PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Turolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicholas Bojangles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bojangles comes into a darkened arena with his song building. straight to the bank kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Augusto Turolla has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Turolla
vs
Bojangles

189 cm
18
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

HARDCORE Fighting Brand

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augusto Turolla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicholas Bojangles!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bojangles blocks the body kick.
Turolla avoids the body shot from Bojangles.
Bojangles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turolla looks to clinch

and Bojangles counters with a single leg into guard. Turolla didn't expect that.
Bojangles chips away with some ground and pound.
Turolla is trying to control the position but Bojangles postures up.
Bojangles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turolla swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Turolla wants to stand up but Bojangles is controlling him.
Bojangles postures up.
Bojangles should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bojangles won't allow Turolla to sweep him here.
Turolla is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bojangles is controlling him.
Bojangles slips nicely into half guard.

Bojangles seems to be looking for submissions.
Turolla taking some punishment here, with Bojangles in his half guard.
Bojangles looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Turolla with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turolla is breathing heavily.
Turolla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turolla trying to control but Bojangles postures up.
Bojangles lands strikes from half guard.
Bojangles looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bojangles lands strikes from half guard.

Turolla is rocked!
Bojangles is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Oh Turolla is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bojangles postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Turolla looks a forlorn figure.
Bojangles working Turolla over with strikes here.
Bojangles raining down shots from the mount!
Bojangles looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Turolla takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Turolla tries to lock up and control but Bojangles gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Turolla manages to regain half guard. Good work. Bojangles prevents Turolla from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turolla is looking to improve his position.
Bojangles prevents Turolla from standing back up.
Bojangles is looking to advance position but Turolla won't allow it.
Turolla is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bojangles is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Turolla wants to get back to his feet.
Turolla seems to have got his legs back now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bojangles is looking to slow Turolla down with leg kicks.
Turolla showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bojangles.
Turolla stuffs the takedown.
Turolla slips a jab from Bojangles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bojangles shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bojangles is looking to chop away at Turolla's legs.
Turolla tries to clinch

and Bojangles counters with a shoot takedown. Turolla fights it but they end up in guard.
Bojangles with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bojangles lands a couple of digs.
Bojangles lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bojangles passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bojangles landing a few strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turolla is looking to reverse the position.
Bojangles lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Turolla down.

Bojangles tries for a kimura but Turolla is defending well.
Bojangles landing a few strikes.
Bojangles working the ground and pound.
Bojangles creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turolla is trying to buck Bojangles off.

Bojangles thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turolla wants to get back to his feet.
Turolla tries to improve position but can't.
Bojangles tries to move into full mount but can't pass Turolla's legs.
Bojangles working the ground and pound.
Bojangles tries to move into full mount but can't pass Turolla's legs.
Bojangles is trying to move to mount but Turolla reverses beautifully and ends up in Bojangles's guard.
Turolla with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bojangles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bojangles fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bojangles lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Bojangles dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bojangles connects with a nice cross there... Turolla is looking wobbly and Bojangles recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Turolla to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Bojangles jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nicholas Bojangles!