PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elgin Turner (ranked 359 p4p, 46 weight class) and Jallu Pesonen (ranked 456 p4p, 61 weight class). Turner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pesonen's choice of entrance music: DJ Orkidea - Joutsenlaulu. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jallu Pesonen enters the cage!

Turner
vs
Pesonen

176 cm
31
156 lbs
23 - 7 - 1

165 cm
32
156 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jallu Pesonen!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pesonen misses with a straight right.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pesonen looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Pesonen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pesonen motions for Turner to come forward. Pesonen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pesonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Turner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pesonen feints and then cracks Turner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turner down.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pesonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turner slips a jab from Pesonen.
Turner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pesonen slips a straight right by Turner.
Turner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Turner cracks Pesonen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pesonen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Turner moves out of range of the strikes.
Turner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pesonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pesonen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Pesonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Turner momentarily.
Pesonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pesonen misses with a wild body shot.
Pesonen moves in looking to clinch but Turner pushes him off.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Pesonen clinches with his opponent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turner.
Turner blocking some punches.

Pesonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pesonen. That did some damage!
Turner throws a big shot that misses.
Pesonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pesonen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pesonen slips under a jab.
Pesonen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turner lands with a straight right. Pesonen didn't see that one coming.
Pesonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pesonen.
Turner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turner misses with a hook to the body
and Pesonen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pesonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A leg kick checked by Turner.

Pesonen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Turner looking for subs off his back but Pesonen has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner is not content to let Pesonen control the position.
Turner gets back to full guard.
Turner has momentary wrist control but Pesonen slips an elbow through the middle.
Pesonen throws a big elbow that misses.
Pesonen cracks Turner with a solid left hand.
Turner is pulling down on Pesonen's head. It's preventing any offense from Pesonen, at least for the moment.

Pesonen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pesonen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pesonen lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Turner had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pesonen defends it easily.
Turner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pesonen is one step ahead there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pesonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Turner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Pesonen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Turner is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Turner wants to sweep here but Pesonen controlling him for the moment.
Pesonen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Turner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pesonen manages to get himself to full guard.

Pesonen trying to control the position.
Turner tries to free his leg and advance position but Pesonen is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Turner trying to control but Pesonen is working from the bottom.
Turner is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pesonen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Turner engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Turner trying to control but Pesonen is working from the bottom.
Turner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pesonen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pesonen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jallu Pesonen will probably get the nod.
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.

Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Pesonen.

Pesonen closes the distance and clinches.

Pesonen manages to break the clinch.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Turner misses with a leg kick.
Elgin Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
Pesonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Turner. No joy for Pesonen on that attempt.
Pesonen misses with a straight right.
Pesonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner feinted with a counter takedown.
Turner misses with a straight right.
A nice side step and Pesonen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from Pesonen misses the target.
Pesonen feints a jab promting Turner to slip. Pesonen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Turner slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Turner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Pesonen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pesonen defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pesonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turner slips under a jab.
Pesonen tries to land a front kick but Turner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Turner is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner swats away the attempt to clinch by Pesonen.
Pesonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pesonen's head backwards.
Pesonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pesonen is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pesonen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Turner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A jab from Pesonen finds it's way through Turner's defenses.
Turner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pesonen momentarily.
Turner misses with a straight right.
Pesonen throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Turner feints and then cracks Pesonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pesonen down.
Pesonen walks into a left hand.
Pesonen moves forwards but Turner connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pesonen missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner needs to keep his hands up - Pesonen had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decent striking displayed by Turner there.
Turner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pesonens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A big right from Turner misses.
Pesonen connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Pesonen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Pesonen is just out of range.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pesonen lands with an overhand left.
Turner digs a good body shot into Pesonen's ribs.
Turner takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Turner works over Pesonen's head and body with a nice combination.
Turner takes a swing at Pesonen's ribcage but misses.
Pesonen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pesonen misses with a wild body shot.
Turner lands a glancing blow to the side of Pesonen's head.
Pesonen throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Pesonen. That snapped Turner's head back.
Turner checks a leg kick nicely.
Turner swings for the body but Pesonen moves out of range.
Pesonen lands a leg kick that knocks Turner off balance momentarily.
Turner lands a really nice looking cross but Pesonen seems unphased.
Turner misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Pesonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner slips a straight right by Pesonen.
Turner feinted with a counter takedown.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Pesonen.
Turner tries to counter with a takedown but Pesonen is quick to defend against it.
Turner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Elgin Turner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice body kick there by Pesonen.
Pesonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Pesonen.
Pesonen misses with a straight left.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Pesonen slips the punch.
Pesonen throws out a counter right but Turner avoids it with no problem.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pesonen scores with a leg kick.
Turner misses with a jab to the body
and Pesonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pesonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Turner avoids the body shot from Pesonen.
Pesonen 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.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner jabs Pesonen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pesonen wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Turner misses
and Pesonen counters with a nice uppercut.
Pesonen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pesonen.
Pesonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Pesonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pesonen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pesonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Pesonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pesonen misses with a head kick.
Pesonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
The fighters circling - Pesonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pesonen throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pesonen looks to land a body kick but Turner moved away.
Turner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turner connects with a right hand. Pesonen shakes it off.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pesonen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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 Elgin Turner will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Turner takes one to the chin there.
Pesonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Pesonen throws a right hand that Turner ducks under and follows up with a left that Turner also avoids with ease.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pesonen's calf.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Pesonen slips a jab from Turner.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pesonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner misses with the combination.
Pesonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pesonen.
Turner tries to counter with a takedown but Pesonen is quick to defend against it.
Pesonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pesonen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pesonen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pesonen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pesonen shoots in and gets a takedown into Turner's guard.
Turner trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner wants to sweep but no luck.

Pesonen is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Turner has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Pesonen is looking to defend but Turner has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Pesonen! Turner pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Pesonen taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Elgin Turner!
Elgin Turner tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.