PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound Of Thunder. The crowd seem to be enjoying Torturo's choice of entrance music: Mogwai - Katrien. Marko Torturo has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Morko
vs
Torturo

190 cm
30
210 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

189 cm
24
217 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Perkele!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko avoids the head kick by Torturo.
Morko tries to land a front kick but Torturo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Torturo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Torturo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morko fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Torturo is out of range.
Morko misses the shot to the body.
Morko blocks a head kick by Torturo.
Morko misses with a low kick.
Torturo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Torturo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Torturo misses with a hook
and Morko counters with a one-two to the body.
A leg kick checked by Torturo.
Torturo misses with the body kick
letting Morko counter with a right hand.
Torturo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morko cracks a nice hook into Torturo's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torturo throws a hook to the side of Morko's head but Morko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morko throws a leg kick but Torturo moved away.
Morko blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Morko. That snapped Torturo's head back.
Torturo throws a hook but Morko blocks it.
Torturo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Marko Torturo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morko lands with a shot to the body.
Torturo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morko manages to avoid it.
Torturo swings for the body but Morko moves out of range.
Morko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Torturo's calf.
Crunch! Morko slams his shin into Torturo's torso.
Torturo looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morko tests Torturo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Torturo's calf.
A jab lands there for Morko.
Morko scores with a jab. Torturo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Torturo misses with a head kick.
Morko misses with a kick to the body.
Nice cross by Morko.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morko.
Morko lands with a kick to the temple. Torturo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Torturo throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morko fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Torturo tests Morko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Torturo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morko scores with a sloppy right hand. Torturo should have avoided that one.
Morko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Morko rushes Torturo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Morko controls his hands.
Torturo misses with some punches.
Torturo misses with a body punch.
Morko tries to throw a body punch but Torturo avoids it by throwing Morko back against the cage.
Torturo blocks a body shot from Morko.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws an elbow that misses.
Torturo lands a nice knee to the body.
Torturo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torturo pushes Morko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morko misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morko.
Morko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morko missing with knees to the body.
Morko trying to land knees to the body.
Torturo lands a nice shot to the body.
Morko missing with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morko.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morko avoiding damage as Torturo throws knees to the body.
Morko misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torturo.
Morko is working Torturo over against the cage.
Torturo lands a nice shot to the body.
Torturo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Morko tries to land a leg kick but Torturo saw it coming and moves away.
Torturo wants to land a leg kick but Morko is out of range.
The fighters circling - Morko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Torturo is looking to chop away at Morko's legs.
Torturo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A good leg kick by Torturo.
Torturo takes a swing at Morko's ribcage but misses.
Torturo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Torturo with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morko.
Esko Morko is winning the standup battle so far.
Morko throws a body kick that misses.
Morko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torturo sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torturo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Torturo digs a good body shot into Morko's ribs.
Torturo misses with a leg kick
and Morko counters with a leg kick.
Torturo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morko misses with a body kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but Morko moves out of range.
Morko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Morko looks to land a left hand but Torturo moved out of range nicely.
Torturo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torturo walks into a straight right hand from Morko.
Morko connects with a leg kick. Torturo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Morko misses
and Torturo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Morko really felt that one!
Morko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morko lands a head kick!
Torturo scores with the left hand. Morko knows he should have avoided that one.
Morko throws a front kick aimed at Torturo's knee but Torturo avoids it well.
Morko throws a series of punches but Torturo avoids them all with ease.
Morko finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torturo.
Morko blocks a leg kick.
Morko misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, jab by Torturo - just one landing.
Torturo throws a leg kick
and Morko counters with a nice leg kick.
Torturo looks to land a left hand but Morko moved out of range nicely.
Torturo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morko.
Morko takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Morko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Torturo tries a head kick but it misses.
Torturo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morko moves away.
Morko takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Torturo. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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.
Morko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Torturo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Torturo throws a low kick but Morko avoids it.
Torturo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torturo moves out of range of the body kick from Morko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torturo slips under a jab from Morko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torturo moves out of range as Morko strikes.
Torturo walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Torturo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Torturo is looking to clinch but Morko is avoiding it.
Torturo throws out a leg kick but Morko moves out of range and Torturo only half commits.
Torturo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Torturo looks to score with a jab to the body but Morko is just out of range.
A punch combination from Torturo misses.
Torturo is looking to chop away at Morko's legs.
A low kick from Torturo misses
and Morko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morko checks a leg kick nicely.
Morko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morko works the jab nicely.
Torturo throws a leg kick
and Morko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Torturo's knee momentarily.
Torturo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morko throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko defending well as Torturo loads up on a big left hand.
Torturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo wants to slow Morko down by chopping away at his legs.
Torturo throws a sloppy head kick
and Morko counters with a stiff right hand.
