PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lazuran Riku (ranked 940 p4p, 898 weight class) and Samuel Turbitt (ranked 119 p4p, 112 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Turbitt's choice of entrance music: Tell Me Ma. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Riku
vs
Turbitt

175 cm
40
163
36 - 12 - 2

178 cm
28
169
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 36 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Lazuran Riku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Samuel Turbitt!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turbitt.
Turbitt misses with a two punch combination.
Turbitt fails to land with a series of punches.
Riku lands a right hook to the body.
Turbitt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turbitt takes one to the chin there.
Turbitt throws a hook to the side of Riku's head but Riku sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riku is looking to counter with head kicks.
Riku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turbitt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riku throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Riku on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Riku stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Riku. Turbitt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riku lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turbitt blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku blocks a leg kick.
Riku appears to be looking for a big counter.
Turbitt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turbitt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Riku misses the jab.
Riku's jab looks to have found its range, popping Turbitt under the eye.
A punch combination from Turbitt misses.
Riku thinks about countering with a head kick.
Turbitt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Riku connects with a body shot.
Turbitt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turbitt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riku dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turbitt. That did some damage!
Riku works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turbitt throws a nice looking combination but Riku bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turbitt throws a right and a left that both miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riku with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Riku sends Turbitt crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Riku is motioning to the referee to let Turbitt up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Turbitt is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Riku.
Turbitt is still on wobbly legs! Can Riku finish him?
Turbitt misses with a wild combination.
and Riku counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Turbitt! He's just covering up as Riku starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lazuran Riku!
In his post fight interview, Lazuran Riku started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.