PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reed Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Ninja Turtle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by Cult of Personality. Ninja Turtle has chosen Ninja turtles theme song!!! as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mike Ninja Turtle was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Richards
vs
Ninja Turtle

180 cm
32
267 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
27
265 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reed Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Ninja Turtle!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ninja Turtle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Richards cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Richards looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Richards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ninja Turtle.
Richards takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Reed Richards has been cut.
Ninja Turtle cracks Richards with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ninja Turtle throws a big shot that misses.
Ninja Turtle lands a nice shot that snaps Richards's head back.
Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut. Richards saw that one coming.
Ninja Turtle on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ninja Turtle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ninja Turtle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ninja Turtle connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ninja Turtle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ninja Turtle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ninja Turtle cracks Richards with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ninja Turtle throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Richards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ninja Turtle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richards slips a jab from Ninja Turtle.
Richards misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ninja Turtle tries to clinch up but Richards circles away and keeps his distance.
Ninja Turtle checks a low kick from Richards.
Richards avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ninja Turtle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Richards dodges the punch combination from Ninja Turtle.
Ninja Turtle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Richards avoids the body shot from Ninja Turtle.
Ninja Turtle looks to throw the jab but Richards is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ninja Turtle.
Richards ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ninja Turtle throws a looping overhand right but Richards ducks down to avoid it.
Richards is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Danga de danga de dang - Richards scores with a four punch combination!
Ninja Turtle swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ninja Turtle.
Ninja Turtle misses with a body shot.
Ninja Turtle throws a right and a left that Richards avoids nicely.
Richards feints and then cracks Ninja Turtle's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ninja Turtle down.
Ninja Turtle is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Richards misses with a series of wild punches.
Ninja Turtle wants to clinch.
Richards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ninja Turtle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ninja Turtle swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards slips under a jab from Ninja Turtle.
Ninja Turtle thows a body shot but no joy.
Ninja Turtle loads up on a big right hand but Richards slips the punch.
Ninja Turtle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Richards.
Ninja Turtle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Richards moves forwards but Ninja Turtle connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Reed Richards's cut is getting worse.
Ninja Turtle clobbers Richards with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richards moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richards throws a leg kick but Ninja Turtle checks it.
Ninja Turtle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left lands for Ninja Turtle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Ninja Turtle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reed Richards's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Richards avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ninja Turtle looks to land a right hand but Richards moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Richards.
Richards throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ninja Turtle stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Richards ducks under a wild hook from Ninja Turtle.
Richards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richards misses with a hook.
Ninja Turtle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ninja Turtle lands a glancing blow to the side of Richards's head.
Ninja Turtle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards Ninja Turtle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ninja Turtle thows a body shot but no joy.
Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut. Richards saw that one coming.
Ninja Turtle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Reed Richards's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Reed Richards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ninja Turtle tests Richards's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ninja Turtle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Richards.
Ninja Turtle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ninja Turtle just misses with a punch to the body.
Richards bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richards takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ninja Turtle connects with a crisp jab.
Richards steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ninja Turtle.
Ninja Turtle throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Ninja Turtle lunges at Richards with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Richards's hand.

Jeez, Reed Richards's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Richards looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ninja Turtle misses with a hook to the body
and Richards counters with a left and a right that stings Ninja Turtle.
A slow jab from Ninja Turtle misses its intended target.
Ninja Turtle throws a hook but Richards avoids it easily.
Ninja Turtle misses with an uppercut. Richards saw that one coming.
Ninja Turtle throws a series of punches but Richards moves out of range.
Richards has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Richards there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninja Turtle cracks Richards with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Richards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ninja Turtle catches Richards with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Ninja Turtle misses.
Ninja Turtle throws a series of strikes that have Richards backpedaling.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Reed Richards's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mike Ninja Turtle!
During a confident post fight interview, Mike Ninja Turtle thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.