PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braden Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonaparte kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is An Epic Age. Turk has chosen Status Quo- Deeper and Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bonaparte
vs
Turk

176 cm
32
158 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

168 cm
31
148 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

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 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Bonaparte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Braden Turk!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte misses with a body shot.
Bonaparte tries to clinch but Turk moves out of range.
Bonaparte scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bonaparte sizes up Turk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bonaparte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turk circles away quickly and effectively.
Bonaparte lets loose with a powerful body kick. Turk will feel that in the morning.
Bonaparte tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turk is able to avoid easily.
Turk throws a wild body kick that Bonaparte sees coming a mile off.
Bonaparte misses with an uppercut.
Turk takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turk stuns Bonaparte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Turk fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bonaparte has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bonaparte is looking to land body kicks.
Turk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bonaparte jabs at Turk's body.

Turk pushes Bonaparte up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bonaparte misses with the head strike.
Turk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turk lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Napoleon Bonaparte has been cut.
Bonaparte lands an elbow just above Turk 's eye.
A shot in the inside from Bonaparte.
Turk lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bonaparte throws an elbow but it misses.
Bonaparte misses with a knee strike.
Bonaparte on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turk misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Turk lands a right hand.
Turk is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bonaparte is defending well.
Bonaparte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries a body shot but Turk blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bonaparte misses with an elbow strike.
Turk scores with a shot to the side of Bonaparte's head.
Bonaparte blocks a body shot from Turk.

Turk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bonaparte is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bonaparte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turk.
Turk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turk misses with a takedown attempt - Bonaparte sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Braden Turk.
Turk is looking to land body kicks.
Bonaparte throws a good cross that connects.
Turk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bonaparte.
Turk moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk catches Bonaparte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bonaparte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Turk's calf.

Bonaparte closes the distance and clinches.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Turk avoids the elbow strike from Bonaparte, against the cage.
Bonaparte misses with the head strike.
Bonaparte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turk is working Bonaparte over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turk.
Bonaparte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Turk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turk lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonaparte lands a damaging elbow.

Turk lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bonaparte manages to get to full guard.
Bonaparte keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk wants to pass the guard but Bonaparte is keeping the position.
Turk throws a big right hand that misses.

Bonaparte pushes Turk off and scrambles back to his feet.
Bonaparte moves in looking to clinch but Turk pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turk ducks right into an uppercut from Bonaparte.
Turk connects with a leg kick. Bonaparte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice jab there from Turk.
Bonaparte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Turk scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Braden Turk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Napoleon Bonaparte's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Turk throws a hook to the side of Bonaparte's head but Bonaparte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bonaparte swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Turk.
Turk tries to move into range but Bonaparte moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bonaparte tries to clinch there but Turk circles away.
Bonaparte slaps away a takedown attempt from Turk, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A head kick from Turk lands but Bonaparte takes it in his stride.
Turk looks for a takedown but Bonaparte sprawls well.
Bonaparte looks to land a right hand but Turk moved out of range.
Turk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bonaparte checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turk blocks a head kick by Bonaparte.
A big left from Bonaparte misses.
Bonaparte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Turk tests Bonaparte's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turk shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bonaparte defends it nicely.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Braden Turk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Turk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bonaparte.
Turk walks into a left hand.
Turk blocks a head kick by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Turk has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turk checks a leg kick.
Bonaparte scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turk doesn't seem bothered though.
Turk slips a jab from Bonaparte.
An inside leg kick lands from Turk.
Turk looks to land a left hand but Bonaparte moved out of range nicely.
Bonaparte thows a left - swing and a miss!

Turk darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte is staying active underneath Turk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Turk missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Turk seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bonaparte does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bonaparte keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Turk is looking to stall here but Bonaparte recovers full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turk throwing strikes but missing.
Turk wants to control from the top but Bonaparte keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turk is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Turk advances to half guard.
Turk trying to control the action but Bonaparte is working from the bottom.
Bonaparte avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turk.
Bonaparte is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turk not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turk is trying to control the action in half guard but Bonaparte is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Turk wants to pass to mount but Bonaparte is defending the position.

Turk seems to be working for a kimura but Bonaparte defends the submission attempt.
Turk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Turk is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Bonaparte as he works his way to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turk with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Braden Turk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Napoleon Bonaparte'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Turk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bonaparte connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turk scrambles back to his feet.
Turk lands a jab to Bonaparte's midsection.
Turk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bonaparte. Bonaparte circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Turk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bonaparte tries a knee to the head but Turk blocks it.
Turk lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bonaparte with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Turk is blocking nicely.
Turk managing to block the knees to the body from Bonaparte.
Turk tries for a takedown but Bonaparte manages to get underhooks.
Bonaparte blocks an elbow strike from Turk.
Bonaparte looking to throw knees to the head but Turk is blocking nicely.
Bonaparte throws a punch but it's blocked by Turk.
Turk can't find room to land a body shot as Bonaparte controls the action.
Turk has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bonaparte avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bonaparte unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bonaparte dodges an elbow strike from Turk.
Turk has Bonaparte pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bonaparte manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Braden Turk.
Turk drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bonaparte swings wildly with an uppercut but Turk uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Bonaparte.
Bonaparte landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bonaparte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bonaparte putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turk in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonaparte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Turk blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonaparte's elbow.
Bonaparte utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Turk tries to throw a body punch but Bonaparte avoids it by throwing Turk back against the cage.
Turk lands with a short shot to the head.
Bonaparte is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Turk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bonaparte throws out a leg kick but Turk moves out of range and Bonaparte only half commits.
Bonaparte throws a leg kick

and Turk counters with a takedown into side control.
Turk tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Turk working the ground and pound.
Turk working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonaparte tries to improve position but can't.
Bonaparte on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Turk tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bonaparte parries the strikes from Turk easily there. Turk is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bonaparte to escape.
Turk working the head with strikes.
Turk working the strikes but Bonaparte uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bonaparte's head.
Bonaparte regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Turk.
Bonaparte looking for a sweep. Not yet Bonaparte, not yet.
Turk with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk with a nice head shot there.
Turk landing some decent shots from guard.
Braden Turk is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turk controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bonaparte looking to control.
Turk works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Braden Turk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turk winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braden Turk!
After the big win, Braden Turk made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.