PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DeMarcus Diallo (ranked 1030 p4p, 141 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 775 p4p, 109 weight class). Diallo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Who's Stopping Me?. Giuseppe Turturro told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Diallo
vs
Turturro

185 cm
27
185 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
184 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Excellent grappler
Brawler
Granite chin

Groove Gear

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeMarcus Diallo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turturro darts in and clinches Diallo up against the cage.
Diallo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diallo struggles to land a body shot inside as Turturro controls his hands.
Turturro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turturro fails to pull guard.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Diallo to keep the fight standing.
Turturro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diallo walks away with a smile on his face. Turturro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
DeMarcus Diallo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giuseppe Turturro.

Turturro rushes Diallo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Turturro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diallo walks away with a smile on his face. Turturro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Diallo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Turturro jumps guard but Diallo stands there with Turturro around his waist. Turturro gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diallo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diallo swings wildly with an uppercut but Turturro uses good head movement to avoid it.

Turturro pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diallo is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turturro is still trying to improve position.
Diallo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diallo is fighting to break Turturro's control of his arms but Turturro is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro is trying to keep Diallo in close.
Turturro manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diallo manages to get himself to full guard.

Turturro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diallo keeping moving, preventing Turturro from controlling successfully.
Diallo can't keep his opponent in guard - Turturro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diallo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diallo tries to get out of the position.

Turturro is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diallo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Turturro.
Turturro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diallo is trying to stand back up but Turturro is controlling him

Turturro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Turturro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Turturro is looking to take a break and control but Diallo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Turturro controlling the action here.
Diallo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Turturro on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is trying to control. Diallo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Turturro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Diallo sees it coming and defends easily.
Diallo is not content to let Turturro control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Turturro is working for a kimura but Diallo is defending it quite comfortably.
Diallo is not content to let Turturro control the position.
Turturro is taking a breather. Diallo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Turturro is keen to just control but Diallo is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Diallo doesn't manage to clinch there - Turturro circles away.
Diallo wants to clinch up but Turturro keeps it at a distance.
Diallo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Turturro takes the fight into the clinch.

Turturro decides to pull guard.
Turturro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diallo tries to free his leg and advance position but Turturro is retaining full guard.
Turturro controls Diallo momentarily but Diallo frees himself.
Turturro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diallo is one step ahead there.

Diallo is sitting in close to Turturro's body. Turturro has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Diallo is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Diallo is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Turturro.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Giuseppe Turturro! Giuseppe Turturro retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Giuseppe 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.
In defeat, DeMarcus Diallo stepped up to the mic, saying 'GET THIS FUCKING MIC OUT OF MY FACE.'.