PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barret The Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Plo Koon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barret The Turk has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Turk
vs
Koon

198 cm
26
222 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

193 cm
25
194 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barret The Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Plo Koon!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Turk throws a lazy head kick

so Koon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Koon prevents The Turk from getting back to his feet.
Koon lands a couple of elbows.
The Turk looking for a sweep. Not yet The Turk, not yet.
Koon content to stall in guard here.
Koon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Turk keeping full guard, as Koon tries to pass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Turk is wriggling around but Koon manages to pass to half guard.
The Turk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Turk has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Koon is working away from the top position though.
Koon looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Turk is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Tenacity Elite - 17 Coaches, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Koon is keen to just control but The Turk is a slippery customer.
The Turk taking some punishment here, with Koon in his half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Koon thows a huge punch but The Turk dodges it nicely.
The Turk keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Koon has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Turk keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Koon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The Turk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The Turk wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
The Turk wants to hold on but Koon pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Turk is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Koon throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for The Turk because Koon loaded up on that one.
The Turk can't escape the position.
Koon looking to finish The Turk with some ground and pound. This is bad for The Turk!
Koon scoring with strikes but The Turk is staying in there.
Koon sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Koon landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Koon with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Koon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The Turk is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Koon working The Turk over with strikes here.

The Turk is rocked!
Koon connects with a bit shot that sees The Turk covering up! More strikes from Koon and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Koon is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Plo Koon!
A relieved looking Plo Koon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.