PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Drizzt Do Urden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Turris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Do Urden kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Scream. Kyle Turris has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Do Urden
vs
Turris

168 cm
24
135 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

172 cm
26
142 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Empire Threads

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drizzt Do Urden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Turris!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do Urden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turris loads up on a big right hand but Do Urden slips the punch.
Turris connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turris slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Turris crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Do Urden - the referee stops the clock and Turris gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Do Urden. Turris manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Do Urden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Do Urden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turris lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Do Urden.
Do Urden wants to clinch
and Turris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Do Urden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Do Urden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Do Urden throws a leg kick but Turris sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That kick from Do Urden tenderised Turris's leg. Turris is trying to keep his angry face on.
Do Urden plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Do Urden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Turris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crunch! Do Urden slams his shin into Turris's torso.
Do Urden looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Turris throws out a powerful jab.
Do Urden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turris.
Turris avoids the head kick by Do Urden.
Turris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turris misses with a hook. Do Urden ducked under it nicely.
Do Urden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turris swats away the attempt to clinch by Do Urden.
Turris misses the shot to the body.
Turris misses the shot to the body.
Turris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Drizzt Do Urden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do Urden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Do Urden is looking to clinch.
Turris misses with a hook
and Do Urden counters with an outside leg kick.
Do Urden lands a front kick.
Good leg kick by Do Urden there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some bone on bone action there as Turris checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Turris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Do Urden looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden tries to clinch but Turris is having none of it.
Drizzt Do Urden is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do Urden slips a jab from Turris.
Do Urden throws a head kick but Turris moves out of range.
Turris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Do Urden throws a leg kick but Turris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Turris on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Turris misses.
Do Urden lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Do Urden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turris.
Do Urden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Do Urden.
Turris throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden throws a sloppy head kick
and Turris counters with a stiff right hand.
Do Urden lands with a kick to the temple. Turris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Turris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Do Urden to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Turris looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Do Urden!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Turris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Do Urden keeps working.
Turris throws a strike aimed at the side of Do Urden's head but Do Urden avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Turris.
Do Urden wants to get back to his feet but Turris drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Drizzt Do Urden will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Turris throws a body punch but Do Urden moves out of range.
Do Urden connects with a high kick.
Do Urden tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turris counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Do Urden wants to clinch.
Do Urden turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Do Urden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Do Urden scrambles back to his feet.
Do Urden takes one to the chin there.
Do Urden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turris.
Do Urden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turris throws out a loose jab but Do Urden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turris takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turris scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Do Urden tries a head kick but it misses.
Do Urden throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Do Urden thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Turris if he has to take too many more of those.
Do Urden slips a jab and a cross from Turris.
Drizzt Do Urden is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Turris.
Turris loads up on a big right hand but Do Urden slips the punch.
Do Urden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Do Urden checks the leg kick nicely there.
Do Urden is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Do Urden. Turris shrugs it off though.

Do Urden clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Turris.
Do Urden misses with a knee to the head.
Do Urden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turris's elbow.
Turris tries to work over Do Urden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Turris prevents a body shot from Do Urden.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Do Urden stalling.
A shot in the inside from Turris.
Do Urden is trying to stall.
Do Urden tries to land knees in the clinch but Turris avoids the damage to the body.
Do Urden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Do Urden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turris backwards.
Turris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Do Urden backwards.
Do Urden content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Urden misses with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Do Urden as Turris tries to tie him up.
Do Urden misses with a punch to the body.
Do Urden looking to stall.
Turris throws a head punch that misses.
Turris avoiding damage as Do Urden throws knees to the body.
Do Urden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turris's elbow.
Turris is struggling to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do Urden looking to slow down the pace here.
Turris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Drizzt Do Urden will probably get the nod.
That's time! Do Urden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Do Urden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do Urden scores with a nice body kick.
Turris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Do Urden.
Do Urden throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Turris defending well as Do Urden loads up on a big left hand.
Do Urden swings for the body but Turris moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Turris.
Turris blocks a head kick by Do Urden.
Do Urden misses with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Do Urden.
Turris misses with a hook.
Turris has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Do Urden.
Turris misses with a takedown attempt - Do Urden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Do Urden swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Turris makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Urden throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Do Urden tries to close the distance and clinch but Turris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turris looks to land a right hand but Do Urden moved out of range.
Turris just misses with a punch to the body.
Do Urden moves out of range as Turris strikes.
Do Urden's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turris connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Do Urden scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Turris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turris misses with a head kick.
Do Urden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do Urden wants to clinch but Turris slips to the side
and Turris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Do Urden thinking.
Do Urden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Turris misses.
Do Urden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Turris looks to land a left hand but Do Urden moved out of range nicely.
Turris throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Do Urden on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Turris throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do Urden throws a head kick that misses
and Turris counters with a stiff right hand.
Turris might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Turris tests Do Urden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Do Urden throws a head kick that misses.
Do Urden throws a head kick that misses.
Turris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Do Urden.
Do Urden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turris.
Do Urden takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Do Urden is rocked!

Turris closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Do Urden to the mat! Do Urden manages to get full guard.
Oh Do Urden is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Do Urden is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Turris is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turris stands up over Do Urden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Turris gets to his feet and stands over Do Urden, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Do Urden felt that one! Turris unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Do Urden from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Turris!
Kyle Turris decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.