PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaako Turkinen (ranked 533 p4p, 64 weight class) and Dean Fellows (ranked 1600 p4p, 166 weight class). Fellows has chosen Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dean Fellows acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Turkinen
vs
Fellows

178 cm
37
146 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

180 cm
33
155 lbs
14 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaako Turkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Dean Fellows!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkinen scores with a nice head shot.
Fellows tries to close the distance and clinch but Turkinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turkinen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Fellows has Turkinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Turkinen scores with a shot to the side of Fellows's head.
Turkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fellows is trying to break the clinch but Turkinen is controlling him.

Fellows breaks from the clinch.
Turkinen lands with a shot to the body.
Fellows throws a series of punches but Turkinen avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Fellows.
Nice shot lands for Turkinen.
Turkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turkinen misses with an uppercut. Fellows saw that one coming.
Turkinen misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fellows takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've been informed that Fellows has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Turkinen misses with a looping right.
Turkinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fellows sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turkinen lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fellows throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turkinen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turkinen. Fellows does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fellows throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Fellows misses its intended target.
Fellows slips a straight right by Turkinen.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turkinen.
Fellows takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fellows keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fellows looks to score with a jab to the body but Turkinen is just out of range.
Turkinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fellows throws a head kick but Turkinen moves out of range.
Fellows throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fellows throws a head kick that misses.
Turkinen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turkinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fellows's hands.
Fellows looks to clinch
enabling Turkinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Fellows looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fellows scores with a jab to the head.
Donk. Turkinen catches Fellows right on the button with a cross.
A combination from Turkinen does no damage.
Fellows jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turkinen misses the jab.
Turkinen misses with an uppercut.
Turkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fellows is looking for the big counter here.
Dean Fellows is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fellows uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Turkinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Fellows tries to clinch there but Turkinen circles away.
Turkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turkinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fellows looks to throw the jab but Turkinen is out of range.
Turkinen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fellows tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turkinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turkinen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Turkinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fellows.
Turkinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turkinen misses with a looping right.
Turkinen connects with a jab.

Fellows closes the distance and pushes Turkinen back into the cage.
Turkinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turkinen.
Fellows has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hand to the body from Turkinen.
Turkinen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Fellows manages to break the clinch.
Fellows with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turkinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Turkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fellows moves away.
Turkinen lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turkinen misses the shot to the body.
Turkinen with a jab.
Fellows tries to clinch there but Turkinen circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen looks to land a left hand but Fellows moved out of range nicely.
A nice side step and Fellows releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A shot to the liver by Turkinen. Beautiful body shot.
Turkinen lands a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turkinen. Fellows does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fellows takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fellows ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fellows lands a jab to the nose.
Fellows misses with a double jab
and Turkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Fellows fails with an attempt to clinch.

Turkinen drives through with a takedown into Fellows's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Turkinen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fellows is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaako Turkinen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Turkinen misses with an uppercut. Fellows saw that one coming.
Turkinen tries to move into range but Fellows moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fellows on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Fellows does it's job there.

It looks like Jaako Turkinen has been cut.
Fellows tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turkinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turkinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fellows is looking to clinch.
Turkinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Turkinen looks to throw the jab but Fellows is out of range.
Fellows scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turkinen in his tracks.
Turkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Fellows throws a lazy head kick
and Turkinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fellows misses with an uppercut
enabling Turkinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Turkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turkinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fellows throws out the jab.
Fellows blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkinen misses the shot to the body.
Turkinen lands a jab to Fellows's midsection.
Turkinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Fellows raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Turkinen scores with a hook.
Fellows tries to clinch up.
Fellows throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turkinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fellows moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turkinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fellows doesn't seem bothered though.
Fellows misses with a right hand
and Turkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Fellows misses.
Turkinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fellows can do to turn this around?
Turkinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turkinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turkinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fellows throws a sloppy head kick and Turkinen moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen scores with a nice head shot.
Fellows throws a lazy head kick
and Turkinen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fellows throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turkinen tests Fellows's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Fellows throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fellows takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turkinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jab by Turkinen.
Turkinen scores with a jab.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fellows pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turkinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fellows takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turkinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fellows is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen avoids the head kick by Fellows.
Fellows misses with a body shot.
Fellows tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fellows.
Turkinen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Turkinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fellows has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turkinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Fellows has closed the distance and engaged Turkinen in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Fellows fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turkinen.

Fellows escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fellows moves into the clinch.

Fellows pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Fellows instigates a clinch.
Turkinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Turkinen working aggressively here.
Turkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Fellows controls the action.
Fellows misses with a punch to the body.
Fellows misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fellows blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turkinen digs a right hand underneath Fellows's ribcage. Fellows let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turkinen pushes Fellows back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Fellows breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turkinen throws a big shot that misses.
Turkinen lands a jab to the nose.
Turkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fellows.
Turkinen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Turkinen.
Fellows takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Fellows steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fellows takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body punch from Turkinen.
Fellows smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fellows ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaako Turkinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaako Turkinen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fellows swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Turkinen counter with a right hand.
Fellows keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkinen.
Turkinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fellows.

Turkinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Fellows manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Jaako Turkinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turkinen tries for a takedown but Fellows manages to get underhooks.
Turkinen blocks a body shot from Fellows.
Turkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Fellows uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fellows lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Turkinen backwards.

Turkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turkinen scores with a hook to the body. Fellows takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fellows slips a jab from Turkinen.
Fellows tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fellows takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fellows keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkinen throws a hook to the side of Fellows's head but Fellows sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turkinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fellows's hands.
Turkinen connects with a looping right hand.
Fellows tries a head kick but it misses.
Turkinen throwing a counter right hand but Fellows manages to avoid it.
Turkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fellows falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turkinen connects with a right hand. Fellows shakes it off.
Fellows takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fellows tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fellows.
Jaako Turkinen is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab lands there for Fellows.
A punch lands to the side of Fellows 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Turkinen throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fellows pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fellows takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turkinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen misses with a hook. Fellows ducked under it nicely.
Fellows misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Turkinen. Beautiful body shot.
Fellows on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fellows throws a head kick that misses.
Fellows steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Turkinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turkinen takes a swing at Fellows's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Fellows misses
and Turkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Turkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turkinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fellows wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fellows is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkinen.
Turkinen tries to move into range but Fellows moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Turkinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fellows throws the left hand but Turkinen avoids the punch easily.
Turkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fellows fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dean Fellows has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turkinen lands a head shot.
Fellows loads up on a big right hand but Turkinen slips the punch.
Fellows moves out of range as Turkinen strikes.
Fellows swings for the body but Turkinen moves out of range.
Turkinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Turkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fellows.
Fellows moves away from the strike by Turkinen.
Turkinen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fellows misses with a low kick.
Fellows gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fellows uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turkinen.
Fellows throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Fellows closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turkinen.
Fellows takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fellows wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fellows pressing his opponent against the cage.
Turkinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fellows's elbow.
Fellows swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Turkinen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Fellows regains guard.
Turkinen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jaako Turkinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turkinen wants to control from the top but Fellows keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaako Turkinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turkinen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaako Turkinen!
Jaako Turkinen very nearly forgot to thank FORCEE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Dean Fellows spoke after the fight, saying 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.