PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Guido Turturro (ranked 484 p4p, 68 weight class) and Meldrick Taylor (ranked 769 p4p, 109 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turturro
vs
Taylor

177 cm
23
171 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guido Turturro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Meldrick Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turturro tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Taylor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turturro's corner calls for a 1-2. Turturro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turturro.
Turturro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Turturro.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turturro.
Taylor stuns Turturro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Turturro clinches with his opponent.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turturro misses with a punch to the body.

Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
Turturro throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turturro avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Turturro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Turturro misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor throws out a counter right but Turturro avoids it with no problem.
Taylor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turturro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Turturro moves out of range.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turturro tries to counter by clinching up but Taylor breaks away and moves out of range.
Turturro lands with a shot to the body.
Turturro blocks a head kick by Taylor.
Turturro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Turturro moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Taylor 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.
Turturro tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.
Taylor takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turturro sizes up Taylor with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turturro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Taylor lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Guido Turturro has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turturro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Turturro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turturro tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taylor just stands there and leans against the cage.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but Taylor turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Turturro fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guido Turturro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor is trying to stall.

Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turturro misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
It looks like Turturro has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Turturro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Taylor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Turturro scores with a jab to the head.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor just misses with a punch to the body.
Turturro throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
Taylor slips under a jab.
Taylor tries to move into range but Turturro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Turturro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turturro swings for the body but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor takes a swing at Turturro's ribcage but misses.
Turturro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Taylor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Turturro momentarily.
Turturro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. Turturro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turturro lands a nice hook to Taylor's body. Taylor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Taylor jabs at Turturro's body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Turturro throws a punch but it's blocked by Taylor.
A short uppercut from Taylor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turturro swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor lands with a good body shot.
Taylor misses with a looping right.
Turturro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Decent striking displayed by Turturro there.
Turturro misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
Taylor scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Turturro moves away and avoids it.
Turturro is looking to counter the offense by Taylor and move into the clinch.
Turturro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turturro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turturro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turturro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Meldrick Taylor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guido Turturro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Decent striking displayed by Turturro there.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Turturro works the jab nicely.
Meldrick Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turturro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Turturro.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Turturro avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Taylor. That snapped Turturro's head back.
Taylor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Turturro rather than just go for the knockout.
Turturro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Turturro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turturro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Turturro misses with a jab to the body
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taylor slips under a jab from Turturro.
Turturro misses with a looping left.
Taylor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turturro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Turturro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Taylor's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Taylor takes one to the chin there.
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Turturro is out of range.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut lands for Taylor. That snapped Turturro's head back.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Turturro instigates a clinch.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
Taylor trying to control the position but instead, Turturro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taylor into the cage.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.

Turturro pulls guard successfully.
Turturro wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Taylor is now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Turturro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control the hands but Turturro breaks the grip.
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!

Taylor defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.

Turturro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taylor defends it easily.
Taylor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Taylor has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Turturro to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Taylor is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Turturro pulls down on the head and he's put Taylor to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Guido Turturro!
Guido Turturro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.