PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johny Persecutioned (ranked 2052 p4p, 252 weight class) and Ben Turner (ranked 1238 p4p, 168 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Persecutioned
vs
Turner

191 cm
35
182 lbs
27 - 22 - 0

188 cm
30
178 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars
Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johny Persecutioned!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Turner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Turner digs a good body shot into Persecutioned's ribs.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Turner misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Persecutioned.
Persecutioned prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Turner wants to break free but Persecutioned has control.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Persecutioned tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Persecutioned back against the cage.
Persecutioned struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Turner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
Turner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Johny Persecutioned seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Persecutioned throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Persecutioned fails with an attempt to clinch.
Persecutioned fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Persecutioned can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Turner lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Persecutioned's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Turner.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice shot by Persecutioned.

Persecutioned closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Persecutioned lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Persecutioned lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Persecutioned tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Persecutioned lands a hook that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turner stalls.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Persecutioned pushes Turner up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
Persecutioned lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Persecutioned.
Turner scores with a shot to the side of Persecutioned's head.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Persecutioned lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turner scores with a shot to the side of Persecutioned's head.
Persecutioned misses with some punches.
Persecutioned fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned misses with a body punch.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
Persecutioned working aggressively here.
Persecutioned throws a head punch that misses.
Persecutioned has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Persecutioned lands with a light punch inside.

Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Persecutioned tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Turner forces Persecutioned back against the cage and clinches.
Persecutioned throws a head punch that misses.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Persecutioned tries to clinch but Turner is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turner! But no joy.

Turner feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Persecutioned sprawling to the canvas! Persecutioned rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Turner finish him?!

Persecutioned is rocked!

Persecutioned clinches up with Turner and pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Persecutioned is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Persecutioned misses with the head strike.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned seems to have got his legs back now.
Turner blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Turner.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner blocking some punches.
Persecutioned misses with a punch on the inside.
Turner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Persecutioned fails to land.
Persecutioned throws a head punch that misses.

Turner breaks the clinch.
Turner thumps Persecutioned with a low kick.
Persecutioned fails with an attempt to clinch.

Persecutioned moves into the clinch successfully.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turner keeps the fight on the outside.
Persecutioned throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Turner.
Persecutioned tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
Nice shot by Turner.

Turner rushes Persecutioned and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Turner breaks the clinch.
Persecutioned is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Persecutioned takes the fight into the clinch.
Persecutioned struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Turner is trying to break free.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Turner breaks the clinch.
Persecutioned wants to clinch up but Turner keeps it at a distance.
Persecutioned tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Persecutioned pushes Turner up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Turner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turner throws out a counter right but Persecutioned avoids it with no problem.
Turner looks for a takedown but Persecutioned sprawls well.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Turner on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Persecutioned displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Persecutioned misses the target.
Turner swats away the attempt to clinch by Persecutioned.
Johny Persecutioned is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Persecutioned lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Turner drives through and clinches with Persecutioned against the cage.
The referee calls for Turner to work.
Turner content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner scores with a shoulder strike.
Persecutioned lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
Johny Persecutioned has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turner has had enough of the clinch but Persecutioned keeps him there for the moment.
Turner blocking some punches.
Turner avoids a wild elbow strike from Persecutioned.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persecutioned swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.
Persecutioned misses with a hook from the clinch.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Persecutioned tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Persecutioned in his tracks.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Persecutioned.
Persecutioned misses with a two punch combination.

Turner has closed the distance and engaged Persecutioned in a clinch.
Persecutioned throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Turner.
Turner blocks an uppercut.

Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch but Persecutioned swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Persecutioned.
Turner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Persecutioned scores with a jab to the head.

Turner tries to keep at a distance but Persecutioned has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

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

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Persecutioned misses with a short punch on the inside.
Persecutioned blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Persecutioned.
Stalling in the clinch from Turner.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Persecutioned momentarily.

Turner moves into the clinch.
Turner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Persecutioned.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turner lands a shoulder strike.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Persecutioned sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Persecutioned throwing a counter right hand but Turner manages to avoid it.
Persecutioned throws a right hand that Turner ducks under and follows up with a left that Turner also avoids with ease.
Persecutioned fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persecutioned tries to clinch up.
Persecutioned fails with an attempt to clinch.
Persecutioned digs a good body shot into Turner's ribs.
Persecutioned throws a hook but Turner blocks it.

Turner drops Persecutioned with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Persecutioned looks back up at him and smiles so Turner waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Persecutioned moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turner.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Persecutioned uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Turner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner slips a jab from Persecutioned.
A jab from Turner misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.
Persecutioned tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Persecutioned looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner drops Persecutioned with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Persecutioned! Turner dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Turner!
Ben Turner really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Red Light Coffeeshop logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
In defeat, Johny Persecutioned stepped up to the mic, saying 'Wait where am I?!'.