PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phol Murhaa told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Sackett
vs
Murhaa

178 cm
22
176 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
178 lbs
10 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Museum of Monsters & Madmen
Conviction

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mordecai Sackett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
An inside leg kick lands from Sackett.
Murhaa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
Sackett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Sackett.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murhaa! But no joy.
Sackett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murhaa at a distance.
Sackett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut.
Sackett lands with a straight right. Murhaa didn't see that one coming.
Sackett throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa lands a head shot.
Murhaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Sackett clinches up against the cage.
Sackett letting Murhaa take a breather here.
Sackett lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sackett looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa looking to slow down the pace here.
Murhaa stalling in the clinch but Sackett improves position.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
Still in the clinch, Sackett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murhaa misses with some punches.

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sackett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murhaa checks a leg kick.
Sackett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murhaa has time to react.
Sackett lands a right hook to the body.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murhaa misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.

Sackett clinches up with Murhaa and pushes him back against the cage.

Murhaa manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
Sackett lands with a cross.
Sackett cracks the inside of Murhaa's front leg.
Sackett pushes Murhaa away with a front kick.
Murhaa works the jab nicely.
Murhaa lands with a good body shot.
Murhaa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sackett will feel that in the morning.
Sackett doesn't manage to clinch there - Murhaa circles away.
Sackett tried to score with a low kick but Murhaa checks it.
Sackett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
Murhaa lands a body punch.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sackett's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett digs a right hand into Murhaa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murhaa's gas tank.
I was talking to Sackett's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Sackett.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sackett moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sackett.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
Murhaa takes a shot to the head.
Murhaa lands a left hand.

Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Sackett.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.

Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murhaa is leaning against Sackett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Murhaa is working Sackett over against the cage.
Sackett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but Sackett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sackett misses with a few strikes there.
A low kick from Sackett misses
and Murhaa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sackett misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Good work by Sackett as he checks the leg kick.
Murhaa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murhaa throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett walks into a left hand.
Sackett defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murhaa jabs at Sackett's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mordecai Sackett dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sackett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sackett throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett checks the leg kick.
Donk. Murhaa catches Sackett right on the button with a cross.
Sackett avoids a kick to the body.
Mordecai Sackett is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses Sackett's front leg but catches the back leg as Sackett tries to avoid it.
Sackett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murhaa thinks about the counter body kick.
Sackett lands a nice hook to Murhaa's body. Murhaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Sackett.
Sackett throws a low kick but Murhaa moves out of range easily.
Mordecai Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Sackett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murhaa is looking to land body kicks.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Sackett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sackett misses with a straight left.
Sackett throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Sackett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murhaa's head backwards.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sackett.
A head kick by Sackett misses
letting Murhaa counter with a right hand.
Sackett moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch but Murhaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sackett. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
Murhaa takes a swing at Sackett's ribcage but misses.
Sackett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.

Sackett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
Sackett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murhaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
Sackett scores with a shoulder strike.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
Murhaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sacketts head.

