PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Incan Bulb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Murosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murosaki has chosen Now We Are Free as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bulb
vs
Murosaki

172 cm
25
153 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
157 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Incan Bulb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Koji Murosaki!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bulb misses with a straight right.
No joy there for Murosaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bulb wants to land a leg kick but Murosaki is out of range.
Murosaki moves out of range as Bulb throws a body kick.
The fighters circling - Murosaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bulb!
Bulb misses with a body kick.
Bulb misses with a combination
and Murosaki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murosaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murosaki tries to clinch there but Bulb circles away.
Bulb lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murosaki blocks a head kick by Bulb.
Murosaki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Murosaki takes the fight into the clinch.
Bulb misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murosaki prevents Bulb from breaking the clinch.

Murosaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bulb looks to land a body kick but Murosaki moved away.
Murosaki blocks a head kick by Bulb.
Bulb feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Murosaki's calf.
Murosaki checks a low kick from Bulb.
Bulb misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Murosaki counter with a right hand.

It looks like Incan Bulb has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bulb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bulb misses with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Bulb tenderised Murosaki's leg. Murosaki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bulb scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murosaki in his tracks.
Bulb misses with a leg kick.
Murosaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bulb looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bulb misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bulb throws a series of punches but Murosaki moves out of range.
Incan Bulb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bulb looks to land a left hand but Murosaki moved out of range nicely.
Bulb throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Murosaki's head.
Murosaki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki cracks Bulb with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murosaki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Good standup being displayed there by Murosaki as he connects with a hook.
Bulb ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murosaki blocks a low kick nicely.
Bulb misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Murosaki misses the target.
Murosaki checks a leg kick.
Incan Bulb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murosaki looks to land a combination but Bulb avoids it well.
Bulb throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bulb misses with a head kick.
Murosaki throws an overhand right that lands on Bulb's shoulder, as Bulb tries to avoid the shot.
Bulb throws a low kick but Murosaki avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Bulb lands.
Bulb buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bulb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bulb throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bulb lands a head shot.
Bulb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bulb lands a leg kick that knocks Murosaki off balance momentarily.
Bulb cracks Murosaki with a good jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bulb.
Bulb misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Incan Bulb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Incan Bulb's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murosaki has Bulb up against the cage in a clinch.
Bulb is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bulb lands an uppercut.
Murosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Bulb uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bulb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Murosaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bulb bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Murosaki swings widly with a right hand
and Bulb counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Koji Murosaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murosaki moves out of range of the leg kick from Bulb.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murosaki, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murosaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murosaki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bulb throws a push kick but Murosaki slaps the foot to one side.
Bulb connects with a body shot that sends Murosaki's belly button to the back.
Bulb scoring well with a low kick there.
Bulb throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bulb misses with a body shot.
Murosaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bulb looks for the body kick but Murosaki saw that one coming.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bulb - that will leave a mark!
Bulb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki is looking to clinch.
Murosaki misses the jab.
Murosaki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bulb can pounce on him.
Bulb throws a low kick, looking for Murosaki's leg but Murosaki calmly moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bulb.
Murosaki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bulb throws a low kick but Murosaki avoids it.
Incan Bulb is winning the standup battle so far.
Murosaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bulb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murosaki.
Bulb throws a leg kick but Murosaki moved away.
Bulb connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulb throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bulb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bulb pushes Murosaki away with a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Murosaki.
Bulb lands a body shot.
Murosaki throws a lazy right hand but Bulb sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bulb looks to throw the jab but Murosaki is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Bulb.
Bulb takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murosaki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bulb throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulb with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bulb lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bulb blocks a jab.
A leg kick checked by Murosaki.
Murosaki 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.
Bulb ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bulb avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bulb blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bulb feints and then cracks Murosaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murosaki down.
Bulb throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murosaki moves out of range as Bulb throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Incan Bulb dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Incan Bulb's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Murosaki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bulb tries to avoid it but Murosaki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bulb to the ground. Bulb escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Murosaki blocks the leg kick.
Murosaki wants to clinch up but Bulb keeps it at a distance.
Good leg kick by Bulb there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bulb throws a push kick but Murosaki slaps the foot to one side.
Bulb swats away the attempt to clinch by Murosaki.
Bulb misses with a hook. Murosaki ducked under it nicely.
Murosaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bulb lands a nice looking body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bulb.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulb misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murosaki tries to clinch but Bulb is having none of it.
Bulb throws a low kick, looking for Murosaki's leg but Murosaki calmly moves out of range.
Bulb looks to score with a jab to the body but Murosaki is just out of range.
Murosaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bulb manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Bulb.
Bulb avoids the body shot from Murosaki.
Murosaki checks a low kick from Bulb.
Nice jab there from Murosaki.
Bulb feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murosakis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koji Murosaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulb swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Murosaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bulb attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murosaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murosaki checks a low kick from Bulb.
Bulb is looking to land body kicks.
Murosaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bulb lands a leg kick that knocks Murosaki off balance momentarily.
Bulb scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping body kick lands there for Bulb.
Murosaki shoots in looking for a takedown but Bulb manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Murosaki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A jab lands there for Bulb.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bulb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murosaki.
Bulb throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murosaki checks a leg kick.
Murosaki 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.
Bulb fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Murosaki rushes Bulb and presses him up against the cage.

Murosaki has picked Bulb up - he's going for a ride! Murosaki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bulb wants to get back to full guard.
Murosaki looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Murosaki working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulb tries to get to full guard but Murosaki has control of the leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bulb tries to kick Murosaki off but Murosaki keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Murosaki looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bulb trying to control here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Murosaki is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Bulb is defending against the submission attempts here by Murosaki.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Koji Murosaki.
I think Bulb 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Incan Bulb!
Incan Bulb spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.