PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brick Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luv Tko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tko has chosen luv tko as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turner
vs
Tko

199 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brick Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luv Tko!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turner forces Tko back against the cage and clinches.
Tko scores with a shoulder strike.
Turner fails to pull guard.
Tko lands a right hand.
Turner changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tko tries to clinch up

and Turner counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Turner preventing the sweep.

Turner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tko is looking to stand up but Turner isn't so interested in that idea.

Turner stands and steps away. Tko gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tko tries to bum rush Turner with a series of wild strikes but Turner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tko darts in trying to clinch

and Turner counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Tko wants to get back to his feet but Turner drags him back down.
Turner misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Tko is trying to improve his position.
Turner is staying tight to Tko's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Turner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tko is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Turner prevents Tko from getting the reversal.
Turner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Turner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tko tries to hold on but Turner pushes him away.
Tko is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Tko is desperately trying to improve his position but Turner has a good base and remains in mount.
Tko looks gassed!
Turner wants to control the pace but Tko is squirming around nicely.
Turner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tko tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.
Tko's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Turner misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Tko tries to hold on but Turner pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Turner there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Turner is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tko has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Turner trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Turner is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tko is surviving well by controlling Turner's body position as best he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tko tries to hold on but Turner pushes him away.
Turner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Tko is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Turner locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Tko is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brick Turner!