PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Turner (ranked 24863 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tywan Woods (ranked 6747 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Turner
vs
Woods

161 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
186 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Garrett Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tywan Woods!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Woods.
Turner misses with a takedown attempt

and Woods counters by clinching up.
Turner is trying to break the clinch but Woods has him pressed against the cage.

Turner pulls Woods into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Turner manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Turner decides to pull guard.
Woods trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Turner throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Woods is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods wants to control from the top but Turner keeps moving.
Turner wants to stand but Woods is controlling the position.
Woods stopping the sweep attempt from Turner.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Woods gets to his feet - Turner follows without any prompting.

Woods forces Turner back against the cage and clinches.
Woods trying to control the position but instead, Turner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Woods into the cage.

Turner gets control of Woods's arms and successfully pulls guard. Turner will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Turner keeping moving, preventing Woods from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Woods really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Turner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Woods tries to free his leg and advance position but Turner is retaining full guard.

Turner pushes Woods off and scrambles back to his feet.

Woods darts in and clinches Turner up against the cage.
Turner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Turner has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Woods is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Turner is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Woods is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Woods gets a double leg takedown into Turner's guard.
Turner really is a fat lump.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Woods is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Woods looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Woods's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Turner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Woods is trying to stand back up but Turner is controlling him
Woods is trying to maintain the position but Turner is very close to passing his half guard.
Woods is trying to stand back up but Turner is controlling him

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turner.
Woods is looking to improve his position.
Woods blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turner.
Turner stops Woods from getting back to his feet.
Turner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Woods is looking to get back to is feet but Turner passes into side control.
Woods gets back to half guard.
Woods is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Turner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Woods wants to get back to his feet.
Woods taking some punishment here, with Turner in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Turner dominated that round.
That's time! Turner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Woods looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Turner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Woods to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Turner has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Woods off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Woods lands with an uppercut that bounces Turner off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Woods darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Woods tries to stand but can't do so whilst Turner controls his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods working the head and body with strikes.
Turner manages to get to full guard.
Woods is looking to pass into half guard but Turner pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Turner is in guard.

Turner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Turner scoring with some ground and pound.

Turner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Woods is looking for a triangle but Turner pushes his legs off easily.
Turner scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Turner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Woods can do to turn this around?
Woods is breathing heavily.
Turner landing with the ground and pound.
Turner chips away with some ground and pound.
Woods trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Turner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Turner thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Woods has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Turner has passed into side control.
Woods trying to control but Turner flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands strikes to the head.
Turner has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Woods.
Turner is landing with strikes from the back.
Turner loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Woods hold on?
Garrett Turner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Turner has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Woods has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Woods just trying to survive but Turner is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Turner is landing with strikes. Woods can't take much more of this.
Woods covers up after that shot from Turner.
Turner controls the position.
Turner is punishing Woods with strikes - can he finish him?!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woods defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Turner's arms.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Turner.
Turner thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Woods tries to break free.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner throwing sloppy strikes.
Turner lands with a hammerfist to the side of Woods's head.
Woods is in bad spot here.
Turner is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Woods up.
Woods is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Turner.
Turner seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Woods for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Turner dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Turner shoots in but Woods avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Woods closes the distance and pushes Turner back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Woods's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Woods changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Turner fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Turner tries for a takedown but Woods sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Woods moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Woods pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Turner.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Turner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Woods closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turner pulls guard.
Woods trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Woods seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Woods is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Woods lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Woods is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Turner manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner shoots for a double leg takedown but Woods sprawls well. He's pushed Turner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice sprawl there from Turner as Woods shoots in.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turner fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turner shoots in and drives through. Woods sprawls well.
Woods lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turner circles away quickly and effectively.
Turner fails with the takedown.
Woods shoots in for a takedown but Turner shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turner shoots in for a takedown but Woods shows good takedown defense.
Woods changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Woods stuns Turner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Woods scores with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Woods misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Turner is defended easily by Woods.
Turner avoids the head kick by Woods.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woods lands a nice hook to Turner's body. Turner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Turner gets caught flat footed, as Woods shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Woods postures up.
Turner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Woods slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Woods lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Woods with a nice head shot there.

Woods drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Turner dives on top into guard.

Tywan Woods has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garrett Turner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner works over Woods with some ground and pound from guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tywan Woods comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garrett Turner!