PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between iLike Turtles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Karl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Turtles
vs
Karl

170 cm
20
173 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
20
169 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Blueprint Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, iLike Turtles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Karl!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turtles wants to clinch up but Karl keeps it at a distance.
Karl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karl misses with a double jab.
Turtles throws a right hand that Karl ducks under and follows up with a left that Karl also avoids with ease.
Turtles moves in looking to clinch but Karl pushes him off.

Turtles takes the fight into the clinch.
Turtles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Turtles.
Turtles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turtles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karl.
Turtles lands a nice uppercut.
Turtles lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Turtles.
Turtles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karl backwards.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Turtles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turtles lands a shot to the body.
Karl drops down looking for an ankle pick but Turtles pulls his leg out and moves away.

Karl drives through with a takedown into guard.
Karl looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turtles throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karl preventing the sweep.
Turtles is pulling down on Karl's head to control his posture.
Turtles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Turtles pulls Karl in close to prevent any damage.
Karl won't allow Turtles to sweep him here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Turtles.
Turtles misses the jab.
A combination from Karl does no damage.
Karl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turtles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Turtles looks to score with a jab to the body but Karl is just out of range.
Turtles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turtles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turtles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karl paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karl misses with a head kick.
iLike Turtles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turtles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Turtles takes the fight into the clinch.
Turtles's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Karl wants to break free but Turtles has control.
Turtles scores with a hook to the body.
Karl is looking to break free of the clinch but Turtles has double underhooks.
Turtles trying to land knees to the body.
Karl tries to stall but Turtles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Karl is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Turtles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Karl wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtles pressing his opponent against the cage.
Turtles scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Turtles as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Turtles.
Turtles pushes Karl back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turtles lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Turtles.
Turtles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turtles lands with a light punch inside.
Turtles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karl wants to break free but Turtles has control.
Turtles can't find room to land a body shot as Karl controls the action.
Turtles tries a body shot but Karl blocks it.
Turtles trying to land knees to the body.
Karl fails to pull the fight into his guard.
iLike Turtles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Karl.
Karl wants to break free but Turtles has control.
Turtles keeps control of Karl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Turtles avoiding damage.
Karl can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karl tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Turtles just stands there and leans against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Turtles.
Turtles tries a body shot but Karl blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karl.
Turtles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Karl managing to block the knees to the body from Turtles.
Karl looking to stall.
Turtles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karl's elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Turtles.
Nice body punch from Turtles.
Karl tries to stall but Turtles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Turtles tries a body shot but Karl blocks it.
Turtles struggles to land a body shot inside as Karl controls his hands.
Karl avoiding damage as Turtles throws knees to the body.
Turtles misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turtles.
Turtles lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turtles misses with a punch to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turtles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karl's elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Karl looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

iLike Turtles dominated that round.
That's time! Turtles's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karl scores with a shot to the body.
Turtles avoids the head kick by Karl.
Karl swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Turtles counters by clinching up.
Karl is looking to control Turtles's arms but Turtles gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karl has his back to the cage.
A short body shot lands from Turtles as the two fighters clinch.
Turtles lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Turtles.
Karl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turtles has him pressed against the cage.
Turtles works on Karl's body with a couple of short punches.
Turtles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turtles is leaning against Karl and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Turtles lands a left hand.
Turtles lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Turtles.
Turtles gets through Karl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turtles.
Turtles scores with a shoulder strike.
Karl is looking to control Turtles's arms but Turtles gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karl has his back to the cage.
Karl is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karl wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karl can't break the clinch.
Turtles lands a nice shot to the body.
iLike Turtles has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turtles managing to block the knees to the body from Karl.
Karl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turtles has him pressed against the cage.
Turtles misses with a punch to the body.
Turtles can't find room to land a body shot as Karl controls the action.
Turtles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karl looking for a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Turtles.
Turtles throws a punch but it's blocked by Karl.
Karl goes for a takedown attempt but Turtles pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A shot to the body from Turtles misses
and Karl counters with a big head kick but Turtles shrugs it off.
Turtles tries a head kick but it misses.
Karl with a poor takedown
and Turtles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
iLike Turtles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duke Karl.
Turtles is looking to clinch.

