PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Mannerheim (ranked 4482 p4p, 352 weight class) and Umberto Turturro (ranked 2687 p4p, 267 weight class). The key to victory for Urho Mannerheim has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mannerheim
vs
Turturro

210 cm
23
265 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

180 cm
24
249 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Urho Mannerheim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Umberto Turturro!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turturro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mannerheim!
Mannerheim tries to bench press Turturro off him but Turturro keeps the position.
Turturro postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mannerheim defending against the ground and pound.
Turturro working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Turturro.
Turturro misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Turturro sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mannerheim is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Turturro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Turturro throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Turturro throws a strike aimed at the side of Mannerheim's head but Mannerheim avoids it well.
Turturro postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
An elbow from Turturro crashes against the mat.
Turturro tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turturro working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The ground and pound from Turturro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Turturro creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mannerheim sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mannerheim dodges the ground and pound from Turturro.
Turturro sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mannerheim is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mannerheim parries the strikes from Turturro easily there. Turturro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mannerheim to escape.
Turturro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Turturro creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Turturro misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The strikes coming from Turturro are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Turturro in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Turturro working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Turturro in side control, throwing shots but Mannerheim defends.
The ground and pound from Turturro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Turturro is trying to ground and pound but Mannerheim uses the momentary lack of control by Turturro to regain half guard.
Turturro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mannerheim's head.
Turturro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Turturro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Turturro throwing shots but Mannerheim is blocking nicely.
Mannerheim blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turturro.
Turturro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Turturro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turturro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mannerheim regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Turturro.
Turturro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turturro throwing strikes from guard but Mannerheim blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turturro throws a big right hand that misses.
Turturro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mannerheim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turturro.
Turturro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turturro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Turturro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turturro throwing strikes but missing.
Mannerheim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turturro.
Turturro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Turturro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mannerheim is pulling down on Turturro's head. It's preventing any offense from Turturro, at least for the moment.
Turturro postures up in Mannerheim's guard and throws a big left but Mannerheim blocks it.
Turturro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mannerheim avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turturro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Turturro throwing strikes from guard but Mannerheim blocks nicely.
Mannerheim preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mannerheim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turturro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turturro throwing strikes from guard but Mannerheim blocks nicely.
Turturro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turturro throws a big right hand that misses.
Mannerheim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mannerheim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turturro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Turturro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Turturro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Umberto Turturro dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mannerheim leaves Turturro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mannerheim listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mannerheim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turturro.
No luck for Turturro with that takedown attempt.
Turturro shoots in and drives through. Mannerheim sprawls well.
Urho Mannerheim has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Umberto Turturro.
Turturro slips a jab from Mannerheim.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mannerheim loads up on a big right hand but Turturro slips the punch.

Turturro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mannerheim!
Sloppy strikes there by Turturro.
Turturro sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mannerheim is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Turturro are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ground and pound from Turturro seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Turturro tries to advance to mount but Mannerheim denies him.
Turturro tries to score with some ground and pound. Mannerheim controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Turturro throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Turturro working the head with strikes.
Turturro throws a strike aimed at the side of Mannerheim's head but Mannerheim avoids it well.
Turturro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mannerheim wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Turturro fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Turturro works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Turturro working the body and head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turturro throws an elbow but Mannerheim slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Turturro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Turturro scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Mannerheim is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Turturro can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Umberto Turturro!
After the fight, Umberto Turturro was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.