PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balig Murska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Worthington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murska comes to the cage accompanied by 2Pac feat 50 Cent - The Realest Killaz. Worthington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hand Covers Bruise- Trent Reznor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murska
vs
Worthington

189 cm
22
215 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

188 cm
25
218 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Balig Murska!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Worthington!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murska bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murska just misses with a punch to the body.
Worthington dives in and grabs Murska's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murska pushes down on Worthington's head and hops out.
Worthington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murska.
Worthington misses with a straight left.
Murska defending well as Worthington loads up on a big left hand.
Murska misses with a body shot.
Worthington takes a jab right on the kisser.
Worthington throws an overhand right that lands on Murska's shoulder, as Murska tries to avoid the shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murska.
Some wild striking there from Murska.
Worthington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murska manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Murska misses.
Murska lands with a shot to the body.
Balig Murska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Worthington catches Murska right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murska.
Murska leaves Worthington with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Murska takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Worthington drops his hands momentarily and Murska takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Worthington. Murska does a little dance to reset his feet.
Worthington throws a series of punches but Murska avoids them all with ease.
Worthington connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big left from Worthington misses.
Worthington avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A punch lands to the side of Worthington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murska looks to land a right hand but Worthington moved out of range.
Worthington checks a low kick from Murska.
Worthington lands a slapping body shot.
Worthington throws an overhand right that lands on Murska's shoulder, as Murska tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murska loads up on a big right hand but Worthington slips the punch.
Worthington checks the leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Murska - that will leave a mark!
Murska scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murska misses with a hook.
Murska chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big left from Worthington misses.
Murska tried to score with a low kick but Worthington checks it.
Worthington throws a shot from downtown. Murska moves away and avoids it.
Worthington misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Balig Murska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Worthington.
Murska throws a hook but Worthington blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Worthington just misses with a punch to the body.
Murska moves out of range as Worthington strikes.
Worthington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murska.
Worthington takes one to the side of the head.
Murska throws a leg kick which misses Worthington's front leg but catches the back leg as Worthington tries to avoid it.
Worthington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murska thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Worthington if he has to take too many more of those.
Worthington throws out a loose jab but Murska uses good head movement to avoid it.

Worthington takes the fight into the clinch.
Worthington misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murska.
Murska tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Worthington gets through Murska's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Worthington.

Worthington has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Murska uses from the top position.
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!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Murska tries to stand but Worthington is controlling from the bottom.

Worthington is looking for a triangle here but Murska uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Worthington can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Balig Murska will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Worthington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murska but Murska pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Worthington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Worthington takes one on the button.
Worthington shoots for a takedown but Murska saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murska. Worthington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Worthington manages to avoid it.
Good work by Worthington as he checks the leg kick.
Worthington lands a head shot.
Murska takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice body punch from Murska.
Murska thows a body shot but no joy.
Balig Murska is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murska moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murska fails with an attempt to clinch.
Worthington might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Murska lands a nice leg kick that just misses Worthington's sensitive parts.
Murska blocks a jab.
Worthington misses with a hook. Murska ducked under it nicely.
Worthington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Worthington pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Murska back to the cage. Worthington follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Murska misses with the combination.
Worthington on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murska. Murska obviously looking to wear him down.
Murska tries to land a leg kick but Worthington saw it coming and moves away.
Murska moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Worthington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murska throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Worthington moves out of range of the leg kick from Murska.
Murska is looking to clinch.
Murska moves in looking to clinch but Worthington pushes him off.
Murska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Worthington moves away.
Murska takes one to the chin there.
Murska uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Worthington.
Murska ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Worthington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murska.
Worthington throws a jab when Murska was well out of range.
Worthington scores with a jab to the body.
Worthington throws out a powerful jab.
Murska tries to move into range but Worthington moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murska tries to clinch but Worthington is having none of it.
Good shot there by Murska.
Worthington shoots for a takedown but Murska saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Balig Murska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Worthington.
Murska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murska lands with a good body shot.
Murska with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Balig Murska is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Worthington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murska lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murska stuns Worthington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Worthington throws a series of strikes that have Murska backpedaling.
Murska misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthington misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Murska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murska is looking to clinch but Worthington is avoiding it.

Murska rushes Worthington and presses him up against the cage.
Murska has Worthington pressed against the cage.
Murska has Worthington pressed against the cage, preventing Worthington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Worthington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murska.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murska.
Worthington's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Worthington is breathing heavily.
Murska using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murska scores with a knee to the head.
Murska utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murska tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Murska.
Murska lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murska holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balig Murska dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murska cracks Worthington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Worthington moves into the clinch.
Worthington throws a punch but it's blocked by Murska.
Worthington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Worthington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Worthington can't break the clinch.
Murska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Worthington tries to break the clinch but Murska is controlling the position.
Worthington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worthington misses with the head strike.
Worthington has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.
Murska lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murska misses with a punch to the body.
Worthington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Worthington.
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!
Worthington misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Worthington fails to land.
Murska makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Murska slowing the pace effectively.

