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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elgin Turner (ranked 40 p4p, 34 weight class) and Latka Gravas (ranked 5 p4p, 4 weight class). Turner comes to the cage accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'. Latka Gravas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elgin Turner's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gravas s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gravas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravas .
Turner misses with a body shot.
Turner backing away here, and Gravas unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Turner moves away from the strike by Gravas .
A jab lands there for Turner.
Turner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Gravas , right into the meat of the thigh.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner blocks a low kick nicely.
Gravas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gravas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gravas misses the shot to the body.
Turner throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas slips a jab from Turner.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Turner checks it.
Gravas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turner.
Gravas tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Gravas lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravas needs to keep his hands up - Turner had a free shot at his head there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gravas . That's going to slow Turner down.
Turner misses with a hook.
Gravas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gravas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Turner can pounce on him.
Gravas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turner. Turner circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Good work by Turner as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner misses the jab.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Gravas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gravas .
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Gravas slips the punch.
Turner defending well as Gravas loads up on a big left hand.
Gravas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turner manages to avoid it.
Gravas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turner.
Turner slips under a jab.
Turner looks to land a left hand but Gravas moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick from Gravas misses.
Gravas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gravas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gravas lands with an uppercut that bounces Turner off the cage and back into range.
Turner slips under a jab.
Gravas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Latka Gravas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Gravas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Gravas .
Turner is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Turner takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
Turner feinted with a counter takedown.
That kick from Turner tenderised Gravas 's leg. Gravas is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gravas at a distance.
Turner blocks the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turner.
Gravas throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gravas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Gravas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gravas delivers a nice body kick.
Gravas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner checks the leg kick.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Gravas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gravas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gravas keeps the fight on the outside.
Turner sizes up Gravas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Gravas saw that one coming.
Gravas throws a shot from downtown. Turner moves away and avoids it.
Turner wants to clinch.
Gravas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas is looking to chop away at Turner's legs.
Gravas wants to land a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Turner connects with a body shot that sends Gravas 's belly button to the back.
Turner throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravas .
Gravas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gravas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Turner misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gravas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turner's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Turner duly obliges.
Turner ducks right into an uppercut from Gravas .
Turner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gravas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gravas moves out of range as Turner strikes.
Turner moves out of range as Gravas throws a body kick.
Turner thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good shot there by Turner.
Turner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gravas .
Gravas throws a push kick but Turner slaps the foot to one side.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner tests Gravas 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gravas scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravas moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Gravas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Gravas .
Turner attempts a counter takedown but Gravas avoids it well and moves away.
Gravas looks to throw the jab but Turner is out of range.
Gravas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Turner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Gravas cracks Turner with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Gravas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A low kick lands for Gravas .
A low kick lands for Gravas .
Turner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Turner connects with the punch.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravas .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravas throws a jab when Turner was well out of range.
Gravas throws a jab when Turner was well out of range.
Gravas throws a low kick but Turner moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Gravas blocks the leg kick.
Gravas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Latka Gravas will probably get the nod.
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.
Turner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gravas at a distance.
Gravas lands a jab to Turner's midsection.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Turner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gravas is out of range and Turner settles back down.
Gravas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turner checks it well.
Gravas ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Gravas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jab by Turner.
That kick from Gravas tenderised Turner's leg. Turner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gravas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turner.
Latka Gravas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turner lands a nice shot that snaps Gravas 's head back.
Turner missing with a left hand there. Gravas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gravas misses with an uppercut. Turner saw that one coming.
Gravas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Gravas slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turner throws a lazy right hand but Gravas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gravas throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Turner attempts a counter takedown but Gravas avoids it well and moves away.
Turner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravas tries to clinch up.
Gravas slips a jab from Turner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas tries to close the distance and clinch but Turner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turner jabs Gravas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gravas 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turner connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gravas scrambles back to his feet.
Turner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gravas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gravas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravas throws a low kick but Turner moves out of range easily.
Turner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gravas drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turner wants to clinch.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravas throws a body punch but Turner moves out of range.
Turner 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.
Gravas jabs Turner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gravas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turner has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gravas lands with a nice body punch.
Turner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gravas scores with the left hand. Turner knows he should have avoided that one.
Turner doesn't manage to clinch there - Gravas circles away.
Turner rushes Gravas and presses him up against the cage.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravas can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Gravas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turner tries to throw a body punch but Gravas avoids it by throwing Turner back against the cage.
Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turner scores with a nice right hand.
Gravas lands with a cross.
Turner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas .
Gravas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gravas has time to react.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gravas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gravas connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turner.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gravas moves away.
Gravas misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Turner finds it's way through Gravas 's defenses.
Turner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick lands for Gravas .
Gravas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gravas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turner keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice cross by Turner.
Gravas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turner throws the left hand but Gravas avoids the punch easily.
Gravas looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Gravas takes one on the button.
Gravas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Gravas motions for Turner to come forward. Gravas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turner closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gravas to the mat! Gravas manages to get full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravas trying to keep a closed guard but Turner is proving a slippery customer.
Gravas being controlled here, momentarily.
Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas has his foot on Turner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Turner works his way back into a safe position though.
Turner postures up and lands a big shot to Gravas 's brow.
Turner stands up over Gravas , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Turner landing some decent shots from guard.
Turner advances position into side control!
Turner working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Turner creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gravas sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Turner trying to control the position but Gravas is working away.
Turner working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner is staying tight to Gravas 's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Turner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gravas some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gravas scores with a hook.
Turner moves out of range of the body kick.
