PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Poseidon Olympus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Turko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Olympus
vs
Turko

190 cm
23
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Bio-Tech Industries
Bio-Tech Industries

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 New York, Poseidon Olympus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Turko!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Olympus.
Turko dodges the punch combination from Olympus.
Turko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Olympus lands a jab to the head.
Olympus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Olympus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olympus was well out of range. Poor timing from Turko.
Olympus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turko is looking to clinch but Olympus is avoiding it.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Olympus pushes him off.
Olympus looks to throw the jab but Turko is out of range.

Turko rushes Olympus and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Turko slowing the pace effectively.
Olympus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Turko pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Turko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olympus is looking to chop away at Turko's legs.
Turko slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turko wants to clinch up but Olympus keeps it at a distance.
Olympus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Olympus. That snapped Turko's head back.

It looks like Ivan Turko has been cut.
Olympus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turko tries to clinch there but Olympus circles away.
Olympus misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Olympus misses.
Olympus connects with a nice looking jab.
Turko misses the jab.
Turko misses the shot to the body.
Turko is looking to clinch but Olympus is avoiding it.
Turko tries to clinch there but Olympus circles away.
Olympus wants to land a leg kick but Turko is out of range.
Turko checks a leg kick.

Turko moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Turko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Turko blocks the leg kick.
Olympus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Olympus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turko in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olympus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turko's hands.
Turko tries to clinch but Olympus moves out of range.
Poseidon Olympus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olympus throws a nice looking combination but Turko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Olympus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turko is looking to clinch.
Olympus throws a body punch but Turko moves out of range.
Olympus keeps the fight on the outside.
Olympus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turko.

Turko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Olympus's defenses.
Turko landing knees to the body.
Olympus is breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turko obliges.
Turko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Olympus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Turko lands a knee to the head.

Turko manages to break the clinch.
Turko wants to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olympus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Turko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Olympus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Turko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Turko.
Turko working Olympus over with knees to the body.
Turko lands a damaging elbow.
Turko lands a good knee to the midsection. Olympus won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Turko.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Turko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Turko continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Olympus takes an elbow to the temple.
Olympus can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Poseidon Olympus. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Turko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turko dodges the punch combination from Olympus.
Turko tries to clinch there but Olympus circles away.
Olympus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turko wants to clinch.
Olympus throws a body punch but Turko moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Turko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Turko's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Turko throws a lazy right hand but Olympus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Olympus throws an overhand right that lands on Turko's shoulder, as Turko tries to avoid the shot.
Turko tries to clinch but Olympus is having none of it.
Turko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An inside leg kick from Turko misses.
Turko sizes up Olympus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Olympus misses with a hook. Turko ducked under it nicely.
Turko misses the jab.
Olympus has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Turko pushes Olympus up against the cage in a clinch.

Turko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turko gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olympus.
Olympus tried to score with a low kick but Turko checks it.
Turko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Olympus.
Turko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Olympus pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympus throws out a loose jab but Turko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olympus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Olympus misses with a series of wild punches.

Turko has closed the distance and engaged Olympus in a clinch.
Turko crunches a lovely knee into Olympus's ribcage.
Olympus wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turko lands an elbow inside.
Turko prevents a takedown attempt there.
Turko stalling in the clinch.
Turko scores with a knee to the head.
Turko prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Poseidon Olympus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Olympus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Turko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Olympus keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympus keeps the fight on the outside.
Olympus tries to work over Turko's front leg with a kick but Turko checks it.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olympus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poseidon Olympus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turko tries to clinch there but Olympus circles away.
Turko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turko misses with a wild combination.
Turko tries to clinch up but Olympus circles away and keeps his distance.
Olympus throws a shot from downtown. Turko moves away and avoids it.
Olympus misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch but Olympus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Olympus circles away.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Olympus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turko tries to clinch but Olympus moves out of range.
Turko tries to clinch up.
Olympus swats away the attempt to clinch by Turko.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch but Olympus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turko missing with a left hand there. Olympus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Olympus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olympus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Olympus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turko throws out a loose jab but Olympus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Olympus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turko looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slow jab from Turko misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turko misses with a straight right.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch but Olympus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olympus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Olympus throws a leg kick which misses Turko's front leg but catches the back leg as Turko tries to avoid it.
Turko uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Olympus has time to react.

Turko clinches up with Olympus and pushes him back against the cage.

Turko manages to break the clinch.
Turko misses with a straight left.
Turko throws a shot from downtown. Olympus moves away and avoids it.
Olympus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Olympus keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olympus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Olympus misses the jab.
Olympus lands a head shot.
Olympus fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Poseidon Olympus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ivan Turko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Olympus scores with a nice right hand.
Olympus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Olympus pushes him off.
Turko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Olympus does no damage.
Turko throws a hook but Olympus blocks it.
Turko loads up on a big right hand but Olympus slips the punch.
Turko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olympus moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Olympus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Olympus looks to score with a jab to the body but Turko is just out of range.
Poseidon Olympus is winning the standup battle so far.
Turko slips under a jab from Olympus.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Olympus!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olympus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olympus cracks Turko with a right hand to the side of the head.
Olympus looks to throw the jab but Turko is out of range.
Turko wants to clinch up but Olympus keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from Olympus misses.
Turko connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Olympus misses with a body shot.
Turko tries to clinch up but Olympus circles away and keeps his distance.
Turko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olympus moves away.
No joy there for Olympus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Olympus throws a shot to the body.
Olympus misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olympus.
Olympus circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olympus misses with a two punch combination.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Olympus pushes him off.
Olympus scores with a nice head shot.
Olympus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olympus looks to score with a jab to the body but Turko is just out of range.
Olympus misses with a double jab.
Olympus scores with a one two! Turko had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Olympus moves into range and connects with a jab.

Turko clinches up with Olympus and pushes him back against the cage.
Turko with a knee to the head.

Turko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turko tries to clinch up but Olympus circles away and keeps his distance.
Olympus misses with a hook. Turko ducked under it nicely.
Olympus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olympus swats away the attempt to clinch by Turko.
A punch combination from Olympus misses.
Olympus misses with a hook.
Olympus throws a right and a left that Turko avoids nicely.
Turko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Olympus misses with a hook. Turko ducked under it nicely.
Olympus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Olympus digs a good hook to Turko's body.
Turko is looking to clinch but Olympus is avoiding it.
Olympus misses with a double jab.
Olympus misses with a body punch
enabling Turko to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olympus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turko circles away quickly and effectively.
Turko throws a leg kick
and Olympus counters with a right hand to the body.
Olympus misses with a hook.
Olympus looks to land a combination but Turko avoids it well.
Turko tries to clinch up
and Olympus counters with a nice uppercut.
Olympus throws a jab when Turko was well out of range.
Turko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Olympus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turko circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olympus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from Turko.
Turko slips a straight right by Olympus.

And that's the end of the fight!
Poseidon Olympus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Olympus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!