PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cmon Feel The Noise. The crowd seem to be enjoying Torturo's choice of entrance music: Mogwai - Katrien. Thomas Stark is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Stark
vs
Torturo

191 cm
34
211 lbs
29 - 9 - 0

189 cm
28
217 lbs
22 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Stark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from Torturo.
Torturo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stark's sensitive parts.
Stark takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Torturo tries to work over Stark's front leg with a kick but Stark checks it.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Torturo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stark.
Torturo throws a leg kick but Stark sees it coming and moves out of range.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Stark throws a low kick, looking for Torturo's leg but Torturo calmly moves out of range.
Marko Torturo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torturo moves out of range of the strikes.
Torturo lands a nice looking body kick.
Stark avoids the body shot from Torturo.
Stark wants to clinch but Torturo slips to the side
letting Torturo counter with a right hand.
Stark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good leg kick by Stark there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torturo misses with a body shot.
Stark walks into a jab.
Torturo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo throws a hook but Stark avoids it easily.
Torturo misses with a hook
and Stark counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stark checks a low kick from Torturo.
Stark throws a jab when Torturo was well out of range.
Nice cross by Stark.
A solid leg kick lands there for Torturo.
Torturo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Torturo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torturo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Stark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torturo.
Torturo takes one to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo thuds a left hand into Stark's body.
Stark shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Torturo lands a jab.
Stark lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stark.
Stark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Torturo misses with a two punch combination.
Torturo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torturo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stark throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Torturo.
Torturo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stark is able to avoid easily.
Torturo misses with a wild body shot.
Stark checks a low kick from Torturo.
Torturo is looking to slow Stark down with leg kicks.
Torturo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stark throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark blocks a leg kick.

Stark instigates a clinch.
Stark blocking some punches.
Torturo blocks a body shot from Stark.
Stark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stark blocks an uppercut.
Torturo pushes off an throws an elbow but Stark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Torturo prevents a body shot from Stark.
Stark lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Torturo.
Stark is leaning against Torturo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Torturo - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Stark fails to land.
Stark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torturo blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Stark comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Stark misses with a knee strike.
Stark landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Torturo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torturo pushes off an throws an elbow but Stark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stark on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stark lands a shoulder strike.
Stark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stark managing to block the knees to the body from Torturo.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Stark controls his hands.
Stark lands an elbow that stopped Torturo in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Torturo.
Torturo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torturo lands a nice elbow.
Stark lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stark lands a knee to the body.
Stark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Stark manages to break the clinch.
Torturo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torturo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marko Torturo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Torturo dips to his left and cracks Stark with an uppercut!
Torturo is looking to chop away at Stark's legs.
Stark throws a series of strikes that have Torturo backpedaling.
Stark throws a lazy right hand but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stark.
Torturo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stark's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torturo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stark scrambles back to his feet.
Torturo throws a leg kick but Stark moved away.
Torturo throws a shot from downtown. Stark moves away and avoids it.
Torturo digs a good body shot into Stark's ribs.
Torturo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Stark checks it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Torturo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stark scores with a jab. Torturo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torturo 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Torturo throws the kick towards the body but Stark avoids it.
Stark's jab looks to have found its range, popping Torturo under the eye.

Torturo is rocked!
Stark drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Torturo right on the button. Torturo goes down! Stark follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Stark gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Stark!
Thomas Stark retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Thomas Stark, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.