PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Junior Lessard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsti Turjake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lessard comes to the cage accompanied by Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley. Torsti Turjake is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lessard
vs
Turjake

175 cm
22
163 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
163 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Lessard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsti Turjake!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lessard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Turjake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turjake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Lessard.
Lessard misses with a hook. Turjake ducked under it nicely.
Lessard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lessard blocks a low kick nicely.
Lessard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lessard throws a front kick aimed at Turjake's knee but Turjake avoids it well.
Turjake jabs Lessard right on the nose. Lessard blinks but takes it well.
Turjake cracks Lessard with an open hand slap.
Lessard throws a head kick but Turjake moves out of range.
Nice shot by Turjake.
Lessard slips under a jab from Turjake.
Lessard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turjake is out of range.
Lessard throws a looping overhand right but Turjake ducks down to avoid it.
Lessard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lessard lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Turjake misses.
Lessard throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake connects with a right hand. Lessard shakes it off.
No joy there for Lessard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turjake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lessard moves away.
Turjake tries to bum rush Lessard with a series of wild strikes but Lessard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lessard looks to land a right hand but Turjake moved out of range.
Turjake scoring well with a low kick there.
Lessard slips a straight right by Turjake.
Turjake thuds a left hand into Lessard's body.
Lessard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turjake is out of range.
Turjake ducks under a wild hook from Lessard.
Nice defenses there by Lessard.
Nice defenses there by Lessard.
Lessard looks to score with a jab to the body but Turjake is just out of range.
Lessard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turjake.
Lessard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turjake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turjake swings for the body but Lessard moves out of range.
Lessard throws a leg kick but Turjake sees it coming and moves out of range.
Turjake throws an overhand right that lands on Lessard's shoulder, as Lessard tries to avoid the shot.
Turjake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lessard checks it well.
Lessard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turjake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lessard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turjake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lessard manages to avoid it.
Junior Lessard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lessard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turjake blocks a leg kick.
Lessard fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Turjake misses
and Lessard counters with a nice uppercut.
Good work by Lessard as he checks the leg kick.
Lessard connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Turjake momentarily.
Turjake looks to land a left hand but Lessard moved out of range nicely.
Turjake checks a low kick from Lessard.
Turjake tests Lessard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turjake works the jab nicely.
Turjake throws a looping overhand right but Lessard ducks down to avoid it.
Lessard misses with a hook. Turjake ducked under it nicely.
Lessard throws the left hand but Turjake avoids the punch easily.
Lessard walks into a jab.
Lessard throws a leg kick but Turjake sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard scores with a nice body kick.
Turjake throws a jab when Lessard was well out of range.
Turjake slips a straight right by Lessard.
Turjake misses with a straight left.
Lessard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turjake throws out the jab.
Turjake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lessard circles away quickly and effectively.
Turjake loads up on a big right hand but Lessard slips the punch.
Turjake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lessard was well out of range. Poor timing from Turjake.
Turjake throws a jab when Lessard was well out of range.
Lessard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turjake.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
Turjake takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Turjake lands with an uppercut that bounces Lessard off the cage and back into rage.
Turjake slips a jab and a cross from Lessard.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lessard checks a leg kick.
Lessard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turjake.
Turjake works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lessard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turjake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessard lands a slapping body shot.
Lessard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Turjake throws a big shot that misses.
Turjake throws a body punch but Lessard moves out of range.
No joy there for Turjake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lessard throws a head kick that misses.
Turjake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lessard moves away.

Lessard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Turjake drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lessard gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Turjake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turjake throws an overhand right that lands on Lessard's shoulder, as Lessard tries to avoid the shot.

Lessard has Turjake up against the cage in a clinch.
Lessard working Turjake over with knees to the body.
Lessard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Turjake is keeping busy.
Turjake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lessard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lessard lands a nice shot to the body.
Turjake looks gassed!
Lessard lands a hook to the side of the head.

Turjake breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut there from Lessard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Lessard dominated that round.
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.

