PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Turnbuckle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). almeida has chosen smf- hahaha as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Turnbuckle
vs
almeida

180 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Turnbuckle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emerson almeida!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turnbuckle gets a takedown into half guard.
Turnbuckle wants to take a breather but almeida is having none of it.
Turnbuckle takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
almeida is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
almeida is trying to stand back up but Turnbuckle is controlling him
Turnbuckle lands strikes from half guard.
Turnbuckle trying to control the pace.
Turnbuckle is looking to stall here but almeida recovers full guard.
Turnbuckle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Turnbuckle won't allow almeida to sweep him here.

almeida is looking for a triangle but Turnbuckle pushes his legs off easily.
Turnbuckle trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbuckle tries to free his leg and advance position but almeida is retaining full guard.
Turnbuckle wants to stand but almeida is controlling his posture from full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
almeida lands with a hook. Turnbuckle tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Turnbuckle feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Turnbuckle pushes down on almeida's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Turnbuckle prevents almeida from improving his position.
Turnbuckle passes to side control.
almeida struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
almeida regains half guard.
Turnbuckle slows the pace down in half guard.
Turnbuckle is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
almeida tries to roll over but Turnbuckle keeps him under control.
Turnbuckle is looking to take a break and control but almeida is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Turnbuckle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed almeida's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
almeida wants to control but Turnbuckle passes into side.
Turnbuckle trying to control the action but almeida is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Turnbuckle's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
almeida can't do much from the bottom here.
Turnbuckle tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turnbuckle is working almeida over with some ground and pound from side control.
almeida is looking to reverse the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Turnbuckle.
almeida parries the strikes from Turnbuckle easily there. Turnbuckle is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable almeida to escape.
Turnbuckle is breathing heavily.

Turnbuckle tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
almeida is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
almeida is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Turnbuckle's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Turnbuckle wants to control but almeida is keeping him busy.
almeida trying to control but Turnbuckle postures up.
almeida is looking for a sweep. Turnbuckle is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
almeida trying to control from the bottom.
Turnbuckle prevents almeida from improving his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
almeida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Turnbuckle scores with a takedown into almeida's guard.
Turnbuckle throwing strikes from guard but almeida blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Turnbuckle dominated that 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.

almeida doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Turnbuckle counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Turnbuckle trying to control the position from guard on top but almeida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turnbuckle throws a big right hand that misses.
almeida wants to stand up but Turnbuckle is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turnbuckle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turnbuckle with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Turnbuckle landing with the ground and pound.
almeida can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Turnbuckle controls the pace.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
almeida keeping full guard, as Turnbuckle tries to pass.
Turnbuckle is looking to work some ground and pound but almeida has wrist control.
Turnbuckle postures up in almeida's guard and throws a big left but almeida blocks it.
almeida is trying to control the position but Turnbuckle postures up.
almeida looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turnbuckle advances to half guard.
almeida trying to hold on to Turnbuckle's head to control him but Turnbuckle postures up.
almeida is trying to escape back to his feet but Turnbuckle uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You can see the frustration on almeida's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
almeida is looking to reverse the position.

Turnbuckle decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Turnbuckle decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Turnbuckle is looking to advance position but almeida won't allow it.
almeida has hold of Turnbuckle's hands but Turnbuckle slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
almeida taking some punishment here, with Turnbuckle in his half guard.
Turnbuckle is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Turnbuckle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbuckle performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ground and pound from Turnbuckle.
Turnbuckle is nestled in close to almeida, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turnbuckle scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Turnbuckle content to control rather than advance.

Turnbuckle is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Turnbuckle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnbuckle passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for almeida!
Turnbuckle cracks almeida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Turnbuckle is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Turnbuckle extends the arm and almeida is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josh Turnbuckle!