PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jurgen Murgen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Duim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murgen
vs
Duim

175 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

175 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurgen Murgen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Duim!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murgen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duim.
Murgen backing away here, and Duim unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Duim throws a right and a left that Murgen avoids nicely.

Murgen clinches up against the ropes.
Duim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
I was talking to Murgen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Duim is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duim.
Duim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duim throws a head punch that misses.
Murgen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duim has a couple of punches blocked by Murgen.
Duim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murgen.
Duim prevents a body shot from Murgen.
Murgen lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Danny Duim has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murgen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murgen struggles to land a body shot inside as Duim controls his hands.
Murgen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duim backwards.
Murgen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Murgen.
Duim scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duim taking a breather.
Duim lands a shoulder strike.
Murgen misses with a body punch.
Duim working aggressively here.
Murgen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duim working aggressively here.
Murgen misses with a body punch.
Murgen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murgen scores with a shot to the side of Duim's head.
Murgen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murgen controlling the action here for a moment.
Murgen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duim backwards.
Still in the clinch, Murgen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murgen can't find room to land a body shot as Duim controls the action.
Murgen lands a left hand.
Duim just leaning against Murgen, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murgen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murgen is working Duim over against the ropes.
Duim tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murgen lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Murgen scores with a nice short uppercut.

Duim is rocked!
Murgen creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Duim's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Duim drops to his knees and Murgen pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jurgen Murgen!