PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anotonio The Nightmare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brick Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Nightmare kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is My Generation. Anotonio The Nightmare could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brick Turner's chin.

The Nightmare
vs
Turner

200 cm
21
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Adriana's Secret

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anotonio The Nightmare!
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, Brick Turner!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Nightmare paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Nightmare's waist but The Nightmare gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Turner off to one side.
The Nightmare shoots and misses

and Turner counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Turner is stalling in the full guard.

The Nightmare has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Turner is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for The Nightmare.
Turner wants to control but The Nightmare is keeping him busy.
Turner throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The referee asks Turner politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Turner prefers to stall for the moment though.

Turner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The Nightmare is trying to get back to half guard.
The Nightmare gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Turner looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nightmare controlling the position well.
Turner thows a huge punch but The Nightmare dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner stalling.

Turner seems to be working for a kimura but The Nightmare defends the submission attempt.
The Nightmare moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Turner has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of The Nightmare is proving hard to escape from.
The Nightmare tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The Nightmare has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Turner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The Nightmare struggling a bit here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Turner misses with the ground and pound.
The Nightmare is looking for a sweep.
Turner wants to control but The Nightmare is keeping him busy.
The Nightmare defending against the ground and pound.
The Nightmare is looking for a sweep.
Turner has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Turner looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Turner.

Turner is standing up, even though he is in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by The Nightmare.
The Nightmare doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Turner counters with a low kick, right behind The Nightmare 's knee.
The Nightmare does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Nightmare misses with a takedown attempt

and Turner counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anotonio The Nightmare. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Nightmare is looking for a sweep.

Turner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Nightmare is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Turner wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Nightmare keeps working.
Turner wants to take a breather but The Nightmare manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Turner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but The Nightmare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Turner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The Nightmare gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Turner counters with a single leg into guard. The Nightmare didn't expect that.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turner working some strikes from top position.
Turner passes The Nightmare's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Turner works his foot free and advances to mount.

Turner has control of The Nightmare's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and The Nightmare regains control of the situation pretty easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Nightmare is in all sorts of trouble here.

Turner swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and The Nightmare is now in Turner's guard. A big mistake from Turner there, giving up the dominant position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brick Turner dominated that round.
That's time! The Nightmare's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Nightmare fails with the takedown
and Turner counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Nightmare's knee momentarily.
The Nightmare looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner dodges the punch combination from The Nightmare.
Turner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Turner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A bit of stalling here from Turner.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but The Nightmare blocks with his arms.
Turner tries to score a body lock takedown but The Nightmare shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The Nightmare is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Nightmare managing to block the knees to the body from Turner.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Turner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Turner decides to pull guard.
The Nightmare working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Nightmare looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Turner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Nightmare swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner trying to control but The Nightmare is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The Nightmare not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Nightmare preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but The Nightmare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Turner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The Nightmare fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anotonio The Nightmare. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Nightmare fails with the takedown.

Excellent takedown into side control there by The Nightmare.

The Nightmare tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner is looking for a sweep.
The Nightmare working the strikes but Turner uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Turner is staying active underneath The Nightmare, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Turner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Turner keeping full guard, as The Nightmare tries to pass.
Turner keeping moving, preventing The Nightmare from controlling successfully.

Turner looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Turner keeping moving, preventing The Nightmare from controlling successfully.
The Nightmare is pushing down on Turner's leg trying to pass to half guard. Turner is fighting to maintain full guard but The Nightmare has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner is positioning himself well to prevent The Nightmare advancing to mount.
Turner trying to hold on to The Nightmare's head to control him but The Nightmare postures up.
The Nightmare looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Nightmare is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Turner is looking to get back to full guard here but The Nightmare has managed to pass to side control instead.
The Nightmare scoring with strikes but Turner is staying in there.
Turner tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The Nightmare is trying to take his opponent's back.
Turner is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Turner wants to control but The Nightmare is having none of it.

The Nightmare is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Turner has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Turner!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but The Nightmare is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner won't allow The Nightmare to sweep him here.

The Nightmare is looking for a triangle but Turner pushes his legs off easily.
The Nightmare looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Turner puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Turner prevents The Nightmare from improving his position.
The Nightmare avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turner.
Turner tries to pass to full mount but The Nightmare defends it.
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 Anotonio The Nightmare will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Turner shoots and misses

and The Nightmare counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Turner looks like he's trying to stand up.
Turner manages to get to full guard.
Turner trying to keep a closed guard but The Nightmare is proving a slippery customer.

Turner is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Turner pushes The Nightmare off and gets back to his feet.

The Nightmare looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Turner!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Nightmare sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Turner tries to lock up and control but The Nightmare gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Nightmare wants to control the pace but Turner is squirming around nicely.
Turner wants to hold on but The Nightmare pushes him away.
Turner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Nightmare controlling his opponent.
Turner is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

The Nightmare looking to secure an arm triangle but Turner defends it well.
Turner manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The Nightmare passes into side control, despite Turner's attempt to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Turner's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The Nightmare wants to lay and pray for a moment but Turner keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Turner is looking to regain half guard here but The Nightmare keeps moving and retains side control.
Turner manages to work his way to half guard, despite The Nightmare's best efforts.
The Nightmare trying to control from half guard but Turner is working away.
Brick Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Turner tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Turner trying to control but The Nightmare postures up.
Turner gets back to full guard.
Turner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The Nightmare is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The Nightmare trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Nightmare trying to hold on to Turner's head to control him but Turner postures up.
The Nightmare tries to roll over but Turner keeps him under control.
Turner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turner throwing shots but The Nightmare is blocking nicely.
Turner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Nightmare trying to control here.
Turner thows a huge punch but The Nightmare dodges it nicely.
Turner is thwarting The Nightmare's attempts to control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

The Nightmare bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The Nightmare wants to lay and pray for a moment but Turner keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner struggling a bit here.
Turner tries to bench press The Nightmare off him but The Nightmare keeps the position.
Turner can't do much from the bottom here.
Turner tries to buck The Nightmare off but The Nightmare is having none of it.
The Nightmare working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Turner shoots and misses

and The Nightmare counters with a shoot takedown. Turner fights it but they end up in guard.
The Nightmare wants to pass the guard but Turner is keeping the position.

Turner is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The Nightmare drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Turner dives on top into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The Nightmare wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anotonio The Nightmare showed his dominance in that final round.
I think The Nightmare 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Anotonio The Nightmare!