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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geno Turekken (ranked 25058 p4p, 7243 weight class) and Shola Ameobi (ranked 615 p4p, 552 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geno Turekken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shola Ameobi!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ameobi throws a lazy right hand but Turekken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ameobi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Geno Turekken has been cut.
Turekken throws a jab when Ameobi was well out of range.
Ameobi tries to bum rush Turekken with a series of wild strikes but Turekken uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turekken throws a hook to the side of Ameobi's head but Ameobi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turekken cracks Ameobi with a good jab.
Ameobi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ameobi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Turekken misses with a left hand
and Ameobi counters with a nice uppercut.
Ameobi scores with a punch to the head.
Good shot there by Turekken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ameobi misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ameobi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Turekken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turekken definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ameobi. Turekken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ameobi misses with a hook
letting Turekken counter with a right hand.
Turekken takes a swing at Ameobi's ribcage but misses.
Ameobi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jab by Turekken.
Turekken connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ameobi. Ameobi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ameobi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ameobi swings for the body but Turekken moves out of range.
Turekken swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turekken connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from Ameobi does no damage.
Ameobi swings widly with a right hand
letting Turekken counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ameobi walks into a stiff left hand from Turekken.
Turekken scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Ameobi.
Ameobi looks to land a combination but Turekken avoids it well.
Ameobi throws the left hand but Turekken avoids the punch easily.
Turekken lands a nice hook to Ameobi's body. Ameobi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ameobi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turekken lands a body shot.
Turekken closes the distance and pushes Ameobi back into the cage.
Turekken has Ameobi pressed against the cage.
Ameobi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ameobi gets tackled into the cage by Turekken. Turekken maintains the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ameobi can't break the clinch.
Ameobi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turekken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turekken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ameobi backwards.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ameobi wants to get back to striking at distance but Turekken won't allow it.
Ameobi wants to get back to striking at distance but Turekken won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turekken lands with a light punch inside.
Turekken struggles to land a body shot inside as Ameobi controls his hands.
Turekken manages to break the clinch.
Turekken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ameobi throws a looping overhand right but Turekken ducks down to avoid it.
Turekken scores with a nice strike.
Ameobi gets tackled into the cage by Turekken. Turekken maintains the clinch.
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!
Turekken breaks the clinch.
Ameobi takes a swing at Turekken's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Turekken.
Ameobi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geno Turekken dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Geno Turekken's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ameobi takes a swing at Turekken's ribcage but misses.
Turekken misses the shot to the body.
Turekken has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Turekken connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Turekken misses.
Ameobi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ameobi slips under a jab from Turekken.
Turekken connects with a jab.
Ameobi throws a nice looking combination but Turekken bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turekken pushes Ameobi up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ameobi tries to break free but Turekken pushes him back against the cage.
Turekken just leaning against Ameobi, taking a breather.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Turekken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ameobi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Turekken - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Turekken misses with a body punch.
Turekken throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ameobi is trying to break the clinch but Turekken has him pressed against the cage.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turekken throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ameobis head.
Turekken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turekken misses with the head strike.
Ameobi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right handed body shot lands from Turekken.
Turekken prevents Ameobi from breaking the clinch.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turekken pushes Ameobi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Turekken.
Turekken controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turekken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turekken stalling against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Turekken.
We've been informed that Ameobi has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turekken prevents Ameobi from breaking the clinch.
Ameobi is trying to push Turekken away but Turekken has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Turekken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turekken swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turekken scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Turekken misses its intended target.
Turekken tries to clinch but Ameobi moves out of range.
Ameobi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ameobi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turekken manages to avoid it.
Turekken misses with a body shot.
Ameobi gets tackled into the cage by Turekken. Turekken maintains the clinch.
Ameobi tries to circle away but Turekken has him pinned against the cage.
Turekken lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ameobi takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Turekken.
Turekken lands with a left to the head.
Turekken pressing his opponent against the cage.
Turekken misses with some punches.
Turekken lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ameobi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turekken is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ameobi can do to turn this around?
Turekken lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Turekken.
Geno Turekken has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turekken lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ameobi can't find room to land a body shot as Turekken controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geno Turekken dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Geno Turekken'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. This is the final round!
Ameobi connects with a body shot.
Turekken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ameobi.
Turekken thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turekken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shola Ameobi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ameobi swings for the body but Turekken moves out of range.
Ameobi misses with a double jab
and Turekken counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ameobi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turekken moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turekken lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shola Ameobi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ameobi misses with a two punch combination.
Ameobi walks into a left hand.
Geno Turekken is winning the standup battle so far.
Turekken stalks Ameobi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ameobi's face. Ameobi staggers backwards, shaken.
Ameobi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ameobi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Turekken counter with a right hand.
Ameobi is rocked!
Turekken lands with a nice body punch.
Turekken gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ameobi.
Ameobi looks to land a combination but Turekken avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ameobi misses with a combination
and Turekken counters with a right hand to the body.
Ameobi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turekken closes the distance and clinches.
Turekken lands with a right to the head.
Ameobi tries to break the clinch but Turekken is controlling the position.
Turekken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ameobi backwards.
Ameobi takes a shot to the head.
Ameobi manages to break the clinch.
Ameobi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turekken.
Ameobi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turekken looks to land a combination. Ameobi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ameobi is still on wobbly legs! Can Turekken finish him?
Ameobi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turekken circles away quickly and effectively.
Turekken was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ameobi seems to have recovered his senses.
Turekken moves into the clinch.
Turekken prevents Ameobi from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turekken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turekken pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ameobi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turekken loads up on a big right hand but Ameobi slips the punch.
Turekken punishes Ameobi's body with a nice straight punch.
Ameobi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ameobi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ameobi dodges the punch combination from Turekken.
Turekken lands a nice looking body shot.
Turekken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ameobi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turekken lunges at Ameobi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ameobi's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ameobi throws a combination that misses
and Turekken counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ameobi misses with a double jab.
Ameobi throws a body punch but Turekken moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ameobi. Turekken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooh!!! Turekken has knocked Ameobi down with a huge combo! Turekken steps away and waves a wobbly Ameobi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Turekken cracks a nice hook into Ameobi's ribs.
Ameobi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turekken appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Shola Ameobi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ameobi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turekken drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Ameobi right on the button. Ameobi goes down! Turekken follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Turekken gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geno Turekken!
Our winner, Geno Turekken, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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