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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Hadi Ozturk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Roth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hadi Ozturk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Roth!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth lands a body shot.
Ozturk seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ozturk tries a head kick but it misses.
Hadi Ozturk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozturk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Roth's calf.
Roth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ozturk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ozturk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ozturk misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roth. Ozturk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ozturk lands with a nice body kick.
Ozturk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ozturk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ozturk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ozturk has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roth finds it's way round the side to connect with Ozturk's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Roth as he checks the leg kick.
Roth lands a slapping body shot.
Ozturk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ozturk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ozturk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
An inside leg kick lands from Ozturk.
A jab lands there for Roth.
Roth moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk tries a head kick but it misses.
Roth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ozturk was well out of range. Poor timing from Roth.
Roth checks the leg kick.
Ozturk takes one to the chin there.
Roth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Roth lands a jab to Ozturk's midsection.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch but Ozturk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ozturk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ozturk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ozturk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ozturk walks into a jab.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Roth is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Roth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ozturk.
Nice uppercut lands for Roth. That snapped Ozturk's head back.
Roth works Ozturk's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roth connects with a body shot.
Ozturk is breathing heavily.
Ozturk throws a solid leg kick but Roth takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ozturk.
Ozturk is looking to score with low kicks.
Roth scores with a punch to the head.
Ozturk misses with a kick to the body.
Ozturk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick misses from Ozturk.
Roth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roth tries to clinch there but Ozturk circles away.
Roth gets a clinch.
Roth working aggressively here.
Roth just leaning against Ozturk, taking a breather.
Roth is working Ozturk over against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Roth.
A head punch on the inside from Roth fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Roth 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.
Roth takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Roth walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ozturk.
Ozturk keeps the fight on the outside.
Hadi Ozturk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ozturk takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Roth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ozturk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good exchange - Roth coming out on top.
Roth swinging wildly here.
Roth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ozturk throws a solid leg kick but Roth takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ozturk.
Roth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ozturk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ozturk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Roth connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ozturk's hands.
Roth scores with a hook to the body. Ozturk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ozturk misses with a wild combination.
Roth pushes Ozturk up against the ropes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roth.
Roth misses with a body punch.
Roth swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozturk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ozturk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roth throws a head punch that misses.
Ozturk wants to get back to striking at distance but Roth won't allow it.
Roth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Roth.
Come on Roth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roth pushes Ozturk back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Roth lands with a short shot to the head.
Roth misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roth misses with a body punch.
Roth works on Ozturk's body with a couple of short punches.
Ozturk wants to get back to striking at distance but Roth won't allow it.
A short right from Roth on the inside.
Roth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roth misses with some punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roth.
Roth scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Roth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Roth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ozturk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ozturk.
Ozturk misses with a head kick.
Ozturk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roth.
Ozturk lands a head kick. Roth smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ozturk 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 Roth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Roth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Roth moves out of range of the body kick from Ozturk.
Ozturk throws a sloppy head kick and Roth moves out of range easily.
Roth takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Roth on the inside.
Roth stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Roth lands with a left to the head.
Roth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ozturk's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth just leaning against Ozturk, taking a breather.
Roth is leaning against Ozturk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Roth.
Roth tries a body shot but Ozturk blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roth.
Ozturk looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roth cracks Ozturk with a nice body shot.
Roth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ozturk backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Roth fails to land.
Ozturk taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roth.
Good body shot from Roth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Roth.
Roth has a couple of punches blocked by Ozturk.
Roth misses with a body punch.
Roth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roth lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Roth.
Roth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Roth.
Roth lands a left hand.
Hadi Ozturk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Roth comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roth 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Roth!
Tim Roth took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Bad Man Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Hadi Ozturk was interviewed post fight and said 'Tim Roth was #1 pick for a reason. Congrats to him and good luck to all the guys who remain in the competition'.
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energy
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