Turtles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Turtles.
Turtles avoiding damage as Karl throws knees to the body.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtles tries to work over Karl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turtles avoiding damage as Karl throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Turtles.
Turtles slows down the pace here.
Karl is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turtles is keeping busy.
Turtles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Karl is trying to break the clinch but Turtles has him pressed against the cage.
Turtles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Turtles.
Karl misses with a punch on the inside.
Turtles is working Karl over against the cage.
Turtles lands a shot to the body.
Turtles scores a nice knee to the body.
Turtles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karl lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Turtles pressing his opponent against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Turtles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karl wants to break the clinch but can't.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Karl has had enough of the clinch but Turtles keeps him there for the moment.
Karl trying to stall but Turtles improves his position.
Karl is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Turtles.
Turtles just leaning against Karl, taking a breather.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Turtles unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karl lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Turtles taking a breather.
Karl wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turtles has him pressed against the cage.
Turtles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turtles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Karl tries to stall but Turtles uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Turtles gets through Karl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Turtles - that landed with a thud.
Turtles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Turtles.
Nice body punch from Turtles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turtles.
Turtles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Turtles.
Karl is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turtles is keeping busy.
Turtles crunches a lovely knee into Karl's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karl just misses with a elbow thrown towards Turtles's brow.
Turtles has Karl pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Turtles.
Come on Turtles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Turtles gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Karl is looking to control Turtles's arms but Turtles gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karl has his back to the cage.
Turtles is leaning against Karl and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karl has had enough of the clinch but Turtles keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Turtles.
Karl takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turtles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

iLike Turtles dominated that second round.
That's time! 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.

Karl takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Turtles moves into the clinch.
Turtles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karl managing to block the knees to the body from Turtles.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turtles.
Turtles tries to throw a body punch but Karl avoids it by throwing Turtles back against the cage.
Turtles lands a shot to the body.
Turtles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Turtles digs a right hand into Karl's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karl's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turtles stalling.
A right handed body shot lands from Turtles.
Turtles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turtles works on Karl's body with a couple of short punches.
Turtles lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Turtles.
Turtles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Turtles.
Good body shot from Turtles.
Karl managing to block the knees to the body from Turtles.
Karl is trying to maintain a safe position but Turtles gets an underhook and turns Karl into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karl can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtles keeps control of Karl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Turtles.
Turtles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karl can do to turn this around?
Karl looking to slow down the pace here.
Turtles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Turtles.
Karl is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karl is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karl or not.
Turtles works on Karl's body with a couple of short punches.
Turtles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turtles landing knees to the head.
Karl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turtles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karl.
Turtles pushes Karl back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turtles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turtles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Turtles.
The is referee keeping an eye on Turtles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karl stalling in the clinch but Turtles improves position.

Karl has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Turtles uses from the top position.
Turtles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karl works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karl preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turtles postures up.
Turtles trying to control the position from guard on top but Karl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Turtles looking to pass the guard.
Karl managing to control the position.
Turtles content to stall in guard here.
Turtles trying to control but Karl is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Turtles looks to score with a jab to the body but Karl is just out of range.
Turtles swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karl counters with a big head kick but Turtles shrugs it off.
Turtles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karl moves away.
A head kick misses from Karl.
Karl dodges the punch combination from Turtles.
Turtles misses with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turtles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turtles throws a shot to the body.
Turtles misses with a body shot.
Turtles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turtles just misses with a punch to the body.
Duke Karl has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karl shoots and misses
and Turtles counters with a one-two to the body.
Karl scores with a one two! Turtles had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Karl looks to land a combination. Turtles sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Turtles lands a right hook to the body.
Karl lands a slapping body shot.
iLike Turtles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karl throws a head kick that misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Karl.
Turtles tries to buck Karl off but Karl is having none of it.
Turtles is not content to let Karl control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turtles sneaks back into half guard.
Karl prevents Turtles from improving his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
iLike Turtles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Turtles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... iLike Turtles!