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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Temppa Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turkulainen comes to the ring accompanied by Indivision & Wreckage Machinery - Coals & Diamonds. Aerts comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pitbull - Timber kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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190 cm
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225 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
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203 cm
24
290 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Very quick
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Lethal high kicks
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Temppa Turkulainen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Aerts! The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Aerts throws a head kick that misses. Aerts paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Turkulainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aerts manages to avoid it. Aerts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aerts throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Aerts throws a front kick that sends Turkulainen stumbling back into the ropes. Turkulainen misses with a wild body shot. The fighters circling - Turkulainen throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Turkulainen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Aerts eats them both and turns towards Turkulainen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Marco Aerts has been cut. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Turkulainen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turkulainen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Red Light MMA in the buildup to the fight. Aerts throws a body punch but Turkulainen moves out of range. Turkulainen drops his hands momentarily and Aerts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Aerts 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. Turkulainen throws out a loose jab but Aerts uses good head movement to avoid it. Turkulainen lands with a shot to the body. Turkulainen keeps the fight on the outside. Turkulainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Aerts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Aerts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkulainen. Aerts throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Aerts is looking to score with low kicks. Turkulainen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Aerts looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Aerts takes one on the button. Temppa Turkulainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Turkulainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aerts moves away. Aerts scores with a hook. Aerts ducks under a wild hook from Turkulainen. Turkulainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aerts was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkulainen. Turkulainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aerts throws out the jab. Turkulainen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aerts.
Aerts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Aerts closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Turkulainen throws the left hand but Aerts avoids the punch easily. Turkulainen jabbing away but nothing is landing. A punch lands to the side of Aerts 's head but he takes it in his stride. Turkulainen jabs at Aerts's body. Aerts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turkulainen thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Aerts doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Aerts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Turkulainen throws a lazy right hand but Aerts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Aerts tried to score with a low kick but Turkulainen checks it. Turkulainen lands a head shot. Aerts throws a body kick that misses. Turkulainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aerts doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Aerts looks winded! Turkulainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aerts moves away. Nice cross by Turkulainen.
That has opened up Marco Aerts's cut even more. Turkulainen sizes up Aerts with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Aerts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Turkulainen paws at him with a jab and circles away. Turkulainen avoids the body shot from Aerts.
Turkulainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Aerts at a distance.
Turkulainen throws a right and a left that both miss. Aerts on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The cut above Marco Aerts's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Aerts throws a head kick but Turkulainen moves out of range.
Turkulainen thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Aerts ducks into a a hook from Turkulainen and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!
Marco Aerts's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. This has been an exciting period of action! Turkulainen is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Turkulainen shuts the power down on Aerts. Lights out, game over! Turkulainen is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Temppa Turkulainen! Temppa Turkulainen made sure to mention his sponsor, Bad Man Clothing in his post fight interview.
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hype
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