PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Ispa Murhapuro (ranked 3910 p4p, 6641 weight class) and Maki Damchaigym (ranked 369 p4p, 465 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Murhapuro
vs
Damchaigym

170 cm
21
153
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
145
1 - 1 - 0

World class boxer
Cuts easily

Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhapuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maki Damchaigym!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhapuro tests Damchaigym's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Damchaigym slips under a jab from Murhapuro.
Damchaigym feints a counter leg kick.
Damchaigym throws a body kick that misses.
Murhapuro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Damchaigym takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Damchaigym throws a lazy head kick
and Murhapuro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Damchaigym tries to clinch up.
Donk. Murhapuro catches Damchaigym right on the button with a cross.
Damchaigym lands a nice looking kick to the body. Murhapuro takes a step back to recover.
Murhapuro throws a lazy right hand but Damchaigym sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Damchaigym moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Damchaigym tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Murhapuro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhapuro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Damchaigym. Damchaigym circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murhapuro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Murhapuro.
Murhapuro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Damchaigym's hands.
Murhapuro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Damchaigym is rocked!
Damchaigym takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Damchaigym is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhapuro finish him?
Murhapuro works over Damchaigym's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhapuro jabs Damchaigym to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Murhapuro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Damchaigym seems to have recovered his senses.
Murhapuro displaying some good clinch control by pressing Damchaigym up against the ropes.

Murhapuro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Damchaigym slips a jab from Murhapuro.
Ispa Murhapuro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murhapuro misses with a hook.
Murhapuro slips a jab and a cross from Damchaigym.
Damchaigym moves to clinch but Murhapuro breaks away
and Murhapuro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Damchaigym ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Damchaigym pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhapuro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Damchaigym.
Murhapuro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murhapuro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Damchaigym throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhapuro scores with a hook to the body. Damchaigym takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ispa Murhapuro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhapuro tests Damchaigym's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhapuro lands the left hand.
Damchaigym tries to close the distance and clinch but Murhapuro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Murhapuro misses.
Murhapuro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Damchaigym.
Murhapuro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A left lands for Murhapuro.

Damchaigym clinches up with Murhapuro and pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhapuro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damchaigym tries to break the clinch but Murhapuro is controlling the position.
A short right from Murhapuro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ispa Murhapuro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Murhapuro connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Murhapuro moves into the clinch successfully.
Nice body punch from Murhapuro - that landed with a thud.

Murhapuro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murhapuro scores with a jab. Damchaigym acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murhapuro's corner calls for a 1-2. Murhapuro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murhapuro connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Damchaigym momentarily.
Damchaigym tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murhapuro counters with a straight right hand.
Murhapuro cracks Damchaigym with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murhapuro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Damchaigym can do to turn this around?

Damchaigym tries to keep at a distance but Murhapuro has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Murhapuro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damchaigym fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murhapuro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Damchaigym takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab lands there for Murhapuro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Murhapuro. Beautiful body shot.
Damchaigym with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Damchaigym takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murhapuro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Damchaigym drops his guard momentarily, allowing Murhapuro to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Damchaigym! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Murhapuro takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ispa Murhapuro!