PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saso Murko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Rua is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Rua
vs
Murko

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Saso Murko!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to clinch but Murko moves away
enabling Murko to counter with a crisp jab.
Murko misses with a looping right.
Murko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Rua shoots in looking for a takedown but Murko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rua's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Murko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rua tries to clinch up but Murko circles away and keeps his distance.
Rua looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Murko drives through and clinches with Rua against the cage.
Murko should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Murko scores with a shoulder strike.
Murko presses Rua against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Murko is controlling him.
Rua is looking to control Murko's arms but Murko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rua has his back to the cage.
Murko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murko scores with a hook to the body.
Murko lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Murko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murko lands a body shot.
Murko presses Rua against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murko lands with a right to the head.
Murko is working Rua over against the cage.
Murko prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Murko lands with a left to the head.
Rua is trying to push Murko away but Murko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Murko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murko is working Rua over against the cage.
Rua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murko scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Murko.
Murko scores with a shoulder strike.
Rua looking for a takedown.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murko.
Murko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rua backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murko.
Stalling in the clinch from Murko.
Murko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A bit of stalling here from Murko.
Rua wants a takedown but no success here.
A right hand to the body from Murko.
Murko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murko slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murko scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua letting Murko take a breather here.
Murko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murko effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Saso Murko.
Murko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Murko finds it's way through Rua's defenses.

It looks like Mauricio Rua has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murko lands a really nice looking cross but Rua seems unphased.
Murko lands a slapping body shot.
Murko lands with a nice body punch.
Murko scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murko lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua walks into a stiff left hand from Murko.
Mauricio Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Murko there.

Rua is rocked!
Murko lands a nice shot to the body.
Murko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rua gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murko.
Rua gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Murko gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Saso Murko!