PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Turtle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis. Turtle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raul's Wild Kingdom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Love
vs
Turtle

187 cm
25
217 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Turtle!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Love instigates a clinch.
Love can't get the takedown.
Love misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turtle stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Turtle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turtle can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
Love throws a punch but it's blocked by Turtle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Love.
Turtle tries a body shot but Love blocks it.
Love drops down looking for an ankle pick but Turtle pulls his leg out and moves away.
Turtle lands with a right hand.
Turtle swinging wildly here.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Turtle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turtle walks into a jab.
Tommy Turtle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Love drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtle is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Turtle takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Love looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Turtle is avoiding damage well.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Turtle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Love 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.
Turtle is pushing Love's head away, looking to escape. Love manages to hold on to the position though.
Turtle is looking for a sweep.
Turtle can't do much from the bottom here.
Love cracks Turtle with a big right hand but Turtle just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Turtle is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Love asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Love trying to control the position but Turtle is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtle takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Turtle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turtle is pushing Love's head away, looking to escape. Love manages to hold on to the position though.
Turtle is trying to improve his position.
Turtle is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Turtle is trying to get back to half guard.
Love working the head and body with strikes.
Love misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Love lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Love connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Turtle some visible discomfort.
Love moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Love postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Love postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Turtle is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Love creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Turtle sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Love working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Turtle can do anything to dispel that myth.
Love gets to mount! Turtle was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Turtle taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love scoring with strikes but Turtle is staying in there.
Turtle is in a horrible position here. Love smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Love can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Turtle is looking to escape.
Love raining down hammerfists from mount.
Turtle tries to hold on but Love postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love working the ground and pound effectively.
Turtle is in a horrible position here. Love smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Love scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puppy Love dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Love leaves Turtle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Turtle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Love moves out of range as Turtle strikes.
Turtle misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a stiff right hand.
Turtle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Turtle is looking to clinch.
Turtle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Love looks to land a left hand but Turtle moved out of range nicely.
Turtle lands a jab to Love's midsection.
Love thows a left - swing and a miss!
Love throws the left hand but Turtle avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love is trying hard to land a takedown here. Turtle sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Love throws out a loose jab but Turtle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turtle misses with the combination.
Nice takedown defense from Love. No joy for Turtle on that attempt.
Puppy Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Turtle.
Love shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Turtle defends it nicely.

Turtle decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Turtle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turtle misses with a head shot. Love uses the momentum to regain guard.
Love is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Love pulls Turtle in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Turtle wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tommy Turtle was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Love will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Turtle misses with an uppercut.
Turtle throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Turtle fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws the left hand but Turtle avoids the punch easily.
Turtle looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turtle slips a straight right by Love.
Love walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Turtle.
Love shoots in and drives through. Turtle sprawls well.
Love misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Turtle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turtle lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Turtle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Love.
Turtle is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Turtle shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turtle. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Turtle.
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Turtle, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Turtle against the cage but Turtle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Turtle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Turtle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love slips under a jab from Turtle.
Love avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turtle shoots in but Love avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Puppy Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Turtle.

Love takes the fight into the clinch.
Turtle looking to slow down the pace here.
Turtle tries to throw a body punch but Love avoids it by throwing Turtle back against the cage.
Turtle taking a breather.
Love is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turtle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Love.
Love tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Love is working for takedown but Turtle is calmly controlling the position for now.
Turtle is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Love lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Love has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Turtle avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Love.
Turtle lands a nice uppercut.
Love is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Turtle pulls him back up using the underhooks.
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!
Turtle misses with a punch to the body.

Love is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Turtle can't fight it off and eventually Love manages to take the fight to the floor. Turtle looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Turtle managing to control the position.
Love postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtle has his hands on Love's head, controlling the position.
Turtle wants to stand up but Love is controlling him.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Turtle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Love lands a couple of elbows.
Love wants to control from the top but Turtle keeps moving.
Turtle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtle wants to get back to his feet but Love is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Turtle has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Love off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Turtle shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Turtle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Turtle has a takedown stuffed.
A left and a right from Love both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big left from Turtle misses.
Puppy Love is winning the standup battle so far.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Turtle.
Love connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turtle. Turtle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Puppy Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puppy Love!