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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roderick Turnbull (ranked 714 p4p, 830 weight class) and Kenneth Smith (ranked 107 p4p, 122 weight class). Smith has chosen Creep as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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10 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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 32 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Roderick Turnbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenneth Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Turnbull.
Smith appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A cross from Turnbull lands.
Turnbull moves into the clinch.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Turnbull should have avoided that one.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turnbull.
Turnbull throws a body shot but no joy.
Turnbull takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith throws out a counter right but Turnbull avoids it with no problem.
Turnbull checks a leg kick nicely.
Turnbull throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turnbull.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Turnbull moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Turnbull misses with a head kick.
Smith follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A clash of legs there as Turnbull blocks the low kick.
Roderick Turnbull seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws out a counter right but Turnbull avoids it with no problem.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith throws a jab when Turnbull was well out of range.
Turnbull is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Turnbull wants to clinch.
Smith appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.
Turnbull misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Turnbull fails to land.
Turnbull lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Turnbull fails to land.
Smith lands a body punch in the clinch.
Turnbull misses with the head strike.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turnbull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnbull's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Turnbull prevents a body shot from Smith.
Turnbull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith tries a body shot but Turnbull blocks it.
A short right from Smith.
Turnbull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turnbull misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turnbull lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turnbull prevents a body shot from Smith.
Turnbull misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Smith.
Turnbull takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Turnbull swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith is trying to stall.
Turnbull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turnbull throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Turnbull's ribcage. Turnbull let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Turnbull controls his hands.
Turnbull swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turnbull working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Turnbull's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Turnbull avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Turnbull misses with the head strike.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Turnbull's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Turnbull tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kenneth Smith will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith connects with a body shot.
Turnbull gets a clinch.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turnbull misses with the head strike.
Turnbull swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith stalling the fight.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Turnbull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Turnbull.
Turnbull throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Turnbull saw that one coming.
Roderick Turnbull is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Turnbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnbull fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turnbull lands with a shot to the body.
Turnbull has managed to clinch.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turnbull moves away.
Turnbull looks to clinch
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Turnbull throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Turnbull is rocked!
Turnbull throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
Smith scores with a jab.
Oh Turnbull is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kenneth Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith throws a low kick but Turnbull moves out of range easily.
Turnbull swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith scores with a counter punch that sends Turnbull to the canvas! Smith smells blood - he's punishing Turnbull with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Turnbull has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenneth Smith!
Kenneth Smith took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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