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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iku Turso (ranked 1747 p4p, 231 weight class) and Izuagbe Ugoh (ranked 2664 p4p, 344 weight class). Ugoh has chosen Rocky Dawuni - African Thriller as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Iku Turso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izuagbe Ugoh!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turso misses with a hook.
Turso checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Turso tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turso avoids the body shot from Ugoh.
Ugoh connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turso's hands.
Nice body kick there by Ugoh.
Ugoh lands a jab to the head.
Turso changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ugoh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ugoh connects with a body shot.
Ugoh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turso moves away.
Turso lands a head kick!
Turso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ugoh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turso throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ugoh.
Ugoh looks to land a right hand but Turso moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Turso.
Turso looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugoh bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ugoh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ugoh appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ugoh getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ugoh avoids the body shot from Turso.
Ugoh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Turso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Turso.
Turso on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ugoh. Ugoh obviously looking to wear him down.
Ugoh throws a body kick that misses.
Turso rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ugoh counters with a nice low kick that buckles Turso's knee momentarily.
Turso throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ugoh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turso looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ugoh appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ugoh. Turso shrugs it off though.
Ugoh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turso checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ugoh connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ugoh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ugoh throws out a powerful jab.
Turso takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Turso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ugoh lands with a right hand.
Turso is looking to wear down Ugoh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ugoh slips a jab from Turso.
Ugoh throws a body shot but no joy.
Turso is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Turso coming out on top.
Turso throws a hook but Ugoh avoids it easily.
Turso misses with a hook.
Ugoh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turso takes one on the button.
Ugoh scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ugoh tests Turso's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turso throws a big shot that misses.
Ugoh is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Turso had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Turso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ugoh slips a jab from Turso.
Ugoh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turso moves away.
Ugoh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turso blocks a jab.
Ugoh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slow jab from Turso misses its intended target.
Turso avoids the body shot from Ugoh.
Ugoh fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turso on the side of the head.
A big left from Ugoh misses.
Ugoh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ugoh appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turso throws a right hand that misses
and Turso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turso closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turso takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ugoh scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turso throws a body punch but Ugoh moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ugoh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turso was well out of range. Poor timing from Ugoh.
Ugoh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turso throws a looping overhand right but Ugoh ducks down to avoid it.
Ugoh scores with a spinning back kick!
A low kick from Turso is predictable there
and Ugoh counters with a good, hard body kick but Turso shrugs it off.
Ugoh avoids a kick to the body.
Turso uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ugoh has time to react.
Ugoh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ugoh misses with an uppercut. Turso saw that one coming.
Turso scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ugoh.
Ugoh scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turso misses with a hook. Ugoh ducked under it nicely.
Ugoh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ugoh moves out of range of the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Turso.
Ugoh lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izuagbe Ugoh dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turso drops his hands momentarily and Ugoh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turso throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ugoh misses with a kick to the body.
Turso swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Ugoh counter with a right hand.
Ugoh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turso moves away.
Ugoh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ugoh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turso connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ugoh scrambles back to his feet.
Turso misses with a wild body shot.
Turso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ugoh.
Ugoh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turso looks to land a body kick but Ugoh moved away.
Ugoh swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good leg kick by Ugoh there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turso slips a straight right by Ugoh.
Ugoh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turso.
Turso misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turso throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ugoh counters with a good low kick that Turso was not able to check.
Ugoh turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ugoh keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ugoh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ugoh catches Turso with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Turso thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ugoh if he has to take too many more of those.
Turso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ugoh.
Ugoh throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ugoh avoids the body shot from Turso.
Ugoh moves out of range of the strikes.
Turso throws a leg kick but Ugoh checks it.
Jab by Ugoh.
Turso dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ugoh. That did some damage!
Turso takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Turso will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turso misses the body punch
letting Ugoh counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Ugoh.
Ugoh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ugoh on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ugoh ducks under a wild hook from Turso.
Ugoh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turso.
Turso looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ugoh misses with a straight left.
Ugoh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turso.
Ugoh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good leg kick by Turso there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ugoh throws a big shot that misses.
