PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Asher Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ike Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ike Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lee
vs
Turner

192 cm
37
192 lbs
35 - 21 - 0

180 cm
33
196 lbs
20 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asher Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ike Turner!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Lee.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Turner keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lee misses with a hook

and Turner counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lee won't be happy with that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Lee is trying to get back to half guard.
Lee parries the strikes from Turner easily there. Turner is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lee to escape.
Turner trying to control the action but Lee is working from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Turner scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee is trying to get back to half guard.
Lee struggling a bit here.
Turner is chipping away with strikes.
Turner cracks Lee with a big elbow.
Turner cracks Lee with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've been hearing good reports from Lee's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Turner tries to move into full mount but can't pass Lee's legs.
Turner landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner advances to mount.
Turner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee is trying to escape the mount.
Turner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Turner wants to control the pace but Lee is squirming around nicely.
Turner content just to control the position here.
Turner avoids the attempt from Lee to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Turner tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Turner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Lee wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Turner.
Turner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Turner tries to control but Lee wriggling away.
Lee is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Turner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lee is squirming around, avoiding Turner's attempts to control the action.
Turner cracks Lee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
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!
Lee slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Turner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Turner working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Lee's thigh. Lee counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ike Turner dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Turner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lee lands a right hook to the body.
A punch combination from Turner misses.

Turner bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Turner working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lee manages to get back to half guard.
Turner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turner.
Turner is keen to just control but Lee is a slippery customer.
Turner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Turner wants to take a breather but Lee is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to improve his position but Turner is controlling well.
Turner working the head and body with strikes.
Turner wants to control but Lee is keeping him busy.
Turner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lee defending well though.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Turner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lee with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Lee is rocked!
Turner moves nicely into side control.
Oh Lee is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lee keeps working.
Lee seems to have got his legs back now.
Lee wants to control but Turner postures up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The strikes coming from Turner are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ground and pound from Turner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lee on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Turner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turner advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner looking to ground and pound but Lee is blocking nicely.
Turner punching from mount but Lee doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Turner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Lee in real trouble here! The ref calls for Lee to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ike Turner!
During a confident post fight interview, Ike Turner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.