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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DJ Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Turner is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jason Turner!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner misses with a body kick.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
Thomas misses with a looping right.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body kick from Turner.
Turner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Turner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thomas to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Jason Turner has been cut.
Turner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thomas's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner lands a front kick.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Turner finds it's target.
Turner avoids the head kick by Thomas.
A shot to de liver by Turner. Beautiful body shot.
Turner lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turner scores with a nice body kick.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Turner scores with a shot to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thomas breaks the clinch.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Turner closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Turner is controlling him.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
Turner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turner jabs Thomas right on the nose. Thomas blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.
Thomas tries to score a body lock takedown but Turner shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Thomas tries a knee to the head but Turner blocks it.
Thomas prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Thomas.
Turner instigates a clinch.
Thomas pulls Turner into guard.
Turner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Thomas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner pushing down on Thomas's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Turner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Turner with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Thomas missing with punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Turner is keen to just control but Thomas is a slippery customer.
Turner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thomas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Turner is trying to control the action in half guard but Thomas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Turner stands up out of the half guard.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turner counters with a straight right hand.
Turner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
Turner throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thomas with a nice cross.
Turner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thomas tries to land knees in the clinch but Turner avoids the damage to the body.
Turner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turner gets underhooks to prevent Thomas's takedown attempt.
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Thomas won't allow it.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Turner is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas is trying to break free.
Turner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Turner is trying to break free.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Turner walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Turner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Turner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turner scores with a three punch combo!
A jab from Turner does it's job there.
Turner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
Turner feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Turner swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
A shot to de liver by Turner. Beautiful body shot.
Thomas wants to clinch
and Turner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slapping leg kick lands for Turner.
Jason Turner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Turner lands an elbow inside.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner breaks the clinch.
Turner throws a front kick that sends Thomas stumbling back into the cage.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thomas. That did some damage!
Turner scores with a jab.
Jason Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner lands a slapping body shot.
Turner moves into the clinch.
Turner can't break the clinch.
Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Turner. Thomas shrugs it off though.
Thomas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good standup being displayed there by Turner as he connects with a hook.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Turner.
Thomas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas wants to clinch up but Turner keeps it at a distance.
Turner has Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Turner breaks from the clinch.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Turner thumps Thomas with a low kick.
Turner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turner connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
Thomas takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Turner lands a nice hook to Thomas's body. Thomas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Turner lands with a slapping head kick.
A good leg kick by Turner.
Thomas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Turner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Thomas's sensitive parts.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
Turner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Turner has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
Turner manages to break the clinch.
DJ Thomas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turner scores with a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Turner.
Thomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner scores with a jab.
Turner cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Turner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Turner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turner throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Turner stalks Thomas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thomas's face. Thomas staggers backwards, shaken.
Turner connects with a single shot there.
Turner lands with a nice body punch.
Turner darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
Thomas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner gets underhooks to prevent Thomas's takedown attempt.
Turner can't break the clinch.
Turner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Turner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jason Turner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from Turner lands but Thomas takes it in his stride.
Turner lands with a slapping head kick.
Turner closes the distance and pushes Thomas back into the cage.
Thomas is trying to break the clinch but Turner is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Thomas fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Turner tries to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Thomas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Turner won't allow Thomas to sweep him here.
Turner tries to free his leg and advance position but Thomas is retaining full guard.
Turner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Thomas keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.
Thomas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Thomas missing with punches from the bottom.
Turner content to control rather than advance.
Thomas misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Thomas might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Turner wants to take a breather but Thomas is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Turner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Turner wants to control but Thomas is keeping him busy.
Thomas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Thomas.
Thomas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Turner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Let's hope that Turner has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Thomas trying to strike off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas wants to stand but Turner is controlling the position.
Turner postures up and lands a big shot to Thomas's brow.
Thomas striking off his back but it's not causing Turner any problems.
Thomas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Turner wants to control from the top but Thomas keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Turner blocks a jab.
Thomas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turner pushes Thomas away with a front kick.
Turner clinches with his opponent.
Turner breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner connects with the punch.
Turner darts in and clinches Thomas up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner feints and then cracks Thomas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thomas down.
Turner is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
A cross from Turner lands.
A head kick from Turner lands but Thomas takes it in his stride.
Turner has managed to clinch.
Jason Turner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A frustrated look appears on Thomas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thomas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thomas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Turner pulls his leg out and moves away.
Turner scores with a hook.
DJ Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Turner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turner 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Turner!
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