PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sahara Sam (ranked 4260 p4p, 3399 weight class) and BH Turner (ranked 385 p4p, 329 weight class). BH Turner is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sam
vs
Turner

170 cm
25
155
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
150
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Beachside Supplements

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sahara Sam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, BH Turner!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sam scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Turner with the inside leg kick.
Turner slips under a jab from Sam.
Sam fails to land with a series of punches.
We've been told by Sam's head coaches at Cozad The Island that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sam throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turner is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch but Sam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sam tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Sam takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Turner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sam misses with a series of wild punches.
Sam fails to land with a series of punches.
Sahara Sam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Turner has Sam up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Turner jumps into guard, dragging Sam to the mat.

Sam decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Turner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sam throws a head kick but Turner moves out of range.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Turner blocks a low kick nicely.
Sam with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Turner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sam tries to avoid it but Turner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sam to the ground. Sam escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sahara Sam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BH Turner.
Sam pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turner is out of range and Sam settles back down.
A clash of legs there as Sam blocks the low kick.
Sam misses with a double jab

and Turner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sam is trying to stand back up but Turner is controlling him
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Turner working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sam wants to stand back up but Turner manages to pass into side control.
Sam on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sam tries to get out of the position.
Turner prevents Sam from escaping the position.
Turner working the body and head with strikes.
Sam is trying to buck Turner off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sam bucks up and tries to throw Turner off but instead Turner has got his back!
Sam is trying to stand back up.
Turner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sam is trapped and Turner is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Sam knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Turner on the ground.
Sam is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turner is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Sam won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Turner off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). BH Turner!
During a confident post fight interview, BH Turner thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.