PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tristan Story (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deni Mukhtar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mukhtar has chosen Goyang Dumang as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Story
vs
Mukhtar

183 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
225 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tristan Story!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Deni Mukhtar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Hugh Johnson and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Story fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Mukhtar to the ground. Story is now in Mukhtar's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Mukhtar manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Mukhtar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Story backwards.
Story wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mukhtar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Story looking to stall.
Story can't find room to land a body shot as Mukhtar controls the action.
Story misses with a short punch on the inside.
Story tries a body shot but Mukhtar blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Story wants a takedown.
Mukhtar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Story tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mukhtar prevents a body shot from Story.
Story drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Story trying to stall but Mukhtar improves his position.
Mukhtar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Story taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Story takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Story is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mukhtar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tristan Story. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Story.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mukhtar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Story blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deni Mukhtar dominated that round.
That's time! Story's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mukhtar cracks Story with a right hand to the side of the head.
Story ducks right into an uppercut from Mukhtar.
Mukhtar works Story's body with a nice hook.
Mukhtar cracks Story with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Story shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mukhtar lands with a right hand.
Story could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mukhtar connects with a single shot there.
Story gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mukhtar thuds his right hand into Story's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Story needs to keep his hands up - Mukhtar had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Story has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mukhtar fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Story on the side of the head.
Story walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mukhtar.
Mukhtar connects with a looping right hand.
Mukhtar dips to his left and cracks Story with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Story is looking to score with low kicks.
Mukhtar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mukhtar looks to land a combination. Story sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mukhtar lands with a good body shot.
Mukhtar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mukhtar scores with a nice right hand.
Mukhtar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Story walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tristan Story is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mukhtar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Deni Mukhtar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Story takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mukhtar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Story is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mukhtar cracks Story with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Story is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Story walks straight into a right hand from Mukhtar - that's dropped him! Mukhtar jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Story from any more punishment! Story complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Deni Mukhtar!
An out of breath Deni Mukhtar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.