PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Draganov (ranked 1965 p4p, 1469 weight class) and Jacques Turcotte (ranked 256 p4p, 196 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Draganov
vs
Turcotte

178 cm
22
155
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
160
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Draganov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Draganov forces Turcotte back against the cage and clinches.
Draganov misses with a punch on the inside.
Turcotte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Draganov lands with a light punch inside.

Turcotte breaks the clinch.
Turcotte 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.
Draganov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turcotte.
A jab from Draganov misses.
Turcotte fails to land with a series of punches.

Draganov moves into the clinch.
Turcotte lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draganov backwards.
Draganov lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Jacques Turcotte has been cut.
Draganov tries to work over Turcotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turcotte cracks Draganov with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turcotte blocks a low kick nicely.
Draganov misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Turcotte misses the target.
Turcotte throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Draganov swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Draganov clinches up against the cage.
Draganov misses with a punch to the body.
Turcotte blocks an uppercut.
Draganov tries a body shot but Turcotte blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draganov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turcotte misses with some punches.
Draganov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turcotte's elbow.

Turcotte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Draganov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Draganov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turcotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Draganov throws a leg kick which misses Turcotte's front leg but catches the back leg as Turcotte tries to avoid it.
Turcotte needs to keep his hands up - Draganov had a free shot at his head there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Draganov moves out of range of the strikes.
Turcotte throws a lazy right hand but Draganov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Draganov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draganov throws a body kick that misses.
Turcotte cracks Draganov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Draganov blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Draganov misses the target.
Draganov moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Turcotte throws a lazy right hand but Draganov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Draganov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turcotte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Turcotte misses the target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Draganov.
Draganov slips a jab from Turcotte.
Draganov moves away from the strike by Turcotte.
A quick step to the side and Draganov tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draganov.
Turcotte misses with a hook. Draganov ducked under it nicely.
Turcotte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Draganov manages to avoid it.
Turcotte looks to land a right hand but Draganov moved out of range.

Draganov clinches with his opponent.
Turcotte lands with a right to the head.
Draganov tries to work over Turcotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draganov can't find room to land a body shot as Turcotte controls the action.
Draganov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Draganov fails to land.

Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draganov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws an overhand right that lands on Draganov's shoulder, as Draganov tries to avoid the shot.
Draganov scores with a nice strike.
Turcotte misses with a straight right.
Turcotte has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Draganov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Draganov.
Turcotte might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A punch lands to the side of Turcotte 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Draganov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Draganov went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Draganov instigates a clinch.
Turcotte blocks an uppercut.
Turcotte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turcotte lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Draganov.
Draganov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Draganov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Draganov tries to work over Turcotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Draganov - that landed with a thud.
Draganov prevents a body shot from Turcotte.
Draganov misses with some punches.
A short right from Draganov.

Turcotte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draganov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Draganov slips a jab from Turcotte.

Draganov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turcotte misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turcotte breaks the clinch.
Turcotte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turcotte takes a swing at Draganov's ribcage but misses.
Turcotte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Turcotte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turcotte.
Draganov lands a nice shot to the body.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turcotte has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turcotte there as he acknowledges the shot.
Draganov throws a body punch but Turcotte moves out of range.
Turcotte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draganov can pounce on him.
Draganov throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
Draganov scores with a jab.
Turcotte keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice defenses there by Draganov.
Draganov throwing a counter right hand but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draganov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Draganov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turcotte throws an off balance right hand
and Draganov counters with a leg kick.
Draganov fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Draganov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacques Turcotte's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A jab from Turcotte misses.
Draganov throwing a counter right hand but Turcotte manages to avoid it.
Turcotte 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.
Turcotte avoids the body shot from Draganov.
Draganov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turcotte.
Draganov swings for the body but Turcotte moves out of range.
Draganov throws out a loose jab but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turcotte misses with a straight left.
Draganov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Draganov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turcotte's sensitive parts.
Draganov lands a nice looking body kick.
Draganov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turcotte scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Draganov is rocked!
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Draganov.
Draganov appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Oh Draganov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Draganov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draganov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draganov.
Turcotte steps in with a hook that catches Draganov right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Turcotte follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Draganov looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Turcotte!