidt misses with an elbow strike.
Turner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schmidt misses with a body punch.
Schmidt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner connects with a knee to the head.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Turner landing knees to the head.
Turner prevents a body shot from Schmidt.
Turner stalling against the cage.
Schmidt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rovan Turner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turner landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Turner.
Schmidt lands a nice uppercut.
Turner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Turner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schmidt working Turner over with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schmidt's brow.
Schmidt pushes off an throws an elbow but Turner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Schmidt trying to land knees to the body.
Schmidt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Schmidt avoids the elbow strike from Turner, against the cage.
Schmidt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Schmidt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schmidt is defending well for now.
Schmidt misses with a body punch.
Turner avoiding damage as Schmidt throws knees to the body.
Schmidt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Turner avoiding damage as Schmidt throws knees to the body.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Schmidt lands a damaging elbow.
Turner with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Turner ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Turner no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Schmidt connects with a couple of short punches.
Schmidt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Schmidt thows a big elbow that misses.
Schmidt throwing strikes from guard but Turner blocks nicely.
Schmidt won't allow Turner to get back to his feet.
Turner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner is working hard here to advance position.
Schmidt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Schmidt must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Turner pushes Schmidt off and scrambles back to his feet.
Schmidt tries to clinch but Turner moves out of range.
Turner takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turner keeps the fight on the outside.

Turner moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Turner.
Turner lands with a right to the head.
Turner tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Turner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Turner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Schmidt creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turner's defenses.
Schmidt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schmidt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Schmidt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turner's elbow.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmidt misses with some punches.
Turner takes an elbow to the temple.
Schmidt tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Schmidt back against the cage.
Schmidt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Schmidt misses with an elbow strike.
Turner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schmidt is defending well for now.
Schmidt throws a head punch that misses.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Turner blocks a body shot from Schmidt.
Schmidt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Schmidt lands a knee to the body.
Schmidt scores a nice knee to the body.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Schmidt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Schmidt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Schmidt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schmidt avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
Turner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schmidt backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Schmidt's brow.
Turner blocks an uppercut.
Schmidt scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schmidt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schmidt tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Turner lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turner lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Schmidt.
Turner blocking some punches.
Turner tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schmidt avoids it.
Schmidt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schmidt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Schmidt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Schmidt works on Turner's body with a couple of short punches.
Schmidt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Schmidt scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Schmidt on the inside.
A short uppercut from Schmidt.
Schmidt missing with knees to the body.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schmidt blocks it with crossed arms.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the head but Turner blocks with his arms.
Schmidt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner misses with a knee to the head.
Turner avoiding damage as Schmidt throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schmidt lands a right hand.
Schmidt prevents a takedown attempt there.
Schmidt gets through Turner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmidt tries to work over Turner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Schmidt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Turner takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Schmidt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Turner clinches up with Schmidt and pushes him back against the cage.
Schmidt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Turner gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Turner passes Schmidt's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Schmidt flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Schmidt misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Turner is looking to advance position but Schmidt won't allow it.
Schmidt misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Turner prevents Schmidt from improving his position.

Turner decides to stand and escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmidt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Schmidt scores with a shot to the body.

Turner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turner lands with a right to the head.
Schmidt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Turner effectively controlling the action here.
Turner tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Turner prevents a body shot from Schmidt.
Turner lands an elbow inside.
Turner lands an elbow just above Schmidt 's eye.
A nice left hand lands by Schmidt.
Turner lands an elbow just above Schmidt 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
Schmidt tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Schmidt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schmidt misses with a body punch.
Turner managing to block the knees to the body from Schmidt.
Turner missing with knees to the body.

Turner gets control of Schmidt's arms and successfully pulls guard. Turner will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Turner uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Turner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schmidt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Schmidt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Schmidt clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with a punch to the body.
Schmidt can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Turner lands a damaging elbow.

Turner wants the takedown. Schmidt is fighting it off but Turner persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Schmidt's guard against the cage.
Schmidt throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Turner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Turner moves out of range as Schmidt strikes.
Schmidt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Turner gets a clinch.
Turner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Schmidt is defending well for now.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks with his arms.
Schmidt misses with a knee strike.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Schmidt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Schmidt lands an uppercut.
Turner creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Turner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Schmidt.
Schmidt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner misses with a knee to the head.
Schmidt lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schmidt scores with a nice hook to the head.
Schmidt misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Turner no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Turner wants to stand and escape but Schmidt is having none of it.

Turner pushes Schmidt off and gets back to his feet.
Turner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schmidt is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Turner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turner tries a knee to the head but Schmidt blocks it.
Turner throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schmidt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Schmidt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmidt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schmidt takes an elbow to the forehead.
Turner lands an elbow that stopped Schmidt in his tracks for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turner.

Turner manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Schmidt throwing strikes but missing.
Rovan Turner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Turner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turner is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Schmidt distracts Turner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Schmidt 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.
Turner wants to stand but Schmidt is controlling the position.
Schmidt with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Turner wants to sweep here but Schmidt controlling him for the moment.
Schmidt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a big right hand that misses.
Turner avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turner is on top in guard.

Turner stands up from guard. Let's bang!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rovan Turner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight for Rovan Turner!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Rovan Turner!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Rovan Turner!

Rovan Turner wins by unanimous decision!