Turjake misses with an uppercut. Lessard saw that one coming.

Lessard moves into the clinch successfully.
Nice elbow from Lessard.

It looks like Torsti Turjake has been cut.
Lessard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Turjake in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lessard is pressed up against the cage. Turjake has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lessard down to the mat. Lessard avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lessard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lessard scores with a three punch combo!
Turjake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lessard.
Lessard lands a nice hook to Turjake's body. Turjake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lessard cracks the inside of Turjake's front leg.
Turjake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lessard.
Turjake misses with a straight right.
Lessard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lessard misses with a low kick.
Lessard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turjake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turjake is breathing heavily.
Turjake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lessard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turjake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lessard throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lessard misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lessard.
Lessard lands an overhand right.
Lessard avoids the body shot from Turjake.
Lessard tries to clinch up but Turjake circles away and keeps his distance.
Lessard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turjake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lessard lands with an uppercut that bounces Turjake off the cage and back into rage.
Turjake takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Turjake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lessard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turjake misses with a hook.
Lessard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turjake keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turjake throws a low kick, looking for Lessard's leg but Lessard calmly moves out of range.
Turjake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turjake on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
Lessard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessard throws a hook but Turjake blocks it.
Turjake connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lessard throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Turjake.
Lessard tries to close the distance and clinch but Turjake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turjake.
Lessard dodges the punch combination from Turjake.
Lessard moves in looking to clinch but Turjake pushes him off.
Turjake scores with a jab to the jaw.
Turjake dodges the punch combination from Lessard.
Lessard moves out of range of the strikes.
Turjake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lessard.
Turjake takes one to the chin there.
Lessard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turjake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lessard slips under a jab from Turjake.
Lessard lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard lands a head kick. Turjake smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Turjake throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lessard counters with a nice low kick that buckles Turjake's knee momentarily.
Turjake works the jab nicely.
Turjake's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turjake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lessard throws a shot from downtown. Turjake moves away and avoids it.
Turjake takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lessard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turjake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turjake lands a body shot.
Turjake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turjake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lessard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lessard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lessard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lessard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turjake throws a shot from downtown. Lessard moves away and avoids it.
A low kick from Turjake is predictable there
and Lessard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lessard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turjake.
Turjake misses with a combination
and Lessard counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessard throws a looping overhand right but Turjake ducks down to avoid it.
Turjake throws a hook but Lessard blocks it.
Lessard throws a hook to the side of Turjake's head but Turjake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lessard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turjake.
Lessard lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lessard.
Junior Lessard is winning the standup battle so far.
Lessard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lessard lands a slapping body shot.
Lessard walks into a stiff left hand from Turjake.
Lessard lands an overhand right.
Lessard just misses with a punch to the body.
Lessard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turjake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lessard tries a low kick but Turjake avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lessard slips under a jab from Turjake.
Lessard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lessard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turjake can pounce on him.
Lessard throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Lessard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Torsti Turjake's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Turjake lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turjake has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lessard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turjake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lessard misses with a head kick.
Lessard scores with a body shot.
Lessard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Turjake moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lessard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lessard throws an overhand right that lands on Turjake's shoulder, as Turjake tries to avoid the shot.
Turjake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lessard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lessard lands a head kick!
Lessard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Turjake.
Lessard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turjake.
Lessard tries a low kick but Turjake avoids it.
Turjake moves into range and connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Turjake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Lessard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turjake throws a body punch but Lessard moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Turjake.
Turjake checks a low kick from Lessard.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Lessard.
A jab lands there for Lessard.
Turjake cracks Lessard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lessard takes one to the chin there.

