PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Y'all must've forgot kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mario Turk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dante Jericho's chin.

Jericho
vs
Turk

183 cm
24
213 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

194 cm
28
219 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dante Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Turk!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho throws a nice looking combination but Turk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jericho showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turk.
Turk lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Turk scores with a three punch combo!
Jericho takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jericho looks to land a combination but Turk avoids it well.
Jericho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jericho swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Turk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
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!
Turk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Turk throws a nice looking combination but Jericho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jericho closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jericho looks to land a combination but Turk avoids it well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jericho.
Jericho is breathing heavily.
Turk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jericho's hands.
Turk looks to land a combination but Jericho avoids it well.

Turk drives through and clinches with Jericho against the cage.
Turk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jericho is trying to break the clinch but Turk has him pressed against the cage.
Turk has Jericho pressed against the cage, preventing Jericho from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turk pushes Jericho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jericho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Turk's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Turk prevents Jericho from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk pushes Jericho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jericho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turk is looking to control Jericho's arms but Jericho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Turk has his back to the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turk.
A short left from Turk.
Turk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jericho backwards.
Turk lands a left hand.
A short right from Turk.
Turk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jericho backwards.

Turk drops Jericho onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Jericho is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Jericho is rocked!
Jericho tries to circle away but Turk has him pinned against the cage.
Oh Jericho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turk leaning against his opponent.
Turk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jericho takes a shot to the head.
Turk is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Jericho tries to break Turk's hands from around his neck, Turk unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Jericho will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Mario Turk!