PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balig Murska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jay Z - Dig a Hole. Murska has chosen Perhosveitsi-Heikki & Lika-Aki - Aakkoset as his entrance music. Thomas Stark is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Stark
vs
Murska

191 cm
34
209 lbs
27 - 3 - 0

189 cm
30
215 lbs
25 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 27 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Balig Murska!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark avoids the body shot from Murska.
Murska has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Stark is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A head kick by Murska misses
and Stark counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stark takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Murska getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stark has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sloppy strikes from Murska. Those never looked like landing.
Stark misses with a hook. Murska ducked under it nicely.
Murska does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stark scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murska misses with a low kick as Stark jumps back.
Stark misses with a body kick.
Stark checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Murska.
Murska is looking to score with low kicks.
Murska throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range.
Stark scores with a body shot.
Murska just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Murska misses its intended target.
A bone on bone clash there as Stark blocks the leg kick.
Stark lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stark stuns Murska with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stark throws a sloppy head kick and Murska moves out of range easily.
Murska tries to work over Stark's front leg with a kick but Stark checks it.
Murska throws a low kick, looking for Stark's leg but Stark calmly moves out of range.
Stark is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murska misses with a head kick.
Stark tests Murska's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murska connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murska, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stark.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska catches Stark with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stark throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
Murska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stark.
Murska throws a hook to the side of Stark's head but Stark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good work by Stark as he checks the leg kick.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Murska avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stark slips a jab and a cross from Murska.
Murska misses with a hook
and Stark counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stark scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Balig Murska has been cut.
A head kick by Murska misses

and Stark counters with a crisp one two that drops Murska! Stark thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Murska to his feet! Murska is in big trouble!
Murska looks winded!
Stark scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska looks to throw the jab but Stark is out of range.
Stark lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Murska falls backwards - clearly groggy! Stark dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Stark!
Thomas Stark bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.