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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Darrow (ranked 1692 p4p, 185 weight class) and Abi Tural (ranked 2271 p4p, 235 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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155 lbs
10 - 4 - 1 |
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170 cm
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Ronnie Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abi Tural!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tural jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darrow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tural, pushing him back against the cage.
Darrow tries to throw a body punch but Tural avoids it by throwing Darrow back against the cage.
Tural has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Darrow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tural lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Darrow has had enough of the clinch but Tural keeps him there for the moment.
Darrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Darrow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tural breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tural has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Darrow is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Tural scores with a jab.
Tural jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Darrow moves into range and clinches up with Tural.
Tural misses with some punches.
Darrow blocking some punches.
Tural lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Darrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darrow throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Tural lands an impressive looking overhand right. Darrow doesn't seem phased though.
Darrow misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Tural blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tural swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Darrow has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hazzard County Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Darrow blocks a jab.
Darrow dodges the punch combination from Tural.
Darrow takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Darrow thows a leg kick but Tural checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tural slips under a jab from Darrow.
A lazy left from Tural finds it's target.
Tural walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Darrow scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tural doesn't seem bothered though.
Tural lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Tural.
Tural uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darrow.
Tural lands a nice hook to Darrow's body. Darrow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tural throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Darrow feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Turals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A bone on bone clash there as Darrow blocks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tural misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Tural misses.
Nice shot by Darrow.
Tural misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tural throws a jab but it's blocked by Darrow.
Tural throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Darrow on the side of the head.
Darrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tural fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tural ducks under a wild hook from Darrow.
Darrow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Tural.
Darrow tests Tural's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tural turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darrow instigates a clinch.
Tural misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Tural.
Darrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Darrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Darrow misses with a looping right.
Tural sizes up Darrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tural looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tural sizes up Darrow with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darrow is rocked!
Tural missing with a left hand there. Darrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tural misses with a double jab.
Darrow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tural pushes Darrow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tural misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darrow misses with a punch to the body.
Tural has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Tural misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Tural lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Darrow tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tural breaks the clinch.
Tural moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tural takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left lands for Darrow.
A lazy left from Tural finds it's target.
Oh Darrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tural misses with a low kick.
A jab from Tural misses.
Darrow seems to have got his legs back now.
Darrow clinches with his opponent.
Tural lands a damaging elbow.
Darrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Darrow connects with a right hand. Tural shakes it off.
Darrow misses with a hook.
Tural waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darrow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tural throws a shot from downtown. Darrow moves away and avoids it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tural. Darrow shrugs it off though.
Tural misses with a double jab.
Tural looks to land a combination but Darrow avoids it well.
Darrow blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abi Tural dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tural misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tural has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Darrow takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Darrow throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tural let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tural scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darrow doesn't seem bothered though.
Darrow tries to score with a low kick but Tural moves his leg out of the way.
Tural pushes Darrow away with a front kick.
Tural misses with a two punch combination.
Abi Tural seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tural ducks under a wild hook from Darrow.
Tural looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Darrow misses with a straight right.
Darrow lands a high kick!
Darrow swings widly with a right hand
and Tural cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tural lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darrow lands a nice hook to Tural's body. Tural takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Darrow misses with a few strikes there.
Tural takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tural misses with a two punch combination.
Darrow takes the fight into the clinch.
Darrow is trying to stall.
Darrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tural pushes Darrow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tural throws a punch but it's blocked by Darrow.
Darrow can't break the clinch.
Tural lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abi Tural seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tural lands a damaging elbow.
Darrow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tural prevents a body shot from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow looking to stall.
Darrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Tural.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darrow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tural lands a hook that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Tural misses with the head strike.
Tural breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body punch from Darrow.
Tural misses with a hook. Darrow ducked under it nicely.
Tural thumps Darrow with a low kick.
A big right from Tural misses.
Darrow throws a lazy right hand but Tural sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darrow closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tural takes a swing at Darrow's ribcage but misses.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Tural on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tural throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darrow makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Darrow scores with a punch to the head.
Tural feints a jab promting Darrow to slip. Tural then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Darrow slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Darrow connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow throws a looping overhand right but Tural ducks down to avoid it.
Tural swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Darrow throws a low kick but Tural moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Darrow there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ronnie Darrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tural keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrow fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tural has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slow jab from Darrow misses its intended target.
Tural cracks Darrow with an open hand slap.
Tural takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Darrow throws a low kick, looking for Tural's leg but Tural calmly moves out of range.
Tural cracks Darrow with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tural has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Darrow to stand back up!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tural fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Darrow checks it well.
Tural lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Darrow up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Tural from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Darrow's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Abi Tural!
An out of breath Abi Tural thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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