PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Hadi Ozturk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ozturk
vs
Luis

186 cm
26
200 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
30
185 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
KAISER

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hadi Ozturk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bruce Luis!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ozturk was well out of range. Poor timing from Luis.
Ozturk blocks a head kick by Luis.
Luis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Luis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ozturk throws a low kick but Luis avoids it.
Luis avoids the body shot from Ozturk.
Ozturk takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Luis finds it's way through Ozturk's defenses.
Luis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ozturk's head backwards.
Luis moves out of range as Ozturk strikes.
Luis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Luis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Luis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ozturk.
Ozturk walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luis throws a push kick but Ozturk slaps the foot to one side.
Luis checks a leg kick nicely.
Luis checks a low kick from Ozturk.
Ozturk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Luis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Luis lands with a kick to the temple. Ozturk shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ozturk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ozturk slips under a jab.
Ozturk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Luis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body punch from Luis.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Ozturk.
Luis moves out of range of the body kick.
Luis blocks a jab.
Luis misses with a body shot.
Luis just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromOzturk.
Ozturk throws a series of punches but Luis moves out of range.
Ozturk misses with a body shot.
Luis replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ozturk blocks it well.
Ozturk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lucky Liam's MMA Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Luis lands the left hand.
Luis throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozturk lands a nice hook to Luis's body. Luis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ozturk looks to land a left hand but Luis moved out of range nicely.
Luis tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Luis lands with an overhand left.
Ozturk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A shot to the liver by Luis. Beautiful body shot.
Luis misses the shot to the body.
Luis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ozturk lands with a good body shot.
Ozturk is looking to slow Luis down with leg kicks.
Ozturk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luis.
Luis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ozturk's hands.
Ozturk throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Luis.
Ozturk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Luis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozturk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ozturk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Luis scores with the left hand. Ozturk knows he should have avoided that one.
Luis catches Ozturk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Luis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ozturk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Luis's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ozturk.
Ozturk checks a leg kick nicely.
That kick from Ozturk tenderised Luis's leg. Luis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ozturk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ozturk is out of range and Luis settles back down.
Luis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ozturk connects with a solid leg kick.
Luis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luis cracks the inside of Ozturk's front leg.
A clash of legs there as Ozturk blocks the low kick.
Ozturk fires out a quick counter leg kick but Luis just manages to avoid it.
Ozturk clobbers Luis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bruce Luis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luis.
Luis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ozturk manages to avoid it.
Luis looks to land a right hand but Ozturk moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Ozturk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luis fails to land with a series of punches.
Luis misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Ozturk.
Nice uppercut there from Luis.
Ozturk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luis.
Ozturk misses with a hook.
Luis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ozturk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ozturk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ozturk throwing a counter right hand but Luis manages to avoid it.
Luis misses with a low kick.
And Ozturk counters with a quick kick to the body but Luis blocks it.
Ozturk blocks a leg kick.
Ozturk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ozturk stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ozturk misses with a looping right.
Luis tries a quick counter leg kick but Ozturk is wise to it.
Bruce Luis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ozturk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ozturk lands a nice looking body shot.
Luis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ozturk manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ozturk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luis moves out of range of the body kick.
Luis slips a jab and a cross from Ozturk.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Ozturk misses with a wild body shot.
Luis follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Luis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ozturk clobbers Luis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Luis moves out of range of the body kick.
Luis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Luis scores with a head kick.
Luis walks into a jab.
Ozturk slips a jab from Luis.
Ozturk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozturk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Luis checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ozturk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Luis has time to react.
Luis delivers a nice body kick.
Ozturk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luis can pounce on him.
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 Hadi Ozturk will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Luis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ozturk.
Ozturk misses with a straight left.
Luis lands a head shot.
Luis throws a sloppy head kick and Ozturk moves out of range easily.
Ozturk moves out of range of the body kick from Luis.
Luis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ozturk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ozturk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ozturk lands a nice looking body shot.
Luis digs a good hook to Ozturk's body.
Ozturk just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ozturk tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luis misses with a wild body shot.
Ozturk quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ozturk. Luis shrugs it off though.
Luis misses with a low kick.
Luis is looking to slow Ozturk down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luis moves out of range as Ozturk throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ozturk scores with a one two! Luis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ozturk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Luis is out of range and Ozturk settles back down.
Ozturk delivers a nice body kick.
