PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Strong (ranked 413 p4p, 58 weight class) and Colin Turnbull (ranked 387 p4p, 54 weight class). Strong comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Mark Strong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Strong
vs
Turnbull

194 cm
34
242 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

200 cm
34
280 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Groove Gear

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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Colin Turnbull!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turnbull rushes Strong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Strong is trying to stall.
Turnbull has a couple of punches blocked by Strong.
Turnbull tries a body shot but Strong blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Strong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turnbull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Strong's elbow.
Turnbull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Strong has had enough of the clinch but Turnbull keeps him there for the moment.
Turnbull has a couple of punches blocked by Strong.
Turnbull lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turnbull pushes Strong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Strong.
Turnbull gets through Strong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Strong prevents a body shot from Turnbull.
Turnbull tries to throw a body punch but Strong avoids it by throwing Turnbull back against the cage.
Strong misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Turnbull.
Turnbull throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strongs head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Strong.
Turnbull doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Strong tries to break the clinch but Turnbull is controlling the position.
Turnbull being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Strong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turnbull throws a series of punches but Strong avoids them all with ease.
Strong shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Turnbull eats them both and turns towards Strong to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Colin Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong loads up on a big right hand but Turnbull slips the punch.
Both fighters circling a little - Strong finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Strong lands a two punch combo.
Strong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strong scores with a shot to the body.
Turnbull misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turnbull avoids the head kick by Strong.
Strong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong throws a head kick that misses.
Strong 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.
Turnbull fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Strong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Strong misses with a straight right.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Turnbull.
Strong quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Strong.
Turnbull throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Strong coming out on top.
Strong misses with an uppercut. Turnbull saw that one coming.
Turnbull misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strong checks a leg kick.
Strong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Mark Strong has been cut.
Turnbull just misses with a punch to the body.
Turnbull misses with a wild body shot.
Strong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Strong looks to throw the jab but Turnbull is out of range.
Strong throws a body punch but Turnbull moves out of range.
Strong throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turnbull on the side of the head.
Turnbull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Turnbull there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turnbull tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Strong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Turnbull throws out a leg kick but Strong moves out of range and Turnbull only half commits.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turnbull makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Strong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turnbull misses with a low kick.
Strong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turnbull lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Strong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turnbull throws a sloppy head kick and Strong moves out of range easily.
Strong misses the shot to the body.
Strong swings for the body but Turnbull moves out of range.
Strong takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Strong misses with a straight right.
Strong takes one to the chin there.
Strong takes a swing at Turnbull's ribcage but misses.
Turnbull cracks Strong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Turnbull misses its intended target.
Turnbull tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turnbull lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong throws a leg kick that is checked
and Turnbull counters with a slapping leg kick.
Strong is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turnbull swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turnbull throws a right hand that misses
and Strong counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Colin Turnbull has been cut.
Strong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turnbull throws a shot from downtown. Strong moves away and avoids it.
Turnbull cracks Strong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turnbull looks to land a body kick but Strong moved away.
Turnbull takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Turnbull is rocked!
Turnbull ducks into an uppercut from Strong and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mark Strong!
A very excited looking Mark Strong made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.