Turso scores with a sloppy right hand. Ugoh should have avoided that one.
Ugoh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turso moves away.
Ugoh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turso rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ugoh counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice body punch from Ugoh.
Ugoh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Turso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turso scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ugoh throws a chopping leg kick but Turso manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Turso connects with the punch.
Ugoh throws a jab but it's blocked by Turso.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ugoh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turso.
Ugoh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ugoh scores with a kick to the midsection.
Turso avoids a kick to the body.
Turso fakes the leg kick and cracks Ugoh in the body.
Turso takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Turso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice shot lands for Ugoh.
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!
Turso misses with a left hand
and Ugoh counters with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Turso misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turso doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turso walks into a straight right hand from Ugoh.
Turso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turso staying out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Ugoh.
Turso tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ugoh throws a low kick, looking for Turso's leg but Turso calmly moves out of range.
Turso was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Izuagbe Ugoh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turso misses with a lunging right hand
and Turso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Turso misses.
Ugoh missing with a left hand there. Turso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some bone on bone action there as Turso checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ugoh looks to land a left hand but Turso moved out of range nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turso checks a leg kick.
Ugoh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turso's sensitive parts.
Turso misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Izuagbe Ugoh 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. 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turso checks a leg kick.
Turso jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Ugoh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ugoh manages to avoid it.
Ugoh avoids a kick to the body.
Ugoh blocks the body kick.
Ugoh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turso takes a swing at Ugoh's ribcage but misses.
Ugoh unleashes a big counter combination but Turso bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Turso is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ugoh scores with a jab to the head.
Turso takes one to the side of the head.
Turso scores with a shot to the body.
Turso throws a big shot that misses.
Ugoh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ugoh feints and then cracks Turso's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turso down.
Ugoh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ugoh feints and then cracks Turso's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turso down.
Turso misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugoh connects with a single shot there.
Turso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ugoh.
Turso appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ugoh fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turso is out of range.
Turso explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice straight punches there by Turso. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turso.
Ugoh ducks under a wild hook from Turso.
Ugoh sizes up Turso with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ugoh swings for the body but Turso moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Turso tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ugoh throws a low kick but Turso moves out of range easily.
Ugoh with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ugoh.
The fighters circling - Ugoh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turso misses the shot to the body.
Turso just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turso throws a poor cross that misses
and Ugoh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turso throws a hook but Ugoh avoids it easily.
Turso misses with an uppercut. Ugoh saw that one coming.
Ugoh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turso.
An inside leg kick lands from Ugoh.
Ugoh lands with a shot to the body.
Turso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ugoh's sensitive parts.
Ugoh's corner calls for a 1-2. Ugoh obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ugoh throws a front kick aimed at Turso's knee but Turso avoids it well.
Ugoh wants to slow Turso down by chopping away at his legs.
Turso throws a leg kick but Ugoh checks it.
And Ugoh responds with a good body kick, but Turso manages to step out the way in time.
Ugoh throws a right hand that misses
and Turso counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turso finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ugoh flicks out a counter leg kick but Turso steps away.
Turso on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ugoh is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ugoh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Turso looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turso throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turso misses with an uppercut.
Turso fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ugoh on the side of the head.
Ugoh moves out of range of the strikes.
Ugoh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turso throws a hook but Ugoh blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Ugoh.
Ugoh lands with a shot to the body.
Turso goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Turso takes one to the side of the head.
Turso with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turso takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ugoh throws out a loose jab but Turso uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turso fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ugoh just manages to avoid it.
Ugoh lands a leg kick that knocks Turso off balance momentarily.
Turso misses with a body shot.
Ugoh looks to land a left hand but Turso moved out of range nicely.
Ugoh checks a leg kick.
Ugoh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ugoh. Turso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ugoh takes a swing at Turso's ribcage but misses.
Turso throws a body kick that misses.
Ugoh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Iku Turso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turso swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Turso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ugoh was well out of range. Poor timing from Turso.
Turso on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Turso.
Ugoh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turso.
And that's the end of the fight!
Izuagbe Ugoh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ugoh 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Izuagbe Ugoh!
A very excited looking Izuagbe Ugoh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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