PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Atticus Turner (ranked 3799 p4p, 5446 weight class) and Charlie Astro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Turner
vs
Astro

185 cm
25
160
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
164
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Atticus Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charlie Astro!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner misses with a low kick.
Astro scores with a jab to the body.
Astro checks a leg kick nicely.
Astro throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Turner is looking to chop away at Astro's legs.
Astro throws out a counter right but Turner avoids it with no problem.
A jab lands there for Astro.
Astro lands a slapping body shot.
Astro scores with a hook.
Astro clobbers Turner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Astro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Astro digs a good body shot into Turner's ribs.
Astro scores with a punch to the head.

Turner is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner fails to land with a series of punches.
Astro slips under a jab from Turner.
A little jabbing left from Astro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Astro lands the left hand.
Oh Turner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turner moves out of range as Astro strikes.
Turner seems to have got his legs back now.
Astro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turners jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've been hearing reports that Turner has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astro sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Astro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner throws a chopping leg kick but Astro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Astro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Charlie Astro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Astro scores with a push kick.
Astro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Astro.
Astro cracks Turner with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Astro finds it's way round the side to connect with Turner's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Astro throws an overhand right that drops Turner like a sack of potatoes! Astro dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Astro!
Charlie Astro decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.