Torturo is looking to slow Morko down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morko.
Torturo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morko checks a leg kick.
Morko on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Torturo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Morko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Torturo is able to avoid easily.
Torturo misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a head kick!
Torturo takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Torturo misses.
Morko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Morko. Torturo shrugs it off though.
Morko keeps Torturo at a distance using the push kick.
Morko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Morko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Torturo avoids the head kick by Morko.
Morko is looking to clinch but Torturo is avoiding it.
Torturo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Torturo misses with a low kick as Morko jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Torturo's calf.
Morko lands a jab to Torturo's midsection.
A leg kick checked by Morko.
Torturo throws a hook but Morko blocks it.
Morko lands a really nice looking cross but Torturo seems unphased.
Torturo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morko checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morko avoids a kick to the body.
Torturo connects with a solid leg kick.
Morko pushes Torturo away with a front kick.
Morko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Torturo. Torturo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Torturo circles away quickly and effectively.
Morko pushes Torturo away with a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Morko.
A good leg kick by Morko.
Morko misses with a body kick.
Torturo throws a jab when Morko was well out of range.
Torturo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Torturo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Morko.
Torturo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morko takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Torturo throws a chopping leg kick but Morko manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esko Morko clearly takes 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 takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Torturo throws an overhand right that lands on Morko's shoulder, as Morko tries to avoid the shot.
Torturo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Torturo lands an overhand right.
Morko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Torturo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Torturo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torturo fakes the leg kick and cracks Morko in the body.
Morko just misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morko lands with a nice combination. Torturo backs away looking to recover.
Torturo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Torturo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Morko throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Torturo is predictable there
and Morko counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Morko checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torturo.
Torturo misses with a few strikes there.
Morko scores with a nice head shot.
Torturo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morko. That did some damage!
Morko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torturo. That did some damage!
Danga de danga de dang - Morko scores with a four punch combination!
A clash of legs there as Morko blocks the low kick.
Torturo takes one on the button.
Horrible takedown by Morko or perhaps it was just good defense by Torturo which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a jab to the head.
Morko moves out of range of the leg kick from Torturo.
Morko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morko scores with a sloppy right hand. Torturo should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morko avoids the body shot from Torturo.
Morko avoids the head kick by Torturo.
Torturo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morko manages to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Morko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morko lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Torturo backs up against the cage.
A bone on bone clash there as Torturo blocks the leg kick.
Torturo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torturo wants to clinch up but Morko keeps it at a distance.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morko is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
Torturo wants to slow Morko down by chopping away at his legs.
A big left from Torturo misses.
Morko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morko tests Torturo's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo tried to score with a low kick but Morko checks it.
Torturo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Morko with a hook.
Good work by Torturo as he checks the leg kick.
Morko avoids the head kick by Torturo.
That kick from Torturo tenderised Morko's leg. Morko is trying to keep his angry face on.
Torturo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morko on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torturo misses with a hook. Morko ducked under it nicely.
Torturo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torturo keeps the fight on the outside.
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 Esko Morko will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Morko tries to clinch but Torturo is having none of it.
Morko throws an overhand right that lands on Torturo's shoulder, as Torturo tries to avoid the shot.
Morko swings for the body but Torturo moves out of range.
Morko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torturo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Torturo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torturo connects with an inside leg kick.
Morko lands with a nice body punch.
Morko takes a swing at Torturo's ribcage but misses.
Torturo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torturo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morko swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morko counters with a nice leg kick.
Morko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Torturo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Morko takes a step back to recover.
Morko lands with a nice body kick.
Torturo misses with a wild body shot.
Morko tries a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Torturo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morko walks into a left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morko.
Torturo lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Torturo connects with a single shot there.
Torturo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Torturo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morko.
Torturo throws a front kick aimed at Morko's knee but Morko avoids it well.
Morko just misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo tests Morko's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo tries to clinch but Morko moves out of range.
Morko throws a leg kick but Torturo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Torturo misses the shot to the body.
Morko throws a shot from downtown. Torturo moves away and avoids it.
Morko lands a jab.
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.
Morko looks to score with a jab to the body but Torturo is just out of range.
Morko moves out of range of the body kick from Torturo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo throws a leg kick
enabling Morko to counter with a crisp jab.
Marko Torturo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morko works Torturo's body with a nice hook.
Torturo wants to slow Morko down by chopping away at his legs.
Morko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Morko.
Torturo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Morko keeps the fight on the outside.
Morko connects with a right hand. Torturo shakes it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Torturo is able to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab lands there for Morko.
Torturo misses with the combination.
Torturo throws a poor cross that misses
and Morko counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marko Torturo.
I think Morko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 49:46
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Esko Morko!
Esko Morko retains his light heavyweight title!