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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marek Siuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Turko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turko has chosen Master of Puppets as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight 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, Marek Siuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ivan Turko!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turko misses with a hook
and Siuta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turko scores with a jab to the body.
Ivan Turko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siuta lands a nice shot that snaps Turko's head back.
Siuta looks to score with a jab to the body but Turko is just out of range.
Turko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Siuta throws out the jab.
Siuta walks into a stiff left hand from Turko.
Turko pushes Siuta up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siuta can't find room to land a body shot as Turko controls the action.
A short right from Turko on the inside.
A short right from Siuta.
Turko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Siuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Turko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turko misses with an elbow over the top.
Turko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Siuta's defenses.
Siuta presses Turko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Turko.
Turko has Siuta pressed against the cage, preventing Siuta from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Turko lands an elbow inside.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Still in the clinch, Siuta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turko tries a knee to the head but Siuta blocks it.
Turko lands a knee to the head.
Turko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siuta.
Siuta tries to work over Turko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turko scores with a knee to the head.
Turko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siuta backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Siuta scores with a shot to the side of Turko's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta stalling in the clinch but Turko improves position.
Turko connects with a knee to the head.
Siuta is breathing heavily.
Turko misses with a knee to the head.
Turko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turko obliges.
Turko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Siuta's defenses.
Siuta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Turko is leaning against Siuta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Turko is working Siuta over against the cage.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Turko looking to throw knees to the head but Siuta is blocking nicely.
Turko landing knees to the body.
Turko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Turko.
Knees to the body from Turko.
A right hook to the body lands for Turko.
A knee to the head by Turko.
Siuta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turko trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Siuta.
Siuta is trying to break the clinch but Turko is controlling him.
Siuta prevents a body shot from Turko.
Siuta is trying to maintain a safe position but Turko gets an underhook and turns Siuta into the cage.
Siuta takes an elbow to the temple.
Turko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Siuta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Turko misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siuta.
Siuta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siuta.
Siuta working hard to break the clinch.
Siuta lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Turko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Siuta lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Siuta.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Turko blocking some punches.
Siuta working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Siuta.
Siuta tries to work over Turko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Siuta.
Siuta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turko looking to throw knees to the head but Siuta is blocking nicely.
Siuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Siuta.
Siuta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Siuta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Siuta breaks the clinch.
Nice shot lands for Siuta.
Siuta moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Siuta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turko's head.
Turko closes the distance but Siuta moves to the side
and Siuta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turko misses with a straight right.
Siuta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turko counters with a straight right hand.
Siuta takes a swing at Turko's ribcage but misses.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Siuta circles away.
Siuta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turko darts in trying to clinch
and Siuta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Siuta circles away.
Turko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Siuta counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turko is looking to clinch.
Turko tries to clinch but Siuta is having none of it.
Siuta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turko is looking to clinch but Siuta is avoiding it.
Turko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Siuta manages to avoid it.
Turko tries to clinch up.
Turko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Turko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turko is looking to clinch.
Turko lands a body shot.
Siuta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turko moves into range and clinches up with Siuta.
Siuta can't find room to land a body shot as Turko controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siuta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turko throws an elbow but it misses.
Turko lands an elbow that stopped Siuta in his tracks for a moment.
Siuta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Siuta misses with some punches.
Siuta takes an elbow to the temple.
Turko lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ivan Turko will probably get the nod.
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.
Siuta misses with a looping right.
Siuta throws a leg kick but Turko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Siuta swings widly with a right hand
and Turko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch but Siuta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Siuta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turko misses with a hook
and Siuta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Turko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turko throws a hook but Siuta blocks it.
Siuta misses with an uppercut
and Turko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turko looks to throw the jab but Siuta is out of range.
Turko misses with a hook. Siuta ducked under it nicely.
Turko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siuta.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Siuta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turko clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivan Turko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turko lands a right hand.
Turko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Turko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Siuta's face.
Turko digs a right hand into Siuta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Siuta's gas tank.
Siuta avoids a wild elbow strike from Turko.
Siuta breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Siuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Siuta misses with an uppercut. Turko saw that one coming.
A big right from Turko misses.
Siuta throws a hook to the side of Turko's head but Turko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Siuta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Siuta counters with a nice uppercut.