Luis misses with a looping right.
Ozturk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ozturk smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ozturk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Luis connects with an inside leg kick.
Ozturk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ozturk throws a push kick but Luis slaps the foot to one side.
Luis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ozturk with a body shot.
Luis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ozturk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luis misses with a looping left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ozturk missing with a left hand there. Luis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Luis checks a leg kick.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ozturk.
A telegraphed right hand from Luis misses the target.
Ozturk throws out a loose jab but Luis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ozturk takes a step back to recover.
Luis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Luis checks a leg kick.
Ozturk throws a leg kick that misses.
Luis flicks out a counter leg kick but Ozturk steps away.
Ozturk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Ozturk.
Luis wants to counter with a clinch but Ozturk pushes him away.
Ozturk keeps Luis at a distance using the push kick.
Luis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Luis lands a body shot.
Ozturk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luis.
Luis dips to his left and cracks Ozturk with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luis missing with a left hand there. Ozturk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Bruce Luis just about did enough to take it.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ozturk lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Ozturk misses.
Jab, jab by Luis - just one landing.
Luis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ozturk cracks a nice hook into Luis's ribs.
Ozturk is looking to chop away at Luis's legs.
Luis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ozturk counters with a straight right hand.
Ozturk is looking to land body kicks.
Luis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ozturk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Luis misses.
Ozturk misses with a body kick.
Ozturk dodges the punch combination from Luis.
Ozturk scores with a push kick.
Ozturk misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ozturk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk lands a lovely overhand right.
Luis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ozturk throws the kick towards the body but Luis avoids it.
Luis appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ozturk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Ozturk. Those never looked like landing.
Ozturk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luis feints a counter leg kick.
Ozturk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ozturk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luis.
Ozturk moves out of range as Luis strikes.
Ozturk throws a sloppy head kick and Luis moves out of range easily.
Luis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ozturk manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Ozturk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luis works the jab nicely.
Luis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ozturk looks to throw the jab but Luis is out of range.
Luis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ozturk stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Luis cracks Ozturk with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luis thows a leg kick but Ozturk checks it
and Ozturk counters with a three punch combo that has Luis backing up. Luis nods at Ozturk to acknowledge the strikes.
Ozturk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luis.
Luis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nice defenses there by Ozturk.
Ozturk looks to land a left hand but Luis moved out of range nicely.
Ozturk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Luis blocks a jab.
Ozturk stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ozturk thumps Luis with a low kick.
Ozturk throws a right hand that Luis ducks under and follows up with a left that Luis also avoids with ease.
Ozturk throws a body punch but Luis moves out of range.
Ozturk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luis slips under a jab from Ozturk.
Ozturk throws a right and a left that Luis avoids nicely.
A big right from Ozturk misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hadi Ozturk had his way with Bruce Luis in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Luis scores with a sloppy right hand. Ozturk should have avoided that one.
Luis throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Ozturk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luis throws a nice head kick!
Ozturk on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Luis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ozturk. That's going to slow Luis down.
Ozturk takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Luis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luis.
Luis's corner calls for a 1-2. Luis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Luis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ozturk chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luis can pounce on him.
Luis throws a hook but Ozturk avoids it easily.
Luis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ozturk scores with a nice strike.
Ozturk takes a swing at Luis's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ozturk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luis moves away.
It seemed like Luis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ozturk on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luis misses with a kick to the body.
Ozturk avoids the body shot from Luis.
A little feinted left hand from Ozturk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Luis looks for the body kick but Ozturk saw that one coming.
Luis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luis misses with a few strikes there.
Ozturk tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ozturk ducks under a wild hook from Luis.
Luis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ozturk just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Ozturk - just one landing.
Ozturk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luis feints and then cracks Ozturk's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ozturk down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Ozturk misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis tries to work over Ozturk's front leg with a kick but Ozturk checks it.
Luis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ozturk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luis.
Ozturk is looking to land body kicks.
Luis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ozturk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Luis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luis throws a front kick aimed at Ozturk's knee but Ozturk avoids it well.
Ozturk tries to counter by clinching up but Luis breaks away and moves out of range.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Luis lands with a good body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozturk misses with a body shot
and Luis counters with a nice body shot.
Luis throws a shot from downtown. Ozturk moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Ozturk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ozturk.
Luis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Luis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Luis 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 47:48
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Luis!
Bruce Luis thanked the fans post fight for their support.