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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luca Turilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turilli kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is krolithika. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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201 lbs
19 - 10 - 1 |
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luca Turilli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turilli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turilli closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bishop counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Luca Turilli has been cut.
Bishop lands with a straight right. Turilli didn't see that one coming.
Bishop misses with a looping right.
Turilli clinches with his opponent.
Turilli crunches a lovely knee into Bishop's ribcage.
Bishop misses with some punches.
Turilli swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Turilli.
Bishop is working Turilli over against the cage.
Turilli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turilli misses with a punch on the inside.
Turilli lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bishop as Turilli tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
A short body shot lands from Turilli as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bishop.
Turilli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
Turilli missing with knees to the body.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike.
Bishop working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turilli working aggressively here.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Turilli.
Turilli lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turilli trying to land knees to the body.
Turilli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bishop avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Turilli presses Bishop against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Turilli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bishop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turilli misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turilli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turilli misses with a low kick.
Luca Turilli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop lands the left hand.
Bishop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Turilli misses.
Turilli takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turilli is looking to score with low kicks.
Bishop feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turillis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Turilli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turilli throws a leg kick that misses.
Bishop tries a head kick but it misses.
Turilli misses the jab.
Bishop lands a high kick!
Bishop thows a body shot but no joy.
Bishop gets tackled into the cage by Turilli. Turilli maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turilli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turilli missing with knees to the body.
Turilli tries to land knees in the clinch but Bishop avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bishop.
Turilli blocking some punches.
Turilli slows down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Bishop.
Turilli is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bishop tries a body shot but Turilli blocks it.
Turilli working aggressively here.
Bishop is leaning against Turilli and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bishop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turilli is trying to push Bishop away but Bishop has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bishop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Bishop has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Turilli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turilli takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turilli lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
Bishop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop avoiding damage as Turilli throws knees to the body.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Turilli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bishop is defending well for now.
Bishop lands a right hand.
Bishop avoiding damage as Turilli throws knees to the body.
Turilli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turilli tests Bishop's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turilli misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop throws a series of punches but Turilli moves out of range.
Turilli ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
Bishop feints and then cracks Turilli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turilli down.
Bishop connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Bishop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luca Turilli's cut.
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.
Bishop is looking to land body kicks.
Turilli closes the distance and pushes Bishop back into the cage.
Turilli lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bishop or not.
Turilli looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Turilli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bishop avoids it.
Bishop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Turilli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bishop.
Turilli is working Bishop over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turilli connects with a knee to the head.
Luca Turilli has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turilli obliges.
Bishop is breathing heavily.
Bishop misses with the head strike.
Turilli 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.
Bishop misses with a body punch.
Turilli controlling the action here for a moment.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop lands a shot to the body.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Turilli.
Bishop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turilli lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Turilli.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.
Turilli misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Turilli avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
Turilli trying to stall but Bishop improves his position.
Turilli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop pushes Turilli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turilli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Bishop - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turilli.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Turilli.
Bishop misses with some punches.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Turilli.
Bishop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Turilli.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bishop misses with some punches.
Bishop misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Turilli is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bishop tries to work over Turilli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turilli swings wildly with an uppercut but Bishop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turilli blocking some punches.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turilli misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Turilli.
Turilli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Turilli scores with a shoulder strike.
Bishop lands a left hand.
Turilli lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turilli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Turilli prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop misses with some punches.
Turilli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turilli lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Bishop.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turilli backwards.
Turilli misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Turilli.
A shot in the inside from Turilli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bishop fails to land.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Turilli controls his hands.
Bishop takes a shot to the head.
Turilli lands with a light punch inside.
Turilli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
Turilli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turilli.
Turilli's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Turilli's head.
Turilli lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bishop.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turilli prevents a body shot from Bishop.
Turilli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bishop.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop working aggressively here.
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 Luca Turilli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luca Turilli's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Turilli moves to clinch but Bishop breaks away
and Bishop counters with a body kick.
Bishop finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turilli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turilli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turilli 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.
Bishop turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bishop clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Bishop blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bishop.
Turilli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turilli lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bishop backwards.
A short left from Bishop.
Turilli misses with the head strike.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop scores with a shot to the side of Turilli's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turilli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bishop is defending well for now.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
Turilli blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Bishop has a couple of punches blocked by Turilli.
Bishop on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bishop lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turilli.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turilli misses with the head strike.
Bishop blocks an uppercut.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turilli throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turilli throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Good body shot from Bishop.
Nice body punch from Bishop.
Bishop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Turilli.
Bishop lands a nice uppercut.
Bishop working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turillis head.
Turilli missing with knees to the body.
Bishop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bishop lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Bishop.
A hook to the body from Bishop.
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Bishop.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bishop.
Bishop throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turillis head.
Bishop lands an uppercut.
A short left from Bishop.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop has a couple of punches blocked by Turilli.
Turilli has a couple of punches blocked by Bishop.
Bishop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bishop swings wildly with an uppercut but Turilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bishop scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turilli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bishop managing to block the knees to the body from Turilli.
Bishop lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turilli misses with some punches.
Bishop pushes Turilli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bishop digs a right hand underneath Turilli's ribcage. Turilli let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bishop has a couple of punches blocked by Turilli.
A bit of stalling here from Turilli.
Turilli missing with knees to the body.
Bishop lands with a light punch inside.
Bishop goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turilli.
Turilli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Turilli trying to land knees to the body.
Turilli misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bishop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turilli misses with a knee to the head.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
Bishop lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bishop.
Bishop lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Turilli blocks an uppercut.
Bishop working aggressively here.
Bishop tries to throw a body punch but Turilli avoids it by throwing Bishop back against the cage.
A short left from Turilli.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bishop pushes Turilli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bishop lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turilli backwards.
Bishop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bishop misses with a punch on the inside.
Turilli misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Bishop comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bishop 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Bishop!
A relieved looking Lucas Bishop thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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