Siuta swats away the attempt to clinch by Turko.
Siuta walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turko wants to clinch up but Siuta keeps it at a distance.
Turko wants to clinch up but Siuta keeps it at a distance.
Turko wants to clinch up but Siuta keeps it at a distance.
Marek Siuta is winning the standup battle so far.
Siuta works the jab nicely.
Siuta misses with a double jab
and Turko counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siuta tries to land a front kick but Turko steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Turko tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Siuta to counter with a crisp jab.
Turko doesn't manage to clinch there - Siuta circles away.
Siuta misses the shot to the body.
Turko throws a jab when Siuta was well out of range.
Turko clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Turko landing knees to the head.
Turko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Turko lands a nice elbow.
Siuta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Siuta - that landed with a thud.
Turko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Turko with a knee to the head.
Siuta takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Turko.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
A short right from Turko on the inside.
Turko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Siuta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turko backwards.
Turko misses with an elbow strike.
Siuta scores with a shot to the side of Turko's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turko.
Siuta tries a body shot but Turko blocks it.
Turko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Siuta breaks from the clinch.
Turko wants to clinch.
Jab, jab by Turko - just one landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turko moves forwards but Siuta connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Turko tries to clinch but Siuta is having none of it.
Siuta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turko.
Nice defenses there by Turko.
Turko has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Siuta finds it's way round the side to connect with Turko's head.
Siuta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Siuta is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siuta misses with a double jab.
Siuta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Turko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turko tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turko obliges.
Turko landing knees to the head.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Turko.
Siuta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turko missing with a left hand there. Siuta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Turko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Siuta tests Turko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Siuta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turko.
Siuta avoids the body shot from Turko.
Siuta takes a swing at Turko's ribcage but misses.
Turko is looking to clinch.
Turko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Siuta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Siuta.
Turko tries to clinch but Siuta moves away
and Turko takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turko misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siuta gets tackled into the cage by Turko. Turko maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Siuta lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Siuta fails to land.
Turko lands an elbow that stopped Siuta in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Siuta throws a punch but it's blocked by Turko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turko tries a knee to the head but Siuta blocks it.
Turko lands a damaging elbow.
Siuta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Siuta tries to stall but Turko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Turko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Siuta can't find room to land a body shot as Turko controls the action.
Turko lands a nice knee to the body.
Turko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Turko blocks a body shot from Siuta.
Nice elbow from Turko.
Turko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Siuta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Turko connects with a knee to the head.
Siuta takes an elbow to the temple.
Turko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Turko takes a shot to the head.
Siuta leaning his opponent against the cage.
Turko with a knee to the head.
Siuta lands a hook that snaps the head of Turko backwards.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Turko.
Turko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Siuta blocks it with crossed arms.
Siuta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Turko might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Siuta throws a head kick that misses.
Turko cracks Siuta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Siuta circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turko moves to clinch but Siuta breaks away
and Siuta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turko dodges the punch combination from Siuta.
Turko lands a glancing blow to the side of Siuta's head.
Siuta misses with a combination
and Turko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Siuta misses with a jab to the body
and Turko counters with a nice uppercut.
Turko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Siuta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turko tries to clinch up but Siuta circles away and keeps his distance.
Siuta throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turko on the side of the head.
Turko defending well as Siuta loads up on a big left hand.
Turko tries to clinch up.
Siuta throws a lazy right hand but Turko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turko tries to clinch there but Siuta circles away.
The fighters circling - Siuta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turko is looking to clinch but Siuta is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turko swings for the body but Siuta moves out of range.
Marek Siuta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siuta throws a hook to the side of Turko's head but Turko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turko with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Siuta to score with a decent uppercut.
Siuta looks to throw the jab but Turko is out of range.
Siuta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Turko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Siuta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turko with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Siuta.
Turko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Siuta just misses with a punch to the body.
Siuta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turko.
Turko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Siuta counters with a nice body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Siuta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Siuta.
Turko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Siuta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Siuta throws a one two combo.
Turko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Siuta throws out the jab.
Ivan Turko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Turko lands a jab.
Turko tries to clinch there but Siuta circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marek Siuta.
I think Turko has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Turko!
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