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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Kessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Turbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Turbo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eddie Kessler's chin.
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152 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Kessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dave Turbo!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kessler bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turbo throws a leg kick but Kessler sees it coming and moves out of range.
Turbo lands a body shot.
Kessler feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Turbo's calf.
Dave Turbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kessler throws a quick inside leg kick.
Turbo misses with a hook. Kessler ducked under it nicely.
Kessler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turbo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kessler looks for a takedown but Turbo sprawls well.
Turbo misses with a two punch combination.
Turbo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kessler counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turbo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler slips under a jab from Turbo.
Turbo misses with a leg kick
and Kessler counters with a leg kick.
Kessler fails with a takedown attempt.
Kessler lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turbo avoids the head kick by Kessler.
Turbo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turbo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turbo blocks the body kick.
Kessler throws a head kick but Turbo moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kessler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kessler tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Turbo swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Kessler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turbo moves out of range of the body kick.
Turbo throws a lazy right hand but Kessler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turbo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kessler counters with a body kick that stops Turbo in his tracks momentarily.
Turbo takes a swing at Kessler's ribcage but misses.
Kessler throws a half hearted mid kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kessler.
Kessler shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Turbo defends it nicely.
Kessler walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kessler stops Turbo from getting back to his feet.
Turbo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kessler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kessler is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kessler wants to control but Turbo is keeping him busy.
Turbo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kessler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Turbo's head.
Kessler is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Kessler trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Turbo tries to hold on but Kessler pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessler controlling the position easily from mount.
Turbo is trying desperately to improve position.
Kessler looking for a guillotine from mount but Turbo is having none of it.
Kessler avoids the attempt from Turbo to control.
Turbo is working to get back to half guard.
Kessler looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Turbo tries to hold on but Kessler pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Kessler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Turbo throws a hook to the side of Kessler's head but Kessler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kessler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kessler moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turbo.
It looks like Eddie Kessler has been cut.
Turbo lands with a nice body punch.
Kessler moves out of range of the strikes.
Turbo throws a hook but Kessler blocks it.
Kessler scores with a kick to the body.
Kessler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turbo.
Turbo throws a hook but Kessler avoids it easily.
Kessler staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler misses with a kick to the body.
Kessler shoots in but Turbo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kessler delivers a nice body kick.
Turbo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Turbo.
Kessler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Turbo.
Kessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turbo tries to land a body kick
and Kessler counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kessler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kessler tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Turbo swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kessler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Kessler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turbo misses with a body shot.
Kessler fails to land the takedown.
Turbo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Turbo stuffs the takedown.
Turbo throws a series of punches but Kessler moves out of range.
Turbo scores with a nice right hand.
Turbo stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turbo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turbo misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Turbo misses.
A good leg kick by Kessler.
A head kick from Kessler lands but Turbo takes it in his stride.
Turbo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Turbo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kessler. That one must have hurt.
Turbo is breathing heavily.
Kessler thuds his shin into the meat of Turbo's side.
Kessler connects with a high kick.
Kessler looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Turbo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessler content just to control the position here.
Kessler tries to control but Turbo wriggling away.
Kessler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turbo is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kessler cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poor strikes thrown by Kessler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kessler blocks Turbo's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Kessler can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Turbo is looking to escape.
Turbo tries to hold on but Kessler postures up.
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 Eddie Kessler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eddie Kessler's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kessler fails with a takedown attempt.
Kessler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kessler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kessler moves out of range as Turbo strikes.
Kessler throws a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kessler.
Turbo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kessler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turbo misses with a leg kick
and Kessler counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Turbo's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessler wants to control from the top but Turbo keeps moving.
Turbo can't keep his opponent in guard - Kessler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Turbo trying to control from the bottom.
Kessler trying to control from half guard but Turbo is working away.
Kessler is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Turbo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Turbo trying to hold on to Kessler's head to control him but Kessler postures up.
Kessler stops Turbo from getting back to his feet.
Kessler is keen to just control but Turbo is a slippery customer.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Turbo leaves Kessler with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Turbo throws a hook but Kessler avoids it easily.
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.
Turbo misses with a wild combination.
Turbo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kessler.
Kessler lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turbo's sensitive parts.
Turbo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kessler.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Kessler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kessler throws a head kick that half lands.
Dave Turbo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kessler scores with a nice body kick.
Turbo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Turbo wants it to stay on the feet.
A swing and a miss from Turbo.
Turbo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessler dives in and grabs Turbo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Turbo pushes down on Kessler's head and hops out.
Kessler shoots in and drives through. Turbo sprawls well.
Kessler takes one on the button.
Turbo throws a nice looking combination but Kessler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kessler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Turbo as he jumps to the side.
Turbo throws a combination that misses
and Kessler counters with a head kick. That will keep Turbo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Turbo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kessler tries a head kick but it misses.
Kessler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kessler throws a sloppy head kick and Turbo moves out of range easily.
Turbo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kessler lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Turbo misses.
Kessler lands a head kick!
Turbo misses with a few strikes there.
Kessler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kessler throws a jab but it's blocked by Turbo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kessler.
Turbo throws a leg kick
and Kessler makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Turbo misses with a looping right.
Kessler lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Kessler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kessler 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Eddie Kessler!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Eddie Kessler!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Eddie Kessler!
Eddie Kessler wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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