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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Turcotte (ranked 1520 p4p, 1478 weight class) and Dionizy Kruczek (ranked 168 p4p, 161 weight class). Kruczek has chosen Born To Raise Hell as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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World class boxer
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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 39 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacques Turcotte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dionizy Kruczek!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turcotte misses with a straight right.
It seemed like Kruczek was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Turcotte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Kruczek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turcotte throws a jab but it's blocked by Kruczek.
Turcotte has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kruczek finds it's way round the side to connect with Turcotte's head.
Turcotte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kruczek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kruczek.
A slow jab from Kruczek misses its intended target.
Kruczek cracks Turcotte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Turcotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruczek moves away.
Turcotte takes a swing at Kruczek's ribcage but misses.
Kruczek 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.
Kruczek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turcotte.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kruczek takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from Kruczek misses.
Kruczek scoring well with a low kick there.
Kruczek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kruczek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Turcotte just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Kruczek misses.
A little feinted left hand from Turcotte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch combination from Kruczek misses.
Kruczek throws a body punch but Turcotte moves out of range.
Turcotte throwing a counter right hand but Kruczek manages to avoid it.
Kruczek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turcotte scores with a nice right hand.
Kruczek is looking to slow Turcotte down with leg kicks.
Turcotte lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kruczek backs up against the cage.
Kruczek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a hook but Kruczek blocks it.
Kruczek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turcotte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruczek.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruczek throws an off balance right hand
and Turcotte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kruczek doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruczek throws a big shot that misses.
Turcotte throws a hook but Kruczek avoids it easily.
Kruczek lands a jab-cross combination.
Kruczek dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turcotte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a hook but Kruczek avoids it easily.
Kruczek throws a low kick, looking for Turcotte's leg but Turcotte calmly moves out of range.
Kruczek throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turcotte.
Turcotte connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turcotte lands a nice looking body shot.
A big left from Turcotte misses.
Kruczek throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Turcotte blocks the leg kick.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Kruczek dodges the punch combination from Turcotte.
Kruczek lands with an uppercut that bounces Turcotte off the cage and back into range.
Turcotte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kruczek takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kruczek.
Kruczek was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kruczek cracks Turcotte with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kruczek! But no joy.
Kruczek fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turcotte has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Turcotte is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kruczek lands with a cross.
Kruczek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turcotte.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kruczek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Kruczek misses.
Turcotte was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kruczek fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Turcotte checks it well.
Turcotte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kruczek throws a predictable looking body shot
and Turcotte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Turcotte misses.
Kruczek swinging wildly here.
Kruczek avoids the body shot from Turcotte.
Turcotte punishes Kruczek's body with a nice straight punch.
Kruczek misses the body punch
and Kruczek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kruczek ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kruczek misses with a hook
and Turcotte counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruczek with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek throws a body shot but no joy.
Kruczek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kruczek attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Turcotte was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Turcotte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kruczek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kruczek throws a series of punches but Turcotte moves out of range.
Turcotte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kruczek circles away quickly and effectively.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turcotte.
Kruczek moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Kruczek does no damage.
Turcotte scores with a punch to the head.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Kruczek saw that one coming.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruczek.
Kruczek misses with a leg kick
enabling Turcotte to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turcotte loads up on a big right hand but Kruczek slips the punch.
Kruczek throws a low kick, looking for Turcotte's leg but Turcotte calmly moves out of range.
Turcotte appears to be looking for a big counter.
Turcotte connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kruczek. Kruczek circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Turcotte checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacques Turcotte will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Turcotte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruczek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turcotte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruczek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turcotte. That did some damage!
Kruczek connects with a solid leg kick.
The fighters circling - Kruczek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turcotte connects with a crisp jab.
Turcotte defending well as Kruczek loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Turcotte misses the target.
Kruczek throws a low kick but it's checked well by Turcotte.
Turcotte misses with a wild body shot.
Kruczek throws out a powerful jab.
Kruczek misses with a straight right.
Turcotte takes one to the chin there.
Kruczek tries to work over Turcotte's front leg with a kick but Turcotte checks it.
Jacques Turcotte is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Turcotte finds it's way through Kruczek's defenses.
Good leg kick by Kruczek.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Turcotte misses its intended target.
Turcotte connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruczek. Turcotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turcotte fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kruczek is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Turcotte with a body shot.
Dionizy Kruczek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruczek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turcotte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turcotte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kruczek scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kruczek sizes up Turcotte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turcotte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kruczek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kruczek looks to land a right hand but Turcotte moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Turcotte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turcotte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kruczek takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kruczek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turcotte circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruczek. Turcotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kruczek! But no joy.
Kruczek connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turcotte. Turcotte circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turcotte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kruczek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek cracks Turcotte with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kruczek has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kruczek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruczek closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Turcotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turcotte throws a hook but Kruczek avoids it easily.
Kruczek throws an overhand right that lands on Turcotte's shoulder, as Turcotte tries to avoid the shot.
Turcotte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Turcotte misses.
