PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemanja Prijovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torturo comes to the cage accompanied by Mogwai - Katrien. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Torturo
vs
Prijovic

189 cm
33
217 lbs
33 - 15 - 2

190 cm
28
210 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 33 - 15 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nemanja Prijovic!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A combination from Prijovic does no damage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Prijovic has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Prijovic ducks right into an uppercut from Torturo.

It looks like Nemanja Prijovic has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prijovic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Torturo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Torturo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Prijovic's calf.
Torturo avoids the body shot from Prijovic.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Prijovic shrugs it off though.
Prijovic throws a lazy right hand but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Prijovic throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
Torturo throws a head kick that misses.
Prijovic thows a body kick. Torturo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Prijovic misses with a wild body shot.
Prijovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Torturo can pounce on him.
Torturo lands a jab to Prijovic's midsection.
Prijovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torturo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prijovic swings widly with a right hand
and Torturo counters with a stiff right hand.
Torturo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prijovic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Prijovic throws a leg kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prijovic. Torturo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prijovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Prijovic looks to throw the jab but Torturo is out of range.
Torturo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Prijovic. That's going to slow Torturo down.
Prijovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Torturo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Prijovic.
Prijovic drops his hands momentarily and Torturo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Prijovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Prijovic.
Prijovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Prijovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torturo counters with a solid body kick.
Torturo takes a swing at Prijovic's ribcage but misses.
Nemanja Prijovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Prijovic lands a left and a right that send Torturo crashing to the mat, dazed. Prijovic thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Torturo is rocked!

It looks like Marko Torturo has been cut.
Prijovic is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Prijovic shuts the power down on Torturo. Lights out, game over! Prijovic is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nemanja Prijovic!
After the fight, Nemanja Prijovic was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.