PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Turnbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turnbull has chosen 2Pac: When We Ride ft. Outlawz as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conteh
vs
Turnbull

183 cm
30
208 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

182 cm
29
215 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jack Turnbull!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turnbull moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turnbull throws a looping overhand right but Conteh ducks down to avoid it.
Turnbull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turnbull fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conteh checks it well.
Conteh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turnbull has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Turnbull takes a swing at Conteh's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull cracks the inside of Conteh's front leg.
Turnbull throws the left hand but Conteh avoids the punch easily.
Turnbull lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
Turnbull is looking to score with low kicks.
Turnbull with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnbull feints and then cracks Conteh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Conteh down.
Turnbull explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Turnbull tries a head kick but it misses.
Turnbull misses with a looping left.
Turnbull thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turnbull misses with a low kick.
Conteh thows a body shot but no joy.
Conteh takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Conteh lands a head shot.
Conteh thows a body shot but no joy.
Conteh checks a low kick from Turnbull.
Conteh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conteh throws an overhand right that lands on Turnbull's shoulder, as Turnbull tries to avoid the shot.
Conteh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conteh with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turnbull to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Turnbull throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turnbull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jack Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh dodges the punch combination from Turnbull.
Turnbull avoids the body shot from Conteh.
Turnbull feints and then cracks Conteh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Conteh down.
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!
Turnbull fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Conteh is out of range.
Turnbull turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Conteh scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turnbull doesn't seem bothered though.
Turnbull throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Conteh.
Turnbull connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Conteh moves out of range of the body kick from Turnbull.
Turnbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turnbull throws a lazy uppercut
and Conteh counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turnbull.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Turnbull throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Turnbull misses with a few strikes there.
Turnbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turnbull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turnbull missing with a left hand there. Conteh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turnbull fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turnbull lands a jab.
Turnbull misses with a looping left.
A jab from Turnbull misses.
Turnbull takes a swing at Conteh's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Conteh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull misses with a wild body shot.
Turnbull takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conteh jabs at Turnbull's body.
Conteh cracks Turnbull with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Conteh misses with a body shot.
Conteh on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Turnbull throws a solid leg kick but Conteh takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Turnbull.
Conteh misses with a body shot
and Turnbull counters with an inside leg kick.
Turnbull looks to land a left hand but Conteh moved out of range nicely.
Turnbull lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turnbull waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Conteh.
Turnbull tries to work over Conteh's front leg with a kick but Conteh checks it.
Turnbull moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Turnbull dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
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.

Turnbull lands with a hook. Conteh tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jack Turnbull seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turnbull clobbers Conteh with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Turnbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conteh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turnbull connects with an inside leg kick.
Turnbull attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turnbull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conteh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turnbull throws a chopping leg kick but Conteh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Conteh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnbull.
Turnbull connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Conteh's hands.
Conteh just misses with a punch to the body.
Turnbull walks into a jab.
Conteh takes a swing at Turnbull's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conteh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Turnbull misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull misses with a kick to the body.
Turnbull attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turnbull throws out a loose jab but Conteh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conteh misses with a straight right.
Conteh throws a body punch but Turnbull moves out of range.
Turnbull misses with a low kick.
Conteh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turnbull.
Decent striking displayed by Turnbull there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Conteh might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Turnbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Conteh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Conteh is looking to wear down Turnbull with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice uppercut there from Turnbull.
Turnbull throws the left hand but Conteh avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turnbull throws a low kick but Conteh avoids it.
Conteh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turnbull lands a front kick.
Conteh checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turnbull throws a sloppy head kick and Conteh moves out of range easily.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Conteh moved away.
Conteh avoids a punch combination nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnbull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turnbull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conteh was well out of range. Poor timing from Turnbull.
Conteh is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull looks for the body kick but Conteh saw that one coming.
Conteh misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Turnbull counter with a right hand.
Turnbull chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Conteh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Conteh thows a body shot but no joy.
Turnbull listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Conteh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turnbull moves away.
Conteh takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turnbull misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Conteh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turnbull moves away.
Conteh throws a combination that misses
and Turnbull counters with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turnbull. Conteh does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conteh misses with a body punch
and Turnbull makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Conteh really felt that one!
Conteh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turnbull manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Turnbull misses its intended target.
Good standup being displayed there by Turnbull as he connects with a hook.
Conteh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turnbull.
Conteh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turnbull paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conteh throws a body punch but Turnbull moves out of range.
Conteh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turnbull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turnbull misses with a head kick.
Conteh throws a right hand that misses
and Turnbull counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Turnbull showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Turnbull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Conteh lands an overhand right.
Conteh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conteh throws a lazy right hand but Turnbull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turnbull will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turnbull throws a sloppy head kick and Conteh moves out of range easily.
Conteh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turnbull throws a looping overhand right but Conteh ducks down to avoid it.
Turnbull finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Turnbull. That snapped Conteh's head back.
Turnbull wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Conteh slips under a jab from Turnbull.
Turnbull scoring well with a low kick there.
Conteh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Conteh throws a lazy right hand but Turnbull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turnbull throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turnbull has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turnbull throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conteh counters with a left to the body.
Turnbull misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Turnbull.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Turnbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turnbull uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Conteh.
Conteh misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands with a cross.
Turnbull works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh moves out of range as Turnbull throws a body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turnbull.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnbull misses with a leg kick.
Turnbull throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Turnbull is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conteh.
Turnbull swings widly with a right hand
and Conteh makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turnbull misses with a low kick.
Turnbull throws a leg kick but Conteh moved away.
Turnbull connects with a good right hand that stumbles Conteh. Conteh circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conteh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turnbull.
Turnbull lands a nice shot that snaps Conteh's head back.
Nice body punch from Turnbull.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull tries to land a leg kick but Conteh saw it coming and moves away.
John Conteh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Turnbull misses.
Conteh checks a leg kick.
Turnbull uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conteh.
Conteh misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh throws a predictable looking body shot
and Turnbull counters with a nice kick to the body.
Turnbull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conteh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turnbull misses the body punch
and Conteh counters with a straight right hand.
Turnbull scores with a leg kick.
Turnbull finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turnbull throws a body kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conteh has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Turnbull finds it's way round the side to connect with Conteh's head.
Turnbull misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Turnbull.
Turnbull tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Conteh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands a leg kick that knocks Conteh off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Turnbull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conteh ducks under a wild hook from Turnbull.
Conteh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turnbull misses with a hook.
Conteh defending well as Turnbull loads up on a big left hand.
Jack Turnbull is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Turnbull throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Turnbull comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turnbull has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Turnbull!
A victorious Jack Turnbull thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.