PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Braden Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turk comes to the cage accompanied by Status Quo - Deeper and Down. Bonaparte has chosen An Epic Age as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Turk
vs
Bonaparte

168 cm
29
149 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

176 cm
30
158 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Braden Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Bonaparte!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte moves away from the strike by Turk.
Turk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bonaparte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Bonaparte tries to keep at a distance but Turk has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turk struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonaparte controls his hands.
Turk working aggressively here.
Turk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bonaparte avoids it.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bonaparte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Turk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bonaparte tries a body shot but Turk blocks it.
Bonaparte blocks a body shot from Turk.
Bonaparte blocks a body shot from Turk.
Turk struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonaparte controls his hands.
Bonaparte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bonaparte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turk.
Turk misses with an elbow strike.
Turk lands a shot to the body.
Turk has a couple of punches blocked by Bonaparte.
Turk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turk.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Turk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turk misses with a punch on the inside.
Turk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bonaparte pulls his leg out and moves away.
Good leg kick by Bonaparte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turk scores with a jab. Bonaparte acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Turk misses with a leg kick.
Bonaparte slips a jab and a cross from Turk.
Turk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bonaparte is fending him off so far but Turk persists. Nope, Bonaparte circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braden Turk. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Turk throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bonaparte tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Turk is in Bonaparte's guard.
Turk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bonaparte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Turk being controlled here momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk wants to control from the top but Bonaparte keeps moving.
Bonaparte working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turk.
Bonaparte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Turk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turk landing some decent shots from guard.
Turk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bonaparte keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bonaparte is keeping the position for now.
Turk slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Turk preventing the sweep.
Turk postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bonaparte keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.
Bonaparte controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Turk closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonaparte wants to control but Turk is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Turk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braden Turk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Turk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turk tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bonaparte is able to avoid easily.

Turk clinches up with Bonaparte and pushes him back against the cage.
Turk has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bonaparte is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Turk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turk is working for takedown but Bonaparte is calmly controlling the position for now.
Turk is working for takedown but Bonaparte is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braden Turk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bonaparte's brow.
Turk tries to throw a body punch but Bonaparte avoids it by throwing Turk back against the cage.
Turk misses with a punch to the body.
Turk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bonaparte gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Turk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte prevents a body shot from Turk.
Turk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bonaparte.
Nice body punch from Turk - that landed with a thud.
Turk has Bonaparte pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bonaparte manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Turk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Turk working aggressively here.
Bonaparte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bonaparte throws an elbow that misses.
Turk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Turk.
Turk swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonaparte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turk throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte prevents a body shot from Turk.
Turk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bonaparte blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Turk has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bonaparte backwards.
Turk avoiding damage as Bonaparte throws knees to the body.
Bonaparte takes a shot to the head.
Bonaparte landing knees to the head.

Turk breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turk slips under a jab.
Turk blocks a head kick by Bonaparte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Bonaparte misses.
Bonaparte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turk lands a head shot.
Bonaparte goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Turk clinches up with Bonaparte and pushes him back against the cage.
Turk is looking to break free of the clinch but Bonaparte has double underhooks.
Bonaparte throws a knee to the head but misses.

Turk works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Turk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turk tries to free his leg and advance position but Bonaparte is retaining full guard.
Turk is looking to work some ground and pound but Bonaparte has wrist control.
Turk connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk won't allow Bonaparte to sweep him here.
Turk with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonaparte wants to stand and escape but Turk is having none of it.
Turk throwing strikes but missing.
Bonaparte is looking to stand up but Turk isn't so interested in that idea.
Turk preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bonaparte keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.
Turk showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Turk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bonaparte swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braden Turk dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Turk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bonaparte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bonaparte throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Turk's head.
Bonaparte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turk thows a leg kick but Bonaparte checks it
and Bonaparte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Bonaparte blocks the leg kick.
Braden Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonaparte scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Bonaparte does it's job there.
Bonaparte tries to close the distance and clinch but Turk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turk throws a right hand that Bonaparte ducks under and follows up with a left that Bonaparte also avoids with ease.

Turk darts in and clinches Bonaparte up against the cage.
Turk tries to throw a body punch but Bonaparte avoids it by throwing Turk back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte lands an elbow inside.
Turk misses with a punch to the body.
Turk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bonaparte gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Turk is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bonaparte pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Turk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bonaparte blocks a body shot from Turk.
Braden Turk has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turk has a couple of punches blocked by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bonaparte misses with a knee strike.
Turk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bonaparte or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Bonaparte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Turk wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Braden Turk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonaparte prevents a body shot from Turk.
Turk tries for a takedown but Bonaparte manages to get underhooks.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Turk is blocking nicely.
Turk misses with an elbow over the top.
Turk pushes Bonaparte back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turk throws a head punch that misses.
Turk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonaparte is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bonaparte is defending well for now.
Turk managing to block the knees to the body from Bonaparte.
Turk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonaparte takes a shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Turk's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bonaparte blocks an elbow strike from Turk.
Bonaparte prevents the takedown attempt.
Braden Turk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turk managing to block the knees to the body from Bonaparte.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bonaparte pushes off an throws an elbow but Turk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Turk gets through Bonaparte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turk is looking for a takedown.
Bonaparte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonaparte lands a knee to the body.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Braden Turk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turk has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braden Turk!
Braden Turk seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.