PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balig Murska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Lola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Murska
vs
Lola

189 cm
20
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

185 cm
22
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Balig Murska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Lola!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murska on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lola misses with the combination.
Lola throws a jab when Murska was well out of range.
Lola avoids the head kick by Murska.
Murska scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murska doesn't manage to clinch there - Lola circles away.
Lola gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murska.
Lola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Lola.
Murska throws a head kick that misses.
Lola throws a body punch but Murska moves out of range.
Lola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Lola.
Lola takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lola throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murska counters with an inside leg kick.
Don Lola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murska ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lola misses with a body shot
and Murska counters with a thumping low kick.
Murska misses with a two punch combination.
Lola misses with a straight right.
Murska tries to clinch but Lola is having none of it.
Lola slips a jab from Murska.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lola misses with an uppercut. Murska saw that one coming.
Lola misses the shot to the body.
Lola misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Lola misses its intended target.
Lola digs a good hook to Murska's body.
Murska tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murska throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murska on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murska moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lola tries to move into range but Murska moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murska moves in looking to clinch but Lola pushes him off.

Murska clinches.
Lola is trying to force a seperation but Murska has the dominant position.
Murska lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murska crunches a lovely knee into Lola's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murska with a knee to the head.
Murska landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murska pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murska rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murska paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lola throws out a powerful jab.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murska cracks Lola with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lola lands a slapping body shot.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Murska moves into the clinch successfully.
Murska digs a right hand into Lola's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lola's gas tank.
Murska tries to land a knee to the head but Lola blocks with his arms.
Lola fails to pull guard.
Murska's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murska smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska tries to clinch but Lola is having none of it.
Murska thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lola if he has to take too many more of those.

Murska moves into the clinch.
Lola wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murska with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Lola breaks the clinch.
Murska thumps Lola with a low kick.
Murska scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Lola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lola walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sloppy strikes from Lola. Those never looked like landing.
Murska fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Lola misses.
Lola thows a body shot but no joy.
Lola connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lola walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lola blocks a head kick by Murska.
Murska scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lola looks to throw the jab but Murska is out of range.
Lola misses the shot to the body.
Murska is looking to clinch but Lola is avoiding it.
Lola works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lola just misses with a punch to the body.
Lola is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Murska rather than just go for the knockout.
Murska looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Murska gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lola tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Balig Murska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Lola.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lola is trying to break the clinch but Murska is controlling him.
Lola throws a head punch that misses.
Lola stalling in the clinch but Murska improves position.
Lola tries to throw a body punch but Murska avoids it by throwing Lola back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balig Murska dominated that round.
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.

Murska tries to close the distance and clinch but Lola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murska tries to clinch up but Lola circles away and keeps his distance.
Murska misses with a looping left.
Lola misses with a wild body shot.
Murska moves in looking to clinch but Lola pushes him off.
Murska tries to clinch up but Lola circles away and keeps his distance.
Lola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murska.
Lola throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murska.
Lola misses with a body shot.
Lola takes a swing at Murska's ribcage but misses.
Murska looks to land a right hand but Lola moved out of range.
Murska throws a hook but Lola blocks it.
Murska fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lola dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lola scores with a shot to the body.
A big left from Lola misses.
Lola misses with a wild body shot.

Murska has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lola jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murska walks away with a smile on his face. Lola gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lola blocks the body kick.
Lola avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murska.
Lola takes a swing at Murska's ribcage but misses.
Balig Murska is winning the standup battle so far.
Lola takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Murska tries to close the distance and clinch but Lola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murska lands a high kick!
Murska scores with a sloppy right hand. Lola should have avoided that one.
Lola throws a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Lola.
Lola darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lola changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lola looks to land a right hand but Murska moved out of range.
Lola blocks a head kick by Murska.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murska closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lola to the mat! Lola manages to get full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lola trying to control the position.

Lola is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Murska got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lola has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murska has managed to get both his arms back between Lola's legs - danger averted.
Lola is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lola wants to sweep here but Murska controlling him for the moment.

Lola working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Murska has passed into half guard!

Lola looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lola is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lola is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murska pulls his head out easily.

Lola looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lola trying to control from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Lola looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lola trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Lola showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lola swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Lola takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lola thows a body shot but no joy.

Murska closes the distance and clinches.

