PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Freaky George (ranked 2060 p4p, 2925 weight class) and Malig Murskaa (ranked 140 p4p, 191 weight class). Malig Murskaa has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Freaky George's chin.

George
vs
Murskaa

175 cm
29
150
11 - 8 - 0

178 cm
23
158
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freaky George!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Malig Murskaa!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking cross lands there for Murskaa.
George misses with a looping right.
Murskaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murskaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from George.
George throws a lazy right hand but Murskaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murskaa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Murskaa staying out of range there.
George looks to land a left hand but Murskaa moved out of range nicely.
Murskaa lands with a cross.
Murskaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on George if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murskaa.
Murskaa tests George's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Freaky George seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murskaa slips under a jab.
Murskaa scores with a jab. George acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
George takes a shot to the body in his stride.
George misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from George.
George swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murskaa has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as George is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Murskaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from George.
A jab from Murskaa misses.
Murskaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from George.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murskaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murskaa throws a shot to the body.
George takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
George definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
George is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
George misses with a wild body shot.
Murskaa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between George's hands.
Murskaa is looking to score with low kicks.
George misses with a straight left.
Murskaa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Georges jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Murskaa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murskaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by George.
Murskaa ducks under a wild hook from George.
George throws a hook to the side of Murskaa's head but Murskaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murskaa.
Murskaa defending well as George loads up on a big left hand.
Murskaa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! George had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murskaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murskaa defending well as George loads up on a big left hand.
Murskaa needs to keep his hands up - George had a free shot at his head there.
Murskaa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murskaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Murskaa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murskaa.
Jab from Murskaa.
Murskaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
George misses with an uppercut. Murskaa saw that one coming.
George misses with a lunging right hand
letting Murskaa counter with a right hand.
George scores with a hook.
Murskaa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
George takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
George misses with a wild body shot.
George comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
George misses with a left hand
and Murskaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
George throws a lazy uppercut
letting Murskaa counter with a right hand.
George walks into a straight right hand from Murskaa.
George throws a hook to the side of Murskaa's head but Murskaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murskaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murskaa ducks under a wild hook from George.
George takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Murskaa with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murskaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from George.
George thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murskaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
George throws a hook to the side of Murskaa's head but Murskaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
George throws out a loose jab but Murskaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
George ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
George throws a big shot that misses.
George scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murskaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as George throws out the jab.
Murskaa staying out of range there.
George misses with a looping right.
George rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murskaa counters with a nice uppercut.
George throws an overhand right that lands on Murskaa's shoulder, as Murskaa tries to avoid the shot.
Murskaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murskaa misses with a low kick.
A lazy left from Murskaa finds it's target.
Murskaa lands with a hook. George tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murskaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from George.
George fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murskaa misses with an attempted mid kick.
George misses with a looping left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murskaa.
George swings widly with a right hand
and Murskaa counters with a good low kick that George was not able to check.
A telegraphed right hand from George misses the target.
Murskaa moves away from the strike by George.
George throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
George misses with a right hand
and Murskaa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murskaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from George.
George misses with an uppercut. Murskaa saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Murskaa.
Murskaa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A low kick from George misses
and Murskaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles George's knee momentarily.

Murskaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
George stalling the fight.
George working aggressively here.
George wants to stall.
George is looking to control Murskaa's arms but Murskaa gets an underhook and turns him. Now George has his back to the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malig Murskaa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murskaa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murskaa dips to his left and cracks George with an uppercut!
George looks to throw the jab but Murskaa is out of range.
Murskaa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murskaa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but George checks it well.
George swats away the attempt to clinch by Murskaa.
Murskaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but George paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, jab by Murskaa - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from George misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murskaa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from George. Murskaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murskaa lands a glancing blow to the side of George's head.
George tries a head kick but it misses.
George throws a shot from downtown. Murskaa moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murskaa jabs at George's body.
George stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murskaa.
Murskaa tries to land a front kick but George steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
George throws an off balance right hand
and Murskaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murskaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by George.
George throws a jab when Murskaa was well out of range.
Murskaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
George moves forwards but Murskaa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
George looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murskaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
George misses with a hook
and Murskaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
George fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murskaa manages to avoid it.
George takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Murskaa moves away from the strike by George.
George throws a lazy uppercut
and Murskaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A low kick lands for Murskaa.
Murskaa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before George has time to react.
George swings for the body but Murskaa moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murskaa avoids the body shot from George.
Murskaa throws out a counter right but George avoids it with no problem.
Murskaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murskaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from George.
Malig Murskaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murskaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from George.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
George swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murskaa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
George throws a body shot but no joy.
Murskaa throws a low kick but George avoids it.
George looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murskaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murskaa misses with a wild body shot.
George is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murskaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
George jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
George looks to score with a jab to the body but Murskaa is just out of range.
Murskaa scores with a hook to the body. George takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murskaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. George manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murskaa feints and then cracks George's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow George down.
George lands a jab.

Murskaa is rocked!
George cracks Murskaa with a left hook right on the temple and Murskaa goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! George lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Murskaa is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Freaky George!