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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Rock (ranked 232 p4p, 60 weight class) and Elgin Turner (ranked 30 p4p, 9 weight class). Rock's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I Wanna Rock. Turner has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 29 - 13 - 3, fighting out of New York, Will Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rock moves out of range of the strikes.
Turner throws a front kick that sends Rock stumbling back into the ropes.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rock.
Rock is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turner.
Turner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turner.
Rock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Turner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rock.
Rock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Turner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Turner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Turner on the side of the head.
Turner's coach down at Razor Sharp Training Systems was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Turner's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Turner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turner throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Nice shot lands for Turner.
Rock just misses with a punch to the body.
Rock lands a leg kick that knocks Turner off balance momentarily.
Turner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner throws a body punch but Rock moves out of range.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rock.
Turner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rock tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Turner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Turner has time to react.
Turner slips a jab from Rock.
Rock ducks right into an uppercut from Turner.
Turner throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
Rock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Turner, pushing him back against the ropes.
Turner gets through Rock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turner breaks from the clinch.
Rock slips a jab from Turner.
Rock is looking to counter the offense by Turner and move into the clinch.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Rock misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rock takes a swing at Turner's ribcage but misses.
Rock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turner! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turner moves away from the strike by Rock.
Turner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rock lands a glancing blow to the side of Turner's head.
Sloppy strikes from Rock. Those never looked like landing.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Turner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rock, pushing him back against the ropes.
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
Turner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rock tries to pull guard but Turner forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Turner can't break the clinch.
Turner lands a nice shot to the body.
Turner pushes Rock back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Turner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turner struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Turner struggles to land a body shot inside as Rock controls his hands.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
Turner lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Turner.
Rock throws a head punch that misses.
Rock tries to pull guard but Turner holds him up against the ropes and eventually Rock drops back down to his feet.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Turner misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Rock.
Rock jumps guard but Turner stands there with Rock around his waist. Rock gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Will Rock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turner wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
Rock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rock blocks an uppercut.
Rock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Turners head.
Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rock.
Rock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turner.
Turner lands a head shot.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turner misses with a hook to the body
and Rock counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rock.
Rock lands a nice uppercut.
Turner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rock.
A nice side step and Turner releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Turner avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Rock lands a jab to the head.
Rock with a nice cross.
Rock is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Rock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Turner manages to circle out of the way.
Rock misses with a straight left.
Rock avoids the body shot from Turner.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Rock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Rock swinging wildly here.
Rock attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Elgin Turner will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rock moves away.
Rock checks a leg kick.
Turner scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Rock slips the punch.
Turner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rock misses with an uppercut.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Rock misses with a few strikes there.
Turner throws a chopping leg kick but Rock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Turner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rock.
Rock thuds a left hand into Turner's body.
Rock scores with a leg kick.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
Turner pushes Rock back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turner.
Turner can't find room to land a body shot as Rock controls the action.
Rock fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rock's elbow.
Turner blocks an uppercut.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turner throws a body punch but Rock moves out of range.
Rock cracks Turner with a good jab.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Rock ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Rock tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Turner manages to circle out of the way.
Rock punishes Turner's body with a nice straight punch.
Rock defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Turner with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rock scores with the left hand. Turner knows he should have avoided that one.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rock lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turner.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rock.
Rock lands with an uppercut that bounces Turner off the ropes and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock jabs Turner right on the nose. Turner blinks but takes it well.
Turner moves away from the strike by Rock.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turner.
Turner throws a low kick but Rock moves out of range easily.
Rock is looking to counter the offense by Turner and move into the clinch.
Rock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rock.
Turner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rock on the side of the head.
Turner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jab, jab by Rock - just one landing.
Turner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rock on the side of the head.
Rock moves away from the strike by Turner.
Rock drops his hands momentarily and Turner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turner's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rock 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 a lovely overhand right.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
Turner needs to keep his hands up - Rock had a free shot at his head there.
Rock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rock throws a leg kick which misses Turner's front leg but catches the back leg as Turner tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Turner misses the target.
Jab, jab by Turner - just one landing.
Rock lands a head shot.
Rock cracks Turner with a good jab.
Rock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Turner works Rock's body with a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Turner misses.
That kick from Rock tenderised Turner's leg. Turner is trying to keep his angry face on.
Turner closes the distance and pushes Rock back into the ropes.
Elgin Turner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turner lands with a short shot to the head.
Rock lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rock fails to land.
Rock blocking some punches.
Rock blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Turner fails to land.
Rock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner misses with a body punch.
Rock jumps into guard, dragging Turner to the mat.
Turner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Turner trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Turner advances to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rock looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Will Rock will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rock throws a low kick, looking for Turner's leg but Turner calmly moves out of range.
Rock throws a leg kick but Turner moved away.
Will Rock is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner avoids the body shot from Rock.
Turner jabs Rock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rock misses with a body kick.
Turner throws a low kick, looking for Rock's leg but Rock calmly moves out of range.
Rock keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rock checks a leg kick.
Turner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rock with a nice cross.
A big right from Rock misses.
Rock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rock slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rock moves away from the strike by Turner.
Turner throws a head kick that misses.
Rock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Turner has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner slips under a jab from Rock.
Turner avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Turner scores with a decent looking hook.
Turner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Turner misses with a hook. Rock ducked under it nicely.
Rock slips under a jab from Turner.
Rock moves out of range as Turner throws a body kick.
Turner misses with a body shot.
Rock pushes Turner up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rock lands a hook that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Rock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Rock.
Turner cracks Rock with a nice body shot.
Turner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rock prevents a body shot from Turner.
Rock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Turner on the inside.
Turner gets through Rock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Turner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Rock tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Rock.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner scores with a sloppy right hand. Rock should have avoided that one.
Rock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
No joy there for Rock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rock connects with a jab.
Rock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Turner scores with a kick to the body.
Rock throws a chopping leg kick but Turner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rock misses with a body kick.
Turner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rock.
Rock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turner doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock tried to score with a low kick but Turner checks it.
Turner takes one to the side of the head.
Turner throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice defenses there by Rock.
Rock lands a jab-cross combination.
Turner misses with an uppercut.
Turner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rock lands the left hand.
Turner cracks Rock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Rock connects with a right hand. Turner shakes it off.
Rock misses with a shot to the body
and Turner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turner to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Turner dodges the punch combination from Rock.
Turner throws a leg kick but Rock moved away.
Turner lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turner throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turner! But no joy.
Rock tries to clinch up.
Rock avoids the body shot from Turner.
Rock avoids the body shot from Turner.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Rock is looking to clinch but Turner is avoiding it.
Rock bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Turner scores with a punch to the head.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turner misses with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Turner.
Rock throws a low kick but Turner moves out of range easily.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elgin Turner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Elgin Turner!
Elgin Turner tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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