PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Labed Murazel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chiun Remo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Chiun Remo enters the cage!

Murazel
vs
Remo

170 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Labed Murazel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chiun Remo!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Murazel manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Remo on his heels. He'll look to pass Remo's guard now, I'm sure.

Murazel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murazel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Murazel tries to free his leg and advance position but Remo is retaining full guard.
Murazel controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murazel wants to control from the top but Remo keeps moving.
Remo will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Murazel wants to control from the top but Remo keeps moving.
Remo trying to strike off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Murazel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murazel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Murazel trying to control but Remo is working from the bottom.

Murazel is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Remo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Murazel controls the pace.
Remo wants to sweep but no luck.

Murazel drops back looking for a leg! Remo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Remo manages to kick Murazel off! Murazel jumps back into Remo's guard.

Murazel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murazel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Murazel wants to control from the top but Remo keeps moving.

Murazel is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Remo is trying to keep Murazel in close.
Remo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Murazel trying to control the position from guard on top but Remo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murazel lands a lovely overhand right.
Murazel is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Remo lands a high kick!

It looks like Labed Murazel has been cut.
Remo shoots in and drives through. Murazel sprawls well.
Murazel scores with the left hand. Remo knows he should have avoided that one.
Murazel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Remo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murazel connects with a nice looking jab.
Murazel lands a nice shot that snaps Remo's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murazel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Remo throws the kick towards the body but Murazel avoids it.
Murazel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murazel has a takedown stuffed.
Remo follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Remo fails with the takedown
and Murazel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murazel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Remo on the side of the head.
Remo walks into a jab.

Murazel shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Murazel showed some decent athleticism there.
Remo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murazel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murazel passes to side control.
Remo is not content to let Murazel control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remo is trying to buck Murazel off.
Remo wants to control but Murazel postures up.

Murazel goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Remo rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Murazel's guard! Nice work there by Remo!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Murazel had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Remo defends it easily.

Murazel has his foot on Remo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Remo works his way back into a safe position though.
Remo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Murazel throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Labed Murazel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Labed Murazel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murazel misses with a hook. Remo ducked under it nicely.
Remo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Murazel scores with the left hand. Remo knows he should have avoided that one.
Murazel scores with a nice head shot.
Remo fails with the takedown.
Remo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Remo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Murazel defends well and Remo ends up having to push Murazel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Remo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murazel.
Remo tries to clinch up.
A big right from Murazel misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murazel circles away.
It looked like Murazel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Remo.
Labed Murazel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chiun Remo.
A swing and a miss from Murazel.
Murazel sets himself, and Remo steps forward looking for the clinch! Murazel avoids it this time.
Chiun Remo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Remo looks for a takedown but Murazel sprawls well.
Murazel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Murazel scores with the left hand. Remo knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murazel shoots in and gets a takedown into Remo's guard.
Remo wants to stand up but Murazel is controlling him.
Remo keeping moving, preventing Murazel from controlling successfully.
Remo controlling Murazel's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murazel trying to control the position from guard on top but Remo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murazel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Murazel trying to control but Remo is working from the bottom.
Remo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murazel's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murazel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Remo controls the pace.

Murazel pushes a forearm under Remo's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Remo is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Labed Murazel!
A very excited looking Labed Murazel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Chiun Remo spoke after the fight, saying 'i cant understand this result !!! '.