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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolph Turpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toro's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Knife Party / Bonfire. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustavo Toro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randolph Turpin!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gustavo Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turpin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turpin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toro.
Turpin loads up on a big right hand but Toro slips the punch.
Nice body punch from Toro.
Toro cracks the inside of Turpin's front leg.
Toro lands a nice shot that snaps Turpin's head back.
A clash of legs there as Toro blocks the low kick.
Turpin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A combination from Toro does no damage.
Toro throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Toro misses.
Turpin looks to land a right hand but Toro moved out of range.
Turpin looks to throw the jab but Toro is out of range.
Turpin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turpin to score with a decent uppercut.
Turpin misses the shot to the body.
Turpin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turpin checks a leg kick.
Turpin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Toro loads up on a big right hand but Turpin slips the punch.
Turpin tried to score with a low kick but Toro checks it.
Turpin throws a leg kick but Toro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Toro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Turpin's head backwards.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Toro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turpin.
Toro is looking to wear down Turpin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toro.
Toro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Turpin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turpin cracks Toro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Toro. Turpin shrugs it off though.
A combination from Toro does no damage.
Toro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turpin.
Toro misses with a leg kick
and Turpin counters with a right hand to the body.
Toro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Turpin in his tracks.
Turpin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turpin ducks under a wild hook from Toro.
Turpin takes a swing at Toro's ribcage but misses.
Turpin scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turpin.
Toro misses with a wild combination.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Turpin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Turpin moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Toro.
Turpin cracks Toro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Turpin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toro.
Turpin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toro's sensitive parts.
Toro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turpin was well out of range. Poor timing from Toro.
Turpin misses with a combination
and Toro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turpin connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Turpin misses.
Toro scores with a shot to the body.
Toro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Turpin at a distance.
Toro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turpin.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Turpin to counter with a crisp jab.
Turpin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toro manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turpin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toro.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toro staying out of range there.
A solid body kick from Toro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Randolph Turpin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Turpin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A head kick from Turpin lands but Toro takes it in his stride.
Nice straight punches there by Turpin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turpin.
Toro just misses with a punch to the body.
Toro checks a leg kick nicely.
Turpin looks to land a right hand but Toro moved out of range.
Toro misses with a hook to the body
and Turpin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Turpin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turpin wants to land a leg kick but Toro is out of range.
Turpin scores with a decent looking hook.
Toro misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toro scores with a hook to the body. Turpin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Toro lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turpin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toro.
Turpin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toro throws a leg kick that misses.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Toro defending well as Turpin loads up on a big left hand.
Turpin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toro throws a series of punches but Turpin avoids them all with ease.
Nice defenses there by Turpin.
Turpin misses with an uppercut. Toro saw that one coming.
Toro throws out a loose jab but Turpin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toro throws an off balance right hand
and Turpin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toro thinking.
Turpin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro misses with a low kick.
Toro lands a leg kick that knocks Turpin off balance momentarily.
Toro misses with a leg kick.
Toro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Turpin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toro slips under a jab from Turpin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turpin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turpin.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Toro!
A decent looking cross lands there for Turpin.
Toro lands a really nice looking cross but Turpin seems unphased.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro throws a lazy right hand but Turpin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turpin cracks Toro with a right hand to the side of the head.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Turpin scoring well with a low kick there.
Randolph Turpin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Toro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Turpin throws a series of punches but Toro moves out of range.
Turpin throws a shot to the body.
Turpin slips under a jab from Toro.
A jab from Toro finds it's way through Turpin's defenses.
Toro connects with a leg kick. Turpin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turpin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turpin digs a good hook to Toro's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turpin lands with a shot to the body.
Toro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turpin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Turpin duly obliges.
Toro misses with a low kick as Turpin jumps back.
Turpin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Toro misses with an uppercut. Turpin saw that one coming.
Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Turpin counters with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turpin throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toro scores with a body shot.
Turpin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Turpin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Toro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randolph Turpin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turpin lands a leg kick that knocks Toro off balance momentarily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Turpin!
Toro moves out of range as Turpin strikes.
Turpin thows a body kick. Toro tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Turpin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Toro throws out the jab.
Toro checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Toro wants to slow Turpin down by chopping away at his legs.
Toro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toro lands a jab.
Turpin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turpin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Turpin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Toro will feel that in the morning.
Turpin throws a series of punches but Toro avoids them all with ease.
Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
Turpin misses with a low kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Toro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Toro misses the shot to the body.
That kick from Turpin tenderised Toro's leg. Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Toro looks to land a combination but Turpin avoids it well.
Toro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Toro avoids the head kick by Turpin.
