PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Bundles (ranked 778 p4p, 102 weight class) and Ben Turner (ranked 882 p4p, 125 weight class). Bundles's entrance music is It's Tricky by Run DMC. A fine choice. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bundles
vs
Turner

175 cm
29
170 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

188 cm
30
178 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Bundles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundles loads up on a big right hand but Turner slips the punch.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bundles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bundles.
Turner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bundles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turner is defending well for now.
Bundles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bundles misses with an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turner.
Turner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turner working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bundles.
Turner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bundles throws an elbow but misses.
Bundles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Turner misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bundles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner struggles to land a body shot inside as Bundles controls his hands.
Turner blocks an elbow strike.
Turner taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bundles takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Turner lands a nice uppercut.
Bundles leaning his opponent against the cage.
Turner avoids the elbow strike from Bundles, against the cage.
Turner misses with the head strike.
Bundles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turner is trying to maintain a safe position but Bundles gets an underhook and turns Turner into the cage.
Turner scores with a shot to the side of Bundles's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundles lands an elbow that stopped Turner in his tracks for a moment.
Bundles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turner scores with a shot to the side of Bundles's head.
Bundles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turner misses with a punch to the body.

Bundles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bundles throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Turner to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Bundles misses.
Turner wants to clinch up but Bundles keeps it at a distance.
Bundles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turner makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bundles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bundles missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bundles fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Turner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bundles uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turner has time to react.

Turner rushes Bundles and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner blocks a body shot from Bundles.
Turner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bundles is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bundles throws an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bundles.
Bundles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner'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.
Bundles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner tries to throw a body punch but Bundles avoids it by throwing Turner back against the cage.
Bundles blocks an uppercut.
Bundles landing knees to the head.
Bundles leaning against his opponent.
Bundles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Turner avoids the elbow strike from Bundles, against the cage.
Turner tries a body shot but Bundles blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bundles's elbow.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bundles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bundles pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bundles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turner.
Turner blocks an elbow strike from Bundles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bundles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bundles throws an elbow that misses.
Bundles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bundles throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ray Bundles will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Turner closes the distance and pushes Bundles back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Bundles.
Bundles throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Turner on the inside.
Turner is pushing Bundles up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A bit of stalling here from Bundles.
Bundles lands a shot to the body.
Turner pushes Bundles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Bundles.

It looks like Ben Turner has been cut.
Nice elbow from Bundles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner avoids a wild elbow strike from Bundles.
Turner is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bundles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Turner avoids it.
Bundles dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundles has Turner pressed against the cage.
Turner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bundles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bundles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bundles gets through Turner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bundles has Turner pushed against the cage.
Bundles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turner avoiding damage as Bundles throws knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turner.
Bundles is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ray Bundles.
Turner wants to clinch up but Bundles keeps it at a distance.
Bundles is looking to counter punch.
Bundles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Bundles gets tackled into the cage by Turner. Turner maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bundles's elbow.
Bundles pushes off an throws an elbow but Turner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bundles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Bundles breaks from the clinch.
Bundles swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Turner tries to clinch there but Bundles circles away.
Turner wants to clinch but Bundles slips to the side
and Bundles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bundles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner avoids the body shot from Bundles.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Bundles.
Bundles lands a lovely overhand right.

Turner instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bundles.

Bundles breaks the clinch.
Bundles looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bundles. That's going to slow Turner down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner doesn't manage to clinch there - Bundles circles away.
Bundles lands a right hook to the body.
Bundles lands a jab-cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bundles. Turner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bundles misses the jab.
Turner is looking for the big counter here.
Bundles tests Turner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turner tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Bundles misses.
Bundles throws a hook to the side of Turner's head but Turner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bundles bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turner's head.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Turner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner is working Bundles over against the cage.

Bundles manages to break the clinch.
Turner wants to clinch.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Bundles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turner.
Bundles takes a shot to the head.
Bundles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turner is keeping busy.

Bundles's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Turner gets a clinch.
Ben Turner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Bundles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Bundles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Turner's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A slow jab from Bundles misses its intended target.
Turner tries to clinch but Bundles is having none of it.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner closes the distance but Bundles moves to the side
and Bundles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donk. Bundles catches Turner right on the button with a cross.
Turner moves out of range of the leg kick from Bundles.
A jab from Bundles misses.
Bundles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Bundles misses the target.
Bundles scores with a jab to the body.
Ben Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner tries to clinch there but Bundles circles away.
Bundles cracks Turner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bundles's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Turner slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Turner has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bundles throws an elbow but misses.
Come on Bundles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bundles looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bundles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Bundles.
Turner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turner lands a shoulder strike.
Bundles blocking some punches.
Turner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner misses with the head strike.
Turner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Turner breaks from the clinch.
Turner has his takedown stuffed
and Bundles counters with a straight right hand.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bundles paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bundles connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bundles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bundles misses the jab.
Turner appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Bundles.
Bundles jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ray Bundles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bundles looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Turner appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Turner doesn't manage to clinch there - Bundles circles away.
Bundles finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turner is looking to clinch but Bundles is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Bundles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner lands with a left to the head.
Turner blocks the elbow strike.
Bundles wants to get back to striking at distance but Turner won't allow it.
Bundles avoiding damage.
Turner misses with the head strike.
Ben Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bundles throws an elbow but it misses.
Bundles stalling.
Turner taking a breather.
Turner blocks an elbow strike.
Bundles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turner.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
Turner wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundles bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turner's head.
Turner is looking to clinch.
Bundles is looking to counter punch.
Turner takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bundles circles away from the clinch attempt.

Turner moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bundles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bundles tries to circle away but Turner has him pinned against the cage.
Bundles stalling the fight.
Bundles tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner avoids the elbow strike from Bundles, against the cage.
Ray Bundles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bundles blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Bundles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bundles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Bundles!
Ray Bundles seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.