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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aiden August (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arc Turian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aiden August had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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176 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Aiden August!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arc Turian!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
August throws a poor cross that misses
and Turian counters with a low kick, right behind August 's knee.
Turian scores with a spinning back kick!
August just misses with a punch to the body.
Turian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice body kick from Turian.
August throws a hook but Turian blocks it.
August connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turian scores with a push kick.
Turian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. August manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
August throws a nice looking combination but Turian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turian has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but August moves away.
Turian scores with a kick to the midsection.
August shoots in for a takedown but Turian shows good takedown defense.
August lands with an uppercut that bounces Turian off the cage and back into range.
A telegraphed right hand from August misses the target.
August throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turian fakes the leg kick and cracks August in the body.
Turian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turian has closed the distance and engaged August in a clinch.
Turian lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turian landing knees to the head.
Turian lands a body punch in the clinch.
August working hard to break the clinch.
August tries for a takedown but Turian manages to get underhooks.
Turian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has August in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Turian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
August looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
August has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Turian avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiden August. That's going to take a lot out of him.
August taking a breather.
Turian lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turian stops a takedown attempt from August.
August is breathing heavily.
Turian gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from August.
August has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
August takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Turian.
Turian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Turian landing knees to the body.
Turian landing knees to the body.
Turian connects with a knee to the head.
August takes a knee to the side of the body.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section. August lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Turian.
Turian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turian landing knees to the body.
Turian lands a nice knee to the body.
Turian crunches a lovely knee into August's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Turian.
Turian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turian working August over with knees to the body.
Turian lands a left hand that snaps the head of August backwards.
Turian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Turian gets underhooks to prevent August's takedown attempt.
Turian scores with a knee to the head.
Turian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Turian.
A left hand lands to the body for Turian.
A body shot lands from Turian.
August tries to break free but Turian pushes him back against the cage.
Turian with a knee to the head.
Turian lands a knee to the body.
Turian is pressed up against the cage. August has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Turian down to the mat. Turian avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
August is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Turian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Turian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
August throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turian's hands are dropping dangerously low here and August connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turian scrambles back to his feet.
Turian misses with a straight left.
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!
August looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turian.
August tries for a takedown but Turian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Turian clinches with his opponent.
Turian prevents a takedown attempt there.
Turian works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section. August lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bit of stalling here from Turian.
Turian scores with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Turian as the two fighters clinch.
August swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arc Turian dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Turian slips a straight right by August.
August is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
August lands a nice looking body shot.
August misses with a jab, cross combination.
August misses with a straight left.
Turian cracks August with a good jab.
August lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turian circles away quickly and effectively.
August connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
August keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
August is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Turian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from August.
August fails with a takedown attempt.
August throws a big shot that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turian buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! August crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Turian - the referee stops the clock and August gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Turian. August manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
August cracks Turian with an open hand slap.
Aiden August seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from August.
August connects with a right hand. Turian shakes it off.
Aiden August is winning the standup battle so far.
Turian clinches with his opponent.
August takes a knee right on the jaw!
Arc Turian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch on the inside from August fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turian scores a nice knee to the body.
Turian connects with a knee to the head.
August swings away with an uppercut that misses.
August pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
August uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turian has time to react.
Turian scoring well with a low kick there.
Horrible takedown by August or perhaps it was just good defense by Turian which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiden August. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turian slips a jab from August.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
August throws a sloppy body shot
and Turian counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Turian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Turian there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with August, pushing him back against the cage.
August tries for a takedown but Turian manages to get underhooks.
August looking to stall.
August lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turian backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Turian.
Turian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
August drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Turian gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
August will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Turian scores with a knee to the head.
August goes for a takedown in the clinch but Turian prevents it.
Turian working August over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turian takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Turian lands a good knee to the midsection. August won't want to take too many of those.
Turian lands a knee to the head.
Turian landing knees to the head.
Turian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Turian leaning his opponent against the cage.
Turian landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turian.
August working some nice short punches in the clinch.
August misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turian scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turian connects with a nasty looking knee right to August's face.
Turian with a knee to the head.
August is trying to break free.
Turian dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Turian landing knees to the body.
Turian connects with a knee to the head.
Turian lands with a light punch inside.
August tries to break the clinch but Turian is controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turian with a knee to the head.
Turian lands a nice knee to the body.
Turian pushes August back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
August is looking to take this one to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arc Turian showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Turian feints and then cracks August's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow August down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turian. That's going to slow August down.
Turian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Turian lands with a right to the head.
August tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turian landing knees to the head.
Turian lands a knee to the body.
Turian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
August has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Turian is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
August wants to break the clinch but can't.
Turian working August over with knees to the body.
August is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
August is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aiden August. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turian crunches a lovely knee into August's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turian pushes August back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Turian lands a knee to the head.
Turian trying to stall but August improves his position.
Turian taking a breather.
Turian prevents August from breaking the clinch.
August looking to slow down the pace here.
August tries for a takedown but Turian manages to get underhooks.
Turian's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Turian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turian receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arc Turian.
August throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
August lands an overhand right.
August misses with a straight right.
Turian goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
August clobbers Turian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
August lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
August lands a nice shot that snaps Turian's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turian on the wrong end of a nice hook.
August misses with a takedown attempt - Turian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
August thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and August has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Turian clinches up against the cage.
Turian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Turian gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from August.
Turian utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
August tries for a takedown but Turian manages to get underhooks.
Turian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
August takes a knee right on the jaw!
August has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Turian avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Turian leaning his opponent against the cage.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section. August lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turian taking a breather.
Turian is working August over 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!
August is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Turian lands a knee to the body.
August lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Turian.
Knees in the clinch landing for Turian.
Turian with a knee to the head.
Turian digs a right hand underneath August's ribcage. August let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Turian scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Turian.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
August wants to break free but Turian has control.
Turian unloads a knee to the mid-section. August lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Aiden August has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
August misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turian stops a takedown attempt from August.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arc Turian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arc Turian!
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energy
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