PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Wetton (ranked 565 p4p, 929 weight class) and Haruki Muramaki (ranked 89 p4p, 127 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wetton
vs
Muramaki

168 cm
27
162
13 - 2 - 0

170 cm
27
163
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Wetton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haruki Muramaki!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muramaki thuds his right hand into Wetton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wetton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Muramaki circles away.

Wetton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Muramaki did well to prevent Wetton getting side control.

Muramaki manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Muramaki throws a big shot that misses.
Muramaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muramaki scores with a nice head shot.
Wetton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice sprawl there from Muramaki as Wetton shoots in.
Muramaki throws out a counter right but Wetton avoids it with no problem.
Wetton has his takedown stuffed
and Muramaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Wetton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muramaki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wetton with a poor takedown
and Muramaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Wetton is rocked!
Muramaki lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Wetton up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Muramaki from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Wetton's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Haruki Muramaki!