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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Turko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Toulon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivan Turko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ivan Turko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andre Toulon!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Turko.
Toulon tries to clinch up but Turko circles away and keeps his distance.
Turko looks to land a right hand but Toulon moved out of range.
Toulon takes one to the chin there.
Nice straight punches there by Toulon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Toulon.
It looks like Ivan Turko has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turko 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 Toulon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toulon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Turko is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Toulon misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Toulon misses the target.
Toulon misses with a straight right.
Turko moves into range and clinches up with Toulon.
Toulon lands with a short shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Turko.
Turko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turko lands a knee to the head.
Toulon misses with some punches.
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turko misses with a knee to the head.
Turko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toulon's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toulon.
Toulon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andre Toulon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turko moves into the clinch.
Turko breaks the clinch.
Turko moves into the clinch.
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Turko connects with a knee to the head.
Turko tries a knee to the head but Toulon blocks it.
A short right from Toulon.
Toulon is looking to control Turko's arms but Turko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toulon has his back to the cage.
Toulon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Toulon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Toulon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Toulon just leaning against Turko, taking a breather.
Toulon misses with some punches.
Toulon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Toulon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turko.
Toulon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Toulon misses with a punch on the inside.
Toulon taking a breather.
A right handed body shot lands from Toulon.
Toulon misses with a body punch.
Turko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Andre Toulon has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toulon pushes Turko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toulon throws a head punch that misses.
Turko manages to break the clinch.
Toulon lands with a shot to the body.
Turko is breathing heavily.
Toulon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Turko rushes Toulon and presses him up against the cage.
Turko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turko prevents a body shot from Toulon.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Turko misses with a knee to the head.
Turko manages to break the clinch.
Turko moves out of range as Toulon strikes.
Toulon clinches but Turko breaks the clinch
and Turko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turko misses with an elbow over the top.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toulon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Toulon takes a knee to the side of the body.
Turko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toulon blocks it with crossed arms.
Turko lands an elbow inside.
Turko misses with a knee strike.
Toulon takes an elbow to the temple.
Toulon misses with the head strike.
Turko tries to stall but Toulon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toulon has Turko pressed against the cage.
Toulon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toulon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turko lands a damaging elbow.
Toulon is leaning against Turko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Toulon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toulon blocks an elbow strike.
Turko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toulon blocks it with crossed arms.
Toulon misses with the head strike.
Turko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Toulon.
Turko connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turko.
Toulon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Toulon blocks with his arms.
Toulon throws a punch but it's blocked by Turko.
Toulon taking a breather.
Turko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Turko prevents a body shot from Toulon.
Turko lands an elbow that stopped Toulon in his tracks for a moment.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toulon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toulon taking a breather.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Turko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Turko.
Turko pushes off an throws an elbow but Toulon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Turko throws an elbow that misses.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Toulon blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turko as Toulon tries to tie him up.
Turko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toulon takes an elbow to the temple.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turko as Toulon tries to tie him up.
Toulon misses with a body punch.
Toulon digs a right hand underneath Turko's ribcage. Turko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Toulon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon takes a knee right on the jaw!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turko with a knee to the head.
Turko landing knees to the body.
Turko landing knees to the head.
Turko lands a nice elbow.
Turko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Toulon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Toulon.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ivan Turko will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Toulon takes a swing at Turko's ribcage but misses.
Toulon tries to clinch but Turko is having none of it.
Turko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turko has closed the distance and engaged Toulon in a clinch.
Ivan Turko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toulon blocks it with crossed arms.
Toulon has a couple of punches blocked by Turko.
A right hook to the body lands for Toulon.
Turko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toulon avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Toulon.
Turko blocks a body shot from Toulon.
Toulon digs a right hand underneath Turko's ribcage. Turko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toulon is defending well for now.
Toulon misses with a punch on the inside.
Turko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toulon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Toulon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toulon presses Turko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Toulon.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toulon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turko backwards.
Toulon lands with a short shot to the head.
Toulon tries to throw a body punch but Turko avoids it by throwing Toulon back against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turko misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toulon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Toulon blocks an elbow strike from Turko.
Toulon has a couple of punches blocked by Turko.
A right hook to the body lands for Toulon.
Toulon is looking to control Turko's arms but Turko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toulon has his back to the cage.
Toulon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Turko wants to get back to striking at distance but Toulon won't allow it.
Toulon working aggressively here.
Toulon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Turko as Toulon tries to tie him up.
Toulon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turko backwards.
Turko is trying to stall.
Toulon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turko lands a knee to the head.
Toulon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Toulon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turko's elbow.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon lands a nice uppercut.
