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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Hughes (ranked 487 p4p, 883 weight class) and Giuseppe Turturro (ranked 76 p4p, 145 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Self. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seymour Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes lands a nice looking body shot.
Hughes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at No Limit in the buildup to the fight.
Turturro rushes Hughes and presses him up against the cage.
Turturro is working Hughes over against the cage.
Hughes tries a body shot but Turturro blocks it.
Turturro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Turturro fails to land.
Hughes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turturro scores with a shoulder strike.
Turturro lands a right hand.
Hughes can't find room to land a body shot as Turturro controls the action.
Turturro throws a punch but it's blocked by Hughes.
Turturro pulls guard effortlessly.
Turturro seems keen to control Hughes's posture.
Hughes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hughes won't allow Turturro to sweep him here.
Turturro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hughes controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Turturro looking for a guillotine here but Hughes defends easily.
Hughes won't allow Turturro to sweep him here.
Turturro trying to keep a closed guard but Hughes is proving a slippery customer.
Turturro wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.
Turturro is still trying to improve position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turturro 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.
Turturro's corner calls for a 1-2. Turturro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good work by Hughes as he checks the leg kick.
Turturro throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Turturro throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turturro.
Hughes throwing a counter right hand but Turturro manages to avoid it.
Turturro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turturro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes cracks a nice hook into Turturro's ribs.
Turturro throws a body punch but Hughes moves out of range.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
Hughes checks a leg kick.
Turturro looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
Decent striking displayed by Hughes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro clinches up against the cage.
Turturro working aggressively here.
Hughes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hughes lands a shot to the body.
Hughes lands an uppercut.
Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Turturro ducks under a wild hook from Hughes.
Turturro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Turturro throws an overhand right that lands on Hughes's shoulder, as Hughes tries to avoid the shot.
Turturro moves in looking to clinch but Hughes pushes him off.
Turturro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
Hughes throws a nice looking combination but Turturro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hughes scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turturro throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
Turturro tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
Hughes misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Turturro.
Hughes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turturro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turturro is looking to clinch.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hughes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hughes looks to land a combination but Turturro avoids it well.
Hughes clobbers Turturro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Turturro clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hughes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turturro.
Hughes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hughes tries a body shot but Turturro blocks it.
Hughes lands a body shot.
Hughes lands an uppercut.
Hughes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Turturro tries to stall but Hughes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hughes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hughes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Seymour Hughes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turturro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turturro thows a leg kick but Hughes checks it
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Turturro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good leg kick by Turturro.
Turturro slips a jab from Hughes.
Turturro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Turturro closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hughes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turturro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turturro.
Turturro rushes Hughes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hughes lands a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turturro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hughes can't find room to land a body shot as Turturro controls the action.
Turturro digs a right hand underneath Hughes's ribcage. Hughes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turturro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hughes.
Turturro can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Turturro working aggressively here.
Turturro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hughes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turturros head.
Turturro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Turturro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turturro looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Jab by Turturro.
Turturro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hughes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turturro thows a leg kick but Hughes checks it
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turturro.
Hughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turturro throws a lazy uppercut
and Hughes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hughes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turturro misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turturro.
Seymour Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.
Hughes misses with a hook
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hughes blocks a jab.
Hughes throws a big counter combination but Turturro scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hughes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Turturro's hands.
Turturro is looking to clinch.
Hughes is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Turturro tries to close the distance and clinch but Hughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turturro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Turturro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hughes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Turturro scores with a nice strike.
Hughes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turturro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turturro throws a lazy uppercut
and Turturro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hughes scores with the left hand. Turturro knows he should have avoided that one.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Turturro is just out of range.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turturro.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turturro moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes digs a good body shot into Turturro's ribs.
Turturro throws a jab but it's blocked by Hughes.
Hughes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turturro swings for the body but Hughes moves out of range.
A jab from Hughes does it's job there.
Hughes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turturro.
Turturro lands with a hook. Hughes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Turturro walks into a jab.
Turturro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turturro slips under a jab.
Turturro throws a shot from downtown. Hughes moves away and avoids it.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Turturro's shoulder, as Turturro tries to avoid the shot.
Turturro throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.
Turturro misses with a hook
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Turturro looks to score with a jab to the body but Hughes is just out of range.
Turturro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turturro misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turturro closes the distance and pushes Hughes back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turturro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Hughes.
Hughes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughes digs a right hand into Turturro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turturro's gas tank.
Turturro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hughes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turturro tries a body shot but Hughes blocks it.
Hughes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turturro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hughes blocks an uppercut.
Turturro tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes digs a right hand into Turturro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Turturro's gas tank.
Turturro misses with a punch to the body.
Turturro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turturro is trying to pull guard but Hughes has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turturro's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Turturro is breathing heavily.
Turturro misses with a punch on the inside.
Hughes blocks a body shot from Turturro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Seymour Hughes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Turturro.
Turturro throws out a counter right but Hughes avoids it with no problem.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turturro.
Turturro slips a jab and a cross from Hughes.
Turturro lands a leg kick that knocks Hughes off balance momentarily.
Good exchange - Hughes coming out on top.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes scores with the left hand. Turturro knows he should have avoided that one.
Turturro throws a hook to the side of Hughes's head but Hughes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes misses with a hook.
Hughes blocks a jab.
Turturro with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turturro. Hughes does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hughes throws a series of strikes that have Turturro backpedaling.
Turturro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turturro manages to avoid it.
Turturro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hughes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Turturro.
Turturro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Turturro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Hughes misses its target.
Turturro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hughes.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Turturro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turturro slips a straight right by Hughes.
Turturro clinches up with Hughes and pushes him back against the cage.
Turturro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Hughes.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Hughes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughes misses with the head strike.
Turturro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hughes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hughes breaks the clinch.
Turturro moves into the clinch successfully.
Turturro throws a head punch that misses.
Hughes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turturro scores with a decent looking hook.
Turturro cracks Hughes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Giuseppe Turturro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
The crowd cheers as Hughes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Turturro doesn't seem phased though.
Hughes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turturro misses with a right hand
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes misses with an uppercut. Turturro saw that one coming.
Hughes checks a leg kick nicely.
Turturro looks to throw the jab but Hughes is out of range.
Turturro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turturro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
Turturro wants to counter the offense by Hughes and move into the clinch position.
Turturro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hughes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hughes lands a head shot.
Turturro slips under a jab.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Turturro moves away and avoids it.
Turturro's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hughes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turturro scrambles back to his feet.
Turturro tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes moves forwards but Turturro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Turturro throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.
Turturro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hughes.
Turturro throws a body shot but no joy.
Turturro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hughes.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Turturro is just out of range.
Hughes ducks under a wild hook from Turturro.
An attempted straight right counter from Hughes misses the target.
Turturro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hughes.
Hughes keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turturro moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turturro was well out of range. Poor timing from Hughes.
Hughes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot lands for Turturro.
Turturro slips a jab from Hughes.
Hughes slips under a jab.
Turturro instigates a clinch.
Giuseppe Turturro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turturro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Turturro tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Turturro back against the cage.
Hughes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turturro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hughes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hughes is working Turturro over against the cage.
Hughes lands with a left to the head.
Turturro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hughes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turturro tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turturro's elbow.
Turturro blocking some punches.
Turturro throws a head punch that misses.
Hughes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Hughes misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turturro! But no joy.
Hughes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turturro moves away.
Turturro throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Hughes misses the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seymour Hughes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hughes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seymour Hughes!
After winning the bout, Seymour Hughes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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