PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Glozman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Torni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glozman comes to the cage accompanied by enae Volare Mezzo. Torni has chosen Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon as his entrance music. Lauri Torni will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Glozman
vs
Torni

177 cm
31
190 lbs
32 - 12 - 0

189 cm
28
190 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Glozman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Torni!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glozman connects with an inside leg kick.
Torni cracks Glozman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Glozman tries to clinch but Torni is having none of it.
Torni misses with an uppercut.
Torni fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Glozman is out of range.
Torni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torni fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Torni wants to slow Glozman down by chopping away at his legs.

Glozman clinches up with Torni and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glozman.
Glozman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Glozman swings wildly with an uppercut but Torni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glozman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Glozman throws an elbow but misses.
Glozman tries a knee to the head but Torni blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Torni as Glozman tries to tie him up.
Glozman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torni's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torni moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Glozman clinches up against the cage.
Glozman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Torni just misses with a elbow thrown towards Glozman's brow.

Torni manages to break the clinch.
Torni checks a leg kick.
Torni chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glozman can pounce on him.
Glozman throws a hook but Torni blocks it.
Torni throws a body kick that misses.
Torni staying out of range there.
Torni buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lauri Torni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torni misses with a head kick.
Torni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Glozman tries to clinch up
letting Torni counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glozman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torni thows a body shot but no joy.
Glozman walks into a left hand.

Glozman darts in and clinches Torni up against the cage.
Glozman stalls.
Glozman tries to throw a body punch but Torni avoids it by throwing Glozman back against the cage.
Torni lands a hook that snaps the head of Glozman backwards.
Glozman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Torni stalling.
Glozman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glozman blocks the elbow strike.
Torni takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Lauri Torni has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Torni.
Glozman avoids the elbow strike from Torni, against the cage.
Glozman has Torni pushed against the cage.
Torni can't break the clinch.
Torni misses with an elbow over the top.

Torni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torni throws a big shot that misses.
Crunch! Glozman slams his shin into Torni's torso.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glozman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torni looks to land a body kick but Glozman moved away.
A swing and a miss from Torni.
Glozman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torni. Torni obviously looking to wear him down.
Torni wants to slow Glozman down by chopping away at his legs.
Torni throws a series of punches but Glozman avoids them all with ease.
Torni thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Torni.
Torni throws a leg kick that misses.
Glozman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torni. Torni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Glozman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glozman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torni throws the kick towards the body but Glozman avoids it.
Torni throws a leg kick but Glozman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Torni misses with a body kick.
Glozman walks into a stiff left hand from Torni.
Torni thows a leg kick but Glozman checks it
and Glozman counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Glozman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Glozman 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.
Glozman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torni bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torni tries to bum rush Glozman with a series of wild strikes but Glozman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Torni tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Igor Glozman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lauri Torni's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Torni blocks the body kick.
Glozman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Torni avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torni misses with a head kick.
Glozman moves in looking to clinch but Torni pushes him off.
Torni is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Glozman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A bone on bone clash there as Glozman blocks the leg kick.
Torni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Glozman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Glozman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Torni circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glozman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torni.
Torni misses with an uppercut.
Glozman throws a series of punches but Torni moves out of range.
Glozman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Torni misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Glozman misses.
Glozman digs a good hook to Torni's body.
Torni throws a leg kick which misses Glozman's front leg but catches the back leg as Glozman tries to avoid it.
Glozman wants to clinch.
Torni throws a leg kick but Glozman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glozman throws out a loose jab but Torni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A jab from Torni misses.
Torni lands a nice shot that snaps Glozman's head back.
The fighters circling - Glozman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Torni finds it's way through Glozman's defenses.
Glozman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Torni moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Igor Glozman has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glozman looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Torni is fending him off so far but Glozman persists. Nope, Torni circles away and we're back to standing.
Torni misses with a body kick.
Torni wants to slow Glozman down by chopping away at his legs.

Glozman clinches with his opponent.
Torni is looking to control Glozman's arms but Glozman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Torni has his back to the cage.
Glozman misses with an elbow strike.
Torni working aggressively here.
Torni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Glozman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Glozman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Glozman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Glozman tries a body shot but Torni blocks it.
Torni avoiding damage as Glozman throws knees to the body.
Glozman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torni managing to block the knees to the body from Glozman.
Torni blocking some punches.
Glozman dodges an elbow strike from Torni.
Glozman tries a body shot but Torni blocks it.
Torni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glozman is defending well for now.
Torni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glozman is defending well for now.
Glozman misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Glozman.
Torni working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Glozman fails to land.
Glozman swings wildly with an uppercut but Torni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glozman lands a hook that snaps the head of Torni backwards.
Torni lands an elbow that stopped Glozman in his tracks for a moment.
Torni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torni missing with knees to the body.
Torni is trying to stall.
Glozman tries to stall but Torni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Glozman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glozman has a couple of punches blocked by Torni.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torni comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Torni gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Glozman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Glozman lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Igor Glozman's cut is getting worse.
Torni is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Glozman prevents a body shot from Torni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lauri Torni will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Glozman avoids a kick to the body.
Glozman scoring well with a low kick there.
Glozman doesn't manage to clinch there - Torni circles away.
A jab from Torni does it's job there.
Torni attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Glozman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Torni connects with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Torni. Those never looked like landing.
Glozman lands with a kick to the temple. Torni shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Glozman moves out of range of the leg kick from Torni.
Glozman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torni with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Glozman blocks a leg kick.
Glozman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Glozman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Glozman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lauri Torni seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torni misses with a low kick as Glozman jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torni walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Glozman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Glozman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torni wants to slow Glozman down by chopping away at his legs.
Torni throws a body punch but Glozman moves out of range.
Torni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torni lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Glozman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Glozman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Glozman scores with a leg kick.
Torni tries to land a front kick but Glozman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Glozman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Torni. Torni obviously looking to wear him down.
Torni misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Glozman misses its intended target.
Torni misses with a low kick.
Glozman is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by Torni there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from Glozman misses its intended target.
Glozman misses with an uppercut. Torni saw that one coming.
Glozman misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torni looks for the body kick but Glozman saw that one coming.
Torni misses with a leg kick.
Good work by Glozman as he checks the leg kick.
Torni has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Glozman, right into the meat.
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!
Torni looks to score with a jab to the body but Glozman is just out of range.
Torni throws a low kick, looking for Glozman's leg but Glozman calmly moves out of range.

Glozman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Glozman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Glozman breaks from Torni's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Torni is squirming around, avoiding Glozman's attempts to control the action.
Torni wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Glozman.
Torni really wants to buck Glozman off and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glozman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Glozman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glozman looking to control but Torni is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Torni really wants to buck Glozman off and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glozman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torni can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Glozman trying to control but Torni is having none of it.
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!
Torni is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Glozman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Torni?
Glozman is landing with some decent strikes but Torni is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glozman raining down shots from the mount!

Torni is rocked!
Glozman looking to control but Torni is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Glozman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Glozman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Igor Glozman!
Igor Glozman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.