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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teppo Turma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - TNT. Turma has chosen Slipknot - Psychosocial as his entrance music. 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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179 lbs
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Billy D!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teppo Turma!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turma is looking to clinch.
D connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
D catches Turma with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Turma throws a body punch but D moves out of range.
Turma closes the distance and pushes D back into the cage.
Turma lands with a light punch inside.
Turma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turma.
D is trying to force a seperation but Turma has the dominant position.
D blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turma has D pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Turma pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending D tumbling to the mat - Turma dives into D's guard.
D thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Turma is looking to work some ground and pound but D has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Turma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turma lands a couple of digs.
Turma must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Turma with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Turma trying to control but D is working from the bottom.
Turma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
D wants to stand up but Turma is controlling him.
Turma looking to sit in guard and control but D gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Turma looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Turma had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. D defends it easily.
Turma has his foot on D's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. D works his way back into a safe position though.
D with a nice head shot there.
Turma has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but D can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Turma is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
D 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turma keeping moving, preventing D from controlling successfully.
Turma is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. D is aware though and is defending well.
Turma is looking to sweep but instead, D has passed into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turma looking for submissions off his back.
Turma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
D slips a nice elbow through Turma's hands, connecting with Turma's forehead.
D is thwarting Turma's attempts to control the position.
Turma is trying to defend against the ground and pound but D scores with a couple of nice shots.
Turma is staying active underneath D, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. D connects with a nice short shot to Turma's temple.
D missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Turma is looking to control D's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Turma avoid being mounted?
Turma is trying to defend against the ground and pound but D scores with a couple of nice shots.
D is looking to take a break and control but Turma is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Turma on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
D is thwarting Turma's attempts to control the position.
D slips a nice elbow through Turma's hands, connecting with Turma's forehead.
Turma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Turma looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
D not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
D landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
D takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turma regains full guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
D slips nicely into half guard.
Turma wants to improve his position but D is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
D landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Turma on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
D is looking to stall here but Turma recovers full guard.
Turma trying to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D is working Turma over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Turma not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
D slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
D throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Teppo Turma will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Turma misses with a straight right.
D throws a shot from downtown. Turma moves away and avoids it.
Turma lands with a thumping leg kick.
D ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turma moves away.
Turma moves in looking to clinch but D pushes him off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by D!
Turma avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
D keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turma.
D ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turma moves away.
D dodges the punch combination from Turma.
Turma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
D bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
D connects with a looping right hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from D.
Turma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
D stuns Turma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from D is defended easily by Turma.
D drops his hands momentarily and Turma takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turma tries for a takedown but D sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
D lands a head shot.
Some wild striking there from D.
Turma lands with a right hand.
Turma lands a head shot.
Turma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turma on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
D misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D cracks Turma with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turma scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Billy D has been cut.
D defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Turma.
D tries to clinch there but Turma circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from D is defended easily by Turma.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy D. That's going to take a lot out of him.
D just misses with a punch to the body.
D looks to score with a jab to the body but Turma is just out of range.
D tries to close the distance and clinch but Turma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turma throws a combination that misses
and D counters with a stiff right hand.
Teppo Turma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good shot there by D.
D lands with an uppercut that bounces Turma off the cage and back into range.
D fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turma throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around D's waist but D gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Turma off to one side.
D throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Turma was covering up waiting for the punch and D finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D preventing the sweep.
D with a flurry of punches that miss.
Turma is looking for a triangle here but D uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Turma is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on D's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Nice strikes from D there.
D works his way into full mount!
D lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Turma tries to reverse the position but D maintains control.
Turma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Billy D overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
D punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D content just to control the position here.
Turma is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
D is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turma slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Turma wants to get back to full guard.
D slips a nice elbow through Turma's hands, connecting with Turma's forehead.
D lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
D sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Turma defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
D winds up and cracks Turma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
D seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Turma tries to get to full guard but D has control of the leg.
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 Billy D will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Billy D's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
D takes a swing at Turma's ribcage but misses.
D checks a low kick from Turma.
D fails with a takedown attempt.
Turma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but D manages to avoid it.
D shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Turma defends it nicely.
D connects with a right hand. Turma shakes it off.
Turma misses with a few strikes there.
D throws a jab when Turma was well out of range.
A cross from D lands.
Turma shoots in for a takedown but D shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Turma has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Turma fails with the takedown.
Turma is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turma tries to move into range but D moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
D throws a shot from downtown. Turma moves away and avoids it.
D shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Billy D seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
D thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turma tries to clinch but D moves out of range.
D just misses with a punch to the body.
D cracks Turma with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
D throws a series of punches but Turma moves out of range.
Turma drives through with a takedown into guard.
D uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A slow jab from Turma misses its intended target.
D takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
D misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
D blocks a jab.
D throws a poor cross that misses
and Turma counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fighters circling - D throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body punch from Turma.
D takes one to the side of the head.
Turma throws a right and a left that both miss.
D scores with a nice right hand.
Turma swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
D stuns Turma with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Turma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Turma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from D.
Turma scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
D is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Turma off and has taken his back!
A lull in the action here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards D.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
D trying to control.
Turma manages to reverse the position and now he's in D's guard. Nice work there by Turma.
D working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turma.
D is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Turma is controlling him.
D looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
D is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Turma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
D tries to sprawl but Turma drives through with a takedown into half guard.
D trying to control from the bottom.
Turma missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
D gets full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
D wants to sweep but no luck.
Turma stops D from standing up.
Turma throwing strikes from guard but D blocks nicely.
D is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
D utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Turma stands up over D, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
D looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Turma works over D with some ground and pound from guard.
Turma pushing down on D's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turma is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Turma throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Teppo Turma.
I think Turma 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teppo Turma!
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hype
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