PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marax El (ranked 3000 p4p, 3600 weight class) and Geno Turekken (ranked 324 p4p, 384 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

El
vs
Turekken

201 cm
24
272
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
230
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marax El!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geno Turekken!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turekken lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice cross by Turekken.
Turekken slips under a jab from El.
Turekken changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Turekken just misses with a punch to the body.
Turekken has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as El is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Turekken misses with a looping right.
Turekken is trying hard to land a takedown here. El sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Turekken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El throws out the jab.
Turekken tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Turekken lands a jab to El's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turekken throws a combination that misses
enabling El to counter with a crisp jab.
Turekken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from El.
El throws an off balance right hand
and Turekken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turekken closes the distance and pushes El back into the cage.
Turekken lands a body punch in the clinch.
Turekken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turekken.

El manages to break the clinch.
Turekken misses with a right hand
and Turekken takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turekken looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
El throwing a counter right hand but Turekken manages to avoid it.
El scores with a jab to the head.
El looks to throw the jab but Turekken is out of range.
Turekken feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turekken misses with a hook. El ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from El misses the target.
Turekken misses with a straight left.
Marax El is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turekken falls off balance throwing a combination
and El counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Turekken clinches.
A short body shot lands from El as the two fighters clinch.
Turekken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turekken is trying to work for a single leg takedown but El pulls him back up using the underhooks.
El is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Turekken is defending well.
El lands with a light punch inside.
Turekken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El gets underhooks to prevent Turekken's takedown attempt.
Marax El has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Geno Turekken.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turekken looking to slow down the pace here.
Turekken misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from El.
Turekken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
El tries to circle away but Turekken has him pinned against the cage.
Turekken taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
El being controlled against the cage.
Turekken scores with a shot to the side of El's head.
I was talking to El's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Turekken trying to stall but El improves his position.
Turekken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turekken swings wildly with an uppercut but El uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turekken gets through El's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
El has had enough of the clinch but Turekken keeps him there for the moment.

El breaks the clinch.
El misses with a hook.
El throws a looping overhand right but Turekken ducks down to avoid it.
Turekken connects with a body shot that sends El's belly button to the back.
Turekken lands a jab to El's midsection.
El tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turekken was well out of range. Poor timing from El.
El throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turekken looks to score with a jab to the body but El is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geno Turekken dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Turekken fails with the takedown
and El counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Turekken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El.
Turekken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El.
A swing and a miss from Turekken.
El went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Turekken looks to score with a jab to the body but El is just out of range.
El looks to land a left hand but Turekken moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turekken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El looks to score with a jab to the body but Turekken is just out of range.
Marax El is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El slips under a jab from Turekken.
El throws a jab but it's blocked by Turekken.
Turekken takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Turekken lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
El throws a shot to the body.
Turekken gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El moves out of range of the strikes.
El swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turekken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El looks to throw the jab but Turekken is out of range.
El ducks right into an uppercut from Turekken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Turekken.
El slips under a jab from Turekken.
El is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turekken looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? El is fending him off so far but Turekken persists. Nope, El circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turekken tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from El. Turekken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Geno Turekken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El misses with a lunging right hand
and El takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turekken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. El doesn't seem bothered though.
Turekken drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El slips a jab from Turekken.
El swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
El scores with a jab to the head.
El with a jab.
El moves forwards but Turekken connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Turekken walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Turekken will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Marax El has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Geno Turekken.
Sloppy strikes from El. Those never looked like landing.
El is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turekken.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turekken looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like El was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turekken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turekken cracks El with a right hand to the side of the head.
El throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut there from El.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El staying out of range there.
El throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turekken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
El misses with a lunging right hand
and El takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marax El dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

El fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turekken manages to avoid it.
Turekken throws a combination. El tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
El takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
El is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turekken.
Turekken tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. El manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
El appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Turekken doesn't manage to clinch there - El circles away.
Turekken is looking to clinch but El is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El throws a hook but Turekken avoids it easily.
Turekken slips a jab from El.
Turekken misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turekken takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Turekken throws a big shot that misses.
El misses with a looping left.
Turekken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turekken displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El throws out the jab.
And Turekken tries to counter it with a takedown but El pushes his down on his head and steps out.
El fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turekken manages to avoid it.
Turekken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
El jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No joy there for Turekken, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
El went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

El shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Turekken manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Turekken looking for a guillotine here but El defends easily.
El content to stall in guard here.
Turekken wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
El slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turekken is looking for a triangle but El pushes his legs off easily.
El controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
El wants to control from the top but Turekken keeps moving.
Turekken pulls El in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Turekken throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
El wants to control from the top but Turekken keeps moving.
El is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Turekken gets a clinch.
El working some nice short punches in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Geno Turekken.
I think Turekken has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Geno Turekken!
Geno Turekken seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.