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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lorenzo Turturro (ranked 1580 p4p, 1892 weight class) and John Brophy (ranked 29 p4p, 36 weight class). Brophy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Last Caress - Metallica. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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World class boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorenzo Turturro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brophy misses with a hook.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Turturro stuns Brophy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brophy throws a jab when Turturro was well out of range.
Turturro throws a predictable looking body shot
and Brophy counters with an inside leg kick.
Turturro chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brophy can pounce on him.
Turturro scores with a shot to the body.
Turturro throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy throws a head kick but Turturro moves out of range.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turturro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Turturro backing away here, and Brophy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Turturro misses with a body shot.
Turturro clobbers Brophy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brophy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turturro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brophy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Turturro finds it's way round the side to connect with Brophy's head.
Turturro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
Turturro connects with a looping right hand.
Turturro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brophy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turturro connects with a looping right hand.
Turturro misses the shot to the body.
Brophy throws a big shot that misses.
Turturro misses the body punch
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turturro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Turturro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Brophy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Turturro's head but Turturro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turturro misses with a body shot.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Turturro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turturro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Turturro lands a jab to the nose.
We've been informed that Brophy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Brophy misses with a hook.
Turturro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Turturro.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turturro scores with a jab to the body.
Turturro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Turturro.
Turturro throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Turturro swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Turturro throws the left hand but Brophy avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Turturro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro slips under a jab.
Turturro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That kick from Brophy tenderised Turturro's leg. Turturro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turturro.
Turturro moves out of range of the strikes.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro cracks Brophy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brophy throws a wild body kick that Turturro sees coming a mile off.
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brophy tries a low kick but Turturro avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turturro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circling - Turturro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turturro misses with a shot to the body
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brophy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Turturro is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Brophy!
A victorious John Brophy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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