Lessard rushes Turjake and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Turjake working hard to break the clinch.
Turjake has a couple of punches blocked by Lessard.
Turjake working hard to break the clinch.
Lessard misses with an elbow over the top.
Turjake tries to throw a body punch but Lessard avoids it by throwing Turjake back against the cage.
Lessard trying to land knees to the body.
Lessard trying to land knees to the body.
Lessard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turjake managing to block the knees to the body from Lessard.
Lessard prevents Turjake from breaking the clinch.
Lessard is leaning against Turjake and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lessard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Turjake or not.
Turjake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lessard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turjake is defending well for now.
Lessard digs a right hand into Turjake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turjake's gas tank.
Lessard lands an elbow inside that Turjake shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lessard has Turjake pressed against the cage, preventing Turjake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turjake managing to block the knees to the body from Lessard.
Lessard lands a hook that snaps the head of Turjake backwards.
Lessard lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Turjake looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lessard keeps control of Turjake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lessard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lessard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lessard tries to land knees in the clinch but Turjake avoids the damage to the body.
Junior Lessard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Turjake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lessard trying to land knees to the body.
Lessard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turjake working hard to break the clinch.
Lessard landing knees to the head.
Lessard lands a body shot.
Lessard misses with an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Lessard.
Turjake takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lessard presses Turjake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lessard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lessard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lessard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turjake.
Lessard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lessard scores with a shot to the side of Turjake's head.
Turjake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lessard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lessard pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lessard misses with a looping left.
Lessard tests Turjake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turjake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lessard.
Lessard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good standup being displayed there by Turjake as he connects with a hook.
Turjake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lessard was well out of range. Poor timing from Turjake.
Turjake uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lessard has time to react.
Lessard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turjake's head.
Lessard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lessard misses with a low kick.
Turjake tried to score with a low kick but Lessard checks it.
Lessard throws a leg kick but Turjake checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lessard.
Lessard missing with a left hand there. Turjake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turjake scores with a decent looking hook.
Lessard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lessard avoids the body shot from Turjake.
Turjake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lessard blocks a jab.
Turjake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lessard.
A left and a right from Turjake both land. Nice combination.
Turjake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lessard counters with a nice uppercut.
Turjake throws a big shot that misses.
Lessard connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turjake throws a big shot that misses.
Turjake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lessard tried to score with a low kick but Turjake checks it.
Lessard motions for Turjake to come forward. Lessard throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Lessard clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Torsti Turjake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A bone on bone clash there as Turjake blocks the leg kick.
Lessard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turjake's sensitive parts.
Lessard tries to clinch but Turjake moves out of range.
Turjake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turjake moves out of range as Lessard throws a body kick.
Turjake throws a jab when Lessard was well out of range.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Lessard moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Turjake.
Lessard looks for the body kick but Turjake saw that one coming.
Turjake takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Lessard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lessard throws a front kick aimed at Turjake's knee but Turjake avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turjake loads up on a big right hand but Lessard slips the punch.
Turjake misses the jab.
Lessard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turjake avoids the head kick by Lessard.
Lessard tests Turjake's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lessard tries to clinch up but Turjake circles away and keeps his distance.
Lessard misses with a low kick.
Lessard scoring well with a low kick there.
Turjake throws a jab when Lessard was well out of range.
Turjake throws out a loose jab but Lessard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lessard throws a front kick aimed at Turjake's knee but Turjake avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turjake. Lessard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turjake throws a shot from downtown. Lessard moves away and avoids it.
Lessard throws a leg kick which misses Turjake's front leg but catches the back leg as Turjake tries to avoid it.
Lessard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turjake on the side of the head.
Turjake throws a jab when Lessard was well out of range.
Lessard throws a hook to the side of Turjake's head but Turjake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turjake misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Turjake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Lessard.
Turjake scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Turjake throws a leg kick but Lessard checks it.
Turjake looks to land a left hand but Lessard moved out of range nicely.
Turjake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Lessard.
Turjake shoots in but Lessard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Turjake throws a shot to the body.
Lessard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lessard walks into a straight right hand from Turjake.
