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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Boban Turnik (ranked 23272 p4p, 22045 weight class) and Dru Quick (ranked 596 p4p, 552 weight class). Quick comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gangster's Paradise- Coolio kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
Very strong
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boban Turnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dru Quick!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turnik.
Turnik misses with a jab to the body
and Quick counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turnik walks into a jab.
It looks like Boban Turnik has been cut.
Turnik lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Turnik looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quick.
Quick throws a chopping leg kick but Turnik manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quick throws a leg kick which misses Turnik's front leg but catches the back leg as Turnik tries to avoid it.
Quick throws a low kick but Turnik avoids it.
Turnik scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Quick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turnik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turnik throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Quick to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnik takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turnik.
Turnik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turnik is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Quick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick throws a hook but Turnik avoids it easily.
Turnik misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Quick on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Turnik misses with a combination
and Quick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boban Turnik's cut is getting worse.
Quick fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Turnik is out of range.
Quick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turnik.
Quick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quick moves away from the strike by Turnik.
Quick looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turnik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turnik throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Quick on the side of the head.
Turnik scores with a punch to the head.
Quick 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.
Turnik lands with an uppercut that bounces Quick off the ropes and back into range.
Turnik is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A lazy left from Turnik finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turnik.
Turnik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turnik connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick misses with an uppercut.
Turnik loads up on a big right hand but Quick slips the punch.
Quick ducks under a wild hook from Turnik.
Turnik swinging wildly here.
Quick looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turnik looks to land a left hand but Quick moved out of range nicely.
Despite the aggression on Quick's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A nice leg kick from Quick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turnik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quick circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quick scores with a body shot.
Boban Turnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quick loads up on a big right hand but Turnik slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Boban Turnik will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Boban Turnik's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Quick throws a right hand that misses
and Turnik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnik.
Turnik misses with a combination
and Quick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quick lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turnik's sensitive parts.
Quick blocks a jab.
Quick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turnik throwing a counter right hand but Quick manages to avoid it.
Turnik lands a right hook to the body.
Turnik misses with a right hand
and Quick counters with a stiff right hand.
Turnik digs a good hook to Quick's body.
Boban Turnik is winning the standup battle so far.
Quick takes one on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Quick misses the target.
Turnik throwing a counter right hand but Quick manages to avoid it.
Turnik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick looks to land a left hand but Turnik moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turnik misses with a hook. Quick ducked under it nicely.
Turnik lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A jab from Turnik misses.
Turnik misses with a two punch combination.
Quick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turnik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Quick misses.
Turnik lands with a right hand.
Turnik misses with a looping right.
Quick appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Quick throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quick looks to throw the jab but Turnik is out of range.
Turnik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quick walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
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!
Quick just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice cross by Turnik.
Quick throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turnik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quick was well out of range. Poor timing from Turnik.
A head kick misses from Quick.
Turnik throws an off balance right hand
letting Quick counter with a right hand.
Boban Turnik's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Quick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turnik.
Turnik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quick throws out the jab.
Quick just misses with a punch to the body.
Turnik scores with a jab. Quick acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Quick staying out of range there.
Turnik loads up on a big right hand but Quick slips the punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Boban Turnik dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Boban Turnik's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Turnik shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Quick eats them both and turns towards Turnik to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quick. Turnik does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quick loads up on a big right hand but Turnik slips the punch.
Quick lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turnik missing with a left hand there. Quick was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quick was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Turnik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quick.
Turnik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quick manages to avoid it.
Quick moves out of range of the strikes.
Turnik throws a looping overhand right but Quick ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quick ducks under a wild hook from Turnik.
Turnik is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quick can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Turnik.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quick! But no joy.
Quick misses with the body kick
and Turnik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turnik connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Quick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turnik counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turnik rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Quick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Quick slips under a jab from Turnik.
Quick tries to move into range but Turnik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Quick misses with a two punch combination.
Turnik scores with a punch to the head.
Quick misses with an uppercut. Turnik saw that one coming.
Turnik goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Quick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turnik.
Turnik swinging wildly here.
Turnik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Quick on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turnik.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turnik is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turnik cracks Quick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Quick throws a looping overhand right but Turnik ducks down to avoid it.
Quick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turnik throws a looping overhand right but Quick ducks down to avoid it.
Quick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Turnik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Quick to score with a decent uppercut.
Quick slips under a jab.
Quick throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Turnik thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Turnik misses.
It seemed like Quick was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dru Quick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boban Turnik is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turnik throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boban Turnik showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Turnik has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boban Turnik!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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