PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Efraim Turban (ranked 1059 p4p, 1060 weight class) and Frederick Zwirn (ranked 133 p4p, 134 weight class). Turban comes to the cage accompanied by Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Turban
vs
Zwirn

177 cm
31
170
15 - 3 - 0

174 cm
31
162
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Finnish Elite Extreme Science

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Efraim Turban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frederick Zwirn!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zwirn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turban sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zwirn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice uppercut lands for Zwirn. That snapped Turban's head back.

Zwirn gets a clinch.
Turban tries to work over Zwirn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zwirn misses with an elbow over the top.
Turban tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turban avoids a wild elbow strike from Zwirn.
Zwirn prevents a body shot from Turban.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zwirn.
Turban lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turban goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zwirn lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Efraim Turban has been cut.
Zwirn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zwirn stalls.
Turban tries to throw a body punch but Zwirn avoids it by throwing Turban back against the cage.
Zwirn pushes Turban back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Turban is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turban struggles to land a body shot inside as Zwirn controls his hands.
Oh Turban is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zwirn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zwirn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Zwirn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zwirn has Turban pressed against the cage. He pushes Turban back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Zwirn throws a beautiful elbow that sends Turban crashing to the floor! Zwirn piles on the pressure with more strikes! Turban is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frederick Zwirn!
Frederick Zwirn opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.