PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Epicity (ranked 1315 p4p, 177 weight class) and John Locke (ranked 2241 p4p, 264 weight class). Epicity comes to the cage accompanied by Semi Charmed Life. Locke comes into a darkened arena with his song building. What Makes a Good Man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Turbo Epicity has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Epicity
vs
Locke

185 cm
36
177 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

175 cm
35
183 lbs
30 - 19 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development

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 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Turbo Epicity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, John Locke!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Epicity finds it's way through Locke's defenses.
Epicity cracks Locke with an open hand slap.
Epicity throws a hook but Locke blocks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Locke.
Epicity moves out of range of the leg kick from Locke.
Epicity has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Essence of Epicity in the buildup to the fight.
Locke throws a leg kick but Epicity moved away.
Epicity pivots, looking for a leg kick but Locke is out of range and Epicity settles back down.
Epicity throws a looping overhand right but Locke ducks down to avoid it.
Locke misses with a low kick.
Locke throws a body punch but Epicity moves out of range.
Epicity misses with an uppercut. Locke saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Locke avoids a kick to the body.
Locke throws out a leg kick but Epicity moves out of range and Locke only half commits.
Epicity throws a looping overhand right but Locke ducks down to avoid it.
Epicity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Locke.
Epicity connects with an inside leg kick.
Locke defending well as Epicity loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Epicity.
Locke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Epicity counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Locke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Epicity checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Epicity misses the shot to the body.
Locke swats away the attempt to clinch by Epicity.
Locke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Epicity is out of range and Locke settles back down.
Epicity looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Epicity connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Locke looks to throw the jab but Epicity is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Locke.
Epicity fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Locke on the side of the head.
Locke is looking to land body kicks.
Epicity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locke.
Epicity was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Locke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Epicity circles away quickly and effectively.
Epicity checks a low kick from Locke.
Epicity jabs Locke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Epicity. Locke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Locke is looking for the big counter here.
Locke has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Locke counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Locke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Epicity's calf.
Epicity throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Locke throws a leg kick but Epicity checks it.
Epicity connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Epicity cracks the inside of Locke's front leg.
Locke ducks under a wild hook from Epicity.
Locke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Epicity manages to avoid it.
Locke 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.
Epicity misses with a hook
and Locke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Epicity scores with a leg kick.
Epicity swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Epicity misses the body punch
enabling Locke to counter with a crisp jab.
Epicity looks to land a right hand but Locke moved out of range.
Locke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Locke on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Locke forces Epicity back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Locke on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Epicity's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Epicity misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Epicity pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Locke scoring well with a low kick there.
A telegraphed right hand from Locke misses the target.
Locke throws out a leg kick but Epicity moves out of range and Locke only half commits.
Epicity cracks the inside of Locke's front leg.
Locke throws a low kick, looking for Epicity's leg but Epicity calmly moves out of range.
Epicity looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Locke takes a kick to the side of the head.
Epicity throws a shot from downtown. Locke moves away and avoids it.
Locke lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Locke.
Locke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick lands from Epicity.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Epicity - just one landing.
Epicity lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Locke circles away quickly and effectively.
Locke throws a nice outside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Epicity.
Epicity is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a body shot.
Epicity has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Epicity blocks the body kick.
Epicity wants to slow Locke down by chopping away at his legs.
Locke is looking for the big counter here.
Epicity slips a jab and a cross from Locke.

Epicity closes the distance and pushes Locke back into the cage.
Epicity lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Epicity.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Locke.

Epicity manages to break the clinch.
Epicity tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Locke just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Locke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Epicity looks to land a right hand but Locke moved out of range.
Locke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Locke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Epicity moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Epicity fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Epicity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Epicity moves away from the strike by Locke.
That kick from Locke tenderised Epicity's leg. Epicity is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick from Epicity misses.
Epicity throws the left hand but Locke avoids the punch easily.
Epicity stuns Locke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Epicity has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Locke.
Locke is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Epicity rather than just go for the knockout.
Epicity takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Locke moves forwards but Epicity connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Epicity is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Locke blocks a jab.
Locke tries to score with a low kick but Epicity moves his leg out of the way.
Locke misses with a straight right.
Epicity lands a jab to the head.
Locke connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turbo Epicity is winning the standup battle so far.
Epicity avoids the body shot from Locke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locke.
Epicity takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Epicity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Locke manages to avoid it.
Locke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Epicity is able to avoid easily.
Good leg kick by Epicity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A bone on bone clash there as Locke blocks the leg kick.
A low kick from Epicity misses
and Locke counters with a low kick, right behind Epicity 's knee.
Locke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Epicity stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Locke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Epicity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Locke.
Locke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Epicity avoids a punch combination nicely.
Locke takes one on the button.
Locke throws a body punch but Epicity moves out of range.
Locke tries to score with a low kick but Epicity moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Locke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Locke moves out of range as Epicity strikes.
Epicity fails with an attempt to clinch.
Epicity drops his hands momentarily and Locke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Locke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Epicity misses with a looping left.
Epicity throws a leg kick
and Locke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Epicity fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Locke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Epicity.
Locke throws out a leg kick but Epicity moves out of range and Locke only half commits.
Locke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Epicity moves away.
Epicity throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Locke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Locke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Epicity misses with a kick to the body
and Locke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Locke throws a leg kick that misses.

