PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joachim Murat (ranked 3051 p4p, 1811 weight class) and Vincent Van Elburg (ranked 258 p4p, 156 weight class). Vincent Van Elburg will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Murat
vs
Van Elburg

173 cm
19
155
2 - 1 - 1

188 cm
20
157
4 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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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 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joachim Murat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Van Elburg!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Elburg moves into range and clinches up with Murat.
Murat throws a head punch that misses.
Van Elburg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murats head.
Murat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Van Elburg is working Murat over against the cage.
Murat prevents a body shot from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a body punch.
Murat is trying to break the clinch but Van Elburg is controlling him.
Van Elburg pushes Murat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murat misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
A hook to the body from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg digs a right hand underneath Murat's ribcage. Murat let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Elburg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Van Elburg on the inside.
Van Elburg works on Murat's body with a couple of short punches.
Van Elburg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Van Elburg lands a shoulder strike.
Van Elburg has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murat seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Van Elburg can turn it around.
Murat throws a head punch that misses.
Van Elburg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Elburg.
Murat 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Elburg blocking some punches.
Van Elburg gets underhooks to prevent Murat's takedown attempt.
Van Elburg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Elburg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Van Elburg - that landed with a thud.
Van Elburg gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murat.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Elburg.
Murat is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg digs a right hand underneath Murat's ribcage. Murat let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Van Elburg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Elburg lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Van Elburg as the two fighters clinch.
Van Elburg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Elburg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Elburg lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Elburg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Elburg lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Van Elburg - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Elburg lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg pushes Murat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Van Elburg on the inside.
Van Elburg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.

Murat is rocked!
Van Elburg has Murat pressed against the cage, preventing Murat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oh Murat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a hook that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Van Elburg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Elburg works on Murat's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Van Elburg.
Murat seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Elburg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Elburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Good body shot from Van Elburg.
Van Elburg lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Elburg scores with a hook to the body.
Van Elburg lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Van Elburg - that landed with a thud.
Van Elburg lands a nice shot to the body.
Murat takes a shot to the head.
Van Elburg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Elburg scores with a hook to the body.
Van Elburg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg presses Murat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Elburg lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Elburg digs a right hand into Murat's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murat's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Van Elburg - that landed with a thud.
Van Elburg cracks Murat with a nice body shot.
Van Elburg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg lands a hook that snaps the head of Murat backwards.
Van Elburg dips a shoulder and cracks Murat with a mighty uppercut! Murat falls back against the cage and Van Elburg unloads with a barrage of strikes! Murat is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Van Elburg screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Van Elburg!
After winning the bout, Vincent Van Elburg thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.