PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deal Damatter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bill Turner has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Turner
vs
Damatter

194 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deal Damatter!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damatter misses with a straight right.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Damatter as he jumps to the side.
Turner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Damatter as he jumps to the side.
Damatter lands a with a good body shot.
Bill Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner misses with a body kick.
Turner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turner tries a head kick but it misses.
Turner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Damatter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Damatter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Damatter there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Turner tries to reverse the position but Damatter maintains control.
Damatter throws some wild stikes that Turner manages to avoid easily.
Turner tries to reverse the position but Damatter maintains control.
Damatter misses with a head shot.
Damatter punishing his opponent with strikes.
Damatter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Damatter looking to control but Turner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Damatter controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Damatter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Turner is looking to escape.
Turner takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Damatter throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Damatter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Damatter lands a nice shot to the head.
Damatter controlling from mount.
Turner is bucking up trying to escape but Damatter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damatter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Turner wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Damatter.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Damatter trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Damatter has hold of Turner's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Turner manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Turner avoids a series of strikes thrown by Damatter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Turner is desperately trying to improve his position but Damatter has a good base and remains in mount.
Damatter controlling the position easily from mount.
Damatter landing strikes from the mount.
Damatter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Turner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Damatter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Damatter landing strikes from the mount and Turner is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deal Damatter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Turner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Turner.
Damatter scores with a jab to the jaw.
Turner throws a sloppy head kick and Damatter moves out of range easily.
Damatter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turner has time to react.
Turner shoots and misses
and Damatter counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Bill Turner has been cut.
Turner with a poor takedown

and Damatter counters with a single leg into guard. Turner didn't expect that.

Damatter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Turner, up you get!

Damatter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damatter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Turner works his way to full guard. Good work.
Damatter trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Damatter stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Turner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damatter misses with a straight left.
Turner shoots and misses

and Damatter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Damatter has him pressed against the cage.
Turner tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Turner looking to stall.

Damatter manages to break the clinch.
Damatter lands the left hand.
Damatter avoids the head kick by Turner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damatter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Damatter.
Turner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Damatter decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Turner's guard.

Turner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Damatter gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Damatter is pushing down on Turner's leg trying to pass to half guard. Turner is fighting to maintain full guard but Damatter has managed to sneak the leg through.
Turner wants to get back to full guard.
Damatter is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Turner!
Damatter prevents Turner from getting the reversal.

Damatter is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Damatter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Deal Damatter!