PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Braathen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Murth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braathen comes into the arena with Ninja Turtles blaring out of the sound system. Murth has chosen Enemy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braathen
vs
Murth

188 cm
23
197 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Syndicate Drugs
ENDLESS 152

ENDLESS 152

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Braathen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Murth!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braathen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murth looks to land a combination but Braathen avoids it well.
Murth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braathen.
Braathen throws a body punch but Murth moves out of range.

Murth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Murth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Braathen is trying to escape the mount.
Murth throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Murth throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Braathen tries to lock up and control but Murth gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Murth trying to control but Braathen is having none of it.

Murth working for a submission but Braathen is keeping him at bay.
Murth throwing strikes here but Braathen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Murth is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Braathen has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Braathen!
Murth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braathen advances to half guard.
Murth is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Braathen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Braathen's back!
Murth tries to keep control of the position but Braathen is staying busy.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Murth has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Braathen rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Braathen trying to control but Murth postures up.

Murth is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Braathen defends it well.
Braathen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Murth is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braathen keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Braathen is trying to stand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Braathen misses with a straight left.
Murth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Braathen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daniel Braathen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braathen fails to land with a series of punches.
Murth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braathen.
Murth shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Braathen but Braathen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Braathen misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Braathen does no damage.

Murth scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Braathen is trying to get back to full guard.
Braathen is trying to control but can't.
Braathen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murth.

Murth is trying to work for a kimura but Braathen is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Braathen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Murth trying to control the position from guard on top but Braathen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Murth drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Braathen dives on top into guard.
Braathen wants to stand but Murth has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braathen tries to free his leg and advance position but Murth is retaining full guard.

Murth looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Braathen passes into side control.
Murth tries to control but Braathen manages to take his back.
Murth manages to reverse the position and now he's in Braathen's guard. Nice work there by Murth.
Braathen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Braathen has his hands on Murth's head, controlling the position.
Murth postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adam Murth will probably get the nod.
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.

Murth slips under a jab from Braathen.
Braathen throws the left hand but Murth avoids the punch easily.
Braathen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Adam Murth has been cut.
Murth takes one to the side of the head.
Braathen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murth manages to avoid it.
Braathen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Braathen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murth moves out of range as Braathen strikes.
Braathen looks to throw the jab but Murth is out of range.
Murth avoids the body shot from Braathen.
Braathen missing with a left hand there. Murth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Braathen throws a hook but Murth blocks it.
Braathen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braathen throws a combination that misses

and Murth counters with a shoot takedown. Braathen fights it but they end up in guard.
Murth sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Braathen's guard.

Murth is looking for a kimura but Braathen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Murth to get the leverage.

Murth is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Braathen doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Murth.
Murth is breathing heavily.
Braathen tries to get to full guard but Murth has control of the leg.

Murth is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Braathen defends it well.
Braathen is looking for a sweep. Murth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murth tries to pass the half guard into mount. Braathen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murth is working for a submission of some sort.
Braathen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Braathen lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Braathen does no damage.
Braathen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Murth decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Braathen's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murth trying to control the position from guard on top but Braathen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Murth drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Braathen dives on top into guard.
Braathen wanted to stand there but Murth had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Murth is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Braathen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Murth's guard.
Braathen wants to pass the guard but Murth is keeping the position.

Murth has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Braathen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Braathen controlling from the top position.
Braathen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murth is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murth tries to close the distance and clinch but Braathen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Braathen.
Murth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murth falls off balance throwing a combination
and Braathen counters with a straight right hand.
Braathen slips a jab and a cross from Murth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braathen throws a series of punches but Murth moves out of range.
Murth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murth misses with a combination
letting Braathen counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Braathen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Adam Murth's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Braathen looks to land a right hand but Murth moved out of range.
Murth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Braathen.
Murth blocks a jab.
Braathen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murth showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braathen.
Braathen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Braathen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Braathen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murth misses with a takedown attempt
and Braathen counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murth swings for the body but Braathen moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braathen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daniel Braathen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murth ducks under a wild hook from Braathen.
Braathen thows a body shot but no joy.
Braathen misses with a body shot.
Braathen looks to land a combination but Murth avoids it well.
Braathen misses with a series of wild punches.
Braathen looks to land a left hand but Murth moved out of range nicely.
Daniel Braathen is winning the standup battle so far.

Murth shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Braathen is trying to defend but Murth finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Braathen wants to control but Murth is keeping busy.

Murth is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murth is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Braathen is just riding it out for now. Murth eventually gives up the hold.

Murth is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Braathen doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Murth.
Braathen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Braathen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murth drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Braathen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Murth has Braathen in his guard.
Braathen is stalling in the full guard.
Braathen trying to control but Murth is working from the bottom.
Braathen stopping the sweep attempt from Murth.
Braathen tries to free his leg and advance position but Murth is retaining full guard.

Braathen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Murth has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Braathen has managed to get both his arms back between Murth's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Braathen looking to pass the guard.
Braathen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Braathen trying to control the position from guard on top but Murth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murth takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murth fails to land the takedown.
Braathen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Murth rushes Braathen and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

Braathen manages to break the clinch.
Braathen misses with an uppercut. Murth saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Braathen clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Murth'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.

Murth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Braathen misses the shot to the body.
Murth dodges the punch combination from Braathen.
Murth slips under a jab.
Murth throws a leg kick that misses.
Murth shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Braathen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Braathen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murth doesn't seem bothered though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Braathen, as that shot connected.
Murth is trying hard to land a takedown here. Braathen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Daniel Braathen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Murth.
Braathen throws a combination that misses

and Murth counters with a shoot takedown. Braathen fights it but they end up in guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murth postures up.
Braathen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Murth postures up.
Murth passes Braathen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Braathen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Braathen wants to control but Murth is keeping busy.
Murth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Murth not landing any meaningful shots this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Braathen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Braathen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A slow jab from Braathen misses its intended target.
Murth has his takedown stuffed
and Braathen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Braathen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murth tries to close the distance and clinch but Braathen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murth looks for a takedown but Braathen sprawls well.
Braathen throws a right hand that Murth ducks under and follows up with a left that Murth also avoids with ease.
Murth staying out of range there.
A jab from Braathen misses.

Murth bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murth trying to control the position but Braathen is working away.
Braathen is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Murth has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Murth wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Braathen, who protects the arm well.
Braathen struggling a bit here.

Murth tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Braathen is looking to regain half guard here but Murth keeps moving and retains side control.
Braathen wants to control but Murth postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Murth thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A big left from Braathen misses.
Braathen cracks Murth with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murth shoots and misses
and Braathen counters with a one-two to the body.
Braathen throws a right hand that Murth ducks under and follows up with a left that Murth also avoids with ease.
Braathen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murth throws a leg kick but Braathen moved away.
Braathen's corner calls for a 1-2. Braathen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braathen.
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 Daniel Braathen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adam Murth's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Murth shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Braathen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Braathen as he jumps to the side.
Braathen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murth misses with a double jab
and Braathen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murth doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Braathen counters with a stiff right hand.

Murth is rocked!
Daniel Braathen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Murth.
Braathen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murth is still on wobbly legs! Can Braathen finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braathen lands with a big right hook that stumbles Murth - he's out on his feet here! Braathen follows up with another monster hook that separates Murth from consciousness! Murth falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Braathen stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Daniel Braathen!
Daniel Braathen retains his middleweight title!