PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Terkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarkhan Naranbaatar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naranbaatar has chosen Batzorig Vaanchig as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Terkey
vs
Naranbaatar

178 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Charlie Terkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarkhan Naranbaatar!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terkey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Naranbaatar looks to throw the jab but Terkey is out of range.
Terkey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Terkey fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Naranbaatar to the ground. Terkey is now in Naranbaatar's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Terkey preventing the sweep.

Terkey stands and steps away. Naranbaatar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Terkey.
Terkey wants to control but Naranbaatar is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Terkey goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Naranbaatar rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Terkey's guard! Nice work there by Naranbaatar!
Naranbaatar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Terkey swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naranbaatar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Naranbaatar tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Naranbaatar is looking to take a break and control but Terkey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Naranbaatar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Terkey shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Naranbaatar's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Terkey is looking to pass into half guard but Naranbaatar pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Naranbaatar is in guard.
Naranbaatar tries to free his leg and advance position but Terkey is retaining full guard.
Terkey trying to control the position.
Naranbaatar looking to pass the guard.
Naranbaatar trying to control the position from guard on top but Terkey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Naranbaatar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Naranbaatar wants to control from the top but Terkey keeps moving.
Terkey keeping full guard, as Naranbaatar tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar prevents Terkey from getting back to his feet.
Naranbaatar trying to control but Terkey is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Naranbaatar misses the body punch
and Terkey counters with a stiff right hand.
Terkey bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Tarkhan Naranbaatar has been cut.

Terkey shoots in and gets a takedown into Naranbaatar's guard.

Naranbaatar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Naranbaatar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar is trying to keep Terkey in close.
Terkey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Naranbaatar is keeping the position for now.
Naranbaatar throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Terkey controlling from the top position.
Terkey slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Terkey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tarkhan Naranbaatar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Naranbaatar throws a poor cross that misses
and Terkey counters with a stiff right hand.
Charlie Terkey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terkey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Naranbaatar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Terkey drives through with a takedown into Naranbaatar's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Terkey wants to control from the top but Naranbaatar keeps moving.
Naranbaatar is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Naranbaatar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Charlie Terkey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Terkey stands and steps away. Naranbaatar gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naranbaatar throws a right hand that misses
and Terkey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Terkey drives through and clinches with Naranbaatar against the cage.

Terkey breaks the clinch.

Terkey shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Naranbaatar is looking for a sweep. Terkey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Terkey controlling the action here.
Terkey trying to control the action but Naranbaatar is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terkey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Terkey passes to side control.
Terkey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Naranbaatar keeps working.
Terkey working the ground and pound.
Naranbaatar struggling a bit here.

Terkey stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Terkey feints and as Naranbaatar raises his hands in defense, Terkey changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terkey looking to sit in guard and control but Naranbaatar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Terkey keeping full guard, as Naranbaatar tries to pass.

Terkey had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Naranbaatar defends it easily.
Terkey keeping moving, preventing Naranbaatar from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Naranbaatar postures up.
Terkey wants to stand but Naranbaatar is controlling the position.
Naranbaatar stands and throws Terkey's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Naranbaatar tries for a kimura but Terkey is defending well.
Terkey is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Terkey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Naranbaatar can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Naranbaatar wants to control but Terkey is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlie Terkey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tarkhan Naranbaatar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Terkey lands an overhand right.

Terkey closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Naranbaatar to the mat! Naranbaatar manages to get full guard.
Terkey wants to control from the top but Naranbaatar keeps moving.
Naranbaatar is trying to control the position but Terkey postures up.
Terkey tries to free his leg and advance position but Naranbaatar is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naranbaatar managing to control the position.
Terkey knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Naranbaatar on the ground.
Terkey throws a strike but Naranbaatar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terkey is trying to keep Naranbaatar in close.
Naranbaatar won't allow Terkey to sweep him here.
Terkey has Naranbaatar pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Terkey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Naranbaatar misses the target.
Naranbaatar misses with an uppercut. Terkey saw that one coming.

Terkey fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Naranbaatar sprawls well initially but Terkey persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Naranbaatar wants to get back to full guard.

Naranbaatar looking for subs from the bottom but Terkey mounts him!
Terkey trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naranbaatar is trying to escape the mount.
Terkey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Terkey trying to control but Naranbaatar is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terkey fails to take his opponent's back.
Terkey controlling from the full mount.

Terkey goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Naranbaatar turns into him and now he's in Terkey's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Terkey checks the leg kick.

Terkey fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Naranbaatar to the ground. Terkey is now in Naranbaatar's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Terkey gets to his feet. Naranbaatar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Terkey.
Naranbaatar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Terkey rushes Naranbaatar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Naranbaatar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Terkey.
Naranbaatar is trying to maintain a safe position but Terkey gets an underhook and turns Naranbaatar into the cage.
Terkey blocks an elbow strike.
Terkey lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Naranbaatar.
Naranbaatar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Terkey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Naranbaatar throws a right hand that misses
and Terkey counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tarkhan Naranbaatar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charlie Terkey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Terkey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Terkey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Terkey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Terkey!