Toulon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon is looking to control Turko's arms but Turko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toulon has his back to the cage.
Toulon avoiding damage as Turko throws knees to the body.
Toulon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turko backwards.
Turko looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toulon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Turko misses with an elbow over the top.
Turko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toulon misses with a straight right.
Toulon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Toulon looks to score with a jab to the body but Turko is just out of range.
Toulon tries to clinch up.
Toulon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toulon moves in looking to clinch but Turko pushes him off.
Turko closes the distance and clinches.
Turko being controlled against the cage.
Turko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toulon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Toulon circles away.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toulon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toulon looks to throw the jab but Turko is out of range.
Turko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Toulon counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko moves out of range of the strikes.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Toulon pushes him off.
Toulon throws a looping overhand right but Turko ducks down to avoid it.
Turko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toulon.
Toulon misses with an uppercut.
Turko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Toulon misses the target.
Toulon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toulon clinches up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Toulon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Toulon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Toulon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Toulon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turko is keeping busy.
Toulon misses with a punch to the body.
Turko scores with a knee to the head.
Turko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toulon working aggressively here.
Turko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toulon blocks it with crossed arms.
Turko blocks an uppercut.
Toulon has a couple of punches blocked by Turko.
Toulon throws a head punch that misses.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Toulon blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Toulon takes an elbow to the temple.
Toulon tries to throw a body punch but Turko avoids it by throwing Toulon back against the cage.
Toulon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turko crunches a lovely knee into Toulon's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toulon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivan Turko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toulon misses with a wild combination.
Turko avoids the body shot from Toulon.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turko moves in looking to clinch but Toulon pushes him off.
Toulon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turko on the side of the head.
Toulon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turko clinches but Toulon breaks the clinch
and Toulon counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Toulon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Turko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Toulon is able to avoid easily.
Toulon throws a lazy right hand but Turko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Toulon circles away.
Turko is looking to clinch but Toulon is avoiding it.
Toulon tries to clinch up but Turko circles away and keeps his distance.
Turko wants to clinch up but Toulon keeps it at a distance.
Toulon looks to land a right hand but Turko moved out of range.
Turko needs to keep his hands up - Toulon had a free shot at his head there.
Toulon tries to clinch but Turko moves out of range.
Toulon just misses with a punch to the body.
Toulon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turko.
Turko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Toulon circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toulon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Turko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toulon's face.
Nice elbow from Turko.
Toulon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toulon's face.
Toulon takes an elbow to the temple.
Toulon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Toulon.
A body shot lands from Toulon.
With the fighters up against the cage, Turko throws an elbow but misses.
Turko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Turko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toulon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turko breaks the clinch.
Turko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toulon.
Toulon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toulon wants to clinch
and Turko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Turko.
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon swings wildly with an uppercut but Turko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toulon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toulon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andre Toulon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toulon pushes Turko up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Toulon fails to land.
Toulon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon misses with the head strike.
Turko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Toulon.
Toulon misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toulon presses Turko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Toulon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Toulon.
Good body shot from Toulon.
Turko blocking some punches.
Turko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Toulon working aggressively here.
Turko connects with a knee to the head.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
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!
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toulon blocks an elbow strike from Turko.
Turko blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Toulon.
Turko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toulon's defenses.
Toulon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Toulon trying to control the position but instead, Turko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Toulon into the cage.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Toulon scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko blocks a body shot from Toulon.
A short body shot lands from Toulon as the two fighters clinch.
Toulon stalling.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon working aggressively here.
A short right from Toulon on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Toulon.
Turko tries to break the clinch but Toulon is controlling the position.
Toulon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toulon misses with a body punch.
Turko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Toulon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Turko blocks an uppercut.
Toulon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Turko scores a nice knee to the body.
Toulon blocks an elbow strike from Turko.
Toulon throws a head punch that misses.
Turko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Turko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Toulon scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Toulon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Toulon is trying to maintain a safe position but Turko gets an underhook and turns Toulon into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toulon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Turko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toulon avoids it.
Turko misses with an elbow over the top.
Turko blocks a body shot from Toulon.
Turko lands an elbow inside that Toulon shrugs off.
Turko blocking some punches.
Toulon tries to work over Turko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Toulon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turko misses with a head kick.
Turko tries to clinch up but Toulon circles away and keeps his distance.
Turko wants to clinch but Toulon slips to the side
and Toulon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Toulon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Toulon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toulon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toulon is defending well for now.
Toulon swings wildly with an uppercut but Turko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toulon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Toulon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Toulon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Toulon!
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