PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Izzy Bangin (ranked 251 p4p, 37 weight class) and Teuvo Turunen (ranked 1046 p4p, 146 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Bangin
vs
Turunen

184 cm
24
170 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
179 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izzy Bangin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teuvo Turunen!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bangin throws a hook but Turunen avoids it easily.
Turunen throws a nice head kick!
Bangin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bangin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Turunen's calf.
Turunen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bangin tried to counter with a leg kick but Turunen avoided it.
Turunen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bangin.
Turunen just misses with a punch to the body.
Turunen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turunen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bangin.
Turunen swings widly with a right hand
letting Bangin counter with a right hand.
Bangin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turunen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bangin.
Bangin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turunen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turunen walks into a stiff left hand from Bangin.
Bangin misses with a low kick.
We've been informed that Turunen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Turunen misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Bangin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turunen tries to close the distance and clinch but Bangin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turunen blocks a jab.
Turunen misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turunen throws a big shot that misses.
Teuvo Turunen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Bangin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turunen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bangin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bangin cracks Turunen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turunen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bangin's head.
Turunen throws a hook but Bangin avoids it easily.
Turunen throws a hook but Bangin blocks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bangin.
Turunen swinging wildly here.
Bangin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turunen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bangin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bangin ducks under a wild hook from Turunen.

Turunen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bangin, pushing him back against the cage.
Turunen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bangin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turunen blocks a body shot from Bangin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bangin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turunen.
A short left from Bangin.
Bangin is trying to force a seperation but Turunen has the dominant position.

Bangin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turunen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bangin throws a solid leg kick but Turunen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bangin.
A slow jab from Bangin misses its intended target.
Turunen scores with a jab to the head.
An inside leg kick from Turunen misses.
Bangin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turunen checks a low kick from Bangin.
Turunen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bangin.
Turunen scores with a decent looking hook.
Turunen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turunen.
Turunen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bangin.
Bangin blocks a leg kick.
Bangin walks into a left hand.
Turunen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turunen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bangin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bangin throws a hook but Turunen blocks it.
Turunen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bangin.
As Turunen backs away, Bangin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bangin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turunen.
Turunen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bangin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turunen throws an off balance right hand
and Bangin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turunen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bangin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turunen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turunen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turunen missing with a left hand there. Bangin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An inside leg kick from Bangin misses.
Bangin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bangin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Turunen just manages to avoid it.
Turunen moves out of range of the strikes.
Turunen slips under a jab from Bangin.
Bangin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turunen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turunen. Bangin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turunen misses with a lunging right hand
and Bangin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bangin swings for the body but Turunen moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turunen! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turunen lands a right hook to the body.
Turunen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turunen blocks a jab.
Turunen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bangin with a jab.
Turunen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bangin circles away quickly and effectively.
Bangin swings for the body but Turunen moves out of range.
Bangin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turunen.
Turunen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turunen slips under a jab.
Turunen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bangin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turunen misses with a wild combination.
Turunen defending well as Bangin loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turunen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bangin.
Bangin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turunen slips a jab from Bangin.
Turunen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bangin in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Teuvo Turunen will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bangin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turunen just misses with a punch to the body.
Bangin misses with a body kick.
Turunen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Turunen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bangin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turunen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bangin throws a shot from downtown. Turunen moves away and avoids it.
Turunen is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bangin with a body shot.
Bangin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bangin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bangin throws a jab when Turunen was well out of range.
Bangin scores with a jab.
Turunen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turunen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bangin was well out of range. Poor timing from Turunen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turunen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Bangin.
Bangin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turunen.
A little feinted left hand from Bangin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bangin cracks Turunen with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big left from Bangin misses.
Bangin looks to land a left hand but Turunen moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turunen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bangin circles away quickly and effectively.
Bangin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bangin misses with a low kick.
Turunen throws a looping overhand right but Bangin ducks down to avoid it.
Turunen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Turunen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turunen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bangin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turunen checks a low kick from Bangin.
Nice jab there from Bangin.
Some bone on bone action there as Turunen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A leg kick checked by Turunen.
Turunen loads up on a big right hand but Bangin slips the punch.
Turunen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Izzy Bangin is winning the standup battle so far.
Turunen throws an overhand right that lands on Bangin's shoulder, as Bangin tries to avoid the shot.
Turunen looks for the body kick but Bangin saw that one coming.
Bangin throws a jab but it's blocked by Turunen.
Bangin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bangin delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turunen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bangin circles away quickly and effectively.
Turunen misses the shot to the body.
Turunen throws a solid leg kick but Bangin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Turunen.
Bangin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bangin looks to land a body kick but Turunen moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Bangin.
Turunen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin throws a body kick that misses.
