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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. The crowd seem to be enjoying Torturo's choice of entrance music: Mogwai - Katrien. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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214 lbs
26 - 8 - 1 |
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217 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo throws a leg kick but Itaniemi moved away.
Itaniemi gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Torturo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Itaniemi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Itaniemi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torturo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torturo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Itaniemi tests Torturo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Itaniemi throws a shot to the body.
Itaniemi fails to land with a series of punches.
Torturo misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by Itaniemi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo looks for the body kick but Itaniemi saw that one coming.
Torturo misses with a body shot.
Itaniemi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torturo.
Torturo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Itaniemi's head.
Torturo blocks a head kick by Itaniemi.
Torturo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi tries to land a leg kick but Torturo saw it coming and moves away.
Itaniemi looks to score with a jab to the body but Torturo is just out of range.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Itaniemi can pounce on him.
Torturo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Torturo throws a low kick, looking for Itaniemi's leg but Itaniemi calmly moves out of range.
Itaniemi tries to move into range but Torturo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Itaniemi slips under a jab.
Itaniemi is looking to score with low kicks.
Torturo scoring well with a low kick there.
Itaniemi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torturo moves out of range of the body kick from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Itaniemi connects with a single shot there.
Torturo thows a body shot but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Torturo tries to clinch but Itaniemi moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a body kick that misses.
Itaniemi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torturo tests Itaniemi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torturo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torturo misses with a body shot.
A jab from Torturo misses.
Itaniemi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torturo loads up on a big right hand but Itaniemi slips the punch.
Torturo slips under a jab.
Itaniemi throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick
and Torturo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Itaniemi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Itaniemi can pounce on him.
Itaniemi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torturo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi stuns Torturo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Itaniemi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick but Torturo checks it.
Itaniemi misses the shot to the body.
Itaniemi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Itaniemi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Torturo on the side of the head.
Itaniemi throws a jab when Torturo was well out of range.
Torturo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Itaniemi scores with a nice right hand.
A leg kick checked by Torturo.
Torturo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Itaniemi moves away.
Itaniemi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torturo manages to avoid it.
Itaniemi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Torturo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good leg kick by Itaniemi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Itaniemi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Itaniemi misses with a combination
and Torturo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Torturo throws a hook but Itaniemi blocks it.
Torturo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Itaniemi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torturo wants to clinch.
Torturo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Torturo loads up on a big right hand but Itaniemi slips the punch.
Torturo throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Torturo is able to avoid easily.
Itaniemi 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.
Torturo fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Itaniemi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Itaniemi ducks under a wild hook from Torturo.
Itaniemi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice jab there from Itaniemi.
Torturo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Itaniemi's hands.
Itaniemi punishes Torturo's body with a nice straight punch.
Torturo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Itaniemi avoids the head kick by Torturo.
Torturo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Itaniemi is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
Itaniemi misses with a two punch combination.
Itaniemi defending well as Torturo loads up on a big left hand.
Torturo swinging wildly here.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick which misses Torturo's front leg but catches the back leg as Torturo tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Itaniemi is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi scores with a decent looking hook.
Itaniemi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Itaniemi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Itaniemi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torturo throws a head kick that misses.
Itaniemi stalks Torturo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Torturo's face. Torturo staggers backwards, shaken.
Torturo is breathing heavily.
Itaniemi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torturo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo blocks a head kick by Itaniemi.
Torturo misses the shot to the body.
Itaniemi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Torturo tries to score with a low kick but Itaniemi moves his leg out of the way.
Itaniemi connects with a body shot.
Jab from Itaniemi.
A nice combination there by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Torturo moves in looking to clinch but Itaniemi pushes him off.
Torturo moves out of range of the body kick from Itaniemi.
Urho Itaniemi is winning the standup battle so far.
Torturo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torturo throws a lazy head kick
and Itaniemi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Itaniemi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Itaniemi checks a low kick from Torturo.