Turner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gravas with a nice cross.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A big left from Turner misses.
Gravas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gravas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turner is out of range.
Turner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Turner backing away here, and Gravas unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Turner. Beautiful body shot.
Turner scores with a body shot.
Gravas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Turner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gravas .
Turner moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from Turner as the two fighters clinch.
Turner lands a left hand.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravas misses with some punches.
Gravas swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas connects with a solid leg kick.
Gravas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Turner feinted with a counter takedown.
Gravas connects with a single shot there.
Gravas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner misses with a straight right.
Gravas tried to score with a low kick but Turner checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gravas 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 Turner has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Turner and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Turner feints and as Gravas raises his hands in defense, Turner changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gravas looking for a guillotine here but Turner defends easily.
Turner trying to control but Gravas is working from the bottom.
Turner with a nice head shot there.
Turner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gravas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Turner trying to control but Gravas is working from the bottom.
Turner cracks Gravas with a solid left hand.
Turner wants to control from the top but Gravas keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gravas trying to control the position.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Gravas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Turner is in close to Gravas 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gravas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Gravas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gravas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Turner wants to pass the guard but Gravas is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Turner got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gravas has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Turner has managed to get both his arms back between Gravas 's legs - danger averted.
Gravas keeping full guard, as Turner tries to pass.
Turner wants to control from the top but Gravas keeps moving.
Gravas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gravas is trying to keep Turner in close.
Turner slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Turner working the ground and pound but Gravas is defending the strikes.
Turner scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Latka Gravas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gravas misses with a looping right.
Turner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Turner scores with a push kick.
Donk. Turner catches Gravas right on the button with a cross.
Gravas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gravas enables Turner to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gravas manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gravas has his foot on Turner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Turner works his way back into a safe position though.
Turner postures up in Gravas 's guard and throws a big left but Gravas blocks it.
Elgin Turner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Turner wants to control from the top but Gravas keeps moving.
Gravas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Turner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gravas 's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner postures up.
Turner's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Turner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Turner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner is looking to work some ground and pound but Gravas has wrist control.
Turner cracks Gravas with a solid left hand.
Gravas being controlled here, momentarily.
Turner works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Turner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Turner trying to control from half guard but Gravas is working away.
Turner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Turner winds up and cracks Gravas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Turner with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Turner prevents Gravas from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas is trying to maintain the position but Turner is very close to passing his half guard.
Turner frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gravas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gravas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Turner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gravas is looking to escape.
Gravas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Turner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Turner cracks Gravas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Turner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gravas hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Turner has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gravas 's face.
Gravas taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner content just to control the position here.
Turner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gravas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Turner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Turner with good strikes from the mount here!
Gravas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gravas taking shots to the head.
Gravas tries to hold on but Turner pushes him away.
Gravas is working to get back to half guard.
Turner with a couple of short strikes.
Gravas is trying to escape the mount.
Turner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gravas can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gravas is looking to escape.
Gravas wants to hold on but Turner pushes him away.
Turner working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gravas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Turner raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gravas taking shots to the head.
Turner lands with some strikes.
Turner dominating with strikes here.
Turner landing shots from mount.
Turner scoring with strikes but Gravas is staying in there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gravas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gravas is in a horrible position here. Turner smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Turner with shots to the head and body - Gravas looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner had his way with Latka Gravas in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Turner lands a lovely overhand right.
Gravas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice shot lands for Turner.
Gravas is looking to clinch.
Gravas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
A little jabbing left from Gravas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Turner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Gravas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turner misses with a looping left.
Turner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Gravas feints a counter leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Gravas . That snapped Turner's head back.
Gravas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Gravas .
A swing and a miss from Gravas .
Turner shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Turner takes one on the button.
Turner misses the jab.
Turner throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner tries to bum rush Gravas with a series of wild strikes but Gravas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner lands a nice shot to the body.
Turner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turner is looking to clinch but Gravas is avoiding it.
Gravas misses with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Turner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gravas doesn't seem phased though.
Gravas tries a low kick but Turner avoids it.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gravas 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.
Turner avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A low kick lands for Turner.
Turner checks a leg kick.
Turner scores with a jab.
Gravas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gravas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gravas .
Gravas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner scores with a nice head shot.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
Turner connects with a nice looking jab.
Turner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Turner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turner misses with a hook. Gravas ducked under it nicely.
Gravas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gravas looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Gravas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gravas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gravas slips under a jab from Turner.
Gravas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gravas looks to land a left hand but Turner moved out of range nicely.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Turner scores with a nice head shot.
Gravas takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Gravas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner cracks Gravas with a good jab.
Turner lands the left hand.
Gravas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turner is able to avoid easily.
Turner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gravas is looking to score with low kicks.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it.
Turner blocks a jab.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gravas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gravas s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gravas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Gravas throws a body kick that misses.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
A shot to the liver by Gravas . Beautiful body shot.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gravas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turner checks it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner scores with a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Gravas misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gravas throws a low kick but Turner avoids it.
Nice shot lands for Turner.
Turner checks the leg kick.
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Turner off balance momentarily.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner tries to counter with a takedown but Gravas is quick to defend against it.
Gravas throws out a leg kick but Turner moves out of range and Gravas only half commits.
Gravas takes one to the chin there.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Turner tries to counter with a takedown but Gravas is quick to defend against it.
Turner lands a really nice looking cross but Gravas seems unphased.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Turner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turner lands a body shot.
Gravas misses with a body shot.
Gravas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elgin Turner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turner 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:44
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elgin Turner!
A less than humble Elgin Turner misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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