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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randolph Turpin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bustamante's choice of entrance music: Here Comes The Boom!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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242 lbs
36 - 14 - 0 |
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280 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randolph Turpin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Bustamante!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante slips a jab from Turpin.
Bustamante looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A lazy body kick from Bustamante
and Turpin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bustamante's knee momentarily.
Turpin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Randolph Turpin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bustamante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turpin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That kick from Turpin tenderised Bustamante's leg. Bustamante is trying to keep his angry face on.
Turpin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Turpin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Turpin looks for the body kick but Bustamante saw that one coming.
Bustamante throws a lazy right hand but Turpin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turpin motions for Bustamante to come forward. Turpin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Turpin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bustamante moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bustamante jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turpin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bustamante.
A big right from Turpin misses.
Turpin tries to work over Bustamante's front leg with a kick but Bustamante checks it.
Turpin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bustamante takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bustamante throws a right hand that misses
and Turpin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turpin throws a sloppy body shot
and Turpin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bustamante throws a head kick but Turpin moves out of range.
Bustamante lands a nice hook to Turpin's body. Turpin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A clash of legs there as Bustamante blocks the low kick.
Turpin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bustamante follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Turpin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Turpin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bustamante cracks Turpin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Turpin swings widly with a right hand
and Bustamante counters with a stiff right hand.
Turpin throws a leg kick that misses.
Bustamante steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bustamante ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turpin moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpin throws a push kick but Bustamante slaps the foot to one side.
Bustamante tests Turpin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Turpin throws a wild body kick that Bustamante sees coming a mile off.
Turpin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turpin throws a body kick that misses
and Bustamante counters with a low kick, right behind Turpin 's knee.
Turpin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Turpin tries to bum rush Bustamante with a series of wild strikes but Bustamante uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bustamante tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Turpin is able to avoid easily.
Bustamante scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bustamante slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Turpin is looking to wear down Bustamante with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Turpin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bustamante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bustamante is looking for the big counter here.
Bustamante tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turpin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turpin throws a lazy body kick
and Bustamante counters with a nice leg kick.
Bustamante misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turpin.
Bustamante keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bustamante let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Bustamante. Beautiful body shot.
Bustamante slips a jab and a cross from Turpin.
Turpin blocks the body kick.
Turpin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Turpin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turpin.
Turpin delivers a nice body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Turpin. Those never looked like landing.
Turpin lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bustamante takes a swing at Turpin's ribcage but misses.
Turpin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bustamante was well out of range. Poor timing from Turpin.
Bustamante appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turpin keeps Bustamante at a distance using the push kick.
Turpin moves out of range of the body kick.
Turpin misses with a combination
and Bustamante counters with a leg kick.
Bustamante avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Turpin.
Turpin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Turpin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turpin scoring well with a low kick there.
Bustamante throws a body punch but Turpin moves out of range.
Turpin tried to counter with a leg kick but Bustamante avoided it.
Bustamante lands a big head kick that sends Turpin tumbling to the mat! Bustamante takes a step backwards and waves Turpin back to his feet - he wants the finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Randolph Turpin will probably get the nod.
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.
Bustamante tries to clinch up.
Turpin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
It looks like Randolph Turpin has been cut.
Bustamante with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Turpin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bustamante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turpin misses with a body kick.
Turpin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Turpin feints and then cracks Bustamante's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bustamante down.
Turpin throws a body kick that misses
and Bustamante counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turpin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turpin 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bustamante checks a leg kick.
Bustamante follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bustamante fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bustamante throws a low kick, looking for Turpin's leg but Turpin calmly moves out of range.
Turpin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Turpin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bustamante moves away.
Turpin throws a leg kick
and Bustamante finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante connects with an inside leg kick.
Bustamante wants to land a leg kick but Turpin is out of range.
Turpin throwing a counter right hand but Bustamante manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bustamante. Turpin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bustamante keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bustamante flicks out a counter leg kick but Turpin steps away.
Bustamante uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turpin.
Turpin misses with a kick to the body
and Bustamante counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bustamante scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bustamante takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Turpin throws a jab but it's blocked by Bustamante.
Turpin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick by Turpin misses
and Bustamante counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Turpin thinking.
Bustamante throws a head kick that misses.
Diego Bustamante seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Turpin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante looks to clinch
and Turpin counters with a good, hard body kick but Bustamante shrugs it off.
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!
Turpin thows a leg kick but Bustamante checks it
letting Bustamante counter with a right hand.
Bustamante's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bustamante gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bustamante throws a punch but it's blocked by Turpin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bustamante creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bustamante is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Turpin is defending well for now.
Bustamante escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turpin blocks a head kick by Bustamante.
Turpin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bustamante throws out a counter right but Turpin avoids it with no problem.
Turpin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bustamante is just out of range.
Bustamante blocks the body kick.
Bustamante is looking for the big counter here.
Turpin throws the left hand but Bustamante avoids the punch easily.
Bustamante raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Some wild striking there from Bustamante.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turpin misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Bustamante was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice body kick from Turpin.
Turpin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bustamante is out of range and Turpin settles back down.
Turpin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bustamante appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turpin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bustamante throws a body kick that misses.
Bustamante avoids a kick to the body.
Turpin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bustamante.
Turpin throws a lazy body kick
and Bustamante counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Bustamante as he connects with a hook.
Turpin misses the body punch
and Bustamante counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turpin tries to land a front kick but Bustamante steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bustamante appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A head kick by Turpin misses
and Bustamante counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A solid body kick from Bustamante.
Bustamante scores with a jab to the body.
Turpin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turpin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bustamante is out of range and Turpin settles back down.
Bustamante walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Turpin drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Bustamante swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Turpin's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Bustamante!
Diego Bustamante is the new super heavyweight champion!
Diego Bustamante thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Randolph Turpin was interviewed post fight and said 'I've had a great career, can't complain, good luck to the kid.'.
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energy
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hype
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