PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meenny Vattalles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murt comes into the arena with I like to move it blaring out of the sound system. Meenny Vattalles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murt
vs
Vattalles

173 cm
24
144 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

172 cm
27
145 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Golden Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matthew Murt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Meenny Vattalles!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Murt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vattalles lands a body shot.
Vattalles throws a good cross that connects.
Jab from Vattalles.
Vattalles swinging wildly here.
Vattalles clobbers Murt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vattalles cracks Murt with a good jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Vattalles as he connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Vattalles there.

Murt is rocked!
Murt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vattalles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vattalles 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.
Oh Murt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vattalles looks to land a combination. Murt sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vattalles swats away the attempt to clinch by Murt.
Murt shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vattalles sprawls well. Vattalles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Murt gets slowly back to his feet.

Vattalles lands a left and a right that send Murt crashing to the mat, dazed. Vattalles thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murt shoots in looking for a takedown. Vattalles tries to sprawl out of it but Murt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vattalles manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Murt seems to have got his legs back now.
Jab by Vattalles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vattalles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vattalles.
Vattalles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Murt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vattalles lands with a hook. Murt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vattalles digs a good body shot into Murt's ribs.
Vattalles digs a good hook to Murt's body.
Vattalles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vattalles lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Murt goes down and covers up as Vattalles starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Meenny Vattalles!
A pretty intense looking Meenny Vattalles took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.