Kruczek throws a hook but Turcotte avoids it easily.
Kruczek throws a hook but Turcotte blocks it.
Kruczek misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kruczek darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sloppy strikes from Kruczek. Those never looked like landing.
Kruczek misses the jab.
Kruczek moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Kruczek lands a really nice looking cross but Turcotte seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte throws a right and a left that Kruczek avoids nicely.
Kruczek looks to score with a jab to the body but Turcotte is just out of range.
Kruczek throws out a leg kick but Turcotte moves out of range and Kruczek only half commits.
Kruczek connects with a leg kick.
Turcotte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruczek.
Turcotte tests Kruczek's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kruczek chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Kruczek saw that one coming.
Kruczek appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Turcotte misses with a looping right.
A little jabbing left from Kruczek on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Turcotte throws a big shot that misses.
Kruczek throws a looping overhand right but Turcotte ducks down to avoid it.
Turcotte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kruczek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kruczek throws a low kick, looking for Turcotte's leg but Turcotte calmly moves out of range.
Turcotte throws the left hand but Kruczek avoids the punch easily.
Kruczek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kruczek tried to score with a low kick but Turcotte checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruczek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Turcotte.
Turcotte checks a leg kick.
Turcotte loads up on a big right hand but Kruczek slips the punch.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Kruczek. Those never looked like landing.
Kruczek blocks a jab.
Kruczek slips a jab from Turcotte.
Kruczek doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kruczek misses with a straight right.
Kruczek looks to land a left hand but Turcotte moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Turcotte misses.
Kruczek scores with a one two! Turcotte had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Turcotte is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kruczek misses with a looping right.
Kruczek pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turcotte is out of range and Kruczek settles back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruczek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kruczek lands with a nice body punch.
Kruczek has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kruczek there as he acknowledges the shot.
Turcotte throws an overhand right that lands on Kruczek's shoulder, as Kruczek tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dionizy Kruczek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Turcotte scores with a sloppy right hand. Kruczek should have avoided that one.
Turcotte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kruczek.
Kruczek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Kruczek throws a chopping leg kick but Turcotte manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Turcotte avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turcotte looks to throw the jab but Kruczek is out of range.
Kruczek looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kruczek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Turcotte.
Turcotte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kruczek moves forwards but Turcotte connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kruczek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruczek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kruczek moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kruczek scores with a jab to the jaw.
Turcotte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
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!
Kruczek throws a series of punches but Turcotte avoids them all with ease.
Turcotte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruczek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Turcotte. Those never looked like landing.
Kruczek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kruczek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turcotte was well out of range. Poor timing from Kruczek.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Kruczek moves out of range.
Kruczek throws an overhand right that lands on Turcotte's shoulder, as Turcotte tries to avoid the shot.
Kruczek misses with a low kick.
Kruczek lands a nice shot that snaps Turcotte's head back.
Turcotte takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Kruczek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kruczek moves out of range as Turcotte strikes.
Turcotte throws a hook but Kruczek avoids it easily.
Kruczek throws a counter combo.
Kruczek swings for the body but Turcotte moves out of range.
Turcotte lands a jab.
Turcotte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Turcotte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Kruczek misses.
Kruczek is looking to slow Turcotte down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turcotte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Turcotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turcotte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kruczek.
Kruczek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turcotte looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kruczek gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turcotte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kruczek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut. Kruczek saw that one coming.
Turcotte misses with an uppercut.
Turcotte throws a shot from downtown. Kruczek moves away and avoids it.
Turcotte fails to land with a series of punches.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Kruczek moves out of range.
Turcotte throws a body punch but Kruczek moves out of range.
Kruczek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruczek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turcotte just misses with a punch to the body.
Kruczek connects with the punch.
Turcotte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kruczek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turcotte.
Kruczek looks to score with a jab to the body but Turcotte is just out of range.
Turcotte is looking to counter punch.
Kruczek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turcotte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sloppy strikes from Kruczek. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruczek. Turcotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kruczek ducks under a wild hook from Turcotte.
Turcotte misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kruczek. That's going to slow Turcotte down.
A nice combination there by Kruczek.
Kruczek throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turcotte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Kruczek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick lands for Kruczek.
Turcotte rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruczek moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turcotte looks to land a right hand but Kruczek moved out of range.
Kruczek throws out a powerful jab.
Turcotte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turcotte throws the left hand but Kruczek avoids the punch easily.
Turcotte connects with a right hand. Kruczek shakes it off.
Kruczek lands a nice shot that snaps Turcotte's head back.
Turcotte misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turcotte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kruczek.
Turcotte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kruczek.
Nice cross by Kruczek.
Turcotte missing with a left hand there. Kruczek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kruczek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kruczek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Turcotte misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kruczek lands a lovely overhand right.
Turcotte thuds his right hand into Kruczek's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Turcotte slips a jab and a cross from Kruczek.
Kruczek thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dionizy Kruczek.
Well Kruczek 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dionizy Kruczek!
Dionizy Kruczek gave a mention to Conviction in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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