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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Luciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Turner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luciano kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Skrillex-Reptile. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie Luciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Turner!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luciano drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Turner gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Luciano stalling in the clinch.
Luciano scores with a shoulder strike.
Turner tries a knee to the head but Luciano blocks it.
Luciano jumps guard and drags Turner to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Luciano is pulling down on Turner's head to control his posture.
Turner must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Charlie Luciano wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Turner is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano tries to clinch up.
Luciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Turner circles away.
Randy Turner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luciano blocks a head kick by Turner.
Turner lands a head kick. Luciano smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Luciano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Luciano moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Luciano to work.
Luciano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luciano prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
Luciano tries for a takedown but Turner manages to get underhooks.
Luciano looking to throw knees to the head but Turner is blocking nicely.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luciano goes for a takedown attempt but Turner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Luciano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turner keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner gets tackled into the cage by Luciano. Luciano maintains the clinch.
Luciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turner.
Turner misses with a wild combination.
Turner misses with a series of wild punches.
Turner connects with a solid leg kick.
Luciano is breathing heavily.
Turner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Luciano's calf.
Luciano takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Turner throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice shot by Turner.
Turner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Luciano. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Turner.
Turner moves into the clinch successfully.
Turner misses with a knee strike.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Turner.
Turner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luciano blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Luciano as Turner tries to tie him up.
Turner tries to break free but Luciano pushes him back against the cage.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner crunches a lovely knee into Luciano's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luciano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Turner lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Charlie Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to break free but Luciano has control.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Luciano is keeping busy.
Luciano manages to pull guard.
Luciano trying to strike off his back.
Luciano pushes Turner off and gets back to his feet.
Turner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Luciano has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner looks to land a combination but Luciano avoids it well.
Luciano gets tackled into the cage by Turner. Turner maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Turner dominated that round.
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.
Turner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luciano is looking to clinch.
Turner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luciano has a takedown stuffed.
Luciano avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Charlie Luciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
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!
Turner lands a left and a right that send Luciano crashing to the mat, dazed. Turner thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Luciano is rocked!
It looks like Charlie Luciano has been cut.
Turner fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Luciano out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Randy Turner!
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hype
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pop
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