PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roderick Turnbull (ranked 441 p4p, 65 weight class) and Charles Hawtry (ranked 550 p4p, 76 weight class). Hawtry comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Rain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turnbull
vs
Hawtry

180 cm
29
170 lbs
21 - 9 - 1

182 cm
31
173 lbs
17 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Roderick Turnbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Hawtry!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawtry misses with a hook
and Turnbull makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turnbull. Hawtry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hawtry throws a big shot that misses.
Turnbull feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Turnbull lands an overhand right.
Turnbull drops his hands momentarily and Hawtry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turnbull misses with a body kick.
Hawtry thuds a left hand into Turnbull's body.
Turnbull fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hawtry on the side of the head.
Hawtry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Turnbull scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hawtry avoids the body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands the left hand.
Turnbull seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Turnbull keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawtry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turnbull thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hawtry if he has to take too many more of those.
Turnbull lands a jab to Hawtry's midsection.
Turnbull takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawtry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Hawtry gets the takedown into side control.
Hawtry lands a decent elbow from side control.
Turnbull is being controlled here.
Turnbull avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hawtry.
Hawtry tries to score with some ground and pound. Turnbull controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A lull in the action here.
Hawtry wants to control but Turnbull is keeping him busy.
Turnbull can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hawtry trying to control the position but Turnbull is working away.
Hawtry throws a strike aimed at the side of Turnbull's head but Turnbull avoids it well.
Hawtry trying to control the action but Turnbull is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hawtry connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Turnbull some visible discomfort.

Hawtry working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hawtry is looking to take a break and control but Turnbull is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry working the head and body with strikes.
Turnbull is looking to regain half guard here but Hawtry keeps moving and retains side control.
Turnbull dodges the ground and pound from Hawtry.
Hawtry working the head and body with strikes.

Hawtry looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ground and pound from Hawtry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry taking a breather here.
Hawtry grinds an elbow into Turnbull's temple.
Turnbull regains half guard, as Hawtry was trying to land strikes.
Turnbull is trying to get back to full guard.
Hawtry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turnbull is trying to control but can't.
Turnbull avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawtry.
Hawtry throwing shots but Turnbull is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Charles Hawtry will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hawtry swings for the body but Turnbull moves out of range.
Roderick Turnbull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Hawtry misses the target.
A left lands for Hawtry.
Turnbull is looking to wear down Hawtry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hawtry scores with a jab. Turnbull acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Roderick Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawtry checks a leg kick.
Turnbull ducks under a wild hook from Hawtry.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turnbull!
Roderick Turnbull is winning the standup battle so far.
Hawtry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hawtry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turnbull can pounce on him.
Hawtry connects with a body shot.
Turnbull uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawtry.
Hawtry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turnbull.
A little feinted left hand from Turnbull on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turnbull throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Hawtry counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hawtry.

Turnbull pushes Hawtry off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawtry tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turnbull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawtry is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turnbull.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull misses with a wild body shot.
Turnbull slips a jab and a cross from Hawtry.
Hawtry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawtry sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hawtry tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turnbull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice cross by Turnbull.
Hawtry tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Turnbull swivels and escapes.
Turnbull lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Turnbull.
Hawtry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Turnbull connects with a looping right hand.
Turnbull throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turnbull with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turnbull lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawtry moves away.
Turnbull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turnbull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turnbull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Hawtry.
A slow jab from Hawtry misses its intended target.
Turnbull bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hawtry's head backwards.
Turnbull lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turnbull ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turnbull throws a shot from downtown. Hawtry moves away and avoids it.
Hawtry just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawtry ducks right into an uppercut from Turnbull.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Hawtry moved away.
A little jabbing left from Hawtry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Turnbull moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hawtry's elbow.
Hawtry lands with a right to the head.
Turnbull lands a body punch.
Turnbull cracks Hawtry with a nice body shot.
A short left from Hawtry.
Hawtry tries to work over Turnbull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turnbull scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry is trying to pull guard but Turnbull has him pressed against the cage.
Roderick Turnbull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Hawtry.
Turnbull lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawtry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turnbull lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turnbull.
Turnbull misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawtry lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turnbull backwards.
Turnbull is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawtry can do to turn this around?
Hawtry tries to pull guard but Turnbull won't allow it.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Turnbull.
Hawtry takes a shot to the head.
Turnbull prevents a body shot from Hawtry.
Turnbull lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hawtry is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Turnbull to keep the fight standing.
Turnbull throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawtry.
Turnbull tries a body shot but Hawtry blocks it.
Hawtry jumps guard but Turnbull turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Turnbull scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hawtry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turnbull misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hawtry blocks a body shot from Turnbull.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roderick Turnbull dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Turnbull looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Hawtry shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hawtry showed some decent athleticism there.

Turnbull kicks Hawtry off and gets back to his feet.
Turnbull scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turnbull works Hawtry's body with a nice hook.
Hawtry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turnbull throws a head kick but Hawtry moves out of range.
Hawtry wants to counter with a clinch but Turnbull pushes him away.
Turnbull throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turnbull lands with a cross.
Turnbull dips to his left and cracks Hawtry with an uppercut!
Turnbull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turnbull stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hawtry lands a nice hook to Turnbull's body. Turnbull takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turnbull misses with an uppercut.
Turnbull throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hawtry misses the shot to the body.
Turnbull swings widly with a right hand
and Hawtry counters with a straight right hand.
Hawtry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turnbull moves away.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Hawtry moved away.
Hawtry throws a series of punches but Turnbull avoids them all with ease.
Turnbull takes a swing at Hawtry's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hawtry.
Turnbull lands a jab to the nose.
The fighters circling - Hawtry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turnbull swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hawtry staying out of range there.
Hawtry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnbull.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hawtry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turnbull struggles to land a body shot inside as Hawtry controls his hands.
Turnbull tries to throw a body punch but Hawtry avoids it by throwing Turnbull back against the cage.
Turnbull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turnbull scores with a shot to the side of Hawtry's head.
A short left from Hawtry.
A right handed body shot lands from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands an uppercut.
Turnbull scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hawtry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawtry displaying some good clinch control by pressing Turnbull up against the cage.
Hawtry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turnbull is keeping busy.
Hawtry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turnbull is keeping busy.
Hawtry is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hawtry tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Turnbull just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawtry prevents a body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
Hawtry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hawtry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turnbull doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turnbull has a couple of punches blocked by Hawtry.

Hawtry gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hawtry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hawtry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hawtry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hawtry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hawtry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hawtry looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Turnbull with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turnbull avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawtry.
Turnbull blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hawtry.
Turnbull is holding on to half guard well.
Hawtry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Turnbull keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roderick Turnbull showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Turnbull has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roderick Turnbull!
Charles Hawtry was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck you all, ya pricks!!'.