PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Ripgut
vs
Turk

190 cm
39
225 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

199 cm
34
272 lbs
25 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Ripgut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Turk!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turk lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Sean Ripgut has been cut.
Turk has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ripgut is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Turk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ripgut if he has to take too many more of those.
Turk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Johnny Turk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ripgut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ripgut throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ripgut is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A punch combination from Turk misses.
Ripgut listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Johnny Turk has been cut.
Turk throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body punch from Turk.
and Turk counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Ripgut! He's just covering up as Turk starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Turk!
Johnny Turk very nearly forgot to thank Speedy Supps + Laundry 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.