PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Turn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kwon Jin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kwon Jin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Turn
vs
Jin

180 cm
24
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Turn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kwon Jin!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turn is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jin's half guard.
Jin is trying to stand.
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turn.
Turn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Turn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turn.
Jin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Turn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jin has hold of Turn's hands but Turn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turn winds up and cracks Jin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turn is trying to control the action in half guard but Jin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jin has hold of Turn's hands but Turn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Turn trying to control the action but Jin is working from the bottom.
Turn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turn.
Turn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Turn working over Jin with some ground and pound. Jin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jin's head.
Turn throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Turn working the head and body with strikes.
Turn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jin's head.
Jin has hold of Turn's hands but Turn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Turn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turn winds up and cracks Jin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jin has hold of Turn's hands but Turn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Turn there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin is refusing to be controlled, as Turn sits in half guard.
Turn lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Turn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jin has hold of Turn's hands but Turn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Turn working Jin over with strikes.
Turn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Turn thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turn slips a nice elbow through Jin's hands, connecting with Jin's forehead.
Jin looks winded!
Jin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turn.
Turn is nestled in close to Jin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turn winds up and cracks Jin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turn has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turn.
Turn is trying to control the action in half guard but Jin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Turn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turn lands with a punch from half guard.
Turn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turn uses his free foot to push down on Jin's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Turn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nice takedown defense from Jin. No joy for Turn on that attempt.
Jin tries to counter by closing the distance.

Turn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Turn chips away with some ground and pound.
Turn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Turn lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turn chips away with some ground and pound.
Turn working some strikes from top position.
Turn with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Turn trying to control but Jin is working from the bottom.
Turn lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Turn controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Turn wants to control from the top but Jin keeps moving.
Jin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Turn trying to control but Jin is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Jin tries to sprawl but Turn drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Turn lands with a punch from half guard.
Jin is breathing heavily.
Turn is keen to just control but Jin is a slippery customer.
Turn missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turn.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Turn connects with a nice short shot to Jin's temple.
Turn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Turn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jin defending well though.
Turn wants to control but Jin is keeping him busy.
Turn working the head and body with strikes.
Jin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Turn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Turn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Turn not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turn is nestled in close to Jin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jin can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turn thows a huge punch but Jin dodges it nicely.
Turn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Turn winds up and cracks Jin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turn thows a huge punch but Jin dodges it nicely.
Turn looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turn working over Jin with some ground and pound. Jin looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turn working the head and body with strikes.
Jin taking some punishment here, with Turn in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Turn dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Turn bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Turn postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Turn in side control, throwing shots but Jin defends.
Jin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Turn.
Turn cracks Jin with a big elbow.
Turn trying to control the action but Jin is working from the bottom.
Jin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Turn connects with a decent elbow.

Jin is rocked!
Turn trying to control the action but Jin is working from the bottom.
Jin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turn is working Jin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Turn grinds an elbow into Jin's temple.
Jin defending against the ground and pound.
Turn cracks Jin with a big elbow.
Turn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jin is still in real trouble! Can Turn finish him?
Turn connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jin some visible discomfort.
Turn lands a strong strike to the head of Jin. That's dazed him! Turn looking to finish here. Jin is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Turn lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Turn!