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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed comes to the cage accompanied by The Ramones / Blitzkrieg Bop. The crowd seem to be enjoying Torturo's choice of entrance music: Mogwai - Katrien. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 16 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Speed looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Torturo throws a jab but it's blocked by Speed.
Torturo avoids the body shot from Speed.
Torturo blocks the body kick.
Torturo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Speed at a distance.
Torturo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Torturo slips a straight right by Speed.
Speed plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Speed checks the leg kick nicely there.
Speed misses with a low kick.
Torturo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Speed to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice body kick from Speed.
Speed takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Torturo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Torturo.
Good leg kick by Speed there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Speed throws the left hand but Torturo avoids the punch easily.
Torturo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Speed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Speed as he connects with a hook.
Speed shoots for a takedown but Torturo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marko Torturo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speed on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Speed walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Torturo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Torturo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Speed jabs at Torturo's body.
Speed swings for the body but Torturo moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Torturo as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Speed. Torturo shrugs it off though.
Speed misses with the body kick
and Torturo counters with a body kick that stops Speed in his tracks momentarily.
Torturo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Speed misses the shot to the body.
Speed takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Torturo slips a jab and a cross from Speed.
We've been hearing reports that Speed has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Speed misses with a body kick.
Torturo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt.
Torturo jabs at Speed's body.
Speed tries for a takedown but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Speed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Torturo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed tries to work over Torturo's front leg with a kick but Torturo checks it.
Torturo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Speed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slow jab from Speed misses its intended target.
Speed blocks a head kick by Torturo.
Speed throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torturo counters with an inside leg kick.
Speed throws a big shot that misses.
Speed stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torturo.
Torturo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torturo checks it well.
Torturo wants to land a leg kick but Speed is out of range.
Torturo cracks the inside of Speed's front leg.
Torturo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Speed's calf.
Speed throws the left hand but Torturo avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo avoids the head kick by Speed.
Torturo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Speed lands with an uppercut that bounces Torturo off the cage and back into range.
Nice body punch from Speed.
Torturo throws a right hand that misses
and Speed counters with a slapping leg kick.
Torturo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Speed.
Torturo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Speed checks a low kick from Torturo.
Torturo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Speed connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torturo. Torturo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed misses with an uppercut
and Torturo counters with a big head kick but Speed shrugs it off.
Speed swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Torturo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Speed had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Speed looks to land a right hand but Torturo moved out of range.
Speed scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Torturo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Torturo clinches up with Speed and pushes him back against the cage.
Speed lands an uppercut.
Speed blocks a body shot from Torturo.
Speed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Torturo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Torturo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Torturo throws a low kick, looking for Speed's leg but Speed calmly moves out of range.
Torturo throws the kick towards the body but Speed avoids it.
Speed is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Speed throws the kick towards the body but Torturo avoids it.
Marko Torturo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torturo.
Speed scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Speed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Speed scores with a hook to the body. Torturo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Torturo takes a swing at Speed's ribcage but misses.
Speed throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Torturo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Torturo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Torturo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Speed lands with a straight right. Torturo didn't see that one coming.
Speed checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Torturo.
Torturo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Speed throws a series of punches but Torturo avoids them all with ease.
Torturo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Torturo tries to close the distance and clinch but Speed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Speed connects with an inside leg kick.
Speed blocks a head kick by Torturo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed misses with a few strikes there.
Torturo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Speed is looking to slow Torturo down with leg kicks.
Speed slips a straight right by Torturo.
Speed misses the shot to the body.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Speed can pounce on him.
Torturo scores with a punch to the head.
Speed fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Torturo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Speed drives through with a takedown into Torturo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Speed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Torturo managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Speed trying to move into half guard but instead Torturo has managed to sweep!
Torturo has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Kebab House. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Torturo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Speed keeping moving, preventing Torturo from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marko Torturo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Speed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Torturo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Speed takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Torturo slips a straight right by Speed.
Torturo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Speed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torturo counters with a body kick.
Speed has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Torturo.
Speed throws a looping overhand right but Torturo ducks down to avoid it.
Torturo misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torturo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Speed.
Speed steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torturo.
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 Nathan Speed will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A jab from Speed misses.
Torturo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Speed.
Torturo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speed.
Torturo lands a nice hook to Speed's body. Speed takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Torturo.
Nice uppercut there from Torturo.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Torturo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Speed is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Torturo with a hook.
Speed misses with a body kick.
Torturo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
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!
Speed misses with a double jab
and Torturo counters with a right hand to the body.
Speed misses with a head kick.
Torturo misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo scores with a leg kick.
Torturo lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torturo is looking to score with low kicks.
Torturo catches Speed with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Torturo misses with a kick to the body.
Speed checks the leg kick.
Speed throws a hook but Torturo blocks it.
Speed connects with a right hand. Torturo shakes it off.
Speed thows a leg kick but Torturo checks it
and Torturo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torturo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torturo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed slips a jab from Torturo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a push kick but Speed slaps the foot to one side.
Torturo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
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.
Speed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Speed scores with a push kick.
Torturo is looking to land body kicks.
Speed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torturo.
Torturo avoids the body shot from Speed.
Torturo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Torturo throws a head kick that half lands.
Speed throws the kick towards the body but Torturo avoids it.
Torturo misses with a kick to the body
and Speed counters with a straight right hand.
Speed on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a front kick that sends Speed stumbling back into the cage.
Torturo checks a low kick from Speed.
Speed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torturo was well out of range. Poor timing from Speed.
Torturo throws a push kick but Speed slaps the foot to one side.
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Speed looks to throw a body kick
enabling Torturo to counter with a crisp jab.
Torturo looks to score with a jab to the body but Speed is just out of range.
Nice jab there from Torturo.
Speed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speed misses with a straight right.
Torturo blocks the body kick.
Torturo clobbers Speed with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Torturo tries to move into range but Speed moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torturo throws a big shot that misses.
Torturo tries to clinch up.
Speed throws a push kick but Torturo slaps the foot to one side.
Speed takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Speed checks a low kick from Torturo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Speed shrugs it off though.
Torturo slips under a jab from Speed.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torturo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Torturo wants to land a leg kick but Speed is out of range.
Torturo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Torturo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Torturo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Torturo!
Marko Torturo decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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