PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randy Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Turner
vs
East

187 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Todd East!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner throws a nice looking combination but East bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
East bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turner's head.

East rushes Turner and presses him up against the cage.
East avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
East tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
East is pushing Turner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, East scores with a nice short uppercut.
East throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from East as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, East creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner misses with a knee strike.
Turner tries to break the clinch but East is controlling the position.
Turner is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but East blocks with his arms.
East misses with a shot to the kidneys.
East taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner landing knees to the head.
A short left from East.
Turner is trying to break free.
Turner stalling in the clinch but East improves position.
East prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by East.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as East takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
East lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turner looking to slow down the pace here.
East lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
East working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but East has double underhooks.
Turner connects with a nasty looking knee right to East's face.

It looks like Todd East has been cut.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but East is keeping busy.
East throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
East blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
East is working Turner over against the cage.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
East lands with a light punch inside.
East lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from East.
East pushes Turner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
East lands with a right to the head.
Turner lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on East - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
East will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Turner up against the cage.
East lands a body punch in the clinch.
East scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from East.
East taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Turner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
East tries a body shot but Turner blocks it.
East doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to break the clinch but can't.
East stalling the fight.
Turner is stalling here.
East lands a nice uppercut.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
East just misses with a punch to the body.
East tries to clinch but Turner moves out of range.
East misses with a jab, cross combination.

East has taken the fight to the clinch.
East lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
East is working Turner over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by East.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Todd East dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd East's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

East takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Turner gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from East.
East working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from East fails to land.
East misses with some punches.
East has Turner pushed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by East as Turner tries to tie him up.
East scores with a nice hook to the head.
East on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
East scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Turner is looking to control East's arms but East gets an underhook and turns him. Now Turner has his back to the cage.
East working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East lands with a light punch inside.
East lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
East lands a right hand.
East keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turner's efforts to push away.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but East blocks it with crossed arms.
East can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
East lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turner.
Still in the clinch, East scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turner tries to circle away but East has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from East as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by East.

Turner is rocked!
East working aggressively here.
Turner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
East is breathing heavily.
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!
Turner is trying to force a seperation but East has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Turner.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
East tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Randy Turner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turner thumps East with a low kick.
East takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Turner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turner tries to break the clinch but East is controlling the position.
East fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turner tries to break free but East pushes him back against the cage.
East takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turner obliges.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turner wants to stall.
Turner lands a good knee to the midsection. East won't want to take too many of those.
Turner crunches a lovely knee into East's ribcage.
Randy Turner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner wants to break free but East has control.
East misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner lands a damaging elbow.
Turner trying to control the position but instead, East has worked for underhooks and has pushed Turner into the cage.
East has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
East managing to block the knees to the body from Turner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
East lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from East.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
East throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner missing with a left hand there. East was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
East avoids the head kick by Turner.
East misses with a two punch combination.
Turner slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turner takes one to the chin there.
Turner throws a head kick but East moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Turner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Todd East's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

East connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as East checks a leg kick.
East throws out a powerful jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turner 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 East has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from East and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sloppy strikes from East. Those never looked like landing.
Turner throws a hook but East avoids it easily.
East avoids the body shot from Turner.
East misses with a body shot.
East tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
East looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Randy Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
East takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whack! Turner lands a heavy head kick that drops East. The ref tackles Turner to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because East was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Randy Turner!