Bangin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turunen checks it well.
Bangin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bangin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A jab from Bangin misses.
Bangin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turunen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turunen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Bangin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turunen.
Turunen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bangin scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turunen's sensitive parts.
Turunen dips to his left and cracks Bangin with an uppercut!
A good leg kick by Turunen.
Bangin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bangin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turunen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bangin defending well as Turunen loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Bangin misses the target.
Turunen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turunen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turunen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turunen cracks a nice hook into Bangin's ribs.
Turunen misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turunen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bangin moves away.
Turunen lands a head kick!
A slow jab from Turunen misses its intended target.
Turunen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turunen throws a looping overhand right but Bangin ducks down to avoid it.
Bangin appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangin misses with a hook.
Turunen ducks right into an uppercut from Bangin.
Bangin avoids the body shot from Turunen.
Turunen throws out a loose jab but Bangin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bangin is looking to counter punch.
Bangin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turunen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turunen lands a body shot.
Bangin lands with a straight right. Turunen didn't see that one coming.
Bangin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bangin ducks under a wild hook from Turunen.
Turunen throws a body punch but Bangin moves out of range.
Bangin throws a body punch but Turunen moves out of range.
Bangin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turunen.
A good leg kick by Turunen.
Turunen throws out a loose jab but Bangin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bangin is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick from Bangin misses.
Turunen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turunen is looking to land body kicks.
Turunen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izzy Bangin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Turunen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bangin half committed to a counter leg kick.
Turunen takes a swing at Bangin's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Bangin misses.
Turunen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Turunen.
Bangin takes one on the button.
Turunen slips under a jab from Bangin.
Bangin moves into range and connects with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Turunen blocks the leg kick.
Turunen blocks a head kick by Bangin.
Bangin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turunen.
Bangin lands a nice looking body shot.
Turunen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bangin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turunen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bangin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turunen.
Bangin jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Turunen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bangin lands a jab to the nose.
Turunen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turunen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bangin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turunen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bangin cracks the inside of Turunen's front leg.
Turunen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turunen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bangin manages to avoid it.
Bangin looks to land a right hand but Turunen moved out of range.
Turunen just misses with a punch to the body.
Turunen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bangin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turunen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bangin staying out of range there.
Bangin throws a wild body kick that Turunen sees coming a mile off.
Turunen staying out of range there.
Bangin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turunen looks to land a left hand but Bangin moved out of range nicely.
Bangin misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turunen scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turunen lands with a nice body punch.
Turunen throws a leg kick that misses.
Bangin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Bangin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bangin.
Turunen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bangin misses with an uppercut.
Bangin lands with a shot to the body.
Turunen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bangin. Bangin obviously looking to wear him down.
Turunen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turunen walks into a stiff left hand from Bangin.
Nice jab there from Turunen.
Bangin lands a jab to the head.
Turunen lands an overhand right.
Turunen throws a series of punches but Bangin avoids them all with ease.
Bangin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turunen counters with a straight right hand.
Bangin dodges the punch combination from Turunen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Bangin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Bangin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Good exchange - Turunen coming out on top.
Bangin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turunen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Turunen scores with a jab. Bangin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Turunen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bangin moves away.
Turunen checks a low kick from Bangin.
Turunen scoring well with a low kick there.
Bangin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turunen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bangin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bangin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turunen staying out of range there.
Bangin scores with a kick to the body.
Bangin scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turunen. Bangin does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turunen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bangin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bangin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turunen ducks under a wild hook from Bangin.
Turunen just misses with a punch to the body.
Bangin misses with a leg kick.
Bangin catches Turunen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bangin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turunen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bangin, right into the meat.
Bangin throws a head kick but Turunen moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turunen.
Bangin slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turunen throws a hook but Bangin avoids it easily.
Turunen ducks under a wild hook from Bangin.
Bangin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turunen. That did some damage!
That kick from Bangin tenderised Turunen's leg. Turunen is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Izzy Bangin did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bangin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bangin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turunen.
Bangin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turunen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A lazy left from Bangin finds it's target.
Turunen throws a looping overhand right but Bangin ducks down to avoid it.
Turunen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Turunen misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bangin misses the target.
Turunen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turunen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turunen ducks under a wild hook from Bangin.
Turunen throws a right hand that Bangin ducks under and follows up with a left that Bangin also avoids with ease.
Turunen moves out of range of the leg kick from Bangin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turunen. Bangin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turunen throws a low kick but Bangin moves out of range easily.
Bangin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bangin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Turunen throws an off balance right hand
and Bangin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turunen misses with a straight right.
Turunen looks to land a body kick but Bangin moved away.
Turunen throws a body punch but Bangin moves out of range.
