PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Verygood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Murhaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Verygood comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Pain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Verygood
vs
Murhaa

172 cm
19
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

169 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Dauntless

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Verygood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verygood throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Murhaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murhaa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Verygood. Verygood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Verygood has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Boyz II Men in the buildup to the fight.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Verygood moves out of range.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Verygood's shoulder, as Verygood tries to avoid the shot.
Verygood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murhaa's head.
Verygood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murhaa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Verygood.
Verygood slips a jab from Murhaa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verygood takes one on the button.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verygood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa with a jab.
Verygood moves forwards but Murhaa connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verygood tried to counter with a leg kick but Murhaa avoided it.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verygood.
Verygood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murhaa momentarily.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Kurt Verygood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Verygood misses its intended target.
Verygood swats away the attempt to clinch by Murhaa.
A little feinted left hand from Verygood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Verygood scores with a jab to the body.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Verygood takes one on the button.
Murhaa throws a series of punches but Verygood moves out of range.
Verygood lunges at Murhaa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murhaa's hand.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Verygood with a body shot.
Murhaa slips under a jab from Verygood.
Verygood on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verygood looks to land a body kick but Murhaa moved away.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Verygood's head backwards.
Verygood slips under a jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
Murhaa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Verygood had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Verygood misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verygood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by Murhaa.
A right-left combo lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a nice hook to Verygood's body. Verygood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murhaa throws a combination that misses
and Verygood counters with a nice body shot.
Verygood misses with an uppercut.
Verygood throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Murhaa. Those never looked like landing.
Verygood swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murhaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verygood.
Verygood is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Verygood throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Murhaa slips a jab from Verygood.
Verygood misses with a straight left.
Decent striking displayed by Murhaa there.
Verygood throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Verygood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhaa in his tracks.
Verygood avoids a punch combination nicely.
Verygood takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Verygood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Verygood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verygood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Verygood misses with a straight left.
Murhaa misses with a body punch
and Verygood counters with a nice body shot.
Verygood scores with a punch to the head.
Verygood just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Verygood scores with a decent looking hook.
Verygood throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Verygood throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Verygood coming out on top.
Verygood avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verygood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verygood defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Murhaa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Verygood. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Verygood on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Verygood slips a straight right by Murhaa.
It looked like Verygood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murhaa.
Verygood lands a glancing blow to the side of Murhaa's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Verygood.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
Verygood takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Verygood misses with a left hand
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Verygood backs up against the cage.
Verygood avoids the head kick by Murhaa.
Verygood is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Verygood might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Verygood defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
Verygood is looking to counter with a body kick.
Verygood lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Verygood saw that one coming.
Verygood walks into a jab.
Verygood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Verygood throws a good cross that connects.
Nice body punch from Verygood.
Murhaa lands a head shot.
Verygood misses with a looping left.
Murhaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Verygood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verygood moves away from the strike by Murhaa.
Verygood connects with a jab.
Murhaa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Murhaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Murhaa - just one landing.
Verygood dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
Verygood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Verygood.
Verygood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murhaa tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verygood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murhaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Verygood fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murhaa on the side of the head.
Verygood wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Verygood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Verygood walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.
Verygood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Verygood's head but Verygood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Verygood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murhaa throws a one two combo.
Murhaa has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Verygood.
Verygood looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Verygood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Verygood misses with a kick to the body.
Verygood misses with a looping left.
Murhaa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Verygood to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verygood. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verygood misses the shot to the body.
Verygood swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Verygood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa tries to bum rush Verygood with a series of wild strikes but Verygood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Verygood looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa unleashes a big counter combination but Verygood bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Verygood lands a nice hook to Murhaa's body. Murhaa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Verygood takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Verygood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verygood.
Verygood takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A bone on bone clash there as Verygood blocks the leg kick.
Verygood throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verygood throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Paul Murhaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Verygood connects with the punch.
Verygood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Verygood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Verygood swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murhaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa scores with the left hand. Verygood knows he should have avoided that one.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verygood.
Verygood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Verygood on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Verygood throws a leg kick but Murhaa moved away.
Verygood 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 avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa tests Verygood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Verygood walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Verygood.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
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 Kurt Verygood will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Murhaa avoids the body shot from Verygood.
Verygood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Donk. Verygood catches Murhaa right on the button with a cross.
Murhaa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murhaa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Verygood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Verygood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa scores with a decent looking hook.
Murhaa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Verygood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Verygood misses with a body shot.
Verygood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Verygood.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verygood was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Verygood is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Verygood misses the target.
Verygood loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa throws a nice looking combination but Verygood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Verygood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Verygood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Verygood throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verygood moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Verygood misses the target.
Murhaa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verygood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Verygood misses with a hook to the body
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Verygood misses with a straight left.
Decent striking displayed by Verygood there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa takes a swing at Verygood's ribcage but misses.
Murhaa jabs at Verygood's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Verygood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Verygood swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Verygood.
Verygood swats away the attempt to clinch by Murhaa.
It looked like Verygood was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murhaa.
Verygood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Verygood throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Murhaa jabs Verygood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verygood.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Verygood!
Verygood thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verygood. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Verygood's head backwards.
Verygood looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Verygood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big right from Verygood misses.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Verygood staying out of range there.
Verygood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Verygood throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Verygood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murhaa has time to react.
Verygood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murhaa.
Verygood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa thuds a left hand into Verygood's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verygood swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Verygood fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Verygood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verygood throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Verygood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Verygood slips the punch.
Verygood doesn't manage to clinch there - Murhaa circles away.
Murhaa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murhaa scores with a three punch combo!
Murhaa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice uppercut there from Verygood.
Nice uppercut there from Verygood.
Verygood scores with a body shot.
Verygood connects with the punch.
Murhaa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verygood.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Murhaa.
Well Murhaa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Murhaa!