Worthington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worthington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murska.
Murska displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Worthington blocks a leg kick.
Murska lands with a thumping leg kick.
Worthington looks to score with a jab to the body but Murska is just out of range.
Worthington looks to throw the jab but Murska is out of range.
Worthington checks a low kick from Murska.
Murska throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murska scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murska misses the shot to the body.

Murska moves into range and clinches up with Worthington.
Murska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Worthington up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Worthington.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Worthington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Worthington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murska's elbow.
Murska misses with a knee strike.
Worthington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murska utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Worthington takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Worthington tries to throw a body punch but Murska avoids it by throwing Worthington back against the cage.
Worthington lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Worthington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Worthington misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska tries to land a knee to the head but Worthington blocks with his arms.
Murska goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murska has Worthington pushed against the cage.
Murska unloads a knee to the mid-section. Worthington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Worthington misses with the head strike.
Worthington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murska tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worthington tries to pull guard but Murska forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murska scores a nice knee to the body.
Murska working Worthington over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murska obliges.
Murska digs a right hand underneath Worthington's ribcage. Worthington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees to the body from Murska.
Murska works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murska obliges.
Murska tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Worthington struggles to land a body shot inside as Murska controls his hands.
Worthington throws a head punch that misses.
Murska looking to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murska.
Worthington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worthington has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.
Stalling in the clinch from Murska.
Murska is trying to stall.
Murska tries to land a knee to the head but Worthington blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Worthington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worthington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Worthington misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balig Murska clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Murska looks to land a left hand but Worthington moved out of range nicely.
Worthington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murska sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Worthington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murska.
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.
Murska fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murska fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Worthington.
Worthington looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murska tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Worthington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murska doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murska connects with a leg kick. Worthington looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Worthington clobbers Murska with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murska thumps Worthington with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Worthington lands a nice shot to the body.
Murska defending well as Worthington loads up on a big left hand.
Murska finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Worthington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murska thuds his right hand into Worthington's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murska. That's going to slow Worthington down.
Murska moves out of range of the strikes.
Worthington fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Worthington is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

Worthington clinches with his opponent.
Murska is leaning against Worthington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murska is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Murska to work.
Worthington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murska is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murska looking to throw knees to the head but Worthington is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
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!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Balig Murska.
Worthington shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murska as he avoids it easily.
Murska ducks under a wild hook from Worthington.
Murska throws a front kick aimed at Worthington's knee but Worthington avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthington just misses with a punch to the body.
Crunch! Murska slams his shin into Worthington's torso.
Murska sizes up Worthington with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Murska lands the left hand.
The fighters circling - Worthington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murska connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murska feints a jab promting Worthington to slip. Murska then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Worthington slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Murska lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murska darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Worthington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murska counters with a good low kick that Worthington was not able to check.
Murska throws a right and a left that Worthington avoids nicely.
Worthington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murska bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Worthington's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murska looks to throw the jab but Worthington is out of range.
Murska cracks Worthington with a good jab.
Worthington scores with a jab to the body.
Worthington displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Murska 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murska uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Worthington.
Murska scores with the left hand. Worthington knows he should have avoided that one.
Murska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Worthington.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murska looks to score with a jab to the body but Worthington is just out of range.
Worthington throws a hook but Murska avoids it easily.
Murska throws a chopping leg kick but Worthington manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Balig Murska had his way with Jack Worthington in 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. This is the final round!

Worthington throws the left hand but Murska avoids the punch easily.
Worthington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Worthington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Worthington misses with a wild combination.
Murska drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Worthington takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Worthington scores with a punch to the head.
Worthington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murska dodges the punch combination from Worthington.
Worthington tries to move into range but Murska moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murska connects with the punch.

Worthington is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska cracks Worthington with a right hand to the side of the head.
Worthington is still on wobbly legs! Can Murska finish him?
Murska chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murska fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Worthington.
Worthington throws a shot from downtown. Murska moves away and avoids it.
Murska cracks Worthington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murska lands a nice looking kick to the body. Worthington takes a step back to recover.
Worthington is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Murska ducks under a wild hook from Worthington.
Murska closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Worthington! Murska dives in looking to finish! Worthington is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balig Murska!
Balig Murska retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Balig Murska, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.