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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Severi Turpaansaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jebidiah Tayber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turpaansaaja comes to the cage accompanied by Bulls On Parade. Tayber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Terravita - Adult Robot Kung Fu kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jebidiah Tayber acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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170 cm
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154 lbs
22 - 9 - 0 |
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170 cm
29
170 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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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
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Severi Turpaansaaja! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jebidiah Tayber! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Turpaansaaja lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Turpaansaaja lands a right hook to the body.
Turpaansaaja keeps Tayber at a distance using the push kick. Turpaansaaja drives through and clinches with Tayber against the cage.
Tayber misses with a punch on the inside.
Tayber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A bit of stalling here from Tayber.
Tayber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turpaansaaja is defending well for now. Turpaansaaja tries to break the clinch but Tayber is controlling the position. Turpaansaaja working hard to break the clinch. Turpaansaaja is leaning against Tayber and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Tayber has a couple of punches blocked by Turpaansaaja.
Tayber creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turpaansaaja's defenses. Turpaansaaja misses with a punch to the body.
Tayber lands with a right to the head. Turpaansaaja tries to work over Tayber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tayber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Turpaansaaja's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tayber can't find room to land a body shot as Turpaansaaja controls the action.
Turpaansaaja stalling.
Tayber prevents a body shot from Turpaansaaja. Turpaansaaja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tayber's elbow. Turpaansaaja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Turpaansaaja throws a head kick that half lands.
Turpaansaaja misses with a jab to the body
and Tayber counters with a big head kick but Turpaansaaja shrugs it off. Turpaansaaja pushes Tayber up against the cage in a clinch. Turpaansaaja blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Tayber scores with a shot to the side of Turpaansaaja's head. Tayber blocks an uppercut.
Turpaansaaja tries to work over Tayber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Tayber drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tayber tries to score a body lock takedown but Turpaansaaja shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turpaansaaja misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action! Turpaansaaja works on Tayber's body with a couple of short punches. Turpaansaaja misses with the head strike.
Tayber lands a hook to the side of the head. Turpaansaaja is trying to push Tayber away but Tayber has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Turpaansaaja taking a breather. A quick uppercut on the inside from Turpaansaaja. Tayber scores with a shot to the side of Turpaansaaja's head. Tayber lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee calls for Turpaansaaja to work.
Tayber is working Turpaansaaja over against the cage. Nice body punch from Tayber. Turpaansaaja tries to work over Tayber's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Turpaansaaja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Tayber has Turpaansaaja pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tayber pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Turpaansaaja tumbling to the mat - Tayber dives into Turpaansaaja's guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turpaansaaja is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turpaansaaja accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Turpaansaaja trying to control but Tayber is working from the bottom. Tayber throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tayber is trying to control the position but Turpaansaaja postures up. Tayber utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Turpaansaaja is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Tayber keeping moving, preventing Turpaansaaja from controlling successfully. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Tayber trying to keep a closed guard but Turpaansaaja is proving a slippery customer.
Turpaansaaja preventing the sweep. Tayber is looking for a triangle here but Turpaansaaja uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Turpaansaaja in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Turpaansaaja throwing strikes but Tayber manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control! Tayber thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Severi Turpaansaaja dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turpaansaaja stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Turpaansaaja wants it to stay on the feet. Tayber blocks a low kick nicely. Tayber misses with a two punch combination.
Turpaansaaja misses with a body shot.
Turpaansaaja throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Tayber looks to land a body kick but Turpaansaaja moved away. Tayber throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Turpaansaaja counters with a head kick. A nice inside leg kick there by Turpaansaaja. That's going to slow Tayber down. Tayber changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Turpaansaaja tries to avoid it but Tayber manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Turpaansaaja to the ground. Turpaansaaja escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Tayber throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Tayber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Turpaansaaja throws a nice inside leg kick. Turpaansaaja feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Taybers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round. Turpaansaaja drives through and clinches with Tayber against the cage.
Turpaansaaja misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Turpaansaaja. Turpaansaaja working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Jebidiah Tayber has been cut. Turpaansaaja is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tayber has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Turpaansaaja avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Severi Turpaansaaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebidiah Tayber. Turpaansaaja pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Tayber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turpaansaaja.
Tayber moves away from the strike by Turpaansaaja. Turpaansaaja digs a good body shot into Tayber's ribs. Turpaansaaja is looking to wear down Tayber with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Turpaansaaja fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Turpaansaaja lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Tayber closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Turpaansaaja bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tayber's head. Turpaansaaja scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turpaansaaja bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tayber's head backwards. Turpaansaaja missing with a left hand there. Tayber was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Turpaansaaja misses the shot to the body. Tayber scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Severi Turpaansaaja has been cut. Turpaansaaja scoring well with a low kick there.
Tayber avoids the body shot from Turpaansaaja.
Tayber on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Turpaansaaja connects with a single shot there. Tayber closes this distance looking for a takedown but Turpaansaaja circles away. Severi Turpaansaaja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Turpaansaaja throws a lazy uppercut
and Tayber counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Tayber misses with a kick to the body.
Turpaansaaja throws a lazy head kick and Tayber counters with a nice body kick. Tayber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turpaansaaja. Tayber throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Turpaansaaja lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Turpaansaaja throws a body kick that misses. Good shot there by Turpaansaaja.
Tayber is rocked! Crack! A monster head kick from Turpaansaaja and Tayber falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Turpaansaaja!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Severi Turpaansaaja!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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