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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eugenio Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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148 lbs
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160 lbs
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eugenio Torrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Williams!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Torrez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Torrez to counter with a crisp jab.
Torrez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Williams misses with the body kick
and Torrez moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Torrez scores with a shoulder strike.
Torrez trying to land knees to the body.
Williams lands a right hand that snaps the head of Torrez backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a body kick that misses
and Torrez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torrez misses with a wild body shot.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Torrez is just out of range.
Torrez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Torrez looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Torrez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Torrez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Williams.
Torrez lands a jab-cross combination.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Torrez.
Torrez scores with a hook.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and Torrez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Torrez.
Torrez has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torrez.
Torrez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torrez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torrez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Torrez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Williams can turn it around.
Torrez has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Torrez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Torrez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Torrez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
Torrez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Torrez looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
and Torrez counters by moving into the clinch.
Torrez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugenio Torrez 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.
Torrez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martin Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Torrez misses with a body shot.
As Torrez backs off Williams throws a huge counter combo but Torrez manages to avoid it all.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torrez circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and Torrez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and Torrez counters with an inside leg kick.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torrez.
Williams tries to keep at a distance but Torrez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Torrez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torrez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Torrez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Torrez is looking to counter punch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Torrez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Torrez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez misses with the head strike.
Torrez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Torrez is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Martin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Eugenio Torrez is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torrez throws out the jab.
Torrez wants to clinch.
Williams now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugenio Torrez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Torrez is looking to clinch.
Torrez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torrez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Williams throws a low kick, looking for Torrez's leg but Torrez calmly moves out of range.
Torrez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Torrez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Torrez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Williams crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Torrez - the referee stops the clock and Williams gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Torrez. Williams manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torrez instigates a clinch.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Torrez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torrez avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez working hard to break the clinch.
Torrez misses with a body punch.
Williams prevents a body shot from Torrez.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torrez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Williams working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Torrez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torrez misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Torrez fails to land.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torrez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Torrez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Torrez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torrez scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Torrez managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Torrez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Torrez breaks from the clinch.
Williams swings for the body but Torrez moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A thudding body kick lands there by Torrez!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugenio Torrez clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Williams tries to bum rush Torrez with a series of wild strikes but Torrez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torrez blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torrez circles away quickly and effectively.
Torrez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torrez.
Torrez doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Torrez looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Torrez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Torrez controls his hands.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torrez throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torrez avoids it.
Eugenio Torrez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Torrez taking a breather.
Torrez breaks the clinch.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams motions for Torrez to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Torrez moves out of range easily.
Torrez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Torrez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Torrez lands an overhand right.
Both fighters circling a little - Torrez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Torrez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torrez looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Torrez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
A nice side step and Williams releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Torrez throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Torrez avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams looks for the body kick but Torrez saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Eugenio Torrez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martin Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Torrez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
As Williams tries to get set, Torrez tries to push him back and clinch up but Williams manages to avoid the attempt.
Williams stalks Torrez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Torrez's face. Torrez staggers backwards, shaken.
Torrez throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Torrez cracks Williams with an open hand slap.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Torrez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williams thuds a left hand into Torrez's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Torrez tried to counter with a leg kick but Williams avoided it.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Torrez.
Williams is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Williams is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Torrez rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torrez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Torrez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torrez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torrez blocks a head kick by Williams.
Torrez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Torrez is looking to counter the offense by Williams and move into the clinch.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Torrez moves out of range easily.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams swings away with a body shot that misses
and Torrez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torrez was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Torrez clinches up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Torrez.
Torrez breaks the clinch.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Torrez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!
Torrez avoids a kick to the body.
Williams gets tackled into the ropes by Torrez. Torrez maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Torrez fails to land.
Torrez breaks from the clinch.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eugenio Torrez.
Well Torrez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eugenio Torrez!
During a confident post fight interview, Eugenio Torrez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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