PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Johnson (ranked 1216 p4p, 3242 weight class) and BH Turner (ranked 129 p4p, 320 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Johnson
vs
Turner

180 cm
26
155
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
150
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ron Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, BH Turner!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Turner drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnson defends it well.
We've been told by Johnson's head coaches at Walter J Abramowitz Center for Bigness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Turner.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Turner should have avoided that one.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Turner should have avoided that one.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Turner.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Turner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Turner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turner looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Turner needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ron Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.

Turner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Turner fails to pull guard.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Turner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson scores with a spinning back kick!
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Turner looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Turner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner motions for Johnson to come forward. Turner throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turner tries to clinch there but Johnson circles away.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses

and Turner counters with a takedown into side control.

Johnson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson is looking to slow Turner down with leg kicks.
Johnson thumps Turner with a low kick.
Turner blocks a jab.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Turner counters with a straight right hand.
Ron Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Johnson.
Turner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Turner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Turner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Johnson 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.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ron Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BH Turner.
Turner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johnson duly obliges.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
Johnson scores with a kick to the body.
Turner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1-2. Johnson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Turner is looking to clinch.
Johnson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Turner back to the cage. Johnson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Johnson lands an overhand right.
Johnson lands a jab to Turner's midsection.
Jab, jab by Turner - just one landing.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Turner fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Johnson sprawls well initially but Turner persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Johnson tries to get to full guard but Turner has control of the leg.

Johnson manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Turner keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

Johnson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turner fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Turner scores with a four punch combination!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Johnson dominated that round.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
BH Turner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turner takes one to the chin there.
Turner takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A big left from Johnson misses.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Turner moved out of range nicely.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turner can do to turn this around?
Turner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turner has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Turner there as he acknowledges the shot.
Turner throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Johnson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Turner doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Turner momentarily.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Turner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turner fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Johnson is out of range.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turner manages to avoid it.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Turner looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turner tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Johnson defends well and Turner ends up having to push Johnson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.
Turner moves out of range of the body kick.
Turner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws a combination. Turner tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Turner darts in looking for a takedown but Johnson gets double underhooks and turns Turner into the cage.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Johnson blocks a leg kick.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab lands there for Johnson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
Turner needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Turner shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ron Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BH Turner.
Turner tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Turner's head back.
Turner on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Turner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Turner drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Johnson defends it well.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Turner.
A punch lands to the side of Turner 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ron Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Johnson defends it nicely.
Turner slips under a jab.
Johnson digs a good hook to Turner's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Turner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson checks a low kick from Turner.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner has his takedown stuffed
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Turner is breathing heavily.
Turner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turner.
Johnson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Turner throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
Turner is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Johnson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A punch combination from Turner misses.
Turner misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Turner. Those never looked like landing.
Turner throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Johnson lands with a hook. Turner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turner shoots in for a double leg but Johnson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson cracks Turner with an open hand slap.
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Johnson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turner. Turner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Johnson throws a combination. Turner tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnson misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Turner's head.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson stuffs the takedown.
Turner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Turner throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson leaves Turner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ron Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BH Turner.
Johnson lands with a good body shot.
Johnson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Johnson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turner circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Turner's head.
Turner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turner moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turner has time to react.
Turner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Turner walks into a left hand.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Johnson misses the jab.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ron Johnson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to clinch.
Johnson scores with a shot to the body.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson checks the leg kick.
Turner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Turner settles back down.
Johnson with a nice calf kick.
Johnson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson lands the left hand.
Johnson lands with a straight right. Turner didn't see that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Johnson as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner walks into a left hand.
Johnson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Turner takes a step back to recover.
Johnson with a jab.
Johnson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A left lands for Johnson.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Turner under the eye.
Johnson misses with a hook. Turner ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
BH Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for Turner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johnson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Johnson!
During a confident post fight interview, Ron Johnson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
BH Turner spoke after the fight, saying 'shit happens'.