PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Cage (ranked 1317 p4p, 173 weight class) and Ben Turner (ranked 1508 p4p, 191 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cage
vs
Turner

185 cm
33
185 lbs
17 - 15 - 1

188 cm
38
178 lbs
35 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cage is defended easily by Turner.
A little jabbing left from Turner on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cage has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Turner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Cage rushes Turner and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cage.
Cage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Cage breaks from the clinch.
Cage misses with an uppercut.
Cage pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Turner moves into range and clinches up with Cage.
Cage is trying to break the clinch but Turner is controlling him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cage manages to break the clinch.
Cage throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Turner as he connects with a hook.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Cage.
Cage feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Turner's calf.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cage throws a sloppy head kick and Turner moves out of range easily.
Cage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner misses with a straight right.

Turner has Cage up against the cage in a clinch.
Cage wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turner swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Cage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab lands there for Turner.
Turner cracks Cage with a good jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Cage.
Cage jabs Turner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cage scores with the left hand. Turner knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice uppercut there from Cage.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Cage shoots for a takedown but Turner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Turner misses with a hook. Cage ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Turner.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Cage cracks Turner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cage lands a nice hook to Turner's body. Turner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turner wants to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Cage.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Cage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Cage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cage moves away.
Cage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cage moves away.
Cage falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cage.
A big right from Turner misses.
Turner tries to clinch there but Cage circles away.
Turner throws a hook but Cage blocks it.
Turner is looking to clinch but Cage is avoiding it.
Turner is looking to chop away at Cage's legs.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Turner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cage.
Turner walks into a jab.
Cage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turner.
Cage slips a straight right by Turner.
Nice body punch from Turner.
Turner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cage had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cage throws a front kick aimed at Turner's knee but Turner avoids it well.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turner! But no joy.
Turner connects with a body shot that sends Cage's belly button to the back.
Cage connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner motions for Cage to come forward. Turner throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cage.
Cage throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Cage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Turner.
Cage throws a jab when Turner was well out of range.
Cage scores with a jab.
Turner throws a wild body kick that Cage sees coming a mile off.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Cage shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Turner as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cage with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Turner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Turner 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.

Cage lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner slips a jab and a cross from Cage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cage.
Turner defending well as Cage loads up on a big left hand.
Turner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cage manages to avoid it.
Cage fails with a takedown attempt.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A lazy left from Cage finds it's target.
Cage throws a big shot that misses.

Turner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cage is trying to break free.
Turner working aggressively here.
Cage prevents a body shot from Turner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Turner.
Turner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turner.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cage breaks from the clinch.
Cage blocks a jab.
Turner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cage.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Cage pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turner appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tyler Cage is winning the standup battle so far.
Cage misses with a series of wild punches.
Turner dips to his left and cracks Cage with an uppercut!
Cage is looking to clinch.
Cage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Cage tries to counter by clinching up but Turner breaks away and moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turner cracks the inside of Cage's front leg.
Cage closes the distance looking to clinch
and Turner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Cage is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Turner.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turner throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cage.
Cage swinging wildly here.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Cage.
Cage blocks a head kick by Turner.
Cage tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Turner manages to circle out of the way.
Cage throws a right and a left that Turner avoids nicely.
Cage lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turner! But no joy.
A head kick misses from Turner.
Turner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cage lands a high kick!
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cage has managed to clinch.
Turner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cage is looking to break free of the clinch but Turner has double underhooks.

Cage jumps guard and drags Turner to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Turner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Cage manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Cage.
Turner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turner misses with the head strike.
Cage tries to pull guard but Turner holds him up against the cage and eventually Cage drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyler Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner prevents Cage from breaking the clinch.
Turner cracks Cage with a nice body shot.
Cage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cage blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Cage manages to break the clinch.
Turner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Turner.
Turner connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cage is fending him off so far but Turner persists. Nope, Cage circles away and we're back to standing.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Cage misses the target.
Cage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turner tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner throws a low kick but Cage avoids it.
Cage throwing a counter right hand but Turner manages to avoid it.
A jab from Turner misses.
Cage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Turner blocks the low kick.
Cage shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Turner eats them both and turns towards Cage to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cage doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turner avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
Turner wants to slow Cage down by chopping away at his legs.
Cage was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turner misses with a hook.
Cage avoids the body shot from Turner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Turner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Turner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cage is out of range and Turner settles back down.
Cage takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Turner throws a sloppy body shot
and Cage counters with a stiff right hand.
Cage lands with an overhand left.
Cage slips under a jab from Turner.
Cage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cage drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cage connects with a body shot that sends Turner's belly button to the back.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cage's calf.
Cage's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cage scrambles back to his feet.
Turner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cage.
Turner scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage tries to land a front kick but Turner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cage digs a good hook to Turner's body.
Cage with a lazy takedown attempt
and Turner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cage misses with a double jab.
Turner scores with a jab.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner punishes Cage's body with a nice straight punch.
Turner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turner with a jab.
Cage ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cage defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Cage's corner calls for a 1-2. Cage obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
Cage keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cage.
Cage slips under a jab.

Cage has closed the distance and engaged Turner in a clinch.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Cage.
Turner misses with a punch to the body.
Cage wants to get back to striking at distance but Turner won't allow it.
Cage lands a left hand.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cage is trying to pull guard but Turner has him pressed against the cage.
Cage wants to break the clinch but can't.

Cage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Turner thuds his right hand into Cage's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turner tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cage is able to avoid easily.
Cage swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Cage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cage scores with a shoulder strike.
Turner misses with the head strike.
Cage prevents a body shot from Turner.
Cage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turner lands with a short shot to the head.

Cage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cage misses with a body shot.
Turner throws a jab when Cage was well out of range.
Turner is looking to score with low kicks.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cage avoids the body shot from Turner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Cage.
Turner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cage.
Turner now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turner.

Cage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Turner, pushing him back against the cage.

Cage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cage moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Turner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner tries a quick counter leg kick but Cage is wise to it.

Cage looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Cage is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Turner actively working from the bottom here.
Ben Turner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cage scores with a couple of nice shots.

Cage looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner is trying to stand up here but Cage is controlling him well.
Tyler Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turner is looking to improve his position.
Cage working the head and body with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyler Cage.
I think Turner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ben Turner!
Ben Turner took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sportivité for their support in the buildup to the fight.