PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Pearson (ranked 589 p4p, 90 weight class) and Wild Turkey (ranked 1206 p4p, 153 weight class). Wild Turkey will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pearson
vs
Turkey

180 cm
26
262 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
26
270 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wild Turkey !
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkey misses with a series of wild punches.
Pearson misses with a wild body shot.
Pearson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turkey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pearson checks a low kick from Turkey .
Turkey 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pearson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turkey scrambles back to his feet.
Pearson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Pearson cracks Turkey with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Turkey looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Pearson finish him?

It looks like Wild Turkey has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turkey manages to avoid it.
Turkey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pearson loads up on a big right hand but Turkey slips the punch.
Turkey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pearson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pearson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turkey tries a head kick but it misses.
Turkey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pearson moves out of range of the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pearson checks a leg kick.
Turkey fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkey throws a poor cross that misses

and Pearson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Turkey ! Pearson lets Turkey back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Turkey is rocked!
Turkey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pearson circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Turkey to the canvas! Turkey doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Pearson keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Pearson!
A very excited looking James Pearson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.