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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pyry Perkele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torturo comes to the cage accompanied by Mogwai - Katrien. Perkele has chosen Perkele as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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
44 - 20 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyry Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkele checks a leg kick.
Perkele has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Perkele misses with a leg kick
and Torturo counters with a two punch combo.
Perkele misses with an attempted mid kick.
Perkele throws out a leg kick but Torturo moves out of range and Perkele only half commits.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
Perkele takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Torturo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perkele 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 doesn't manage to clinch there - Perkele circles away.
Perkele moves into the clinch.
Perkele landing knees to the head.
Torturo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Torturo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torturo can't find room to land a body shot as Perkele controls the action.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Perkele controls his hands.
Torturo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Perkeles head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torturo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perkele's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Perkele lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perkele.
Torturo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Torturo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Perkele lands a good knee to the midsection. Torturo won't want to take too many of those.
A nice left hand lands by Torturo.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Torturo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Torturo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Torturo lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Torturo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Torturo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Perkele misses with an elbow strike.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torturo avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele swings wildly with an uppercut but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Torturo.
Torturo has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Torturo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torturo pushes Perkele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Torturo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Torturo lands with a short shot to the head.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Torturo.
Torturo tries to throw a body punch but Perkele avoids it by throwing Torturo back against the cage.
Perkele lands a hook that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
Perkele misses with some punches.
Perkele struggles to land a body shot inside as Torturo controls his hands.
Torturo misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Perkele.
Torturo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torturo.
Perkele gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Marko Torturo has been cut.
Perkele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Torturo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torturo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Torturo has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Perkele scores with a nice hook to the head.
Torturo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Perkele scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Torturo is defending well for now.
Torturo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torturo dodges an elbow strike from Perkele.
Torturo avoids the elbow strike from Perkele, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perkele.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Torturo misses with a body punch.
Torturo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torturo has a couple of punches blocked by Perkele.
Torturo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo avoids the elbow strike from Perkele, against the cage.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Torturo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Perkele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Perkele throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
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 Marko Torturo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Perkele throws a front kick that sends Torturo stumbling back into the cage.
Perkele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perkele keeps the fight on the outside.
Perkele connects with the punch.
Torturo avoids a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Torturo. Perkele shrugs it off though.
Torturo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good exchange - Torturo coming out on top.
Torturo throws a body kick that misses
and Perkele counters with a nice leg kick.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perkele takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Torturo takes a swing at Perkele's ribcage but misses.
Torturo backing away here, and Perkele unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pyry Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torturo misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Perkele can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Torturo's head.
A bone on bone clash there as Perkele blocks the leg kick.
Perkele on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perkele defending well as Torturo loads up on a big left hand.
Torturo throws a body kick that misses.
Torturo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Perkele feints a counter leg kick.
Perkele misses with a head kick.
Perkele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Perkele throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Perkele looks to score with a jab to the body but Torturo is just out of range.
Perkele throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Perkele lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Perkele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torturo throws a wild body kick that Perkele sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Perkele looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Torturo throws out a leg kick but Perkele moves out of range and Torturo only half commits.
Perkele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torturo.
Perkele misses with an uppercut. Torturo saw that one coming.
Perkele takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Perkele tries to land a body kick
and Torturo counters with a thumping low kick.
A lazy left from Torturo finds it's target.
Torturo tries to close the distance and clinch but Perkele swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Perkele misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Torturo blocks the leg kick.
Torturo throws out a loose jab but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele flicks out a counter leg kick but Torturo steps away.
Torturo throws a shot from downtown. Perkele moves away and avoids it.
Torturo rushes Perkele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Perkele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perkele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Torturo can't find room to land a body shot as Perkele controls the action.
Torturo working aggressively here.
Marko Torturo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Torturo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Perkele blocks an uppercut.
Torturo lands with a light punch inside.
Perkele breaks the clinch.
Perkele scores with a leg kick.
Perkele checks a low kick from Torturo.
Perkele tries to counter with a clinch but Torturo shakes him off and moves away.
Perkele keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perkele moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Torturo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perkele blocks a low kick nicely.
Torturo misses with an uppercut. Perkele saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perkele goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Perkele throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Perkele dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Torturo checks a leg kick.
Torturo throws out a leg kick but Perkele moves out of range and Torturo only half commits.
Perkele attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Torturo takes a swing at Perkele's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Torturo misses
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Torturo checks it.
Torturo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Torturo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Perkele throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perkele missing with a left hand there. Torturo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Perkele thows a leg kick but Torturo checks it
and Torturo counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pyry Perkele will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Marko Torturo'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. This is the final round!
Perkele throws a looping overhand right but Torturo ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Torturo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Perkele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Perkele scores with a nice body kick.
Torturo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torturo gets tackled into the cage by Perkele. Perkele maintains the clinch.
Torturo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Torturo dodges an elbow strike from Perkele.
Torturo avoids the elbow strike from Perkele, against the cage.
Perkele misses with a punch on the inside.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torturo avoids it.
Perkele tries to land knees in the clinch but Torturo avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo lands with a left to the head.
Torturo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Torturo on the inside.
Perkele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Perkele is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torturo is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele missing with knees to the body.
Perkele tries a knee to the head but Torturo blocks it.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perkele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torturo tries to work over Perkele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Perkele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torturo avoids it.
Perkele is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Torturo throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torturo.
Perkele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Torturo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perkele blocking some punches.
Torturo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Perkele backwards.
Torturo throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo working aggressively here.
Torturo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Perkele lands an elbow just above Torturo 's eye.
A short right from Torturo on the inside.
Perkele is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Torturo.
Perkele is still on wobbly legs! Can Torturo finish him?
Perkele throws a punch but it's blocked by Torturo.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torturo lands a big right hand that drops Perkele! The killer instinct kicks in and Torturo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Torturo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Torturo!
A relieved looking Marko Torturo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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