PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Turner (ranked 1525 p4p, 189 weight class) and Lee Sin (ranked 342 p4p, 50 weight class). Sin has chosen Original Nuttah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ben Turner had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Turner
vs
Sin

188 cm
31
178 lbs
21 - 15 - 1

182 cm
31
178 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Voodoo Nutrition

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 21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Lee Sin!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turner avoids the body shot from Sin.
Turner scores with a jab to the body.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turner blocks the body kick.
It looked like Turner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sin throws a body shot but no joy.
Sin ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sin throws a push kick but Turner slaps the foot to one side.

Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Sin is trying to force a seperation but Turner has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Sin.
Turner scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Sin.
A head punch on the inside from Turner fails to land.
Nice body punch from Sin - that landed with a thud.
Turner lands a shot to the body.
Turner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Turner.

Sin breaks the clinch.
Turner lands a slapping body shot.
Sin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Sin doesn't manage to clinch there - Turner circles away.
Sin is looking to chop away at Turner's legs.
Sin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Turner rather than just go for the knockout.
Turner is looking to clinch.
Sin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sin just misses with a punch to the body.
Sin misses with a looping left.
Sin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turner avoids the body shot from Sin.
Sin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sin throws a body kick that misses.
A big left from Sin misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sin swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Turner swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sin counters with a body kick.
Sin throws a solid leg kick but Turner takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sin.
Turner was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Sin moves into the clinch successfully.
Sin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turner or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turner.
Sin misses with the head strike.
Turner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sins head.
A short left from Sin.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
Turner tries to clinch but Sin moves out of range.
Sin keeps the fight on the outside.
Sin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Turner will feel that in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner has closed the distance and engaged Sin in a clinch.
Sin tries a body shot but Turner blocks it.
Sin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sin lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Sin.
Sin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sin swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Sin.
Sin swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner blocks a body shot from Sin.
Turner working aggressively here.
Turner working aggressively here.
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
Sin blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin misses with a punch to the body.
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
Sin throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Turner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Turner breaks the clinch.
Sin throws a half hearted mid kick.
A lazy left from Sin finds it's target.
Sin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turner gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Sin misses.
Turner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turner misses with a right hand
and Sin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sin misses with a looping left.
A big left from Turner misses.
Sin feints a counter leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sin 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 moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turner is able to avoid easily.
Sin throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Sin tried to score with a low kick but Turner checks it.
Sin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lee Sin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sin misses with a hook.
Sin throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Sin misses its intended target.
Sin lands a nice looking body kick.
Sin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sin throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Turner misses the target.
Sin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner tries to clinch but Sin moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Sin misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner looks to clinch
and Sin counters with a nice leg kick.
Sin lands with a nice body kick.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for Turner.
Turner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Turner as he connects with a hook.
Turner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looks like Turner has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Turner takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turner's sensitive parts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner tries to clinch there but Sin circles away.
Sin throws a body shot but no joy.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice body punch from Sin.
Sin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turner's elbow.

Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sin throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Turner tries to clinch but Sin is having none of it.
Sin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sin blocks a jab.
Turner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sin lands with a nice body punch.
Sin scores with a shot to the body.
Turner walks into a stiff left hand from Sin.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Sin.
Sin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turner shoots for a takedown but Sin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sin missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turner lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sin scores with a jab to the head.
Turner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turner throws a lazy uppercut
and Sin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Sin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turner will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Turner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sin.
Sin stuns Turner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sin sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin throws a lazy body kick
and Turner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Turner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sin scores with a jab. Turner acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sin tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.

Sin clinches up against the cage.
Sin prevents a body shot from Turner.

Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turner is looking to clinch but Sin is avoiding it.
A countering left hand to the body from Sin misses.
Sin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sin throws out a powerful jab.
Turner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Sin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Sin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Turner misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Sin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Sin swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Sin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sin misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Sin misses
and Turner counters with a good low kick that Sin was not able to check.
Sin moves away from the strike by Turner.
Sin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Sin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Turner will feel that in the morning.
Sin takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Turner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sin as he jumps to the side.
Sin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sin drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner tries to clinch but Sin moves out of range.
Turner staying out of range there.
Turner misses with an uppercut
and Sin counters with a nice uppercut.
Turner throws an off balance right hand
and Sin counters with a low kick, right behind Turner 's knee.

Sin forces Turner back against the cage and clinches.
Sin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Turner.
Turner pushes Sin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sin backwards.
Sin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turner taking a breather.
Lee Sin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turner prevents a body shot from Sin.
A short uppercut from Sin.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Sin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sin looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Turner misses with a combination
and Sin counters with an outside leg kick.
Sin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Turner seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Sin saw that one coming.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch but Sin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sin slips under a jab.
Sin slips under a jab from Turner.
Turner throws a body punch but Sin moves out of range.
Turner doesn't manage to clinch there - Sin circles away.
Sin throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Sin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to clinch.
Sin is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Turner tries to clinch there but Sin circles away.
Nice cross by Turner.
Sin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner is looking to counter punch.
A right-left combo lands from Turner.

Turner forces Sin back against the cage and clinches.
Ben Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turner is trying to push Sin away but Sin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sin.
Sin misses with a punch to the body.
Sin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turner.
Sin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sin tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Sin back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Sin - that landed with a thud.

Sin breaks from the clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sin - that will leave a mark!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sin lands a nice looking body shot.
Sin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Turner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Sin's head but Sin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turner tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sin is looking to slow Turner down with leg kicks.
Sin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sin thuds his right hand into Turner's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Sin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sin 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Sin!
Lee Sin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.