PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauke Murhaa (ranked 2329 p4p, 2544 weight class) and Mister Liu (ranked 313 p4p, 339 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Murhaa
vs
Liu

188 cm
34
220
24 - 15 - 0

186 cm
29
208
9 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pauke Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mister Liu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu counters with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Liu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Liu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa tries to score with a low kick but Liu moves his leg out of the way.
Murhaa throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
letting Liu counter with a right hand.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Liu scores with a punch to the head.
Liu misses with a looping right.
Liu connects with a crisp jab.
Liu throws a low kick but Murhaa avoids it.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
Liu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Murhaa is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Liu throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murhaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Liu misses.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Liu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick lands for Liu.
Liu is looking to land body kicks.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by Liu.
A swing and a miss from Liu.
Liu throws a leg kick which misses Murhaa's front leg but catches the back leg as Murhaa tries to avoid it.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.
Liu throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Murhaa lands with a right hand.
Liu throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Liu.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Liu ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Murhaa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Liu doesn't seem phased though.
Liu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
Liu shapes to counter with a head kick.
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!
Murhaa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A good leg kick by Murhaa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu looks to land a body kick but Murhaa moved away.
Liu looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Liu.
Liu moves out of range as Murhaa strikes.
Liu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murhaa is out of range.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut.
Liu throws a sloppy head kick and Murhaa moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liu.
Murhaa has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liu.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Liu lands.
Liu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Liu.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Liu counters with a thumping low kick.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Liu.
A head kick misses from Liu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Murhaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Liu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Murhaa off balance momentarily.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut
and Liu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murhaa checks a leg kick nicely.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Liu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little feinted left hand from Murhaa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Liu ducked under it nicely.
Liu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murhaa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Liu tries a head kick but it misses.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses the jab.
Murhaa looks to land a body kick but Liu moved away.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Liu throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa misses with a hook. Liu ducked under it nicely.
Liu avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
A bone on bone clash there as Liu blocks the leg kick.
Liu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhaa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murhaa throws a low kick but Liu avoids it.
A low kick from Murhaa misses
enabling Liu to counter with a crisp jab.
Liu misses with a leg kick
and Murhaa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murhaa blocks a head kick by Liu.
Liu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Murhaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Liu dominated that round.
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.

Liu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Liu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murhaa.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a jab when Liu was well out of range.
Murhaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mister Liu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Liu.
Liu scores with a leg kick.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses Liu's front leg but catches the back leg as Liu tries to avoid it.
Liu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Liu.
Murhaa checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liu misses with a straight right.
Murhaa moves out of range of the leg kick from Liu.
Liu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murhaa on the side of the head.
Liu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Liu throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Liu 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 Murhaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murhaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Liu moved out of range.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
Murhaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa thuds his right hand into Liu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Liu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
Liu blocks a jab.
Murhaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murhaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu shapes to counter with a head kick.
Liu lands with an uppercut that bounces Murhaa off the cage and back into range.
Liu is looking to chop away at Murhaa's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
A low kick lands for Liu.
Murhaa throws the left hand but Liu avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Liu moves out of range.
Liu takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Murhaa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scores with a head kick. Murhaa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liu delivers a nice body kick.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liu.
Liu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Liu is out of range.
Good exchange - Liu coming out on top.
Liu looks for the body kick but Murhaa saw that one coming.
Liu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murhaa on the side of the head.
Liu throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Liu scores with a head kick. Murhaa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Decent striking displayed by Murhaa there.
Murhaa lunges at Liu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Liu's hand.
Liu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Liu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Liu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murhaa half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu throws a push kick but Murhaa slaps the foot to one side.
Liu connects with a body shot.
Liu 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.
Liu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Liu blocks the leg kick.
Murhaa is looking to clinch but Liu is avoiding it.
Murhaa delivers a nice body kick.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A good leg kick by Liu.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Liu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murhaa tries to move into range but Liu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Murhaa.
Murhaa lands the left hand.
Liu throws a head kick that misses.
Liu connects with an inside leg kick.
Murhaa walks into a left hand.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by Liu.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Liu ducks down to avoid it.
Liu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Liu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Murhaa might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Murhaa throws a low kick but Liu moves out of range easily.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Liu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murhaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Liu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mister Liu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Murhaa misses with a hook.
Liu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu connects with a leg kick.
Murhaa lands with a straight right. Liu didn't see that one coming.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa throws a low kick but Liu moves out of range easily.
Murhaa looks to throw the jab but Liu is out of range.
Liu lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Liu misses with a left hand
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Liu.
Murhaa throwing a counter right hand but Liu manages to avoid it.
Liu misses the body punch
and Murhaa counters with a stiff right hand.
Liu moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Murhaa misses.
Liu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Liu ducks down to avoid it.
Liu throws a big counter head kick but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Liu tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murhaas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That kick from Liu tenderised Murhaa's leg. Murhaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Liu's shoulder, as Liu tries to avoid the shot.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Liu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Murhaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Liu.
That kick from Liu tenderised Murhaa's leg. Murhaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Liu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murhaa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A slow jab from Liu misses its intended target.
A solid body kick from Liu.
Murhaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Liu. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Liu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pauke Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mister Liu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liu scores with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa avoids a kick to the body.
Liu with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhaa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Liu takes a jab right on the kisser.

Liu is rocked!
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liu is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhaa finish him?
Liu thumps Murhaa with a low kick.
Liu seems to have recovered his senses.
Murhaa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Murhaa misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murhaa.
Liu checks a leg kick nicely.
Murhaa moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLiu.
Liu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Liu walks into a jab.
Murhaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Liu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murhaa. That's going to slow Liu down.
Murhaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murhaa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Liu. That one must have hurt.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Liu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murhaa checks a leg kick.
Liu blocks a jab.
Liu throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Liu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Murhaa backing away here, and Liu unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Murhaa cracks Liu with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Liu looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Murhaa finish him?
Liu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
Murhaa defending well as Liu loads up on a big left hand.
Liu ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Liu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu lands an overhand right.
Murhaa fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Liu square on the jaw! Damn, Liu is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pauke Murhaa!
Our winner, Pauke Murhaa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.