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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes's entrance music is Muse: MK Ultra. A fine choice. Torturo has chosen Mogwai - Katrien as his entrance music. Marko Torturo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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212 lbs
21 - 16 - 0 |
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217 lbs
42 - 20 - 4 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 20 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo throws a body kick that misses.
Torturo throws the kick towards the body but Holmes avoids it.
Holmes tries to clinch up.
Holmes connects with a solid leg kick.
Torturo clinches with his opponent.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torturo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Holmes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Holmes throws an elbow that misses.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
I was talking to Holmes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Torturo has a couple of punches blocked by Holmes.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torturo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holmes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
Holmes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Torturo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Torturo's brow.
Torturo lands with a left to the head.
Torturo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holmes.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Holmes has a couple of punches blocked by Torturo.
Torturo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes swings wildly with an uppercut but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torturo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
Holmes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Torturo.
Holmes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holmes misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Holmes looking to slow down the pace here.
Holmes pushes off an throws an elbow but Torturo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Torturo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torturo can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
Holmes lands a right hand.
Holmes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Torturo avoids the elbow strike from Holmes, against the cage.
Holmes pushes Torturo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torturo misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Torturo blocks a body shot from Holmes.
Holmes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torturo lands a body punch.
Holmes is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Torturo.
Torturo working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torturo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Holmes misses with an elbow over the top.
Torturo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Holmes seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Torturo can turn it around.
Holmes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
Torturo avoids a wild elbow strike from Holmes.
A short left from Torturo.
Torturo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
Holmes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmes.
Holmes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holmes working aggressively here.
Torturo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Holmes or not.
Torturo digs a right hand underneath Holmes's ribcage. Holmes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Torturo.
Holmes blocks a body shot from Torturo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Torturo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torturo lands with a light punch inside.
Torturo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torturo tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Torturo as the two fighters clinch.
Holmes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Torturo.
Torturo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torturo.
Torturo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torturo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Torturo throws a head punch that misses.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Torturo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torturo blocks a body shot from Holmes.
Torturo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Torturo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Torturo moves into the clinch successfully.
Torturo lands a right hand.
Torturo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Torturo.
A right hand to the body from Torturo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torturo.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
Torturo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo lands a left hand.
Torturo lands a hook that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Holmes is rocked!
Torturo lands with a left to the head.
Oh Holmes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torturo.
Torturo creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Holmes with a big uppercut! Holmes tries to clinch up but Torturo pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Holmes to the mat! Holmes covers up and Torturo unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marko Torturo!
During a confident post fight interview, Marko Torturo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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