PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jersey Turnpike (ranked 2536 p4p, 2539 weight class) and Tarquin Doomwood (ranked 307 p4p, 308 weight class). Turnpike kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Donâ€™t Stop the Party -Pitbull ft TJR. Doomwood has chosen Big No - Freddie Dredd as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Turnpike is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turnpike
vs
Doomwood

170 cm
25
170
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
170
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jersey Turnpike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarquin Doomwood!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doomwood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doomwood looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Doomwood misses with a body shot.
Turnpike is looking to counter the offense by Doomwood and move into the clinch.
Turnpike misses with an uppercut.
Doomwood misses with a body shot.
Doomwood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turnpike avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Doomwood 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doomwood lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Turnpike is looking to stand up but Doomwood isn't so interested in that idea.
Doomwood sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doomwood pushes down on Turnpike's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Turnpike tries to kick Doomwood off but Doomwood keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Doomwood is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Turnpike!
Doomwood controlling the position easily from mount.
Turnpike trying desperately to get to his feet.
Doomwood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Doomwood sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doomwood pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Turnpike's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Doomwood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
A nice elbow there by Doomwood.
Doomwood scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Turnpike?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doomwood lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doomwood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Doomwood lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Doomwood is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Turnpike to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Turnpike shrugs it off.
Turnpike on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Turnpike tries to get out of the position.
Turnpike squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doomwood lands a heavy elbow.
Turnpike taking shots to the head.
Doomwood controlling his opponent.
Doomwood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Turnpike trying desperately to get to his feet.
Turnpike takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Turnpike is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
We've been informed that Doomwood has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Doomwood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by Doomwood.
Turnpike wants to get back to his feet.
Doomwood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Turnpike can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Turnpike wants to get back to his feet.

Doomwood jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Turnpike manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turnpike is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Doomwood is controlling him well.
Doomwood working the head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Doomwood lands some shots froms side control.

Doomwood stands up.
Doomwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Doomwood misses the shot to the body.
Doomwood scores with a decent looking hook.
Jersey Turnpike is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turnpike moves out of range of the strikes.
Turnpike seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tarquin Doomwood dominated that round.
That's time! Turnpike's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Doomwood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Doomwood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Doomwood chips away with some ground and pound.
Turnpike can't keep his opponent in guard - Doomwood advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Turnpike pushes Doomwood off looking to stand but Doomwood dives back in and keeps control.
Doomwood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turnpike wants to stand back up but Doomwood manages to pass into side control.
Turnpike wants to get back to his feet but Doomwood is dominant here and he's now got Turnpike's back!
Doomwood throwing damaging strikes from the back! Turnpike could be in trouble here!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turnpike is trying to get back to his feet but Doomwood has full control of the position and if anything, Turnpike has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Doomwood really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Turnpike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doomwood scores with punches from the back.
Turnpike is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Doomwood is cranking Turnpike's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Turnpike! He's tightened the choke and Turnpike is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tarquin Doomwood!
An out of breath Tarquin Doomwood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.