PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Braden Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skylar Davies Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turk comes to the cage accompanied by Status Quo - Deeper and Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turk
vs
Davies Miles

168 cm
27
146 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

166 cm
27
146 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Braden Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Skylar Davies Miles!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies Miles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Turk sprawls well. Turk wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Davies Miles gets slowly back to his feet.
Davies Miles doesn't manage to clinch there - Turk circles away.
Davies Miles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Davies Miles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Davies Miles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davies Miles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No luck for Turk with that takedown attempt.

Davies Miles drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Davies Miles scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Turk is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turk bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davies Miles's guard.
Turk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Turk lands a couple of digs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk passes Davies Miles's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Davies Miles trying to control but Turk postures up.
Turk tries to pass to full mount but Davies Miles defends it.
Davies Miles trying to hold on to Turk's head to control him but Turk postures up.
Turk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Turk working over Davies Miles with some ground and pound. Davies Miles looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Turk wants to pass the guard but Davies Miles is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turk is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Davies Miles doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turk.
Turk trying to control from half guard but Davies Miles is working away.
Turk wants to stand up but Davies Miles has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Turk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davies Miles defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles won't allow Turk to pass to mount.
Turk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davies Miles defending well though.
Turk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Turk tries to pass to full mount but Davies Miles defends it.
Turk is stalling here. Davies Miles is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Turk seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Davies Miles has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Davies Miles fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Turk is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Turk wants to improve his position but Davies Miles is controlling well.
Turk gets full guard.

Turk is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies Miles wants to control from the top but Turk keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turk has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Turk throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davies Miles missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turk not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davies Miles passes Turk's left leg - he's now in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies Miles is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Turk wants to control but Davies Miles is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Davies Miles wants to pass to mount but Turk is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braden Turk dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Turk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davies Miles.
Davies Miles blocks a low kick nicely.
Turk looks to score with a jab to the body but Davies Miles is just out of range.
Turk lands a nice looking body shot.
Turk throws a looping overhand right but Davies Miles ducks down to avoid it.
Turk lands with a hook. Davies Miles tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davies Miles throws a front kick aimed at Turk's knee but Turk avoids it well.
A punch combination from Turk misses.
Turk moves forwards but Davies Miles connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Turk drives through and clinches with Davies Miles against the cage.
Davies Miles is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Davies Miles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turk throws a head punch that misses.
Davies Miles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turks head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davies Miles is looking to clinch.
Davies Miles swinging wildly here.
Turk thows a body shot but no joy.
Davies Miles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Turk tries to keep at a distance but Davies Miles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Turk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davies Miles backwards.
Davies Miles throws a punch but it's blocked by Turk.
Davies Miles misses with a hook to the ribs.

Davies Miles has hold of one of Turk's legs. Turk is fighting the takedown attempt but Davies Miles gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Turk is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Davies Miles frees his head nicely. Oh but Turk has switched to an armbar! Davies Miles is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Braden Turk!
Braden Turk very nearly forgot to thank Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.