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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Gutti (ranked 4427 p4p, 6590 weight class) and Kali Turner (ranked 492 p4p, 602 weight class). Kali Turner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paulo Gutti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kali Turner!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turner jabs at Gutti's body.
Turner lands a nice looking body shot.
Turner moves in looking to clinch but Gutti pushes him off.
Gutti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Turner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gutti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Turner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gutti trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gutti looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Turner working some strikes from top position.
Turner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Turner cracks Gutti with a solid left hand.
Gutti is trying to control the position but Turner postures up.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Gutti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Turner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Turner forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner working over Gutti with some ground and pound. Gutti looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gutti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turner.
Ground and pound from Turner.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gutti is looking to improve his position.
Turner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gutti is looking to control Turner's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gutti avoid being mounted?
Turner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Turner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gutti manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Turner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
Turner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutti is trying to control the position but Turner postures up.
Gutti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutti utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turner throwing strikes from guard but Gutti blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Turner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Turner throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turner's coach down at Armored Fitness & Sparring was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Turner's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Gutti is breathing heavily.
Gutti shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Turner is trying to defend but Gutti finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Turner makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kali Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Turner enables Gutti to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Turner manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Turner pushes Gutti off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutti tries for a takedown but Turner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gutti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
Turner lands with an overhand left.
Turner cracks a nice hook into Gutti's ribs.
Turner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turner pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gutti back to the cage. Turner follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kali Turner 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.
A cross from Turner lands.
Turner gets caught flat footed, as Gutti shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gutti has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gutti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turner is keeping the position for now.
Gutti is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutti stopping the sweep attempt from Turner.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gutti looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gutti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Turner scoring with some ground and pound.
Gutti utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gutti's head.
Turner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gutti is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutti trying to control but Turner is working from the bottom.
Turner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turner is pulling down on Gutti's head. It's preventing any offense from Gutti, at least for the moment.
Gutti wants to control from the top but Turner keeps moving.
Gutti looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner with a nice head shot there.
Turner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gutti controls Turner momentarily but Turner frees himself.
Turner postures up in Gutti's guard and throws a big left but Gutti blocks it.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Turner is working Gutti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gutti on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gutti tries to get out of the position.
Turner is in close to Gutti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
Turner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gutti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gutti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turner postures up.
Turner works over Gutti with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws an elbow that misses. Gutti uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Turner's guard. Nice move by Gutti!
Gutti looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Turner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
It looks like Paulo Gutti has been cut.
Turner lands a couple of digs.
Turner throwing strikes from guard but Gutti blocks nicely.
Turner stopping the sweep attempt from Gutti.
Turner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gutti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Turner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Turner won't allow Gutti to sweep him here.
Gutti has momentary wrist control but Turner slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kali Turner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paulo Gutti's cut.
That's time! Gutti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gutti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Turner finds it's way round the side to connect with Gutti's head.
Turner misses with a wild combination.
Gutti is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turner.
Nice uppercut lands for Turner. That snapped Gutti's head back.
Turner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gutti.
Turner digs a good body shot into Gutti's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gutti shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Turner counter with a right hand.
Turner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gutti is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner looks to land a combination but Gutti avoids it well.
Oh Gutti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Turner misses with a few strikes there.
Gutti seems to have got his legs back now.
Kali Turner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gutti has his takedown stuffed
and Turner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Gutti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Gutti as Turner shoots in.
Turner jabs at Gutti's body.
Turner drops Gutti with a left right combo! Turner follows him down to the ground into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gutti is looking for a sweep.
Turner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Turner misses with the ground and pound.
Turner advances to mount.
A big strike lands for Turner! That's really hurt Gutti and he's turned his back - Turner keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Turner jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kali Turner!
Our winner, Kali Turner, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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