PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Henri De Lagardere (ranked 22654 p4p, 23209 weight class) and Boban Turnik (ranked 549 p4p, 528 weight class). Boban Turnik will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

De Lagardere
vs
Turnik

194 cm
29
263
7 - 5 - 0

210 cm
26
264
8 - 4 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henri De Lagardere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boban Turnik!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turnik fails to land with a series of punches.
Turnik throws a shot to the body.
Turnik has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Turnik misses the shot to the body.
Turnik misses with a wild combination.
Turnik misses with a right hand
and De Lagardere cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turnik misses with a few strikes there.
Good exchange - De Lagardere coming out on top.
Turnik slips a straight right by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Turnik sizes up De Lagardere with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice defenses there by De Lagardere.
Turnik slips a straight right by De Lagardere.
Turnik misses with a straight right.
De Lagardere is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Turnik misses with a hook. De Lagardere ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turnik throws out a loose jab but De Lagardere uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turnik misses with an uppercut
and De Lagardere counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turnik goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Turnik feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Lagarderes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere with a nice calf kick.
Turnik throws a jab but it's blocked by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere looks to land a left hand but Turnik moved out of range nicely.
Turnik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like De Lagardere wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Lagardere misses with a hook.
A jab from Turnik misses.
De Lagardere's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Turnik connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Lagardere scrambles back to his feet.
Turnik's corner calls for a 1-2. Turnik obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Turnik uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Lagardere has time to react.
Turnik might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
De Lagardere scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Turnik doesn't seem bothered though.
Turnik slips a jab from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turnik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Lagardere was well out of range. Poor timing from Turnik.
Turnik throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turnik connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turnik throws a shot from downtown. De Lagardere moves away and avoids it.
De Lagardere looks to land a left hand but Turnik moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turnik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Lagardere throws a series of punches but Turnik moves out of range.
De Lagardere moves out of range of the strikes.
Turnik comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turnik misses with a hook to the body
letting De Lagardere counter with a right hand.
Nice defenses there by De Lagardere.
Good standup being displayed there by Turnik as he connects with a hook.
A big right from De Lagardere misses.
De Lagardere dodges the punch combination from Turnik.
De Lagardere misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Turnik on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Turnik.
Turnik throws a lazy uppercut
and De Lagardere counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turnik is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turnik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turnik misses with an uppercut
and De Lagardere connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turnik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Lagardere's jab looks to have found its range, popping Turnik under the eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boban Turnik dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Turnik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere drops his hands momentarily and Turnik takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turnik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Turnik.
Turnik looks to score with a jab to the body but De Lagardere is just out of range.
The crowd cheers as Turnik lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Lagardere doesn't seem phased though.
De Lagardere throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Turnik. Those never looked like landing.
De Lagardere is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Turnik misses.
De Lagardere was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Turnik lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turnik misses with an uppercut. De Lagardere saw that one coming.
De Lagardere thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Lagardere takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Turnik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turnik throws a looping overhand right but De Lagardere ducks down to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Lagardere uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turnik.
Turnik throws a hook to the side of De Lagardere's head but De Lagardere sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turnik swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Lagardere connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turnik scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere works over Turnik's head and body with a nice combination.
Boban Turnik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turnik lands a lovely overhand right.
De Lagardere dodges the punch combination from Turnik.
De Lagardere loads up on a big right hand but Turnik slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Turnik, as that shot connected.
Turnik takes a swing at De Lagardere's ribcage but misses.
De Lagardere swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Turnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
It seemed like Turnik was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Turnik misses its intended target.
It looked like De Lagardere wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Turnik lands a jab to the nose.
De Lagardere misses with a right hand
and Turnik counters with a straight right hand.
Turnik connects with a right hand. De Lagardere shakes it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turnik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Lagardere throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
De Lagardere throws a hook but Turnik avoids it easily.
De Lagardere waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turnik.
Nice uppercut lands for Turnik. That snapped De Lagardere's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turnik throws a hook but De Lagardere blocks it.
Jab by Turnik.
Turnik jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
De Lagardere throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turnik lands with a right hand.
De Lagardere gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turnik.
Turnik has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Turnik misses with a looping right.
Turnik connects with a jab.
De Lagardere loads up on a big right hand but Turnik slips the punch.
Turnik misses with a wild combination.
An attempted straight right counter from De Lagardere misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turnik misses the jab.
De Lagardere uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turnik.
Turnik ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Lagardere moves away.
Turnik throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Lagardere counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Turnik thinking.
Turnik throws a right hand that De Lagardere ducks under and follows up with a left that De Lagardere also avoids with ease.
A little feinted left hand from De Lagardere on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Boban Turnik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The crowd cheers as Turnik lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Lagardere doesn't seem phased though.
De Lagardere throws a hook to the side of Turnik's head but Turnik sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turnik slips a straight right by De Lagardere.
De Lagardere ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Lagardere is looking for a counter combo.
De Lagardere misses with a hook.
Turnik lunges at De Lagardere with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Lagardere's hand.
Turnik throws an overhand right that lands on De Lagardere's shoulder, as De Lagardere tries to avoid the shot.
Turnik will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A counter left hand to the body from De Lagardere misses its target.
Henri De Lagardere has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Lagardere scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turnik connects with a right hand. De Lagardere shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Lagardere missing with a left hand there. Turnik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boban Turnik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Lagardere steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turnik.
Turnik throws a poor cross that misses
enabling De Lagardere to counter with a crisp jab.
Turnik scores with a hook.
Turnik cracks De Lagardere with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turnik connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lagardere drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Turnik lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Turnik lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Turnik.
De Lagardere lands a right hook to the body.
De Lagardere chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De Lagardere steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turnik.
Turnik just misses with a punch to the body.
Turnik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Lagardere was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Lagardere throws a body shot but no joy.
De Lagardere throws a looping overhand right but Turnik ducks down to avoid it.
Turnik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Turnik lands with a cross.
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!
A punch lands to the side of De Lagardere 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De Lagardere throws a body punch but Turnik moves out of range.
Turnik looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turnik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Lagardere.
De Lagardere looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Lagardere fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turnik manages to avoid it.
Turnik lands the left hand.
De Lagardere misses with a straight left.
Nice jab there from Turnik.
Turnik connects with a jab.
Turnik just misses with a punch to the body.
De Lagardere takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Lagardere moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Boban Turnik has been cut.
A jab from De Lagardere misses.
Turnik lands with an overhand left.
Nice shot by Turnik.
Turnik just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turnik throws a hook to the side of De Lagardere's head but De Lagardere sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from De Lagardere on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Turnik connects with a crisp jab.
De Lagardere jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boban Turnik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Turnik uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Lagardere has time to react.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boban Turnik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turnik 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boban Turnik!