Murska breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lola throws a right and a left that Murska avoids nicely.
Murska throws a hook to the side of Lola's head but Lola sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lola checks a leg kick.
Murska throws a head kick but Lola moves out of range.
Lola lands with a straight right. Murska didn't see that one coming.
Jab from Murska.
Lola scores with a body shot.
Lola throws a looping overhand right but Murska ducks down to avoid it.
Jab by Lola.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murska showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lola.
Murska keeps Lola at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lola swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Murska fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murska tries to clinch but Lola is having none of it.
Murska tests Lola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lola throws out a loose jab but Murska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lola scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murska looks to land a left hand but Lola moved out of range nicely.

Murska gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murska lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lola fails to pull guard.
Lola fails to pull guard.
Murska is looking to control Lola's arms but Lola gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murska has his back to the cage.
Lola fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Balig Murska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Lola.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lola breaks from the clinch.
Murska lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lola backs up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lola manages to avoid it.
Lola fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murska looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Murska shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lola manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Murska stands and steps away. Lola gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murska 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.
Lola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lola swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lola.

Murska has Lola up against the cage in a clinch.
Lola jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murska walks away with a smile on his face. Lola gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lola scores with a body shot.
Lola throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murska tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lola paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murska avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murska takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murska tries a head kick but it misses.
Murska scores with a kick to the midsection.
Murska throws a head kick that Lola semi-blocks.
Murska takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Murska closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Murska lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lola is trying to improve his position.

Murska decides to stand back up. Murska steps back and let's Lola get back to his feet.
Lola moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murska jabs at Lola's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murska.
Lola stuns Murska with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murska tries to clinch up.
Murska lands a glancing blow to the side of Lola's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Balig Murska did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.

Murska throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lola blocks a head kick by Murska.
Lola looks to land a left hand but Murska moved out of range nicely.
Lola swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murska counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murska throws a nice looking combination but Lola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lola swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Murska looking to score a takedown here. Lola is defending well but Murska drives through and ends up in Lola's guard.
Lola is trying to control the position but Murska postures up.
Lola has a closed guard, preventing Murska from standing up.

Lola looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Murska has picked Lola up and slammed him! Lola can't keep hold of the triangle and Murska manages to pass to side control!
Balig Murska overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murska controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Lola's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lola is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska takes a little break here. Lola wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Lola manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Murska wants to get back to his feet.
Murska won't allow Lola to pass to mount.
Murska is trying to stand.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Murska is refusing to be controlled, as Lola sits in half guard.
Lola tries to pass to full mount but Murska defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska is looking to get back to is feet but Lola passes into side control.
Murska is trying to buck Lola off.

Lola looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Lola tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lola has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Lola is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Murska has escaped the position, nice work there.

Lola looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murska is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Lola tries for a kimura but Murska is defending well.
Murska is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Lola wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Murska, who protects the arm well.

Lola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Don Lola will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Murska throws an overhand right that lands on Lola's shoulder, as Lola tries to avoid the shot.
Lola swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murska counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lola misses the shot to the body.
Murska ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lola misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot by Murska.

Murska rushes Lola and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murska smiles and moves away.
Lola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Murska. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Lola.
Murska dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lola. That did some damage!
Murska tests Lola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lola misses with a looping left.
Murska tries to clinch there but Lola circles away.
Lola thows a body shot but no joy.
Lola avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murska.
Murska lands a leg kick that knocks Lola off balance momentarily.
Murska tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murska throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Lola.
Murska wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lola circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lola counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska dodges the punch combination from Lola.
Lola swinging wildly here.
Lola is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Murska fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murska tries to clinch up but Lola circles away and keeps his distance.

Lola tries to keep at a distance but Murska has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lola has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murska lands with a light punch inside.
Lola tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murska smiles and moves away.
Lola looks to land a right hand but Murska moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murska tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lola tries to bum rush Murska with a series of wild strikes but Murska uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murska throws a head kick that misses.
Lola loads up on a big right hand but Murska slips the punch.
Lola thows a body shot but no joy.
Lola throws a series of punches but Murska avoids them all with ease.
Lola just misses with a punch to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lola tries to pull guard but Murska holds him up against the cage and eventually Lola drops back down to his feet.
Balig Murska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Lola.
Murska lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murska lands a knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murska connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lola's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murska lands a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murska with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murska unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murska stalls.
Murska is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Murska lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lola.
Murska lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lola backwards.
Murska connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murska lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lola jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murska walks away with a smile on his face. Lola gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Lola takes a head kick and keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Balig Murska showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Murska has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 48:47
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 48:47
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balig Murska!