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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ike Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Dragonforce - Through the Fire & the Flames as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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166 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ike Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Smith!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Turner counters with a body kick.
Turner walks into a jab.
Turner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith looks to land a combination but Turner avoids it well.
Turner connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Turner. That one must have hurt.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Turner.
Smith's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Smith scrambles back to his feet.
Turner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Kyle Smith has been cut.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Turner.
Turner sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Smith to the ground! Turner dives into full mount looking to finish!
Smith is rocked!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Smith trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Turner with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Turner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Turner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Turner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Turner looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Turner looking to finish with strikes here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to control the pace but Smith is squirming around nicely.
Smith tries to buck Turner off but he can't manage it.
Turner cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith is trying to stand.
Turner with a couple of short strikes.
Turner lands a big elbow.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Turner's attempts to control the action.
Turner won't let Smith get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Turner controlling the pace for now.
Smith bucks Turner off and manages to get back to his feet!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turner.
Turner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Turner feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner connects with a jab.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Turner.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Turner finish him?
Turner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A good leg kick by Turner.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Turner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turner thumps Smith with a low kick.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner throws a head kick that misses.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turner connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turner.
Turner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A left lands for Turner.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Turner lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Turner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Turner cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ike Turner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Smith's cut.
That's time! Turner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Turner thumps Smith with a low kick.
Turner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith avoids the body shot from Turner.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Smith sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Turner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turner lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
That kick from Turner tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Smith's head.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
Smith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Turner cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
Turner lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
Turner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turner. That's going to slow Smith down.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Turner works Smith's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Turner.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Turner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Turner.
Turner lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Turner.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick from Turner lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Turner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Kyle Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Turner tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Turner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turner jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Turner scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Turner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Turner - that will leave a mark!
Turner scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Ike Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Smith looks to land a combination but Turner avoids it well.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner connects with a high kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith misses with a combination
enabling Turner to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Turner scores with a jab to the head.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Turner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
Turner lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Turner blocks a jab.
Smith tries to move into range but Turner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Turner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ike Turner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kyle Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Turner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turner circles away quickly and effectively.
Turner lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Turner is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Turner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Turner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
Turner moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Turner scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Turner.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Turner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Good leg kick by Turner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith walks into a left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
Turner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good leg kick by Turner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Turner.
Turner connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
That kick from Turner tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Turner.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Turner.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Kyle Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith tries to bum rush Turner with a series of wild strikes but Turner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith misses with a jab to the body
and Turner makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Smith really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turner is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turner throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.
Turner lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Turner counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Turner takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A good leg kick by Turner.
Turner lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Turner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
Turner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turner scores with a spinning back kick!
Turner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Turner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Turner counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kyle Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turner stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Turner jabs at Smith's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turner.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Turner counters with a big head kick but Smith shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ike Turner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turner 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ike Turner!
A very excited looking Ike Turner 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.
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