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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Randolph Turpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Dio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randolph Turpin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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242 lbs
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289 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
41 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randolph Turpin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Zack Dio!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dio misses with a body shot.
Dio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turpin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Turpin swats away the attempt to clinch by Dio.
Dio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turpin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dio just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTurpin.
Randolph Turpin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling a little - Dio finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A left lands for Turpin.
Dio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turpin, right into the meat.
Dio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turpin ducks under a wild hook from Dio.
Turpin looks to land a left hand but Dio moved out of range nicely.
Dio only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turpin throws a hook but Dio blocks it.
Dio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turpin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dio moves away.
Dio throws out a counter right but Turpin avoids it with no problem.
Turpin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dio has managed to clinch.
Turpin working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dio breaks the clinch.
Turpin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dio jabs at Turpin's body.
Dio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Turpin thows a leg kick but Dio checks it
and Dio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dio scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Turpin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turpin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Turpin is breathing heavily.
Dio cracks a nice hook into Turpin's ribs.
Dio throws a head kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Dio finds it's way through Turpin's defenses.
Dio throws a chopping leg kick but Turpin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dio clinches up against the ropes.
Turpin taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Dio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turpin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Turpin scores with the left hand. Dio knows he should have avoided that one.
Dio is looking to clinch.
Turpin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dio is out of range and Turpin settles back down.
Dio tries to clinch but Turpin is having none of it.
Turpin tries to clinch but Dio is having none of it.
Dio throws a body kick that misses
and Turpin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turpin punishes Dio's body with a nice straight punch.
Dio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turpin's corner calls for a 1-2. Turpin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Turpin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Turpin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dio.
Turpin pushes Dio away with a front kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turpin.
Dio looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Turpin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turpin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zack Dio 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.
Turpin throws a jab when Dio was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Dio.
Turpin wants to land a leg kick but Dio is out of range.
Zack Dio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turpin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Turpin. That snapped Dio's head back.
Dio throws a body punch but Turpin moves out of range.
Dio cracks Turpin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turpin throws a hook but Dio avoids it easily.
Dio now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Turpin throws a shot from downtown. Dio moves away and avoids it.
Turpin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dio shapes to counter with a head kick.
A big left from Turpin misses.
Turpin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dio avoids a kick to the body.
Dio walks into a stiff left hand from Turpin.
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!
Dio moves into the clinch successfully.
Turpin pushes Dio back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Turpin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turpin tries to work over Dio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dio has had enough of the clinch but Turpin keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dio looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turpin.
Turpin struggles to land a body shot inside as Dio controls his hands.
Turpin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dio is breathing heavily.
Turpin tries to work over Dio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Turpin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turpin.
A left hand lands to the body for Turpin.
Turpin trying to control the position but instead, Dio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Turpin into the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Dio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dio looking to slow down the pace here.
Turpin avoiding damage.
Dio manages to break the clinch.
Turpin tries to keep at a distance but Dio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turpin misses with an uppercut. Dio saw that one coming.
Turpin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dio misses with a straight right.
Dio looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Turpin misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dio tries to clinch but Turpin moves out of range.
Turpin moves out of range of the body kick from Dio.
Turpin thuds his shin into the meat of Dio's side.
Turpin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turpin lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randolph Turpin dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds 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.
Turpin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dio's calf.
Dio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dio tries to clinch up but Turpin circles away and keeps his distance.
Turpin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Dio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turpin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dio just misses with a punch to the body.
Turpin throwing a counter right hand but Dio manages to avoid it.
Turpin misses with a kick to the body.
Dio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turpin.
Turpin blocks a head kick by Dio.
Turpin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turpin in his tracks.
Dio fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turpin punishes Dio's body with a nice straight punch.
Dio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turpin's hands.
Turpin catches Dio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turpin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turpin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dio throws a shot from downtown. Turpin moves away and avoids it.
Dio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turpin sizes up Dio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dio is rocked!
Dio walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Turpin! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Randolph Turpin!
Randolph Turpin took some time post fight to say the following; 'Like to thank my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, without him I am nothing.'.
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energy
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