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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kris Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luca Turilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hong's entrance music is Hong Entrance Song. A fine choice. Turilli comes into a darkened arena with his song building. krolithika kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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186 lbs
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201 lbs
26 - 16 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
14 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kris Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luca Turilli!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong's corner calls for a 1-2. Hong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Luca Turilli has been cut.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hong misses with a straight left.
Hong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turilli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hong throws a wild body kick that Turilli sees coming a mile off.
Turilli connects with an inside leg kick.
Hong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mandirigmang Pilipino in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Turilli. Those never looked like landing.
Hong quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hong blocks a low kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Turilli.
Hong throws a leg kick but Turilli sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hong misses with a straight right.
Hong blocks a low kick nicely.
Turilli throws a right hand that Hong ducks under and follows up with a left that Hong also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.
Turilli swings for the body but Hong moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Turilli.
Hong appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turilli.
Hong throws a wild body kick that Turilli sees coming a mile off.
Turilli misses with a low kick.
Hong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hong throws out a leg kick but Turilli moves out of range and Hong only half commits.
Hong connects with a single shot there.
Hong fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hong throws out a powerful jab.
Hong lands a leg kick that knocks Turilli off balance momentarily.
Hong lands a jab to Turilli's midsection.
Turilli looks to land a combination but Hong avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hong staying out of range there.
Turilli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hong scoring well with a low kick there.
Turilli moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Hong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hong looks for the body kick but Turilli saw that one coming.
Turilli misses the shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Hong.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turilli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hong manages to avoid it.
Hong swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Turilli looks to land a right hand but Hong moved out of range.
Hong misses with a wild body shot.
Turilli throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hong throws a good cross that connects.
That has opened up Luca Turilli's cut even more.
Turilli lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turilli rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hong throws a low kick but Turilli avoids it.
A big left from Turilli misses.
Hong misses with a low kick as Turilli jumps back.
Hong defending well as Turilli loads up on a big left hand.
Turilli fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hong.
Hong lands a really nice looking cross but Turilli seems unphased.
Turilli misses with an uppercut.
Hong appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hong slips under a jab from Turilli.
Turilli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turilli lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turilli is looking to chop away at Hong's legs.
Hong is looking to counter punch.
Turilli throws a body punch but Hong moves out of range.
Hong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turilli missing with a left hand there. Hong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The cut above Luca Turilli's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hong. Turilli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turilli.
Hong knocks Turilli to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Turilli is rocked!
Turilli holds on to Hong's head and controls the position momentarily.
Turilli is still in real trouble! Can Hong finish him?
Turilli takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hong in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hong taking a break here but Turilli is having none of it and regains half guard.
Turilli is trying to control but Hong manages to pass to mount!
Turilli seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Hong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kris Hong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luca Turilli's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hong scores with a hook to the body. Turilli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turilli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hong 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.
Turilli lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hong scores with a leg kick.
Hong throws a head kick that misses.
Hong throws a right and a left that Turilli avoids nicely.
Hong slips a jab and a cross from Turilli.
Hong wants to slow Turilli down by chopping away at his legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Turilli.
Kris Hong is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Turilli is predictable there
and Hong counters with a leg kick.
Luca Turilli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A leg kick checked by Hong.
Hong scores with a kick to the midsection.
Turilli is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hong lands an overhand right.
Hong fakes the leg kick and cracks Turilli in the body.
Hong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with an uppercut. Turilli saw that one coming.
Hong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Turilli misses.
Hong throws a big shot that misses.
Turilli tries to counter by closing the distance.
Turilli misses with a leg kick.
Turilli throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turilli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A left lands for Hong.
Turilli throws a leg kick which misses Hong's front leg but catches the back leg as Hong tries to avoid it.
Turilli tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hong is able to avoid easily.
Turilli throws a leg kick which misses Hong's front leg but catches the back leg as Hong tries to avoid it.
Hong catches Turilli napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Turilli to the canvas!
Luca Turilli's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
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!
Hong wants to control from the top but Turilli keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong connects with a couple of short punches.
Hong is working Turilli over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Turilli wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hong is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Turilli managing to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hong wants to control from the top but Turilli keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Turilli can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hong scores with a hook.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Luca Turilli's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kris Hong!
Kris Hong spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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