Itaniemi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Torturo's sensitive parts.
Itaniemi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Itaniemi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torturo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Itaniemi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Itaniemi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Itaniemi misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo moves out of range as Itaniemi strikes.
Itaniemi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Torturo.
Torturo blocks a leg kick.
Itaniemi lands a nice shot that snaps Torturo's head back.
Itaniemi lands with a shot to the body.
Itaniemi cracks the inside of Torturo's front leg.
Itaniemi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Itaniemi swinging wildly here.
Itaniemi lunges at Torturo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Torturo's hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Itaniemi misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Itaniemi. That snapped Torturo's head back.
Itaniemi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torturo.
Torturo blocks a head kick by Itaniemi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo thumps Itaniemi with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo wants to clinch up but Itaniemi keeps it at a distance.
Torturo slips a jab and a cross from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Itaniemi misses with a leg kick
and Torturo counters with a low kick, right behind Itaniemi 's knee.
Torturo cracks Itaniemi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Torturo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Itaniemi.
Torturo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Itaniemi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Itaniemi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Itaniemi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Torturo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Torturo takes a swing at Itaniemi's ribcage but misses.
Torturo scores with a nice right hand.
A left lands for Itaniemi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urho Itaniemi dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Torturo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torturo moves in looking to clinch but Itaniemi pushes him off.
Itaniemi misses with a looping left.
Torturo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Itaniemi. That did some damage!
Torturo is looking to land body kicks.
Itaniemi misses with a few strikes there.
Itaniemi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torturo. Torturo obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Torturo.
Torturo tries to clinch up.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Itaniemi swings widly with a right hand
and Torturo counters with a stiff right hand.
Itaniemi lands a nice looking body shot.
Itaniemi throws out a loose jab but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Itaniemi throws a jab but it's blocked by Torturo.
Itaniemi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torturo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Itaniemi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Torturo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torturo throws out a loose jab but Itaniemi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Torturo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Torturo lands a leg kick that knocks Itaniemi off balance momentarily.
Itaniemi misses the shot to the body.
Torturo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Itaniemi misses with a hook.
Itaniemi lands a leg kick that knocks Torturo off balance momentarily.
Itaniemi throws a chopping leg kick but Torturo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Itaniemi takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Itaniemi lands a right hook to the body.
Torturo scores with a jab. Itaniemi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torturo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Torturo connects with a crisp jab.
Torturo thows a body kick. Itaniemi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A low kick from Itaniemi misses
and Torturo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A decent looking cross lands there for Itaniemi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torturo.
Itaniemi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itaniemi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Itaniemi throws a big shot that misses.
That kick from Torturo tenderised Itaniemi's leg. Itaniemi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Torturo misses with a low kick as Itaniemi jumps back.
Itaniemi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Itaniemi. That's going to slow Torturo down.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands a jab to the nose.
Itaniemi looks to score with a jab to the body but Torturo is just out of range.
Torturo throws a head kick but Itaniemi moves out of range.
Itaniemi staying out of range there.
Torturo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Itaniemi.
Torturo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A jab from Torturo does it's job there.
Torturo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Itaniemi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Itaniemi cracks Torturo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Itaniemi throws a shot from downtown. Torturo moves away and avoids it.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Itaniemi can pounce on him.
Torturo doesn't manage to clinch there - Itaniemi circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Itaniemi. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Itaniemi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Marko Torturo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torturo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Torturo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Itaniemi lands a jab to Torturo's midsection.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Torturo throws a hook to the side of Itaniemi's head but Itaniemi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Itaniemi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Itaniemi avoids the head kick by Torturo.
Itaniemi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Itaniemi misses with a head kick.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torturo scores with a shot to the body.
Urho Itaniemi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Itaniemi stalks Torturo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Torturo's face. Torturo staggers backwards, shaken.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Torturo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Itaniemi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Urho Itaniemi!
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energy
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hype
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