PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Martin Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KT Turnstile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). KT Turnstile is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stewart
vs
Turnstile

167 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

158 cm
21
136 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Meet the Future

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Stewart !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, KT Turnstile!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stewart .
Turnstile is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Stewart off and has taken his back!
Stewart controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Stewart manages to reverse the position and now he's in Turnstile's guard. Nice work there by Stewart .
Turnstile looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Turnstile can't keep his opponent in guard - Stewart advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Turnstile is looking for a sweep. Stewart is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Turnstile wants to control but Stewart is keeping busy.
Turnstile is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Stewart is staying active.
Stewart seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Turnstile regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turnstile trying to keep a closed guard but Stewart is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnstile wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Stewart thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Turnstile is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stewart trying to control but Turnstile is working from the bottom.
Turnstile wants to sweep here but Stewart controlling him for the moment.
Turnstile keeping moving, preventing Stewart from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Turnstile is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Turnstile is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart is looking to stand up but Turnstile won't let him.
Turnstile is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Stewart passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Turnstile is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Stewart thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Stewart working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Turnstile wants to control but Stewart postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnstile is looking for a sweep.
Turnstile is trying to control Stewart 's posture but Stewart avoids it.
Turnstile is looking to reverse the position.

Stewart wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Turnstile, who protects the arm well.
Turnstile is not content to let Stewart control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnstile struggling a bit here.
Turnstile is looking for a sweep.

Stewart decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Turnstile throws a leg kick which misses Stewart 's front leg but catches the back leg as Stewart tries to avoid it.

Turnstile shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Turnstile was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stewart manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turnstile is trying to control but can't.
Stewart looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
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 Martin Stewart will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Turnstile throws a lazy right hand but Stewart sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Stewart shoots in and bounces Turnstile off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Stewart wanted to stand there but Turnstile had control of the position.
Turnstile is looking to sweep but instead, Stewart has passed into half guard.
Turnstile keeping hold of Stewart 's head, controlling as best he can.
Turnstile is trying to get back to full guard.
Martin Stewart overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stewart is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Turnstile doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Stewart .
Stewart is keen to just control but Turnstile is a slippery customer.
Turnstile tries to get to full guard but Stewart has control of the leg.
Stewart seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Turnstile trying to control from the bottom.
Stewart prevents Turnstile from improving his position.

Stewart is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnstile is looking to improve his position.
Stewart trying to control the pace.
Turnstile is looking to improve his position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Martin Stewart .
Stewart jabs Turnstile right on the nose. Turnstile blinks but takes it well.
Turnstile chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Stewart .
Turnstile looks to land a right hand but Stewart moved out of range.
Turnstile takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stewart throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turnstile lands a head shot.
Turnstile darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turnstile swings widly with a right hand

and Stewart counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Turnstile looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Stewart has picked Turnstile up and slammed him! Turnstile can't keep hold of the triangle and Stewart manages to pass to side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stewart has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Turnstile!
Turnstile can't escape the position.
Turnstile is breathing heavily.
Stewart tries to control but Turnstile wriggling away.

Stewart jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Turnstile manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Turnstile tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Stewart working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Turnstile tries to bench press Stewart off him but Stewart keeps the position.
Turnstile wants to control but Stewart postures up.
Turnstile is trying to get back to half guard.
Turnstile is not content to let Stewart control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Stewart decides to stand up, so the ref orders Turnstile to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Stewart dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Stewart looking to score a takedown here. Turnstile is defending well but Stewart drives through and ends up in Turnstile's guard.
Stewart won't allow Turnstile to sweep him here.
Stewart not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Turnstile managing to control the position.
Stewart stopping the sweep attempt from Turnstile.
Turnstile is trying to keep Stewart in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Turnstile turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turnstile misses with a hook
and Stewart counters with a left and a right that stings Turnstile.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Stewart looking to score a takedown here. Turnstile is defending well but Stewart drives through and ends up in Turnstile's guard.
Stewart is looking to stand up but Turnstile won't let him.

Turnstile working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Stewart has passed into half guard!
Turnstile takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Stewart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Stewart is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Turnstile trying to control from the bottom.

Stewart seems to be working for a kimura but Turnstile defends the submission attempt.
Turnstile is not content to let Stewart control the position.
Stewart tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
KT Turnstile has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnstile flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Turnstile tries to get to full guard but Stewart has control of the leg.

Stewart is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stewart is thwarting Turnstile's attempts to control the position.

Turnstile looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Turnstile is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stewart is working for a kimura but Turnstile is defending it quite comfortably.
Turnstile trying to control here.
Turnstile tries to get to full guard but Stewart has control of the leg.
Turnstile keeps trying to improve his position.

Turnstile looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart moves nicely into side control.

Stewart tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Stewart has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Turnstile tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stewart advances nicely into full mount.
Turnstile wants to control but Stewart is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turnstile is squirming around, avoiding Stewart 's attempts to control the action.
Turnstile is desperately trying to improve his position but Stewart has a good base and remains in mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Stewart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stewart has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Stewart !
Martin Stewart spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.