Bangin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turunen throws out a counter right but Bangin avoids it with no problem.
Bangin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bangin connects with a looping right hand.
Turunen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bangin.
Bangin misses with a low kick.
Turunen unleashes a big counter combination but Bangin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bangin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Turunen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turunen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bangin.
Turunen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turunen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turunen defending well as Bangin loads up on a big left hand.
Turunen throws a series of punches but Bangin moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bangin.
Turunen blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turunen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bangin.
Turunen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turunen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turunen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bangin lands a head shot.
Turunen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bangin looks to throw the jab but Turunen is out of range.
Turunen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bangin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Turunen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bangin, right into the meat.
Turunen throws a hook but Bangin avoids it easily.
Bangin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turunen throws out a loose jab but Bangin uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Bangin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turunen.
Turunen throws a shot from downtown. Bangin moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bangin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turunen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turunen scores with a leg kick.
Turunen throws a hook to the side of Bangin's head but Bangin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Some wild striking there from Bangin.
Turunen misses with a left hand
and Bangin counters with a straight right hand.
Bangin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turunen.
As Turunen backs away, Bangin returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Turunen just misses with a punch to the body.
Turunen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bangin misses with a kick to the body
and Turunen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bangin throws a hook but Turunen avoids it easily.
Turunen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Turunen throws a shot from downtown. Bangin moves away and avoids it.
Bangin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bangin misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bangin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bangin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bangin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Turunen misses with a body shot.
Bangin tried to score with a low kick but Turunen checks it.
Turunen walks into a straight right hand from Bangin.
Nice body kick from Bangin.
Bangin throws a hook but Turunen blocks it.
Turunen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bangin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bangin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That kick from Turunen tenderised Bangin's leg. Bangin is trying to keep his angry face on.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turunen.
Bangin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bangin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bangin throws an overhand right that lands on Turunen's shoulder, as Turunen tries to avoid the shot.
Turunen loads up on a big right hand but Bangin slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izzy Bangin had his way with Teuvo Turunen in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Turunen wants to land a leg kick but Bangin is out of range.
Turunen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bangin is just out of range.
Bangin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bangin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bangin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turunen's sensitive parts.
Turunen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turunen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bangin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turunen.
It appears Bangin was looking to counter with a kick there.
Turunen tries a head kick but it misses.
Bangin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bangin.
Bangin moves out of range of the strikes.
Bangin is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bangin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bangin.
Turunen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turunen lands with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Turunen blocks the body kick.
Turunen throws a lazy right hand but Bangin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bangin catches Turunen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Turunen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Turunen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bangin is just out of range.
Turunen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Turunen is looking for the big counter here.
Bangin thuds his right hand into Turunen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bangin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Bangin misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bangin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turunen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turunen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turunen slips a straight right by Bangin.
A big right from Turunen misses.
Turunen thows a leg kick but Bangin checks it
enabling Bangin to counter with a crisp jab.
Bangin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A left lands for Bangin.
Teuvo Turunen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bangin 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.
Turunen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bangin scores with a jab.
Turunen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Turunen misses the target.
Turunen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bangin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Turunen takes a swing at Bangin's ribcage but misses.
Turunen scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the liver by Bangin. Beautiful body shot.
Turunen moves forwards but Bangin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Turunen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turunen.
Bangin looks to throw the jab but Turunen is out of range.
Bangin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turunen. That did some damage!
Turunen misses with an uppercut
and Bangin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bangin ducks under a wild hook from Turunen.
Turunen throws a hook but Bangin blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turunen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bangin. Bangin obviously looking to wear him down.
Bangin loads up on a big right hand but Turunen slips the punch.
Bangin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bangin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turunen.
Bangin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Turunen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turunen.
Bangin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Turunen's head backwards.
Bangin pushes Turunen away with a front kick.
A combination from Turunen does no damage.
Turunen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bangin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Turunen throws a body punch but Bangin moves out of range.
Turunen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turunen misses with a low kick.
Turunen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turunen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bangin.
Bangin tried to counter with a leg kick but Turunen avoided it.
Turunen sizes up Bangin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Turunen misses.
Turunen cracks Bangin with an open hand slap.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bangin 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 Turunen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Turunen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A cross from Bangin lands.
Turunen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turunen moves out of range as Bangin strikes.
It seemed like Turunen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bangin moves out of range of the strikes.
Turunen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bangin jabs Turunen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bangin cracks Turunen with a good jab.
Turunen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bangin to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turunen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turunen throws a looping overhand right but Bangin ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Bangin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Turunen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bangin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Izzy Bangin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bangin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 50:46
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Izzy Bangin!
Izzy Bangin retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Izzy Bangin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.