PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gus Bus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arc Turian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gus Bus has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bus
vs
Turian

190 cm
27
167 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
159 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gus Bus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arc Turian!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Turian thuds a left hand into Bus's body.
Turian tries a head kick but it misses.
Turian has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bus is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Turian moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Turian - that landed with a thud.
Turian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Turian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Turian trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turian stalling the fight.
Turian misses with a body punch.
Turian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bus blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Turian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turian controlling the action here for a moment.
Bus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bus taking a breather.
Turian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turian misses with a knee strike.
Bus managing to block the knees to the body from Turian.
A short body shot lands from Turian as the two fighters clinch.
Turian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Turian.
Turian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bus.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turian works on Bus's body with a couple of short punches.
Turian just leaning against Bus, taking a breather.
A right hand to the body from Turian.
Bus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Turian scores with a shot to the side of Bus's head.
Turian is leaning against Bus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Turian.
Bus is breathing heavily.
Bus tries to circle away but Turian has him pinned against the cage.
Turian tries a body shot but Bus blocks it.
Turian with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turian lands with a short shot to the head.
Turian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turian stalling.
Turian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bus up against the cage.
Turian lands a good knee to the midsection. Bus won't want to take too many of those.
Turian stalls.
Turian tries to land knees in the clinch but Bus avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turian lands a good knee to the midsection. Bus won't want to take too many of those.
Turian tries to throw a body punch but Bus avoids it by throwing Turian back against the cage.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Turian working Bus over with knees to the body.
Turian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Turian.
Turian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Turian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arc Turian dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Turian goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bus throws a head kick that misses

and Turian holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Turian trying to land knees to the body.
Turian missing with knees to the body.
Turian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bus managing to block the knees to the body from Turian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turian is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arc Turian.
Turian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bus avoids the head kick by Turian.
Turian scores with a hook.
Bus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Turian blocks the body kick.
Turian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Turian misses with a kick to the body
and Bus counters with a straight right hand.
Bus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turian throws a body kick that misses.
Turian throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turian thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bus if he has to take too many more of those.
Turian just misses with a punch to the body.
Turian steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bus.

Turian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turian misses with a knee strike.
Turian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bus blocks it with crossed arms.
Bus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Arc Turian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turian slowing the pace effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turian receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Turian lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turian tries to land knees in the clinch but Bus avoids the damage to the body.
Turian displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bus up against the cage.
Turian lands a good knee to the midsection. Bus won't want to take too many of those.
The referee is keeping an eye on Turian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Turian lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Turian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arc Turian.
Turian doesn't manage to clinch there - Bus circles away.
Bus checks the leg kick nicely there.
Turian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Turian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bus throws a lazy body kick

and Turian counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Turian.
Turian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bus avoids it.
Turian stalling the fight.
Turian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arc Turian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Turian. Bus shrugs it off though.
Bus tries to land a leg kick but Turian saw it coming and moves away.

Turian drives through and clinches with Bus against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turian.
Turian landing knees to the body.
Turian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turian has Bus pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turian controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turian looking to throw knees to the head but Bus is blocking nicely.
Turian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bus's elbow.
Bus misses with a punch on the inside.
Turian lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turian lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bus or not.
Turian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bus backwards.
Turian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Turian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turian has him pressed against the cage.
Turian pushes Bus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turian misses with a knee to the head.
Bus blocks a body shot from Turian.
Turian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A left hand lands to the body for Turian.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turian lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bus working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bus tries to stall but Turian uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Turian scores a nice knee to the body.
Turian taking a breather.
Turian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turian crunches a lovely knee into Bus's ribcage.
Turian avoiding damage.
Turian lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turian digs a right hand underneath Bus's ribcage. Bus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bus is defending well for now.
Turian struggles to land a body shot inside as Bus controls his hands.
Bus working hard to break the clinch.
Turian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bus is defending well for now.
Turian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Turian scores with a hook to the body.
Turian lands a left hand.
Turian lands a knee to the head.
Turian lands a body shot.
Gus Bus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from Turian.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arc Turian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turian 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 25:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arc Turian!
Arc Turian was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.