PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blind Shaman (ranked 183 p4p, 25 weight class) and Ben Turner (ranked 184 p4p, 26 weight class). Shaman comes into the arena with Shaman's Dream blaring out of the sound system. This should be a great matchup!

Shaman
vs
Turner

182 cm
38
170 lbs
36 - 19 - 3

188 cm
34
178 lbs
30 - 18 - 1

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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 36 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blind Shaman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaman slips under a jab.
Shaman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Shaman throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Shaman misses with a straight right.
Turner misses with an uppercut
and Shaman counters with a low kick, right behind Turner 's knee.
Turner takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shaman.
Turner avoids the body shot from Shaman.
Turner steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Turner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shaman misses with a body shot.
Turner misses with a straight right.
Shaman feinted with a counter takedown.
Turner shoots in looking for a takedown but Shaman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Turner's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shaman misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner scores with a nice head shot.
Shaman misses with a kick to the body.
Shaman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shaman tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shaman tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner scores with a jab to the head.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Shaman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Turner at a distance.
Turner slips a straight right by Shaman.
Turner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Shaman throws a jab but it's blocked by Turner.
Turner swings widly with a right hand

and Shaman counters with a single leg into guard. Turner didn't expect that.
Shaman wants to control from the top but Turner keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Turner is looking for a triangle but Shaman pushes his legs off easily.
Shaman wants to pass the guard but Turner is keeping the position.
Shaman trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaman controlling from the top position.
Shaman looking to pass the guard.
Shaman slips nicely into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shaman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Turner keeps working.
Turner wants to get back to full guard.

Shaman is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Turner has managed to free his arm - good work.
Shaman wants to free his trapped foot but Turner is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner is trying to maintain the position but Shaman is very close to passing his half guard.
Shaman moves into full mount! Turner won't be happy about that!

Shaman swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Turner is now in Shaman's guard. A big mistake from Shaman there, giving up the dominant position!
Shaman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Turner landing some decent shots from guard.
Turner scoring with some ground and pound.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shaman has momentary wrist control but Turner slips an elbow through the middle.
Shaman trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Shaman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shaman trying to keep a closed guard but Turner is proving a slippery customer.
Turner scoring with some ground and pound.
Turner trying to control but Shaman is working from the bottom.
Turner postures up.
Turner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Shaman throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shaman keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.

Shaman is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Turner defends well.

Shaman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Turner defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blind Shaman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Turner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Blind Shaman has been cut.
Shaman misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Shaman blocks the leg kick.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Turner lands with a nice body punch.
Turner is looking to score with low kicks.
Shaman misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shaman jabs at Turner's body.
Shaman cracks Turner with an open hand slap.
Turner throws a head kick but Shaman moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Shaman misses.
Turner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shaman on the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Shaman.
Turner moves out of range of the body kick.
Shaman checks a low kick from Turner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Blind Shaman is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaman scores with a sloppy right hand. Turner should have avoided that one.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shaman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shaman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turner cracks the inside of Shaman's front leg.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Shaman's head but Shaman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turner scores with a head kick.
Shaman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turner checks it well.
Shaman on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No luck for Shaman with that takedown attempt.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Shaman.
Turner throws a jab when Shaman was well out of range.
Turner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shaman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shaman throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaman with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shaman takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Shaman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shaman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Shaman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shaman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Shaman lands a front kick.
Shaman lands a lovely overhand right.
Turner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shaman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner lands a slapping body shot.
Turner moves away from the strike by Shaman.
A countering left hand to the body from Turner misses.
Shaman looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Shaman misses with a low kick.
Turner lands a jab to Shaman's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shaman to score with a decent uppercut.
Shaman ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Turner shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shaman is looking to land body kicks.
Shaman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shaman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shaman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shaman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.

Shaman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Shaman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shaman wants to control but Turner is keeping him busy.
Shaman tries to advance to mount but Turner denies him.
Turner is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shaman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shaman tries to advance to mount but Turner denies him.

Shaman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Turner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Shaman tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Turner struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ben Turner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Blind Shaman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Shaman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shaman darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shaman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shaman.
Turner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shaman.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Turner checks the leg kick.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shaman moves away.
Turner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Shaman counters with a stiff right hand.
Shaman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shaman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Turner's waist but Turner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shaman off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Shaman misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner misses with a straight right.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Shaman looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Shaman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Some bone on bone action there as Shaman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A bone on bone clash there as Shaman blocks the leg kick.
Shaman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turner slips a jab from Shaman.
Turner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shaman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
Turner moves out of range as Shaman strikes.
Shaman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Shaman slips the punch.
It looked like Shaman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shaman misses with a body kick.
Shaman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shaman throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Turner's waist but Turner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Shaman off to one side.
Shaman throws a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shaman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shaman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shaman.
Turner is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shaman with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blind Shaman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Shaman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Turner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shaman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaman.
Turner connects with a nice looking jab.
Turner throws a leg kick but Shaman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shaman avoids the body shot from Turner.
Shaman is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
Shaman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shaman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turner counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shaman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Shaman blocks a jab.
Shaman checks a low kick from Turner.
Turner wants to slow Shaman down by chopping away at his legs.
Turner throws a hook but Shaman blocks it.
It looked like Shaman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turner.
Shaman misses with a low kick.
Turner throws a low kick but Shaman moves out of range easily.
As Turner backs away, Shaman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shaman to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A solid body kick from Turner.
Shaman scores with a head kick. Turner tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Good leg kick by Shaman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shaman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turner throws out a counter right but Shaman avoids it with no problem.
Shaman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turner manages to avoid it.
Turner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shaman throws out the jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shaman.
Nice sprawl there from Shaman as Turner shoots in.
Shaman throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turner attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turner with a nice cross.
Turner throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Shaman gets the takedown into side control.
Turner is looking to regain half guard here but Shaman keeps moving and retains side control.
Shaman trying to control the position but Turner is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ben Turner.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ben Turner!
A victorious Ben Turner thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.