PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezio Auditore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haastu Turak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Auditore comes to the cage accompanied by Ai se eu te pego!!!. Ezio Auditore looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Auditore
vs
Turak

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

187 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + EN

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ezio Auditore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haastu Turak!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Auditore tries for a takedown but Turak circles away easily

and Turak counters with a shoot takedown. Auditore fights it but they end up in guard.
Turak passes Auditore's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Turak frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Turak fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Turak looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turak landing strikes from the mount and Auditore is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turak with good strikes from the mount here!
Turak looking to control and managing it successfully.
Turak with good strikes from the mount here!
Turak working the ground and pound effectively.
Auditore is breathing heavily.
Turak prevents Auditore from getting the reversal.
Turak content just to control the position here.
Turak's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Turak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Haastu Turak has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Auditore gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Turak counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Turak.
Turak is stalling in the full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Turak landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turak works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Turak controlling the action here.
Auditore is trying to stand.
Auditore is looking to improve his position.
Turak works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Turak controlling his opponent.
Turak is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Turak content just to control the position here.
It looks like Turak might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turak landing strikes, looking to finish!

Auditore is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Turak has hold of Auditore's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Auditore manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Oh Auditore is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turak drops a big elbow. That's hurt Auditore! More shots from Turak and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haastu Turak!