PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vernon Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waters comes to the cage accompanied by No More Mr. Nice Guy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Waters
vs
Turner

182 cm
22
160 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

174 cm
29
163 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Evan Waters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vernon Turner!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Waters saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Waters.
Waters keeps the fight on the outside.
Turner scores with a decent looking hook.
Waters misses with an uppercut
and Turner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Waters slips the punch.
Turner throws a series of punches but Waters moves out of range.
Waters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Waters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Waters has time to react.
Evan Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner blocks a jab.
Turner digs a good body shot into Waters's ribs.
Waters lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Waters misses with an uppercut
and Turner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Evan Waters is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner scores with a sloppy right hand. Waters should have avoided that one.
Waters is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Waters manages to avoid it.
Waters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Waters thumps Turner with a low kick.
Turner moves away from the strike by Waters.
Danga de danga de dang - Turner scores with a four punch combination!
Turner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Waters. Waters obviously looking to wear him down.
Jab by Turner.
Waters throws a body punch but Turner moves out of range.
Waters fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Turner swings for the body but Waters moves out of range.
Waters jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Waters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Waters misses with a lunging right hand
and Turner counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Turner throws a lazy uppercut
and Waters finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner moves out of range as Waters strikes.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner shoots in but no luck this time.
Waters defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Turner.
Evan Waters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vernon Turner.
Waters misses with a lunging right hand

and Turner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Turner thows a huge punch but Waters dodges it nicely.
Turner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Waters wants to get back to his feet.

Turner is looking for a kimura but Waters is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Turner to get the leverage.
Turner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters regains full guard. Nicely done.
Waters manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Turner is working to get back to half guard.
Turner tries to hold on but Waters pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waters prevents Turner from getting the reversal.
Turner is trying to reverse the position but instead Waters has taken his back - oops!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Waters's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Waters is riding his opponent, not letting Turner buck him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters struggling to keep hold of the position.
Waters doesn't have the hooks in and Turner manages to turn into his guard.
Turner is looking to work some ground and pound but Waters has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Evan Waters wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Turner defending well as Waters loads up on a big left hand.
Waters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turner scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Evan Waters will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Turner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Turner drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Turner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Waters trying to keep a closed guard but Turner is proving a slippery customer.
Turner wants to pass the guard but Waters is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner advances position into side control!
Waters can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Waters tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Turner lands an elbow.
Turner throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Waters tries to buck Turner off but Turner is having none of it.
Turner grinds an elbow into Waters's temple.
Waters manages to work his way to half guard, despite Turner's best efforts.
Turner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Turner thows a huge punch but Waters dodges it nicely.
Waters is positioning himself well to prevent Turner advancing to mount.
Turner thows a huge punch but Waters dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Waters!
Turner tries to control but Waters wriggling away.
Waters is looking to get to half guard.
Waters tries to lock up and control but Turner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Waters is squirming around, avoiding Turner's attempts to control the action.
Turner with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Waters that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Turner breaks from Waters's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Waters is rocked!
Turner connects with a bit shot that sees Waters covering up! More strikes from Turner and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Turner is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vernon Turner!