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murhaa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sackett throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Murhaa's head.
Murhaa throws the kick towards the body but Sackett avoids it.
Sackett takes one to the side of the head.
Murhaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sackett misses with a looping right.
Sackett misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sackett moves away from the strike by Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a solid leg kick but Murhaa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sackett.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Sackett moves out of range.
Murhaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sackett's calf.
Sackett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sackett jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sackett missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
Sackett moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Sackett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murhaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Sackett.
Murhaa looks for the body kick but Sackett saw that one coming.
Sackett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sackett takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Murhaa throws a leg kick
and Sackett counters with a good low kick that Murhaa was not able to check.
Sackett tries to clinch there but Murhaa circles away.
Sackett tries to clinch up but Murhaa circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murhaa cracks Sackett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sackett thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murhaa if he has to take too many more of those.
Sackett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sackett lands with a straight right. Murhaa didn't see that one coming.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sackett slips a straight right by Murhaa.
Murhaa defending well as Sackett loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murhaa.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa blocks a low kick nicely.
Murhaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sackett blocks a jab.
Murhaa throws a hook but Sackett blocks it.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Murhaa throws a hook but Sackett avoids it easily.
Murhaa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sackett is looking to land body kicks.
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murhaa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sackett has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sackett there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murhaa misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Sackett counters by moving into the clinch.
Murhaa stalling in the clinch but Sackett improves position.
Sackett is working Murhaa over against the cage.
Sackett will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mordecai Sackett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett scores with a shoulder strike.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa is trying to break the clinch but Sackett is controlling him.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Murhaa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sackett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murhaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Murhaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa throws a hook but Sackett avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
Murhaa throws a hook but Sackett blocks it.
Sackett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murhaa misses with a hook.
Sackett misses with a hook
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
Murhaa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Sackett throws a sloppy head kick and Murhaa moves out of range easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa moves out of range as Sackett strikes.
Sackett scores with a push kick.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sackett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sackett.
Sackett is looking to counter the offense by Murhaa and move into the clinch.
Sackett takes one to the side of the head.
Sackett lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Sackett throws a big shot that misses.
Sackett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sackett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murhaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murhaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murhaa digs a good hook to Sackett's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
A left lands for Sackett.
Murhaa misses the jab.
Sackett throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa scores with a nice body kick.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Mordecai Sackett did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sackett throws a low kick, looking for Murhaa's leg but Murhaa calmly moves out of range.
Murhaa lands a really nice looking cross but Sackett seems unphased.
Sackett throws a wild body kick that Murhaa sees coming a mile off.
Sackett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
Sackett connects with the punch.
Murhaa misses with a double jab.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa 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.
Murhaa takes one on the button.
Sackett looks to land a body kick but Murhaa moved away.
Murhaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Murhaa. That snapped Sackett's head back.
Sackett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sackett misses with a body kick.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Sackett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Sackett.
Sackett wants to clinch but Murhaa slips to the side
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sackett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Murhaa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murhaa connects with the punch.

Sackett forces Murhaa back against the cage and clinches.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Murhaa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.
Sackett lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murhaa.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
A bit of stalling here from Murhaa.
A short right from Murhaa on the inside.
Sackett struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
Sackett is leaning against Murhaa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murhaa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Sackett fails to land.
Sackett tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa slowing the pace effectively.
Murhaa is looking to control Sackett's arms but Sackett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murhaa has his back to the cage.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Sackett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Sackett.
Murhaa is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
Sackett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Murhaa manages to break the clinch.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Sackett lands but Murhaa takes it in his stride.
Sackett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
Sackett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murhaa circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
Murhaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sackett scores with a jab to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
Sackett moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Sackett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sackett doesn't manage to clinch there - Murhaa circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sackett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murhaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Sackett chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
Sackett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Murhaa is looking to score with low kicks.
Sackett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murhaa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sackett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sackett looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Sackett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Murhaa tries to get set, Sackett tries to push him back and clinch up but Murhaa manages to avoid the attempt.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nice body punch from Sackett.
A cross from Murhaa lands.
Sackett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Murhaa moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sackett looks for the body kick but Murhaa saw that one coming.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Sackett avoids it with no problem.
Murhaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Sackett.
Murhaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sackett dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
Sackett misses with a hook.
Sackett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa is trying to counter with his kicks.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.

Sackett has closed the distance and engaged Murhaa in a clinch.
Sackett pushes Murhaa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a light punch inside.
Murhaa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murhaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murhaa dodges the punch combination from Sackett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murhaa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Sackett lands a leg kick that knocks Murhaa off balance momentarily.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murhaa.
Murhaa connects with a jab.
Sackett looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sackett.
Sackett scores with a kick to the body.
Sackett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murhaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sackett.
Murhaa throws a hook but Sackett blocks it.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murhaa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murhaa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phol Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sackett lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
Sackett walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.

Sackett moves into range and clinches up with Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to break the clinch but Sackett is controlling the position.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett lands a body shot.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett lands with a short shot to the head.
Murhaa leaning his opponent against the cage.

Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sackett bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Murhaa misses the jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mordecai Sackett.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sackett, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:47
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 50:45
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 50:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mordecai Sackett!
Mordecai Sackett retains his welterweight title!
Phol Murhaa was interviewed post fight and said 'vittu'.