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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katurian Tupolski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tupolski comes to the ring accompanied by Mobb Deep - Shook Ones part II. Wilson has chosen The Last Dragon as his entrance music. Don Wilson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Katurian Tupolski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tupolski ducks under a wild hook from Wilson.
Wilson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
No joy there for Wilson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tupolski swings for the body but Wilson moves out of range.
Tupolski throws out a loose jab but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tupolski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilson.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wilson, as that shot connected.
Tupolski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tupolski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tupolski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tupolski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tupolski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tupolski misses with a low kick as Wilson jumps back.
We've been informed that Wilson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wilson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tupolski.
Tupolski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wilson was well out of range. Poor timing from Tupolski.
Wilson throws a hook but Tupolski blocks it.
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Tupolski slips the punch.
Wilson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tupolski throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupolski staying out of range there.
Tupolski throws a sloppy head kick and Wilson moves out of range easily.
Wilson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tupolski.
Wilson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tupolski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
Tupolski explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Katurian Tupolski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wilson rushes Tupolski and presses him up against the ropes.
Wilson throws an elbow that misses.
Tupolski misses with some punches.
Tupolski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tupolski lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wilson.
Tupolski breaks the clinch.
Wilson fails to land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Tupolski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wilson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wilson misses with a hook.
Tupolski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tupolski slips a jab from Wilson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wilson throws the left hand but Tupolski avoids the punch easily.
Tupolski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tupolski thuds his shin into the meat of Wilson's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson wants to clinch.
Wilson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tupolski.
Tupolski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wilson under the eye.
Wilson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson missing with a left hand there. Tupolski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tupolski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Tupolski moved out of range.
Wilson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tupolski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tupolski finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wilson throws a series of punches but Tupolski avoids them all with ease.
Tupolski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wilson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wilson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wilson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a body shot.
Tupolski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tupolski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wilson.
Wilson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tupolski has Wilson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wilson lands a left hand.
Wilson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tupolski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tupolski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tupolski tries to stall but Wilson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wilson scores with a shoulder strike.
Wilson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson lands a damaging elbow.
Tupolski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tupolski throws a solid leg kick but Wilson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tupolski.
Wilson moves out of range of the body kick.
Wilson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tupolski misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupolski defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Tupolski moves away and avoids it.
Wilson misses with a wild combination.
Wilson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tupolski throws a wild body kick that Wilson sees coming a mile off.
Tupolski is looking to wear down Wilson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tupolski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tupolski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tupolski lands with an uppercut that bounces Wilson off the ropes and back into range.
Wilson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Tupolski does it's job there.
Tupolski looks to land a body kick but Wilson moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Tupolski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tupolski scores with a body shot.
Tupolski lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wilson will feel that in the morning.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tupolski, right into the meat.
Tupolski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wilson.
Wilson misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katurian Tupolski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tupolski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wilson.
Tupolski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Katurian Tupolski is winning the standup battle so far.
Tupolski misses with a straight right.
Tupolski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wilson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tupolski cracks the inside of Wilson's front leg.
Wilson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tupolski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wilson scrambles back to his feet.
Tupolski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wilson.
Tupolski cracks the inside of Wilson's front leg.
Tupolski misses with a wild combination.
Tupolski connects with a leg kick. Wilson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tupolski connects with a leg kick. Wilson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Tupolski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson clobbers Tupolski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tupolski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wilson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tupolski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wilson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tupolski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wilson really felt that one!
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch but Tupolski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupolski throws a head kick that misses.
Wilson throws a hook to the side of Tupolski's head but Tupolski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tupolski feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tupolski moves away from the strike by Wilson.
Wilson throws a lazy right hand but Tupolski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tupolski misses with a low kick.
Tupolski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tupolski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Wilson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tupolski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jab, jab by Wilson - just one landing.
Tupolski is looking to score with low kicks.
Wilson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wilson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice defenses there by Tupolski.
Sloppy strikes from Wilson. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tupolski moves into the clinch successfully.
Tupolski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wilson can do to turn this around?
A short uppercut from Tupolski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Tupolski's head.
Tupolski breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Tupolski.
Tupolski throws a low kick, looking for Wilson's leg but Wilson calmly moves out of range.
Tupolski slips under a jab from Wilson.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wilson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tupolski tries to land a front kick but Wilson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Tupolski moves away and avoids it.
Wilson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tupolski.
Wilson misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Tupolski to counter with a crisp jab.
Tupolski lands a leg kick that knocks Wilson off balance momentarily.
Tupolski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tupolski drives through and clinches with Wilson against the ropes.
Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Wilson lands with an overhand left.
