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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaako Turkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borys Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Borys Grabowski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jaako Turkinen's chin.
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146 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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171 cm
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155 lbs
34 - 26 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaako Turkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Borys Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grabowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Turkinen missing with a left hand there. Grabowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Grabowski misses.
Turkinen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Turkinen swings widly with a right hand
and Grabowski counters with a slapping leg kick.
Turkinen connects with the punch.
Grabowski staying out of range there.
Turkinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grabowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Grabowski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grabowski throws a solid leg kick but Turkinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grabowski.
Turkinen connects with the punch.
Turkinen misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grabowski lands with a straight right. Turkinen didn't see that one coming.
Turkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice side step and Grabowski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Turkinen lands a jab to Grabowski's midsection.
Nice shot lands for Turkinen.
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!
Turkinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Grabowski off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turkinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Turkinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Grabowski counters with a good low kick that Turkinen was not able to check.
Donk. Turkinen catches Grabowski right on the button with a cross.
Grabowski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grabowski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turkinen lands a jab to the head.
Turkinen misses with an uppercut. Grabowski saw that one coming.
Turkinen throws a shot from downtown. Grabowski moves away and avoids it.
Grabowski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grabowski feints and then cracks Turkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turkinen down.
Turkinen throws the left hand but Grabowski avoids the punch easily.
Jaako Turkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turkinen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice body punch from Turkinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turkinen connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski lands a jab to the head.
Grabowski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Grabowski there as he acknowledges the shot.
A shot to the body from Turkinen misses
and Grabowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turkinen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Turkinen scores with the left hand. Grabowski knows he should have avoided that one.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Grabowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Turkinen misses with a lunging right hand
letting Grabowski counter with a right hand.
Turkinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grabowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turkinen.
Grabowski misses with a hook. Turkinen ducked under it nicely.
Grabowski throws a low kick but it's checked well by Turkinen.
Turkinen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Grabowski staying out of range there.
Grabowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Turkinen scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Turkinen misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen misses the jab.
Grabowski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grabowski gets caught flat footed, as Turkinen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Turkinen landing with the ground and pound.
Turkinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Turkinen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grabowski wants to sweep here but Turkinen controlling him for the moment.
Turkinen trying to control but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
Turkinen being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Grabowski's head.
Turkinen trying to control but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
Turkinen stopping the sweep attempt from Grabowski.
Turkinen trying to control but Grabowski is working from the bottom.
Turkinen slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaako Turkinen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Turkinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grabowski blocks a jab.
Turkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Grabowski is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Turkinen.
Jaako Turkinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grabowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Turkinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grabowski can do to turn this around?
Turkinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grabowski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkinen.
A shot to the liver by Grabowski. Beautiful body shot.
Turkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grabowski can pounce on him.
Turkinen throws a hook to the side of Grabowski's head but Grabowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkinen throws a lazy right hand but Grabowski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grabowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen lands a body shot.
Turkinen catches Grabowski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Grabowski takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grabowski avoids the body shot from Turkinen.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Grabowski now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grabowski throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Decent striking displayed by Turkinen there.
Grabowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turkinen.
Grabowski throws a body punch but Turkinen moves out of range.
Turkinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Turkinen lands with an overhand left.
Turkinen throws a lazy right hand but Grabowski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grabowski throws an overhand right that lands on Turkinen's shoulder, as Turkinen tries to avoid the shot.
Borys Grabowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grabowski misses with a low kick.
Turkinen swings for the body but Grabowski moves out of range.
It seemed like Grabowski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a hook to the side of Turkinen's head but Turkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turkinen misses with a looping left.
Grabowski slips a jab from Turkinen.
Grabowski misses with an uppercut. Turkinen saw that one coming.
Turkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grabowski lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grabowski.
Turkinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grabowski slips a jab from Turkinen.
A countering left hand to the body from Grabowski misses.
Turkinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Turkinen scores with a hook.
Grabowski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turkinen swings for the body but Grabowski moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a lazy right hand but Turkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grabowski misses with a body shot.
Grabowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turkinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grabowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turkinen takes one to the side of the head.
Grabowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grabowski manages to avoid it.
A big right from Grabowski misses.
Turkinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grabowski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Grabowski takes one to the side of the head.
Turkinen lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grabowski. Turkinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turkinen throws a looping overhand right but Grabowski ducks down to avoid it.
Turkinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grabowski was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Grabowski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Turkinen misses with a combination
and Grabowski counters with a leg kick.
A jab from Grabowski misses.
Grabowski misses with an uppercut
and Turkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turkinen darts in looking for a takedown but Grabowski gets double underhooks and turns Turkinen into the cage.
Turkinen misses with a straight right.
Nice shot by Turkinen.
Turkinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grabowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Turkinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grabowski.
Turkinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Grabowski should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaako Turkinen dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.
Grabowski tries to land a leg kick but Turkinen saw it coming and moves away.
Grabowski missing with a left hand there. Turkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turkinen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A big left from Grabowski misses.
Turkinen swings for the body but Grabowski moves out of range.
A nice side step and Grabowski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Turkinen lands the left hand.
Turkinen looks to land a left hand but Grabowski moved out of range nicely.
Grabowski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turkinen throws an off balance right hand
and Grabowski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grabowski was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Turkinen swings widly with a right hand
and Grabowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grabowski throws a shot to the body.
Grabowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grabowski slips a jab from Turkinen.
Grabowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski throws a body punch but Turkinen moves out of range.
Turkinen throwing a counter right hand but Grabowski manages to avoid it.
Grabowski digs a good hook to Turkinen's body.
Turkinen staying out of range there.
Grabowski slips under a jab.
Turkinen connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Turkinen.
Grabowski flicks out a counter leg kick but Turkinen steps away.
Grabowski connects with a solid leg kick.
Grabowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grabowski lands a nice hook to Turkinen's body. Turkinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turkinen staying out of range there.
Turkinen misses with a body shot
and Grabowski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Turkinen's knee momentarily.
Turkinen misses the shot to the body.
Turkinen misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Grabowski misses.
Borys Grabowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turkinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Grabowski.
Grabowski looks to throw the jab but Turkinen is out of range.
Turkinen lands with a shot to the body.
Grabowski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabowski.
Grabowski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grabowski scores with a nice head shot.
Turkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grabowski takes a swing at Turkinen's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grabowski. Turkinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Turkinen misses the target.
Grabowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Turkinen.
Turkinen throws a hook but Grabowski avoids it easily.
Grabowski drops his hands momentarily and Turkinen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grabowski's head backwards.
Turkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turkinen avoids the head kick by Grabowski.
Turkinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turkinen scores with a hook to the body. Grabowski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turkinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Grabowski at a distance.
Grabowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turkinen is out of range.
Turkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grabowski.
Grabowski only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Turkinen avoids the body shot from Grabowski.
Grabowski needs to keep his hands up - Turkinen had a free shot at his head there.
Turkinen blocks a leg kick.
Grabowski thuds a left hand into Turkinen's body.
A swing and a miss from Grabowski.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turkinen looks to land a right hand but Grabowski moved out of range.
Grabowski misses with a hook.
Nice jab there from Turkinen.
Turkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Grabowski loads up on a big right hand but Turkinen slips the punch.
Turkinen scores with a punch to the head.
Turkinen slips under a jab from Grabowski.
Turkinen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grabowski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Turkinen slips a jab from Grabowski.
Turkinen lands with a hook. Grabowski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grabowski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jaako Turkinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turkinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jaako Turkinen.
Well Turkinen 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaako Turkinen!
Jaako Turkinen very nearly forgot to thank FORCEE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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