PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torturo has chosen Mogwai - Katrien as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Marko Torturo enters the cage!

Johnson
vs
Torturo

185 cm
33
217 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

189 cm
38
217 lbs
39 - 18 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Tokyo United Fightwear

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 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 18 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Torturo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torturo throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Torturo scores with a head kick.
Torturo lands a front kick.
Torturo misses with a straight right.
Torturo scores with a leg kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but Johnson is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torturo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo is looking to clinch.
It looked like Johnson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marko Torturo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torturo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Torturo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Torturo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LeBeau Ground Fighting in the buildup to the fight.
Torturo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.

Torturo clinches.
Johnson is trying to force a seperation but Torturo has the dominant position.
Torturo lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Torturo.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Johnson lands a hook that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
Johnson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Johnson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torturo has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Calvin Johnson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torturo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Johnson.
Torturo is leaning against Johnson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Torturo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Johnson.
Torturo lands with a light punch inside.
Torturo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Johnson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Torturo can turn it around.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
Johnson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Johnson has had enough of the clinch but Torturo keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torturo's elbow.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Torturo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Torturo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torturo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torturo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torturo checks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torturo.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torturo checks it well.
Torturo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Torturo fakes the leg kick and cracks Johnson in the body.
Torturo throws the kick towards the body but Johnson avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Johnson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Torturo is avoiding it.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Torturo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Torturo thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Torturo checks a low kick from Johnson.
Torturo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Torturo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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.
Johnson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torturo throws a head kick that misses.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torturo 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Torturo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Torturo.
Torturo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Johnson.
Torturo is looking to score with low kicks.

Torturo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Johnson, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torturo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Torturo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Calvin Johnson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Torturo is out of range.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torturo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torturo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torturo throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Torturo throws a hook to the side of Johnson's head but Johnson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Torturo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Torturo scrambles back to his feet.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Torturo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Torturo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo lands with a shot to the body.
Torturo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A shot to the body from Torturo misses
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Torturo blocks a head kick by Johnson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Calvin Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson staying out of range there.
A big left from Torturo misses.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Johnson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Torturo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Marko Torturo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Torturo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A clash of legs there as Johnson blocks the low kick.
Johnson attempts a counter takedown but Torturo avoids it well and moves away.
Torturo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torturo throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Torturo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torturo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Torturo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Torturo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Johnson is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
Johnson feinted with a counter takedown.
Johnson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torturo! But no joy.

Torturo closes the distance and clinches.
Johnson scores with a shot to the side of Torturo's head.
Johnson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Torturo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johnson's elbow.
Johnson blocking some punches.
Torturo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Johnson can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torturo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Johnson backwards.
Marko Torturo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Torturo.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo has a couple of punches blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a body punch.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Torturo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Johnson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torturo circles away quickly and effectively.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Torturo cracks Johnson with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Torturo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to counter with a takedown but Torturo is quick to defend against it.
Torturo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Torturo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
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!
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Torturo.
Johnson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torturo.
Torturo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Torturo throws a half hearted mid kick.
It looked like Johnson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Torturo.
Torturo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marko Torturo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Calvin Johnson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Torturo finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
Johnson lands with a hook. Torturo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Torturo connects with an inside leg kick.
Torturo misses with a straight right.
Torturo throws a leg kick that misses.
Torturo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Johnson in his tracks.
Torturo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Johnson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Torturo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Torturo counters with an inside leg kick.
Torturo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Torturo lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torturo's head backwards.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torturo manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Torturo.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Torturo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torturo avoids the head kick by Johnson.
That kick from Torturo tenderised Johnson's leg. Johnson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Torturo avoids nicely.
Johnson throws a leg kick that misses.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Torturo is out of range.
Torturo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson avoids the body shot from Torturo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torturo.
Torturo swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Johnson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torturo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Johnson.
Torturo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torturo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Johnson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Torturo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torturo 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 Johnson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Johnson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torturo.
Torturo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Torturo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo thumps Johnson with a low kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Torturo moves in looking to clinch but Johnson pushes him off.
Torturo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Torturo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Johnson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Torturo avoids them all with ease.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Johnson's efforts to push away.
Johnson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
Calvin Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson can't find room to land a body shot as Torturo controls the action.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Johnson misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo can't find room to land a body shot as Johnson controls the action.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Torturo misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Torturo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Torturo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Torturo!
Marko Torturo thanked the fans post fight for their support.