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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chiku Maneno (ranked 149 p4p, 27 weight class) and Ben Turner (ranked 492 p4p, 69 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiku Maneno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Turner!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maneno stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Maneno misses the jab.
Turner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Turner connects with a body shot that sends Maneno's belly button to the back.
Turner swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maneno counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Maneno finds it's target.
Maneno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turner manages to avoid it.
Maneno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maneno has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maneno there as he acknowledges the shot.
Turner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maneno takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Turner throws a head kick but Maneno moves out of range.
Maneno is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maneno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some bone on bone action there as Maneno checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Maneno slips the punch.
Maneno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Turner counters with a nice uppercut.
Maneno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maneno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maneno walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Maneno connects with a body shot that sends Turner's belly button to the back.
Turner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good exchange - Maneno coming out on top.
It looks like Ben Turner has been cut.
Turner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maneno.
Turner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Maneno tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maneno seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Chiku Maneno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maneno lands with a right hand.
Maneno throws a right hand that misses
enabling Turner to counter with a crisp jab.
Maneno swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Maneno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner sizes up Maneno with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maneno looks to throw the jab but Turner is out of range.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromTurner.
Maneno on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Turner scores with a hook to the body. Maneno takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maneno.
Jab, jab by Turner - just one landing.
Maneno is looking to wear down Turner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Maneno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turner.
Turner lands a jab.
Nice shot by Maneno.
Maneno throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Turner fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maneno checks it well.
Maneno takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Maneno is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Turner throws a shot from downtown. Maneno moves away and avoids it.
Maneno ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Maneno misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Turner counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Turner scores with a jab. Maneno acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Maneno throws a big shot that misses.
Turner slips under a jab.
Maneno slips under a jab.
Maneno throws a hook to the side of Turner's head but Turner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Maneno's head but Maneno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maneno swings for the body but Turner moves out of range.
Turner appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turner looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Turner throws a leg kick which misses Maneno's front leg but catches the back leg as Maneno tries to avoid it.
Turner is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Maneno wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Maneno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Turner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno misses with a body shot.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno connects with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner cracks Maneno with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maneno misses the jab.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner slips under a jab from Maneno.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ben Turner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ben Turner's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Maneno misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Maneno under the eye.
A shot to the liver by Maneno. Beautiful body shot.
Maneno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Turner moves away.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maneno swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ben Turner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maneno jabs at Turner's body.
Maneno listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Maneno throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Maneno missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Turner scores with a nice strike.
Maneno scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Turner does it's job there.
Maneno takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Maneno sizes up Turner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maneno displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turner throws out the jab.
Maneno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maneno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maneno just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner avoids the body shot from Maneno.
Turner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Maneno closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Turner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maneno throws a lazy right hand but Turner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maneno throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner scores with a jab to the body.
Turner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner dips to his left and cracks Maneno with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maneno paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Turner misses with a few strikes there.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Maneno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maneno misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Turner counter with a right hand.
Turner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner lands a glancing blow to the side of Maneno's head.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maneno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner slips under a jab from Maneno.
Turner scores with a hook to the body. Maneno takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Maneno.
Maneno looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maneno works Turner's body with a nice hook.
Turner misses with a series of wild punches.
Maneno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Maneno takes one to the side of the head.
Turner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab lands there for Maneno.
Maneno scores with a nice strike.
Turner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
A big right from Maneno misses.
Maneno takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Turner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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!
Turner connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Maneno has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Turner.
Maneno takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Turner scores with a sloppy right hand. Maneno should have avoided that one.
Maneno swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turner bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Maneno's head.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner slips under a jab from Maneno.
It seemed like Turner was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Maneno does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maneno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Maneno's guard.
Turner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Turner engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ben Turner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ben Turner's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Turner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maneno throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maneno lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Maneno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
Turner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maneno lands a really nice looking cross but Turner seems unphased.
Turner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maneno cracks a nice hook into Turner's ribs.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maneno.
Turner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice jab there from Maneno.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Maneno.
Maneno looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Turner throws a big counter head kick but Maneno avoids it with no problem.
Turner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turner misses with a two punch combination.
Turner misses with a hook.
It looked like Maneno was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turner.
Maneno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maneno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Turner stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turner lands with a nice body kick.
Maneno thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Maneno throws the left hand but Turner avoids the punch easily.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Maneno is just out of range.
It looked like Maneno was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turner.
Turner ducks under a wild hook from Maneno.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Maneno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maneno was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maneno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maneno gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maneno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner wants to counter the offense by Maneno and move into the clinch position.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maneno.
Turner takes one on the button.
Maneno misses with a wild body shot.
Turner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maneno.
Maneno misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Turner counters with a head kick.
Turner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Maneno throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turner on the side of the head.
Maneno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maneno looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Maneno throws a sloppy body shot
and Turner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maneno thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maneno tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turner was well out of range. Poor timing from Maneno.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Maneno is out of range.
Maneno was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
Maneno scores with a jab to the jaw.
Turner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maneno tries to break free but Turner pushes him back against the cage.
Turner lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turner misses with a punch on the inside.
Turner scores with a hook to the body.
Turner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turner gets through Maneno's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turner is working Maneno over against the cage.
Turner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maneno's elbow.
Turner misses with a body punch.
Ben Turner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Turner lands a body punch.
Turner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maneno's efforts to push away.
Turner lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner has Maneno pressed against the cage, preventing Maneno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maneno tries to break free but Turner pushes him back against the cage.
Turner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maneno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maneno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick from Turner lands but Maneno takes it in his stride.
Maneno stuffs the takedown.
Maneno misses with an uppercut. Turner saw that one coming.
Turner throws a shot to the body.
Turner avoids the body shot from Maneno.
Chiku Maneno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maneno throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ben Turner.
Well Turner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Turner!
Ben Turner made sure to mention his sponsor, Sportivité in his post fight interview.
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