PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia has chosen Go Ninja- Vanilla Ice as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Turner
vs
Maia

177 cm
21
188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terrell Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Maia!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia tries to clinch up.
Maia wants to clinch.
Maia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Turner scores a takedown into full mount!
Maia tries to lock up and control but Turner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Turner with the ground and pound from mount.
Maia is looking to get to half guard.
Maia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Turner lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maia is looking to escape.
Maia is trying desperately to improve position.
Turner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maia is desperately trying to improve his position but Turner has a good base and remains in mount.
Turner with a couple of short strikes.
Turner prevents Maia from getting the reversal.
Turner with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia working to try and regain half guard.
Turner with the ground and pound from mount.
Turner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Turner landing shots from mount.
Turner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Maia is bucking up trying to escape but Turner cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Turner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Maia on the ground.
Turner working Maia over with strikes here.
Turner trying to control but Maia is having none of it.
Turner with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia tries to reverse the position but Turner maintains control.
Maia looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner working Maia over with strikes here.
Turner lands a big shot there that rocks Maia but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turner landing strikes from the mount and Maia is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maia is in all sorts of trouble here.
Turner cracks Maia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Turner lands a heavy elbow.
Turner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Maia is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands a big shot there that rocks Maia but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Maia hang on?
Maia is looking to improve his position but Turner isn't that keen on the idea.
Turner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Turner landing strikes from the mount and Maia is in trouble!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maia working to try and regain half guard.
Turner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terrell Turner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Turner drives through and clinches with Maia against the cage.

Turner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turner lands a big head kick that sends Maia to the canvas! Turner follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrell Turner!