PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rodriquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marce Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rodriquez
vs
Turner

195 cm
25
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Rodriquez !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marce Turner!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner fails with the takedown.
Turner has a takedown stuffed.

Rodriquez 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.

Turner is looking for a triangle but Rodriquez pushes his legs off easily.
Rodriquez forces his way into half guard.
Rodriquez wants to take a breather but Turner is having none of it.
Turner tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rodriquez has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
A nice elbow there by Rodriquez .
Rodriquez tries to control but Turner wriggling away.
Turner is trying desperately to improve position.
Turner manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turner actively working from the bottom here.
Turner regains full guard. Nicely done.

Turner has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rodriquez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rodriquez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Turner has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rodriquez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rodriquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rodriquez trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rodriquez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rodriquez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rodriquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Turner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Turner looking for subs off his back but Rodriquez has passed one foot through into half guard.
Rodriquez blocks the strikes from Turner.

Turner actively working from the bottom here.
Rodriquez is looking to take a break and control but Turner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Turner looking for submissions off his back.
Turner looks gassed!

Turner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner looking for submissions off his back.
Rodriquez is trying to control the action in half guard but Turner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rodriquez is trying to control the action in half guard but Turner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rodriquez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Rodriquez is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Turner has managed to free his arm - good work.

Turner looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Turner looking for submissions off his back.

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 taking some punishment here, with Rodriquez in his half guard.
Rodriquez wants to take a breather but Turner is having none of it.
Rodriquez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Turner defending well though.
Rodriquez trying to control from half guard but Turner is working away.
Rodriquez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Turner looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rodriquez is trying to control. Turner wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rodriquez is really struggling to control Turner but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Rodriquez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Turner sees it coming and defends easily.
Rodriquez blocks the strikes from Turner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Antonio Rodriquez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rodriquez tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
Rodriquez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rodriquez misses with a takedown attempt

and Turner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Turner wants to work for an arm triangle but Rodriquez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Turner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Turner is working for a kimura but Rodriquez is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Turner is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Marce Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turner is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Rodriquez is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marce Turner!