PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Whats Nutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nutz's entrance music is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man . A fine choice. Joshua Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nutz
vs
Turner

183 cm
25
184 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

179 cm
22
185 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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5th Round

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Whats Nutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Joshua Turner!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nutz!
Nutz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Turner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nutz tries to hold on but Turner postures up.
Turner raining down shots from the mount!
Turner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.
Nutz tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Turner controlling the pace for now.
Nutz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nutz wants to control but Turner is having none of it.
Nutz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Turner looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutz tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.
The referee warns Nutz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Turner controlling the pace for now.
Nutz tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.
Nutz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Turner dominating with strikes here.
Nutz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nutz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner controlling the position easily from mount.
Turner breaks from Nutz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Turner lands with some strikes.
Nutz is squirming around, avoiding Turner's attempts to control the action.
Turner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nutz?
Turner controlling the pace for now.
Turner wants to control the pace but Nutz is squirming around nicely.
Nutz tries to lock up and control but Turner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner dominating with strikes here.
Nutz wants to control but Turner is having none of it.
Nutz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nutz tries to lock up and control but Turner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Nutz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Turner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nutz is trying desperately to improve position.
Turner has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nutz's face.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner trying to control but Nutz is having none of it.
Nutz is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Turner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Turner throws a low kick but Nutz avoids it.
Nutz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nutz throws a push kick but Turner slaps the foot to one side.
Turner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nutz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nutz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Turner counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nutz is trying to control the position but Turner postures up.
Turner slips nicely into half guard.
Turner seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nutz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutz gets full guard.
Turner wants to control from the top but Nutz keeps moving.

Nutz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Turner passes into half guard.
Turner trying to control the action but Nutz is working from the bottom.
Turner controlling the action here.
Turner is looking to advance position but Nutz won't allow it.
Nutz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Joshua Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Turner is trying to control. Nutz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Turner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Turner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nutz is looking for a sweep. Turner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nutz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner throws a body punch but Nutz moves out of range.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Nutz.
Turner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nutz on the side of the head.
Nutz misses with a hook. Turner ducked under it nicely.
Turner fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nutz throws out a leg kick but Turner moves out of range and Nutz only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner walks into a stiff left hand from Nutz.
Nutz looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Nutz throws a front kick aimed at Turner's knee but Turner avoids it well.
Nutz throws a right and a left that both miss.

Turner shoots in and bounces Nutz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Nutz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Turner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Nutz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutz trying to keep a closed guard but Turner is proving a slippery customer.
Turner slips nicely into half guard.
Turner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nutz is pressing down on Turner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Turner wants to control from the top but Nutz keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nutz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Turner defends it easily.

Nutz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Turner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nutz's head.

Turner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nutz tries to get to full guard but Turner has control of the leg.
Turner trying to control from half guard but Nutz is working away.
Turner is pressing down on Nutz's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nutz is holding on for now.
Nutz is trying to maintain the position but Turner is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutz is looking for a sweep. Turner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Turner trying to control the pace.
Turner stalling away here and it's allowed Nutz to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nutz throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Turner shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nutz is trying to defend but Turner finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Turner is looking to take a break and control but Nutz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Turner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Turner's back!
Turner covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Turner is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Nutz 's hooks.
Nutz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Turner can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nutz throws some wild stikes that Turner manages to avoid easily.
Turner is trying to escape the mount.
Turner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nutz looking to finish with strikes here!
Turner wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nutz.
Joshua Turner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Turner's face.
Turner is trying desperately to improve position.
Turner avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nutz.
Nutz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nutz with shots to the head and body - Turner looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nutz throws some wild stikes that Turner manages to avoid easily.
Nutz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Turner?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutz breaks from Turner's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Nutz goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Turner turns into him and now he's in Nutz's guard.
Turner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Whats Nutz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Turner advances position into side control!
Turner controls the position.
Nutz manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nutz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joshua Turner.
Well Turner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua Turner!