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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Turcotte (ranked 3668 p4p, 2499 weight class) and Rokken Roll (ranked 406 p4p, 295 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokken Roll!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll walks into a straight right hand from Turcotte.
Turcotte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Roll works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turcotte tries to clinch but Roll is having none of it.
Roll jabs Turcotte right on the nose. Turcotte blinks but takes it well.
Roll scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Roll throws the left hand but Turcotte avoids the punch easily.
Turcotte throws a nice looking combination but Roll bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roll throws a jab but it's blocked by Turcotte.
Turcotte seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Roll doesn't manage to clinch there - Turcotte circles away.
Roll lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Roll pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roll forces Turcotte back against the cage and clinches.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turcotte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roll blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turcotte lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turcotte throws an overhand right that lands on Roll's shoulder, as Roll tries to avoid the shot.
Jab by Roll.
Turcotte lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roll clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Roll.
Roll pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turcotte moves away from the strike by Roll.
As Roll tries to get set, Turcotte tries to push him back and clinch up but Roll manages to avoid the attempt.
A left lands for Roll.
Turcotte takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Turcotte connects with a nice looking jab.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Roll.
Turcotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Roll throws a right hand that Turcotte ducks under and follows up with a left that Turcotte also avoids with ease.
Roll takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roll's coach down at FF Forever was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Roll's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a body shot but no joy.
Roll slips a straight right by Turcotte.
Roll closes the distance and clinches.
Turcotte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roll tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Turcotte's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Turcotte.
Roll working aggressively here.
Turcotte stalling in the clinch but Roll improves position.
Roll blocks a body shot from Turcotte.
Turcotte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roll misses with some punches.
Roll fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roll goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turcotte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turcotte manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Roll fails to land.
Turcotte blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with some punches.
Turcotte lands a shoulder strike.
Roll blocks an uppercut.
Roll blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turcotte lands a body shot.
Roll makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turcotte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turcotte misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Turcotte.
Roll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turcotte tries to throw a body punch but Roll avoids it by throwing Turcotte back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Turcotte.
A short uppercut from Roll.
Turcotte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turcotte lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Roll scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turcotte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turcotte throws a punch but it's blocked by Roll.
Turcotte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roll's elbow.
Roll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turcotte prevents a body shot from Roll.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turcotte tries to throw a body punch but Roll avoids it by throwing Turcotte back against the cage.
Roll misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roll gets through Turcotte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roll pushes Turcotte back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turcotte.
Roll breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roll closes the distance and clinches.
Roll working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Turcotte misses with an elbow strike.
Turcotte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turcotte lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turcotte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roll's elbow.
Turcotte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roll's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
Turcotte is leaning against Roll and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Roll on the inside.
Roll throws a punch but it's blocked by Turcotte.
Turcotte blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rokken Roll dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Roll moved out of range nicely.
Turcotte moves away from the strike by Roll.
Roll's corner calls for a 1-2. Roll obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roll lands a jab to the head.
Roll has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roll scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turcotte doesn't seem bothered though.
Turcotte catches Roll with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roll swings for the body but Turcotte moves out of range.
Roll takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turcotte with a jab.
Turcotte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roll.
Roll misses with an uppercut.
Turcotte avoids the body shot from Roll.
Nice body punch from Turcotte.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roll uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte slips under a jab.
Turcotte swings widly with a right hand
and Roll counters with a right hand to the body.
Turcotte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roll.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Turcotte's head but Turcotte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roll throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turcotte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roll throws out the jab.
Turcotte tries to counter by clinching up but Roll breaks away and moves out of range.
Turcotte ducks under a wild hook from Roll.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Roll takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Roll throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roll throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turcotte stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roll.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roll.
Roll unleashes a big counter combination but Turcotte bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Turcotte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roll manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte works Roll's body with a nice hook.
Rokken Roll seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roll has Turcotte up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turcotte.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turcotte blocks an uppercut.
Turcotte throws a punch but it's blocked by Roll.
Turcotte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Turcotte scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Roll fails to land.
Roll swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turcotte throws a head punch that misses.
Roll misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turcotte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roll lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turcotte struggles to land a body shot inside as Roll controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turcotte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll scores with a shot to the side of Turcotte's head.
Roll blocks an elbow strike from Turcotte.
Roll misses with a punch on the inside.
Turcotte working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Turcotte.
A short body shot lands from Roll as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Roll.
Turcotte working aggressively here.
Roll breaks the clinch.
Turcotte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roll connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Turcotte scrambles back to his feet.
Roll throws a shot from downtown. Turcotte moves away and avoids it.
Turcotte walks into a jab.
Turcotte misses with a body punch
and Roll moves into the clinch.
Turcotte tries to work over Roll's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turcotte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roll misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a head punch that misses.
Turcotte lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roll has a couple of punches blocked by Turcotte.
Rokken Roll seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roll misses with a body punch.
Turcotte takes a shot to the head.
Roll manages to break the clinch.
Roll looks to land a combination but Turcotte avoids it well.
Turcotte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turcotte takes a jab right on the kisser.
Roll jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roll uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a wild body shot.
Roll digs a good hook to Turcotte's body.
Roll looks to score with a jab to the body but Turcotte is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rokken Roll will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Turcotte lands a jab to the nose.
Roll misses with a body shot.
Roll takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Turcotte lands with a good body shot.
Roll ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turcotte lands with a cross.
Roll waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turcotte.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roll darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turcotte throws a shot from downtown. Roll moves away and avoids it.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Turcotte's head but Turcotte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Roll.
Turcotte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roll.
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!
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Turcotte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll lands with an overhand left.
Turcotte swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turcotte walks into a left hand.
Roll misses with a two punch combination.
Turcotte misses the jab.
Turcotte misses with a body shot.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roll tries to counter with a clinch but Turcotte shakes him off and moves away.
Roll throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roll digs a good body shot into Turcotte's ribs.
Roll staying out of range there.
Turcotte staying out of range there.
Turcotte just misses with a punch to the body.
Roll lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll clinches up with Turcotte and pushes him back against the cage.
Roll blocking some punches.
Roll misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roll breaks the clinch.
Roll walks into a straight right hand from Turcotte.
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Roll throws a hook but Turcotte blocks it.
Roll loads up on a big right hand but Turcotte slips the punch.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Roll moves out of range.
Roll is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Roll lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Roll saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roll looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roll's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turcotte cracks Roll with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turcotte throws a hook to the side of Roll's head but Roll sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roll is looking for the big counter here.
Turcotte looks to land a left hand but Roll moved out of range nicely.
Roll closes the distance and clinches.
Roll escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turcotte takes a swing at Roll's ribcage but misses.
Roll clobbers Turcotte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roll slips under a jab.
Roll looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Roll. Beautiful body shot.
Turcotte fails to land with a series of punches.
Roll throws a jab but it's blocked by Turcotte.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll digs a good body shot into Turcotte's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roll.
Roll throws a right and a left that Turcotte avoids nicely.
Roll misses with a looping left.
Turcotte staying out of range there.
Turcotte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roll.
Jacques Turcotte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turcotte connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roll momentarily.
Roll looks to land a right hand but Turcotte moved out of range.
Turcotte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roll misses the jab.
Turcotte takes a swing at Roll's ribcage but misses.
Roll throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rokken Roll comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roll 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rokken Roll!
Rokken Roll was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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