PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sherwood Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Tur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Monroe
vs
Tur

194 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sherwood Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Tur!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Monroe drives through with a takedown into guard.

Tur has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Monroe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Monroe throwing strikes but missing.
Monroe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Monroe stopping the sweep attempt from Tur.

Tur has his foot on Monroe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Monroe works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Monroe is one step ahead there.
Monroe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tur utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Monroe drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tur manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Monroe has Tur in his guard.

Monroe has control of Tur's left arm, preventing Tur from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe wants to stand and escape but Tur is having none of it.
Monroe striking off his back but it's not causing Tur any problems.
Tur throws a big right hand that misses.
Tur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Monroe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Tur slips nicely into half guard.
Tur has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Monroe is trying to stand up here but Tur is controlling him well.
Monroe wants to stand back up but Tur manages to pass into side control.
Tur working the ground and pound but Monroe is defending the strikes.

Tur working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Tur has hold of Monroe's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Monroe seems comfortable defending it but Tur has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Monroe is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Monroe is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tur couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jack Tur!