Turpin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toro.
Turpin throws the left hand but Toro avoids the punch easily.
Turpin takes one to the side of the head.
Turpin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro throws a hook to the side of Turpin's head but Turpin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turpin avoids the body shot from Toro.
Toro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Toro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A left lands for Toro.
Turpin punishes Toro's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toro throws a lazy right hand but Turpin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turpin manages to avoid it.
Toro swinging wildly here.
Nice body punch from Toro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turpin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Toro moves out of range as Turpin strikes.
Turpin misses with an uppercut
and Toro counters with a nice low kick that buckles Turpin's knee momentarily.
Toro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turpin.
Toro misses with a body shot.
Toro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turpin manages to avoid it.
Turpin moves out of range as Toro strikes.
Turpin misses with a low kick.
Toro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turpin moves away.
Turpin scores with a nice head shot.
Toro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toro scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Turpin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toro throws a body punch but Turpin moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turpin lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turpin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Toro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Turpin lands a right hook to the body.
Turpin wants to slow Toro down by chopping away at his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed right hand from Toro misses the target.
Turpin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toro avoids the body shot from Turpin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Randolph Turpin just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Turpin throws a body punch but Toro moves out of range.
Toro wants to slow Turpin down by chopping away at his legs.
Toro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turpin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Toro swinging wildly here.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Toro misses with a body shot.
Toro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turpin was well out of range. Poor timing from Toro.
Toro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turpin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turpin defending well as Toro loads up on a big left hand.
Toro misses with a right hand
and Turpin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro takes a swing at Turpin's ribcage but misses.
Toro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turpin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Toro throws out the jab.
Turpin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Turpin misses with a body shot.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Turpin misses with a looping right.
Toro tries to work over Turpin's front leg with a kick but Turpin checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toro.
Turpin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Toro in his tracks.
Toro lands a nice hook to Turpin's body. Turpin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Toro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turpin. Toro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Turpin misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Turpin.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Toro catches Turpin right on the button with a cross.
Toro lands with a right hand.
Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turpin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro tries to land a leg kick but Turpin saw it coming and moves away.
Turpin staying out of range there.
Turpin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Toro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turpin.
Toro scores with a jab to the jaw.
A cross from Turpin lands.
Toro throws out a leg kick but Turpin moves out of range and Toro only half commits.
Nice defenses there by Toro.
Turpin walks into a stiff left hand from Toro.
Turpin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Toro moves out of range of the body kick.
Turpin misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turpin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Toro. Toro obviously looking to wear him down.
Toro misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Toro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toro scores with a push kick.
Toro missing with a left hand there. Turpin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A leg kick checked by Toro.
Toro misses with a body kick.
Turpin connects with a leg kick. Toro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Toro misses its intended target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toro misses with a body shot.
Turpin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turpin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toro's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Randolph Turpin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toro 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.
Toro throws a big shot that misses.
Toro lands the left hand.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
That kick from Turpin tenderised Toro's leg. Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turpin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Toro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turpin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toro moves away.
Turpin avoids a kick to the body.
Turpin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toro lands a leg kick that knocks Turpin off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Toro throws a front kick aimed at Turpin's knee but Turpin avoids it well.
Donk. Toro catches Turpin right on the button with a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Turpin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turpin.
Toro swings for the body but Turpin moves out of range.
Toro scores with a decent looking hook.
Toro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turpin was well out of range. Poor timing from Toro.
Turpin throws a solid leg kick but Toro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Turpin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Turpin.
Turpin looks to score with a jab to the body but Toro is just out of range.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Turpin is just out of range.
Toro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Toro doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turpin ducks under a wild hook from Toro.
Toro swinging wildly here.
Toro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Toro.
Nice straight punches there by Toro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Toro.
An inside leg kick from Toro misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Turpin's sensitive parts.
Jab by Toro.
Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Turpin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Toro misses with a body punch
and Turpin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Turpin throws a nice looking combination but Toro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turpin throws a big shot that misses.
Turpin scores with the left hand. Toro knows he should have avoided that one.
Turpin lands a jab.
Turpin misses with a straight left.
Turpin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turpin tries to move into range but Toro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toro ducks under a wild hook from Turpin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turpin.
Turpin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toro lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Toro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turpin.
Turpin ducks under a wild hook from Toro.
Gustavo Toro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turpin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Toro misses with a double jab
and Turpin counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turpin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turpin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 Gustavo Toro.
Well Turpin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 46:49
Judge Josh West scores the fight 47:49
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 48:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Randolph Turpin!
Randolph Turpin is the new lightweight champion!
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