Some bone on bone action there as Wilson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wilson throws a hook to the side of Tupolski's head but Tupolski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tupolski defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Tupolski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wilson scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Wilson. That snapped Tupolski's head back.
Tupolski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tupolski lands a glancing blow to the side of Wilson's head.
Wilson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tupolski clinches up with Wilson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Tupolski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Tupolski.
Wilson struggles to land a body shot inside as Tupolski controls his hands.
Wilson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wilson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tupolski.
Wilson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tupolski lands an elbow that stopped Wilson in his tracks for a moment.
Tupolski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilson managing to block the knees to the body from Tupolski.
A knee to the head by Tupolski.
Tupolski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tupolski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Tupolski's head.
Tupolski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wilson is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tupolski.
Wilson is still on wobbly legs! Can Tupolski finish him?
Wilson misses with the head strike.
Wilson seems to have recovered his senses.
Knees to the body from Tupolski.
Wilson is breathing heavily.
Wilson misses with a punch on the inside.
Tupolski struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
Tupolski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilson avoids it.
I was talking to Tupolski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tupolski scores a nice knee to the body.
Wilson wants to get back to striking at distance but Tupolski won't allow it.
Tupolski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Wilson avoiding damage as Tupolski throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Tupolski.
Tupolski trying to land knees to the body.
Tupolski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tupolski lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson working hard to break the clinch.
Tupolski lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wilson misses with a punch to the body.
Tupolski lands a left hand.
Wilson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tupolski uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katurian Tupolski dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Tupolski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tupolski.
Tupolski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wilson prevents a body shot from Tupolski.
Tupolski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wilson throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Wilson fails to land.
Wilson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Wilson looks to land a right hand but Tupolski moved out of range.
Wilson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tupolski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wilson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tupolski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wilson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tupolski with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tupolski moves into the clinch.
Wilson takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson is trying to force a seperation but Tupolski has the dominant position.
Wilson wants to get back to striking at distance but Tupolski won't allow it.
Tupolski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wilson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson cracks Tupolski with a nice body shot.
Wilson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wilson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tupolskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wilson has Tupolski up against the ropes in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tupolski.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Tupolski.
Tupolski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tupolski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wilson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tupolski appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wilson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tupolski.
Tupolski moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wilson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tupolski's head.
Wilson throws a right hand that misses
and Tupolski counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tupolski. Tupolski obviously looking to wear him down.
Tupolski throws a leg kick which misses Wilson's front leg but catches the back leg as Wilson tries to avoid it.
Wilson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tupolski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Don Wilson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katurian Tupolski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to clinch but Tupolski moves out of range.
Wilson moves out of range as Tupolski throws a body kick.
Wilson throws a hook to the side of Tupolski's head but Tupolski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tupolski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wilson misses with a hook.
Wilson throws a big shot that misses.
Tupolski comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wilson lands a nice hook to Tupolski's body. Tupolski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tupolski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tupolski blocks a jab.
Wilson stalks Tupolski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tupolski's face. Tupolski staggers backwards, shaken.
Wilson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wilson misses with a hook.
Wilson moves in looking to clinch but Tupolski pushes him off.
Wilson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tupolski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wilson scrambles back to his feet.
Wilson cracks Tupolski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Some wild striking there from Wilson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupolski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tupolski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Wilson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tupolski defending well as Wilson loads up on a big left hand.
Tupolski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wilson misses with a looping left.
Tupolski thinks about countering with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Tupolski.
Wilson throws a looping overhand right but Tupolski ducks down to avoid it.
Crunch! Tupolski slams his shin into Wilson's torso.
Tupolski's corner calls for a 1-2. Tupolski obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tupolski throws a head kick that Wilson semi-blocks.
Wilson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tupolski.
Tupolski throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tupolski digs a good body shot into Wilson's ribs.
Wilson misses with a few strikes there.
Wilson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wilson looks to score with a jab to the body but Tupolski is just out of range.
Tupolski clobbers Wilson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupolski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tupolski misses the shot to the body.
Tupolski lands with a nice body punch.
Tupolski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wilson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tupolski was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilson.
Tupolski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tupolski, right into the meat.
Tupolski throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Tupolski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wilson.
Tupolski scores with a shot to the body.
Tupolski slips under a jab from Wilson.
Tupolski tries to counter by clinching up but Wilson breaks away and moves out of range.
Tupolski catches Wilson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wilson scores with the left hand. Tupolski knows he should have avoided that one.
Tupolski closes the distance and pushes Wilson back into the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wilson misses with some punches.
Wilson throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katurian Tupolski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tupolski 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katurian Tupolski!
Katurian Tupolski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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