PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Teppo Turma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger D Roger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jedi Mind Tricks - On the Eve of War (Instrumental). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Turma
vs
D Roger

190 cm
21
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teppo Turma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger D Roger!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roger ducks under a wild hook from Turma.
Roger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turma doesn't manage to clinch there - Roger circles away.
Teppo Turma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turma throws out a loose jab but Roger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turma shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turma takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turma moves out of range of the strikes.
Roger dips to his left and cracks Turma with an uppercut!
A punch combination from Turma misses.
Turma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turma misses with a series of wild punches.
Turma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roger manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Turma.
Roger throws a shot from downtown. Turma moves away and avoids it.
Turma throws a series of punches but Roger avoids them all with ease.
Roger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roger clobbers Turma with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turma moves away.

Roger shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Turma napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Turma tries to bench press Roger off him but Roger keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roger scores with punches from side control.
Roger lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Turma down.
Turma really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Roger working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Roger decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Roger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turma staying out of range there.
Turma misses with a hook.
Roger moves out of range as Turma strikes.

Roger shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Roger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Turma wants to control but Roger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Turma regains full guard. Nicely done.
Roger looking to pass the guard.
Roger trying to control but Turma is working from the bottom.
Roger wants to pass the guard but Turma is keeping the position.
Turma throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Roger stopping the sweep attempt from Turma.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Roger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roger slips a jab and a cross from Turma.
A shot to the liver by Roger. Beautiful body shot.
Turma gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Roger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turma tries to clinch up
and Roger counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Turma is breathing heavily.
Turma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roger just misses with a punch to the body.
Roger throws a series of punches but Turma moves out of range.
Turma tries for a takedown but Roger circles away easily
and Roger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Turma thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Teppo Turma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Roger closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Roger moves into full mount!
Turma really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turma taking shots to the head.
Turma is desperately trying to improve his position but Roger has a good base and remains in mount.
Roger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Roger tries to control but Turma wriggling away.
Roger working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Turma is squirming around, avoiding Roger's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roger pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turma wants to control but Roger is having none of it.
Turma is squirming around, avoiding Roger's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger D Roger dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Turma avoids the body shot from Roger.
Roger moves out of range as Turma strikes.

Roger shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Turma manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Roger trying to control the position from guard on top but Turma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roger is stalling in the full guard.
Turma is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roger tries to get to full guard but Turma has control of the leg.
Roger trying to control from the bottom.
Turma is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turma tries to pass to full mount but Roger defends it.
Turma will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turma thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roger is looking to control Turma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Roger avoid being mounted?
Roger tries to get to full guard but Turma has control of the leg.
Turma slips a nice elbow through Roger's hands, connecting with Roger's forehead.
Turma prevents Roger from improving his position.
Roger is refusing to be controlled, as Turma sits in half guard.
Turma sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roger defending well though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Turma moves away from the strike by Roger.
Roger lands with a right hand.
Turma tries to clinch but Roger moves away
and Roger counters with a nice uppercut.
Turma misses with an uppercut. Roger saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A big right from Roger misses.
Turma with a lazy takedown attempt
and Roger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Roger throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roger. Turma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roger scores with a punch to the head.
Roger misses with a looping left.
Turma connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roger momentarily.
No joy there for Turma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turma throws a big shot that misses.
Roger looks to score with a jab to the body but Turma is just out of range.
A jab from Turma misses.
Roger doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turma throws a jab when Roger was well out of range.
Turma falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Roger counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turma tries to clinch there but Roger circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roger circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roger counters with a nice body shot.
Turma slips under a jab from Roger.
Roger punishes Turma's body with a nice straight punch.

Roger closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Turma to the mat! Turma manages to get full guard.
Roger slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Roger won't allow Turma to sweep him here.

Turma is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roger is aware though and is defending well.
Roger wants to control from the top but Turma keeps moving.
Turma is trying to control the position but Roger postures up.
Roger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roger connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turma is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Roger stopping the sweep attempt from Turma.
Roger is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Roger stands and throws Turma's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Turma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roger working the ground and pound.
Roger trying to control the action but Turma is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger D Roger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Turma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roger.
Turma throws a nice looking combination but Roger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roger avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roger lands a jab to the head.
Turma lands a jab to Roger's midsection.
Roger lands the left hand.
Turma shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Roger but Roger pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Roger fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Turma sprawls well initially but Roger persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turma tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Roger has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Turma is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Turma is bucking up trying to escape but Roger cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Turma is desperately trying to improve his position but Roger has a good base and remains in mount.
Roger lands with some strikes.
Roger landing strikes from the mount.
Roger content just to control the position here.
Turma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Turma regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turma regains full guard. Nicely done.
Turma is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roger is looking to control Turma's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Roger avoid being mounted?
Roger is refusing to be controlled, as Turma sits in half guard.
Roger is looking to improve his position.
Roger moves into full guard.
Turma tries to free his leg and advance position but Roger is retaining full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Turma is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roger tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Roger lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turma.
Roger connects with a body shot.
Roger misses the shot to the body.
Turma swings away with a body shot that misses

and Roger counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Roger.
Roger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roger trying to control but Turma is working from the bottom.
Roger postures up in Turma's guard and throws a big left but Turma blocks it.

Turma is looking for a triangle but Roger pushes his legs off easily.
Roger landing some decent shots from guard.
Turma keeping moving, preventing Roger from controlling successfully.
Roger D Roger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turma throws his legs up looking for a submission but Roger uses it to pass to side control.
Turma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roger has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Turma tries to reverse the position but Roger maintains control.
Turma is working hard here to advance position.
A nice elbow there by Roger.
Roger with shots to the head and body - Turma looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roger wants to control the pace but Turma is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger D Roger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roger has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger D Roger!