PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turk Turkleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rusty Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynolds has chosen Fire and Rain as his entrance music. Rusty Reynolds will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Turkleton
vs
Reynolds

193 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Turk Turkleton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rusty Reynolds!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reynolds swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turkleton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turkleton misses with a straight left.
Reynolds throws a lazy right hand but Turkleton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turkleton throws a poor cross that misses
and Reynolds makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Turkleton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turk Turkleton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turkleton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reynolds.
Turkleton misses with a hook
letting Reynolds counter with a right hand.
Reynolds scores with a punch to the head.
Reynolds lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Turkleton throws a poor cross that misses

and Reynolds counters with a shoot takedown. Turkleton fights it but they end up in guard.
Reynolds is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Let's hope that Reynolds has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Reynolds scoring with some ground and pound.
Reynolds engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Reynolds passes Turkleton's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds not doing much here.
Turkleton taking some punishment here, with Reynolds in his half guard.
Turkleton is looking for a sweep. Reynolds is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reynolds has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reynolds with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Reynolds missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turkleton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reynolds is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reynolds controlling the pace.
Reynolds takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Reynolds winds up and cracks Turkleton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turkleton is breathing heavily.
Reynolds working Turkleton over with strikes.
Turkleton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Reynolds is working away from the top position though.
Reynolds controlling the action here.
It looks like Reynolds might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds drops an elbow to the side of Turkleton's head.
Well, if Reynolds is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Rusty Reynolds has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jab from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses with a looping right.
Reynolds throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turkleton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reynolds.
Turkleton ducks right into an uppercut from Reynolds.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkleton moves out of range as Reynolds strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reynolds. Turkleton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reynolds lands with a straight right. Turkleton didn't see that one coming.
Turkleton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turkleton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reynolds.
Turkleton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reynolds works the jab nicely.
Reynolds lands a lovely overhand right.
Turkleton drops his hands momentarily and Reynolds takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reynolds lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds scores with a nice head shot.
Turkleton is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Reynolds's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Reynolds jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reynolds swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reynolds looks to throw the jab but Turkleton is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turkleton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.
Turkleton moves out of range of the body kick from Reynolds.
Reynolds misses the shot to the body.
Reynolds is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Reynolds misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Reynolds dominated that round.
That's time! Turkleton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Turkleton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reynolds.

Reynolds gets the takedown into side control.
Turkleton is being controlled here.
Reynolds lands a decent elbow from side control.
Reynolds working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Reynolds lands an elbow.
Reynolds in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Reynolds landing strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reynolds lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Reynolds stalls from top position.
Reynolds lands a nice forearm strike.
Reynolds in side control lands a decent elbow.
Reynolds grinds an elbow into Turkleton's temple.
A lull in the action here as Reynolds stalls from top position.
Reynolds working the body and head with strikes.
Reynolds passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Turkleton!
Reynolds with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BOOM! Reynolds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reynolds looking to control and managing it successfully.
Turkleton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reynolds looking to finish Turkleton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Turkleton!
Reynolds working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Reynolds raining down shots from the mount!
Reynolds scoring with strikes but Turkleton is staying in there.
Reynolds has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reynolds unloading with bombs!
Turkleton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkleton is in a horrible position here. Reynolds smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Reynolds with a couple of short strikes.
Reynolds tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Reynolds landing strikes from the mount and Turkleton is in trouble!
Reynolds lands a big shot there that rocks Turkleton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Reynolds looking to control and managing it successfully.
Turkleton taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reynolds scoring with strikes but Turkleton is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds looking to finish Turkleton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Turkleton!
Reynolds looking to finish Turkleton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Turkleton!
Reynolds punishing his opponent with strikes.
Reynolds controlling from the full mount.
Reynolds's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Reynolds cracks Turkleton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reynolds landing strikes, looking to finish!
Reynolds cracks Turkleton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Reynolds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rusty Reynolds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Turkleton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Reynolds lands with a straight right. Turkleton didn't see that one coming.
Reynolds throws the kick towards the body but Turkleton avoids it.
A combination from Turkleton does no damage.
Reynolds thows a body shot but no joy.
Turkleton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Reynolds missing with a left hand there. Turkleton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turkleton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turkleton misses with a hook
and Reynolds counters with a left to the body.

Reynolds shoots in and gets a takedown into Turkleton's guard.
Reynolds scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Turkleton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reynolds working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reynolds sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Turkleton's head.
Reynolds connects with a couple of short punches.
Reynolds scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reynolds is in close to Turkleton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reynolds controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Reynolds with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Reynolds sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rusty Reynolds has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reynolds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds content to stall in guard here.
Reynolds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Reynolds postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reynolds stands and throws Turkleton's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Reynolds scoring with punches and elbows.
Reynolds lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Reynolds is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds controlling from side mount.
Turkleton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reynolds on the ground.
Reynolds working the body and head with strikes.
Reynolds working the ground and pound.
Reynolds in side control lands a decent elbow.
Reynolds happy to just control the position for now.
Rusty Reynolds is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Reynolds moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Reynolds works to advance to full mount. Turkleton defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reynolds content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rusty Reynolds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reynolds 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 24:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rusty Reynolds!