Lessard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lessard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Lessard lands a really nice looking cross but Turjake seems unphased.
Turjake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turjake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Lessard misses.
Lessard moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turjake misses with a body shot.
Turjake lands a slapping body shot.
Lessard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lessard avoids the body shot from Turjake.
Turjake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lessard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turjake throws out the jab.
Lessard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turjake.
Lessard throws a hook but Turjake blocks it.
Turjake throws a good cross that connects.
Turjake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turjake throws a shot from downtown. Lessard moves away and avoids it.
Lessard stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lessard throws a leg kick but Turjake sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lessard just misses with a punch to the body.
Turjake moves out of range as Lessard strikes.
Lessard delivers a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lessard slips under a jab from Turjake.
Turjake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turjake looks to throw the jab but Lessard is out of range.
Lessard thows a leg kick but Turjake checks it
and Turjake counters with a straight right hand.
Turjake throws a leg kick
and Lessard counters with a nice leg kick.
Turjake blocks the body kick.
Turjake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lessard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lessard connects with a solid leg kick.
Lessard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Turjake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turjake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lessard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lessard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lessard doesn't manage to clinch there - Turjake circles away.
A punch combination from Lessard misses.
Lessard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turjake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Lessard had his way with Torsti Turjake in that round.
The cut man is working on Torsti Turjake's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lessard misses with a low kick.
Lessard fails to land with a series of punches.
A big left from Turjake misses.
Lessard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lessard takes a swing at Turjake's ribcage but misses.
Lessard sizes up Turjake with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turjake smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turjake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lessard.
Lessard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Turjake throws out a loose jab but Lessard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lessard just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lessard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turjake checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice cross by Turjake.
Lessard connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lessard throws out a leg kick but Turjake moves out of range and Lessard only half commits.
Lessard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turjake.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lessard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lessard tries to clinch but Turjake is having none of it.
Lessard thuds a left hand into Turjake's body.
Turjake looks to land a right hand but Lessard moved out of range.
Lessard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turjake circles away quickly and effectively.
Lessard throws a hook but Turjake blocks it.
Turjake throws a hook but Lessard blocks it.
Turjake lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lessard at a distance.
Turjake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lessard moves away.
Lessard moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turjake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lessard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lessard blocks a jab.
Lessard staying out of range there.
Lessard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lessard misses with a straight left.
Turjake throws a chopping leg kick but Lessard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lessard needs to keep his hands up - Turjake had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lessard tries to clinch up but Turjake circles away and keeps his distance.
Lessard tries to work over Turjake's front leg with a kick but Turjake checks it.
Lessard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turjake moves away.
Turjake checks a low kick from Lessard.
Lessard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lessard ducks under a wild hook from Turjake.
Lessard lands a right hook to the body.
Lessard stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lessard wants it to stay on the feet.
Lessard looks to score with a jab to the body but Turjake is just out of range.
Turjake lands a jab to Lessard's midsection.
Lessard is looking to chop away at Turjake's legs.
Lessard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turjake checks it well.
Turjake swings for the body but Lessard moves out of range.
Turjake misses with a combination
and Lessard counters with a low kick, right behind Turjake 's knee.
Lessard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lessard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lessard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lessard throws a right hand that Turjake ducks under and follows up with a left that Turjake also avoids with ease.
Lessard throws a lazy head kick
letting Turjake counter with a right hand.
Lessard with a hook.
Lessard throws a looping overhand right but Turjake ducks down to avoid it.
Turjake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lessard slips under a jab.
Lessard wants to clinch up but Turjake keeps it at a distance.
Torsti Turjake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Junior Lessard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lessard defending well as Turjake loads up on a big left hand.
Lessard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lessard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lessard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turjake throws a looping overhand right but Lessard ducks down to avoid it.
Lessard misses with a jab to the body

and Turjake counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lessard is trying to maintain the position but Turjake is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lessard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Well, if Turjake is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Turjake is thwarting Lessard's attempts to control the position.
Lessard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lessard gets back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Torsti Turjake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lessard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Lessard!
Junior Lessard retains his lightweight title!