Epicity forces Locke back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Locke.
Locke misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Epicity scores with a shoulder strike.

Epicity breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Locke instigates a clinch.
Turbo Epicity has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Locke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Locke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Epicity can't find room to land a body shot as Locke controls the action.
Locke tries to throw a body punch but Epicity avoids it by throwing Locke back against the cage.

Epicity pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Epicity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Locke manages to avoid it.
Epicity misses with an uppercut. Locke saw that one coming.
Epicity misses with a double jab
and Locke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A good leg kick by Locke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity throws an overhand right that lands on Locke's shoulder, as Locke tries to avoid the shot.
Epicity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Epicity wants to slow Locke down by chopping away at his legs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Epicity crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Locke - the referee stops the clock and Epicity gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Locke. Epicity manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Locke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Epicity.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Locke misses the shot to the body.
Epicity pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Epicity throws a leg kick but Locke moved away.
An inside leg kick from Locke misses.
Epicity lands with an uppercut that bounces Locke off the cage and back into range.
Locke blocks a jab.
Locke lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Locke misses the jab.
Locke throws a sloppy head kick and Epicity moves out of range easily.
Epicity is looking to counter punch.
Locke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Epicity shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Epicity throws out a loose jab but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Turbo Epicity will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Locke throws a body punch but Epicity moves out of range.
Epicity lands a slapping body shot.
Locke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Epicity tests Locke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Locke. Epicity does a little dance to reset his feet.
Locke just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEpicity.
Locke lands a nice looking body shot.
Locke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Epicity backing away here, and Locke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Epicity lands with a right hand.
Epicity throws the left hand but Locke avoids the punch easily.
Locke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Epicity swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Epicity.
Epicity swings widly with a right hand
and Locke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epicity tries a head kick but it misses.
Epicity comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Epicity pushes Locke away with a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity sizes up Locke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Locke throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Epicity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Epicity tries a low kick but Locke avoids it.
Epicity throws a series of punches but Locke avoids them all with ease.
Locke tries a quick counter leg kick but Epicity is wise to it.
A slow jab from Epicity misses its intended target.
Locke has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Locke fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Epicity lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Locke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Locke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Locke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Epicity dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Epicity throws a head kick that misses.
Locke blocks a jab.
Locke cracks Epicity with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Epicity takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Epicity takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Locke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Epicity misses with an uppercut
and Locke counters with a left and a right that stings Epicity.
Epicity throws an overhand right that lands on Locke's shoulder, as Locke tries to avoid the shot.
Epicity misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Locke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Locke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Locke tries to work over Epicity's front leg with a kick but Epicity checks it.
Nice defenses there by Epicity.
Locke looks to score with a jab to the body but Epicity is just out of range.
Locke takes a swing at Epicity's ribcage but misses.
Locke throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Epicity throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Locke misses with a hook. Epicity ducked under it nicely.
Locke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
John Locke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Locke manages to avoid it.
Epicity misses with an uppercut. Locke saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Locke.
Locke tries to land a leg kick but Epicity saw it coming and moves away.
Epicity throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Epicity.
Locke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Epicity connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Locke scrambles back to his feet.
A clash of legs there as Epicity blocks the low kick.
Epicity looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Epicity throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Locke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Locke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epicity was well out of range. Poor timing from Locke.
Locke takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Locke looks to throw the jab but Epicity is out of range.
Locke misses with an uppercut. Epicity saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity throws a head kick that half lands.
Locke swings for the body but Epicity moves out of range.
Epicity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Locke slips under a jab from Epicity.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Epicity throws a low kick but Locke avoids it.
Locke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Epicity connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Epicity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Locke's sensitive parts.
Locke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Epicity.
Epicity lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Epicity scores with a nice head shot.
Epicity throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Epicity checks a leg kick.
Epicity scoring well with a low kick there.
Turbo Epicity is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Locke throws a leg kick which misses Epicity's front leg but catches the back leg as Epicity tries to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Turbo Epicity showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Epicity, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Turbo Epicity!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Turbo Epicity waved his t-shirt featuring Pit Bull Development's logo in front of the cameras.