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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luca Turilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Saraiva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luca Turilli has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 cm
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214 lbs
9 - 4 - 1 |
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185 cm
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220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luca Turilli! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Saraiva! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Saraiva moves into the clinch. Turilli blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Saraiva misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Turilli.
Saraiva missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Turilli on the inside. Saraiva throws an elbow but it misses.
Saraiva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saraiva.
It looks like Luca Turilli has been cut. Turilli misses with a knee to the head. Turilli prevents a body shot from Saraiva. Saraiva looks to throw an elbow but misses. Turilli slows down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage. Turilli blocks an elbow strike. Saraiva trying to land knees to the body.
Turilli lands a hook that snaps the head of Saraiva backwards. Saraiva trying to land knees to the body.
Turilli lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saraiva or not.
That's one minute gone in the round. Turilli tries to work over Saraiva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Still in the clinch, Turilli scores with a nice short uppercut. Turilli lands with a right to the head. Saraiva being controlled against the cage. Turilli working some nice short punches in the clinch. Turilli avoids a wild elbow strike from Saraiva. Saraiva misses with the head strike.
Turilli lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Turilli swings wildly with an uppercut but Saraiva uses good head movement to avoid it. Saraiva lands an elbow that stopped Turilli in his tracks for a moment. Turilli avoids a wild elbow strike from Saraiva. Saraiva prevents a body shot from Turilli. Saraiva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Saraiva struggles to land a body shot inside as Turilli controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saraiva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Turilli's brow. Turilli misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turilli lands a body punch in the clinch. Turilli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saraiva. Saraiva missing with knees to the body.
Turilli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turilli blocks an elbow strike. Turilli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turilli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saraiva's elbow. Turilli lands a hook that snaps the head of Saraiva backwards. Turilli tries a body shot but Saraiva blocks it.
Turilli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turilli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Turilli tries to work over Saraiva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Turilli digs a right hand underneath Saraiva's ribcage. Saraiva let out a lung full of air as it connected. Saraiva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turilli is defending well for now. Saraiva prevents a body shot from Turilli. Turilli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Saraiva struggles to land a body shot inside as Turilli controls his hands.
Saraiva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Saraiva tries a body shot but Turilli blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Saraiva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turilli backwards. A head punch blocked on the inside by Saraiva. Saraiva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Turilli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saraiva's elbow. Turilli struggles to land a body shot inside as Saraiva controls his hands.
Saraiva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saraiva misses with a short punch on the inside. Saraiva lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Turilli scores with a shot to the side of Saraiva's head. A short right hand to the side of the head by Turilli. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turilli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Saraiva is rocked! Still in the clinch, Turilli scores with a nice short uppercut. Saraiva is still on wobbly legs! Can Turilli finish him? Turilli creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Saraiva's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Saraiva drops to his knees and Turilli pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca Turilli! Luca Turilli retains his light heavyweight title! Luca Turilli very nearly forgot to thank Just Fight amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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