PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Turris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostya Pavlovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pavlovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kill Her - Hopsin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Turris
vs
Pavlovic

172 cm
27
142 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

164 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kyle Turris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kostya Pavlovic!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turris throws a hook but Pavlovic blocks it.
Pavlovic throws a body punch but Turris moves out of range.

Pavlovic gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pavlovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pavlovic 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.
Pavlovic keeping moving, preventing Turris from controlling successfully.
Turris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Turris wants to pass the guard but Pavlovic is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Turris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turris with a nice head shot there.
Turris sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pavlovic's guard.
Turris looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pavlovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turris takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Turris connects with a nice short shot to Pavlovic's temple.
Pavlovic wants to get back to full guard but Turris has mounted him!
Turris unloading with bombs!
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Turris cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pavlovic tries to hold on but Turris postures up.
Turris lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovic manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Turris seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Turris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pavlovic keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Turris is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pavlovic has managed to free his arm - good work.
Turris 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.
Pavlovic is in trouble now - Turris has advanced to mount!
Pavlovic is looking to improve his position but Turris isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turris is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Pavlovic is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Pavlovic flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Turris anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Pavlovic and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Turris slips an arm under Pavlovic chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Turris has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Turris is squeezing on Pavlovic like an anaconda would it's prey. Pavlovic fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). 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.