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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abi Tural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Darrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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153 lbs
11 - 6 - 1 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abi Tural!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronnie Darrow!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tural moves out of range of the strikes.
Tural tries to close the distance and clinch but Darrow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darrow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tural uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darrow.
Tural forces Darrow back against the cage and clinches.
Tural blocking some punches.
Darrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tural pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tural on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow tries to work over Tural's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darrow jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tural engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Tural passes Darrow's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow has a hand on Tural's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Tural takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Tural avoids the attempt from Darrow to control.
Darrow is looking to get to half guard.
Tural looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Darrow tries to reverse the position but Tural maintains control.
Tural controlling the pace for now.
Darrow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Darrow is still trying to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tural content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darrow is trying desperately to improve position.
Tural controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Darrow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tural controlling from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abi Tural dominated that round.
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.
Tural looks to throw the jab but Darrow is out of range.
Darrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tural sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tural cracks the inside of Darrow's front leg.
Darrow decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Darrow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Darrow sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Darrow throwing shots but Tural is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darrow slows the pace down in half guard.
Tural is refusing to be controlled, as Darrow sits in half guard.
Darrow stalling away here and it's allowed Tural to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow trying to control but Tural is working from the bottom.
Darrow must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Darrow content to stall in guard here.
Tural keeping full guard, as Darrow tries to pass.
Tural keeping moving, preventing Darrow from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tural being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Darrow misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Tural on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tural looks to land a left hand but Darrow moved out of range nicely.
Tural scores with the left hand. Darrow knows he should have avoided that one.
Darrow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Abi Tural is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tural's corner calls for a 1-2. Tural obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Darrow is rocked!
Darrow buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tural moves into the clinch.
Tural just leaning against Darrow, taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow working aggressively here.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow being controlled against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Darrow.
Darrow tries for a takedown but Tural manages to get underhooks.
Darrow blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Tural to work.
A short uppercut from Tural.
Tural taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Darrow lands with a right to the head.
Tural avoiding damage.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Tural.
Tural swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tural goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tural lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tural pushes off an throws an elbow but Darrow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Darrow lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tural throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Tural.
Stalling in the clinch from Tural.
Darrow throws a head punch that misses.
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!
The referee calls for Tural to work.
Tural lands a right hand that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Darrow tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tural avoids it.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow lands with a left to the head.
Darrow takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Darrow.
Tural looking to stall.
Tural has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ronnie Darrow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Darrow has managed to clinch.
Darrow trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Tural blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tural throws a punch but it's blocked by Darrow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tural - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Darrow misses with the head strike.
Darrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tural blocking some punches.
Tural looking to stall.
Darrow lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Tural blocking some punches.
Tural blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darrow blocks an elbow strike.
Darrow misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darrow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tural is rocked!
Tural is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Darrow is keeping busy.
Oh Tural is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tural tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tural seems to have got his legs back now.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Tural uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Darrow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tural backwards.
Darrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tural's elbow.
Darrow trying to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tural - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Darrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tural.
Tural lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Tural misses with an elbow strike.
Darrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tural backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tural misses with a punch to the body.
Darrow lands a big right hand that drops Tural! The killer instinct kicks in and Darrow finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Darrow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronnie Darrow!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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