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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Turtchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Turtchin!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo ducks under a wild hook from Turtchin.
Jose Aldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turtchin looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Aldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Turtchin fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Aldo misses with a two punch combination.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turtchin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aldo is looking to clinch but Turtchin is avoiding it.
Turtchin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Aldo.
Aldo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turtchin throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turtchin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turtchin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turtchin.
Turtchin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Turtchin circles away.
Turtchin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aldo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aldo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Turtchin takes a step back to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtchin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turtchin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aldo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Turtchin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aldo rather than just go for the knockout.
Aldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turtchin looks gassed!
Aldo scores with a head kick.
Aldo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Turtchin counter with a right hand.
Turtchin misses with a combination
and Aldo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turtchin looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Aldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aldo looks to land a combination. Turtchin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Rodrigo Turtchin has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aldo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turtchin keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtchin tries to bum rush Aldo with a series of wild strikes but Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves away
and Turtchin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aldo slips a straight right by Turtchin.
Aldo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Turtchin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Turtchin.
Aldo closes the distance but Turtchin moves to the side
and Turtchin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turtchin counters with a nice body shot.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turtchin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aldo closes the distance but Turtchin moves to the side
and Turtchin counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turtchin throws a sloppy body shot
and Aldo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Aldo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a stiff right hand.
Turtchin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aldo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo looks to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Turtchin looks to score with a jab to the body but Aldo is just out of range.
Turtchin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turtchin counters with a straight right hand.
Turtchin misses with the combination.
Turtchin takes a swing at Aldo's ribcage but misses.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turtchin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aldo thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turtchin.
Aldo tries to clinch there but Turtchin circles away.
Aldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turtchin counters with a three punch combo that has Aldo backing up. Aldo nods at Turtchin to acknowledge the strikes.
Aldo scores with a jab to the body.
Turtchin scores with a jab to the body.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turtchin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aldo thinking.
Aldo cracks Turtchin with a good jab.
Aldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turtchin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turtchin tries to keep at a distance but Aldo has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Aldo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Turtchin'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.
Turtchin misses with a body shot
and Aldo counters with a left to the body.
Aldo throws a series of punches but Turtchin moves out of range.
Aldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Turtchin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turtchin throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turtchin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turtchin fails to land with a series of punches.
Aldo wants to clinch but Turtchin slips to the side
and Turtchin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turtchin avoids the head kick by Aldo.
Aldo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turtchin.
Aldo throws a head kick that half lands.
Turtchin punishes Aldo's body with a nice straight punch.
Aldo tries to clinch up
and Turtchin counters with a straight right hand.
Turtchin is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtchin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Aldo clinches but Turtchin breaks the clinch
and Turtchin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Turtchin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Aldo darts in trying to clinch
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aldo fakes the leg kick and cracks Turtchin in the body.
No joy there for Turtchin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turtchin lands a body shot.
Rodrigo Turtchin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aldo lands a head kick. Turtchin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Aldo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turtchin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turtchin blocks a head kick by Aldo.
Turtchin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aldo counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turtchin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aldo moves away.
No joy there for Turtchin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aldo tries to clinch up.
Aldo misses with a combination
and Turtchin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some wild striking there from Turtchin.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aldo moves in looking to clinch but Turtchin pushes him off.
Aldo has Turtchin up against the cage in a clinch.
Aldo wants to get back to striking at distance but Turtchin won't allow it.
Turtchin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Aldo tries to pull guard but Turtchin holds him up against the cage and eventually Aldo drops back down to his feet.
Aldo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turtchin has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turtchin is trying to break the clinch but Aldo is controlling him.
Turtchin breaks from the clinch.
Turtchin lands the left hand.
Turtchin digs a good body shot into Aldo's ribs.
Turtchin misses with a double jab
and Aldo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Aldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turtchin.
Turtchin misses the shot to the body.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves out of range.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a two punch combo.
Aldo closes the distance but Turtchin moves to the side
and Turtchin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turtchin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aldo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Turtchin thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Turtchin does no damage.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turtchin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jose Aldo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aldo closes the distance but Turtchin moves to the side
and Turtchin counters with a left and a right that stings Aldo.
Turtchin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turtchin with a hook.
Turtchin throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aldo lands a head kick. Turtchin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turtchin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Aldo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Turtchin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Aldo counter with a right hand.
Aldo swinging wilding here.
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 Jose Aldo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rodrigo Turtchin's cut.
That's time! Aldo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Turtchin throws a series of punches but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo closes the distance but Turtchin moves to the side
and Turtchin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aldo tries to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aldo is looking to clinch.
Turtchin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turtchin tries to move into range but Aldo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Turtchin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aldo.
Aldo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Turtchin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Aldo connects with a high kick.
A head kick misses from Aldo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Aldo.
Turtchin throws a right hand that Aldo ducks under and follows up with a left that Aldo also avoids with ease.
Turtchin misses with a body shot.
Turtchin scores with the left hand. Aldo knows he should have avoided that one.
Aldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turtchin misses with the combination.
Turtchin throws a nice looking combination but Aldo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aldo wants to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a left to the body.
Jose Aldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Turtchin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turtchin misses with a two punch combination.
Aldo connects with a solid leg kick.
Turtchin throws a body punch but Aldo moves out of range.
Aldo darts in trying to clinch
enabling Turtchin to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves away
and Turtchin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Turtchin looks to throw the jab but Aldo is out of range.
Turtchin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Turtchin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aldo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Aldo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves away
enabling Turtchin to counter with a crisp jab.
Aldo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Aldo tries to clinch up but Turtchin circles away and keeps his distance.
Turtchin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aldo looks to clinch
and Turtchin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turtchin fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aldo tries to clinch up
and Turtchin counters with a one-two to the body.
Turtchin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves away
and Turtchin counters with a nice body shot.
Turtchin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Turtchin counters with a one-two to the body.
Jose Aldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aldo lands a head kick. Turtchin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Turtchin keeps the fight on the outside.
Aldo tries to clinch but Turtchin moves away
and Turtchin counters with a right hand to the body.
Turtchin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aldo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Aldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turtchin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aldo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Turtchin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Aldo misses with a combination
and Turtchin counters with a left to the body.
Rodrigo Turtchin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turtchin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Aldo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Turtchin is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Aldo clinches but Turtchin breaks the clinch
and Turtchin counters with a nice uppercut.
Turtchin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aldo finds it's way round the side to connect with Turtchin's head.
A big right from Turtchin misses.
Aldo clinches but Turtchin breaks the clinch
and Turtchin counters with a straight right hand.
Aldo throws a head kick that half lands.
Turtchin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aldo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Turtchin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aldo 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rodrigo Turtchin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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