PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tane Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsti Turjake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thompson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to it was over. Torsti Turjake has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tane Thompson's chin.

Thompson
vs
Turjake

176 cm
31
167 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

170 cm
31
161 lbs
27 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tane Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsti Turjake!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turjake slaps away a takedown attempt from Thompson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Torsti Turjake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson moves away from the strike by Turjake.
Thompson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Turjake.
Thompson misses with a straight left.
Thompson drops his hands momentarily and Turjake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turjake lands a nice shot to the body.
Turjake throws a shot from downtown. Thompson moves away and avoids it.
Turjake misses with an uppercut. Thompson saw that one coming.

Turjake shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thompson's guard.
Turjake postures up and lands a big shot to Thompson's brow.
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!
Turjake connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turjake in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thompson trying to keep a closed guard but Turjake is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson keeping full guard, as Turjake tries to pass.
Turjake lands a couple of digs.
Turjake throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson is trying to control the position but Turjake postures up.
Thompson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Turjake!
Turjake is wriggling around trying to escape.
Turjake gets back to half guard.
Turjake is trying to get back to full guard.
Turjake is staying active underneath Thompson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Thompson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson trying to control from Turjake's half guard. Turjake has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thompson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Thompson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turjake works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Turjake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thompson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thompson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thompson won't allow Turjake to sweep him here.
Turjake keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Turjake looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thompson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Turjake wants to sweep but no luck.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Turjake is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.
Turjake is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Thompson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Turjake keeps moving.

Turjake has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Thompson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Turjake looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Turjake's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Turjake is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson trying to control but Turjake is working from the bottom.
Turjake manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thompson manages to get himself to full guard.
Thompson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Turjake manages to get himself to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson wants to control from the top but Turjake keeps moving.
Thompson won't allow Turjake to sweep him here.

Turjake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Thompson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thompson stands and throws Turjake's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Thompson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Torsti Turjake will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Turjake fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thompson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters circling a little - Thompson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thompson throws a solid leg kick but Turjake takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thompson.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Turjake.

Thompson moves into range and clinches up with Turjake.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turjake.
Turjake digs a right hand into Thompson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thompson's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Turjake - that landed with a thud.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Turjake won't want to take too many of those.
Turjake tries to work over Thompson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turjake has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Thompson after a bit of a struggle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turjake lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turjake misses with a punch to the body.
Turjake has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Turjake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turjake displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson prevents the takedown attempt.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turjake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Turjake blocks a body shot from Thompson.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Turjake lands a takedown into guard.

Thompson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Turjake defends it easily.
Turjake trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turjake wants to pass the guard but Thompson is keeping the position.
Turjake working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Turjake looking to pass the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turjake with a nice head shot there.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Thompson has his foot on Turjake's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Turjake works his way back into a safe position though.
Turjake trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Thompson is looking for a triangle but Turjake pushes his legs off easily.
Turjake trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turjake accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turjake accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Turjake from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thompson 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.
Turjake wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Turjake working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Thompson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Turjake landing with the ground and pound.
Thompson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turjake.
Turjake throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.
Turjake landing with the ground and pound.
Thompson has his hands on Turjake's head, controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake lands a couple of elbows.
Torsti Turjake has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thompson controls Turjake momentarily but Turjake frees himself.
Turjake is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turjake connects with a couple of short punches.
Turjake wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Turjake postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turjake trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turjake scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Torsti Turjake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Thompson is looking to score with low kicks.
Turjake scores with a kick to the body.
Turjake pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thompson is out of range and Turjake settles back down.
Turjake blocks a head kick by Thompson.
A nice combination there by Turjake.
Thompson throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Thompson.
The fighters circling - Turjake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turjake jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Thompson tries to sprawl but Turjake drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Thompson is refusing to be controlled, as Turjake sits in half guard.
Turjake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thompson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Turjake is working away from the top position though.
Turjake wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Turjake wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Torsti Turjake hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Turjake throws a leg kick which misses Thompson's front leg but catches the back leg as Thompson tries to avoid it.
Turjake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Thompson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turjake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Turjake feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thompsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thompson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turjake on the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Turjake!
Thompson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Turjake swivels and escapes.
Thompson ducks right into an uppercut from Turjake.
Turjake checks a leg kick.
Turjake throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson tries to move into range but Turjake moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Thompson is rocked!
Thompson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oh Thompson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Turjake shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Turjake showed some decent athleticism there.
Tane Thompson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson manages to get to full guard.
Turjake gets to his feet and stands over Thompson, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Thompson felt that one! Turjake unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Thompson from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torsti Turjake!
A relieved looking Torsti Turjake thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.