PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Cross (ranked 1933 p4p, 2158 weight class) and Patrick Turgeon (ranked 241 p4p, 260 weight class). Cross's entrance music is Folk Metal. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cross
vs
Turgeon

195 cm
26
250
10 - 4 - 0

190 cm
27
228
13 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Turgeon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross throws a looping overhand right but Turgeon ducks down to avoid it.
Cross bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turgeon's head.

It looks like Patrick Turgeon has been cut.

Turgeon moves into the clinch.
Turgeon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cross lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turgeon backwards.
Turgeon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turgeon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turgeon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jeremy Cross has been cut.
Cross can't break the clinch.
Turgeon told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Turgeon lands an elbow just above Cross 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Turgeon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cross's brow.
Turgeon lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.
Cross has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turgeon lands a hook that snaps the head of Cross backwards.
Turgeon lands a nice elbow.
Turgeon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turgeon lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.

Jeremy Cross's cut is getting worse.
Cross lands with a right to the head.
Turgeon misses with some punches.
Turgeon tries to throw a body punch but Cross avoids it by throwing Turgeon back against the cage.
Turgeon misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cross.
Turgeon lands an elbow inside that Cross shrugs off.
Cross misses with a body punch.

Cross breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cross misses the jab.
Cross connects with a leg kick.
Cross throws a poor cross that misses
and Turgeon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Turgeon stuns Cross with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Turgeon missing with a left hand there. Cross was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A low kick from Cross is predictable there
and Turgeon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turgeon moves out of range of the strikes.
Turgeon looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Turgeon drives through and clinches with Cross against the cage.
Turgeon misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Turgeon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross working hard to break the clinch.
Turgeon lands an elbow that stopped Cross in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turgeon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jeremy Cross's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cross wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turgeon has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turgeon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turgeon.
Turgeon blocks a body shot from Cross.
Turgeon blocking some punches.

Cross breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cross takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cross steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turgeon.
It looked like Cross wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cross misses with an uppercut

and Turgeon counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cross! Turgeon lets Cross back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Turgeon avoids the head kick by Cross.
and Turgeon counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Cross! He's just covering up as Turgeon starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Turgeon!
In defeat, Jeremy Cross stepped up to the mic, saying 'BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON!'.