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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorkem Tuncer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clarke's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, March of Cambreadth. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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165 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorkem Tuncer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clarke misses with a few strikes there.
Tuncer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Clarke can't break the clinch.
Clarke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tuncer wants to clinch up but Clarke keeps it at a distance.
Clarke rushes Tuncer and presses him up against the cage.
Tuncer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tuncer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tuncer swings wildly with an uppercut but Clarke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuncer gets a clinch.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clarke misses with the combination.
Tuncer moves in looking to clinch but Clarke pushes him off.
Clarke rushes Tuncer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke blocks an elbow strike from Tuncer.
I was talking to Clarke's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tuncer misses with a body punch.
Tuncer misses with a punch on the inside.
Tuncer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tuncer misses with a punch to the body.
Tuncer misses with the head strike.
Clarke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Tuncer.
Tuncer missing with knees to the body.
Tuncer tries to land knees in the clinch but Clarke avoids the damage to the body.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuncer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tuncer effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer struggles to land a body shot inside as Clarke controls his hands.
Tuncer pushes off an throws an elbow but Clarke leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tuncer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clarke.
Tuncer misses with a knee to the head.
Clarke stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tuncer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tuncer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Clarke's defenses.
Come on Clarke - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tuncer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tuncer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clarke letting Tuncer take a breather here.
Clarke is trying to break the clinch but Tuncer has him pressed against the cage.
Clarke is trying to break the clinch but Tuncer is controlling him.
Tuncer misses with the head strike.
Tuncer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clarke letting Tuncer take a breather here.
Tuncer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tuncer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tuncer lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tuncer scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
Clarke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tuncer misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tuncer obliges.
Tuncer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gorkem Tuncer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tuncer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clarke scores with a nice head shot.
Clarke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tuncer tries to bum rush Clarke with a series of wild strikes but Clarke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clarke fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tuncer just manages to avoid it.
Tuncer tries to bum rush Clarke with a series of wild strikes but Clarke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tuncer closes the distance and clinches.
Clarke'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.
Clarke blocks an uppercut.
Tuncer misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tuncer misses with an elbow over the top.
Clarke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tuncer darts in and clinches Clarke up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke letting Tuncer take a breather here.
Tuncer lands with a left to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tuncer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tuncer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tuncer tries to work over Clarke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tuncer struggles to land a body shot inside as Clarke controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Tuncer fails to land.
Tuncer looking to stall.
Tuncer scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuncer struggles to land a body shot inside as Clarke controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tuncer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
Tuncer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Clarke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuncer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuncer working Clarke over with knees to the body.
Tuncer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Clarke is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Clarke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michael Clarke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clarke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clarke throws a counter high kick but Tuncer was just alert enough to avoid it.
Clarke thuds his right hand into Tuncer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Clarke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Clarke drives through and clinches with Tuncer against the cage.
Tuncer misses with a knee to the head.
Gorkem Tuncer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tuncer throws an elbow but misses.
Clarke lands with a light punch inside.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clarke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tuncer drives through and clinches with Clarke against the cage.
Clarke is trying to break the clinch but Tuncer has him pressed against the cage.
Clarke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tuncer looks to score with a jab to the body but Clarke is just out of range.
Michael Clarke is winning the standup battle so far.
Clarke clinches up with Tuncer and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Clarke scores with a knee to the head.
Clarke stalling in the clinch but Tuncer improves position.
Tuncer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tuncer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tuncer receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Clarke can't break the clinch.
Clarke being controlled against the cage.
Clarke blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gorkem Tuncer 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. This is the final round!
Tuncer tries to clinch up but Clarke circles away and keeps his distance.
Clarke works Tuncer's body with a nice hook.
Tuncer is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tuncer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tuncer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Clarke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clarke rushes Tuncer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tuncer.
Tuncer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clarke avoids it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tuncer has Clarke pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarke is pushing Tuncer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke tries to break the clinch but Tuncer is controlling the position.
Tuncer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tuncer will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Clarke up against the cage.
Clarke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clarke managing to block the knees to the body from Tuncer.
Clarke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clarke blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tuncer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tuncer misses with a punch on the inside.
Tuncer misses with the head strike.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuncer lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuncer being controlled against the cage.
Tuncer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tuncer can't find room to land a body shot as Clarke controls the action.
Clarke dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer letting Clarke take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Clarke.
Tuncer throws an elbow that misses.
Tuncer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Clarke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clarke clinches up with Tuncer and pushes him back against the cage.
Clarke holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tuncer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Clarke avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
Tuncer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tuncer misses with a knee strike.
Tuncer throws a punch but it's blocked by Clarke.
Michael Clarke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tuncer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Clarke prevents a body shot from Tuncer.
Tuncer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuncer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tuncer stalls.
Tuncer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tuncer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Clarke backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gorkem Tuncer.
I've got Tuncer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Gorkem Tuncer!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Gorkem Tuncer!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Gorkem Tuncer!
Gorkem Tuncer wins by unanimous decision!
Gorkem Tuncer 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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