PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turk comes to the cage accompanied by Y'all must've forgot. White has chosen Street Carp by Deftones as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Turk
vs
White

194 cm
29
219 lbs
14 - 7 - 2

185 cm
28
221 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Mario Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel White!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mario Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turk throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White moves forwards but Turk connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from White misses.
Turk lands a head kick. White smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
White defending well as Turk loads up on a big left hand.
Turk misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turk throws out the jab.
Turk lunges at White with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by White's hand.
White throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
White throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Some wild striking there from White.
Turk fails to land with a series of punches.
White slips a jab and a cross from Turk.
Turk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good exchange - Turk coming out on top.
Turk connects with a good right hand that stumbles White. White circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turk has closed the distance and engaged White in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turk.
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.
White gets underhooks to prevent Turk's takedown attempt.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Turk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White misses with a looping left.
Turk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Turk.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Turk.
Turk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White scores with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turk.
A punch combination from Turk misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Turk's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from White.
White will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turk throws a one two combo.
Turk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Turk thows a left - swing and a miss!
White misses with a double jab.
Turk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A combination from White does no damage.
White looks gassed!
Some wild striking there from Turk.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turk.
White moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turk circles away quickly and effectively.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turk, as that shot connected.
White thows a body shot but no joy.
Turk looks to land a combination. White sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Turk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Turk misses with a series of wild punches.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Turk darts in and clinches White up against the cage.

Turk breaks from the clinch.
Turk misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Turk misses.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Turk's shoulder, as Turk tries to avoid the shot.
Turk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Turk closes the distance and clinches.
Turk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turk drops down looking for an ankle pick but White pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's four 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!
White swinging wildly here.
White throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turk.
Turk scores with a nice strike.
Turk throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Turk.
White misses with a two punch combination.
Turk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White connects with a body shot that sends Turk's belly button to the back.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
White has a couple of punches blocked by Turk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Turk dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Turk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turk throws a front kick aimed at White's knee but White avoids it well.
Turk slips a jab from White.
White throws a low kick but Turk moves out of range easily.
Turk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White ducks under a wild hook from Turk.
White dodges the punch combination from Turk.
White looks to land a combination but Turk avoids it well.
Turk throws the kick towards the body but White avoids it.
Turk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turk tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turk circles away quickly and effectively.
Turk avoids a punch combination nicely.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White feints a jab promting Turk to slip. White then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Turk slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Turk is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
White throws a right hand that Turk ducks under and follows up with a left that Turk also avoids with ease.
White is breathing heavily.
White rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White just misses with a punch to the body.

White tries to keep at a distance but Turk has taken the fight into the clinch.
White is trying to break free.
Turk goes for a takedown attempt but White pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Turk avoids the body shot from White.
Turk scores with a nice right hand.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Turk.
Good standup being displayed there by Turk as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Turk throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
Turk tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Turk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Turk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.

Turk darts in and clinches White up against the cage.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turk is trying to drag White to the mat but White just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Turk drops down looking for an ankle pick but White pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Turk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from White misses.
Turk tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turk cracks White with an open hand slap.

Turk has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk wants a takedown.
White is trying to force a seperation but Turk has the dominant position.

Turk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turk dodges the punch combination from White.
Turk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from White both land. Nice combination.
White throws a combination that misses
and Turk counters with a two punch combo.
Turk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turk moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Turk tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
Turk closes the distance and lands a one-two.
White lands a jab.
Turk connects with a solid leg kick.
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!
White throws a body punch but Turk moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turk manages to avoid it.
Turk looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
Turk doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
Turk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turk lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
White throws a right hand that Turk ducks under and follows up with a left that Turk also avoids with ease.
Mario Turk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White throws a right and a left that Turk avoids nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turk.
Turk wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
White misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turk lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
White on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Turk throws a leg kick which misses White's front leg but catches the back leg as White tries to avoid it.
Turk cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Turk dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

White lands a two punch combo.
Turk misses with a series of wild punches.
Turk lands with an overhand left.
Nice body punch from White.
White works over Turk's head and body with a nice combination.
A punch combination from Turk misses.
White moves away from the strike by Turk.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turk cracks White with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turk tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - White throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turk cracks White with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White tries to bum rush Turk with a series of wild strikes but Turk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turk moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Turk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
White misses with a double jab
and Turk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turk dips to his left and cracks White with an uppercut!
White swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turk was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Nice cross by Turk.
Turk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turk clobbers White with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Turk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
White lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Turk scores with a nice strike.
Turk lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turk tests White's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A good leg kick by Turk.
No joy there for Turk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White misses with a few strikes there.
White feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Turk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turk doesn't seem bothered though.
White goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
White's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A punch lands to the side of White 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A combination from Turk does no damage.
Turk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mario Turk is winning the standup battle so far.
Turk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
White misses with the combination.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
A left lands for Turk.
Turk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turk tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
Turk slips a jab and a cross from White.

Turk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Turk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Turk manages to break the clinch.
Daniel White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turk lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as White backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk misses with a double jab.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Turk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turk moves away from the strike by White.
Turk misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
White lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
Turk throws a series of strikes that have White backpedaling.
Turk tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turk tries to work over White's front leg with a kick but White checks it.
Turk misses with a wild combination.
Nice jab there from White.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Turk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turk 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Turk!