PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murha Pate (ranked 207 p4p, 23 weight class) and Bo Mikeli (ranked 1826 p4p, 211 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Pate
vs
Mikeli

182 cm
23
206 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

199 cm
25
266 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Murha Pate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bo Mikeli!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mikeli throws a jab when Pate was well out of range.
Pate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mikeli.
Mikeli swings widly with a right hand
and Pate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mikeli bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mikeli.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pate.
Mikeli swings for the body but Pate moves out of range.
Pate tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mikeli manages to circle out of the way.
Bo Mikeli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mikeli throws an off balance right hand
and Pate counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Bo Mikeli has been cut.
Mikeli throws a shot from downtown. Pate moves away and avoids it.
Mikeli throws a combination that misses
and Pate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pate takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mikeli moves out of range of the leg kick from Pate.
Nice defenses there by Pate.
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!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pate.
Pate on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate scores with a nice body kick.
Mikeli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pate.
Pate looks to land a body kick but Mikeli moved away.
Mikeli throws a hook but Pate blocks it.
Pate appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pate blocks a jab.
A jab from Mikeli misses.
Pate seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mikeli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mikeli throws a looping overhand right but Pate ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Mikeli.
As Mikeli tries to get set, Pate tries to push him back and clinch up but Mikeli manages to avoid the attempt.
Pate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pate just misses with a punch to the body.
Mikeli throws a jab but it's blocked by Pate.
Mikeli throws a poor cross that misses
and Pate counters with a nice uppercut.
Mikeli scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mikeli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pate counters with a stiff right hand.
Mikeli misses with a combination
and Pate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mikeli throws a lazy uppercut
and Pate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pate connects with a body shot that sends Mikeli's belly button to the back.
Mikeli misses the jab.
Pate takes one on the button.
Mikeli lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mikeli misses with an uppercut. Pate saw that one coming.
Pate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Pate has managed to clinch.
Pate swings wildly with an uppercut but Mikeli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mikeli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mikeli swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate scores with a shot to the side of Mikeli's head.
Mikeli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Mikeli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mikeli throws a punch but it's blocked by Pate.
Mikeli tries to throw a body punch but Pate avoids it by throwing Mikeli back against the cage.
Pate presses Mikeli against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mikeli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pate.
Pate tries to work over Mikeli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Pate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mikeli's elbow.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Mikeli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Mikeli.
Mikeli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mikeli has a couple of punches blocked by Pate.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikeli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate tries to work over Mikeli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Pate.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Mikeli.
Still in the clinch, Mikeli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mikeli lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mikeli tries to work over Pate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Mikeli is leaning against Pate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mikeli working aggressively here.
Pate stalling.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mikeli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pate lands a hook that snaps the head of Mikeli backwards.

That has opened up Bo Mikeli's cut even more.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mikeli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pate just leaning against Mikeli, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bo Mikeli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bo Mikeli's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Mikeli misses with a left hand
and Pate counters with a right hand to the body.
Mikeli misses with a body punch
and Pate counters with a straight right hand.
Pate throws a push kick but Mikeli slaps the foot to one side.
Mikeli might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pate. Mikeli shrugs it off though.
Pate connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pate throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mikeli jabs Pate to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pate.
A right-left combo lands from Mikeli.
Murha Pate is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Pate with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mikeli to score with a decent uppercut.
Pate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mikeli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mikeli swings widly with a right hand
and Pate counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pate scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikeli misses with a hook
and Pate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mikeli misses the shot to the body.
Pate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pate with a hook.
Mikeli misses with a straight right.
Pate lands a front kick.
Mikeli connects with the punch.
Pate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mikeli.
Mikeli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pate counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mikeli is breathing heavily.
Pate works Mikeli's body with a nice hook.

Pate moves into the clinch successfully.
Bo Mikeli seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Pate.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Mikeli swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Pate.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Pate.
A shot in the inside from Pate.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mikeli.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mikeli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mikeli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pate pushes Mikeli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pate.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate blocks a body shot from Mikeli.
Mikeli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mikeli working aggressively here.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mikeli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

The cut above Bo Mikeli's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mikeli lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mikeli stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mikeli scores with a hook to the body.
Pate trying to control the position but instead, Mikeli has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pate into the cage.
Mikeli blocks an uppercut.
Mikeli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mikeli.
A short right from Mikeli.
Pate tries to work over Mikeli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Mikeli fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate struggles to land a body shot inside as Mikeli controls his hands.
Mikeli scores with a shot to the side of Pate's head.
Mikeli tries to work over Pate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mikeli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pate working aggressively here.
Mikeli misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mikeli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mikeli.
Mikeli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mikeli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mikeli misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Pate.
Pate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mikeli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Mikeli fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Pate fails to land.
Mikeli throws a head punch that misses.
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 Murha Pate will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bo Mikeli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Mikeli misses with a combination
and Pate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pate scores with a kick to the midsection.
Pate blocks a jab.
Mikeli misses with a two punch combination.
Pate throws a big shot that misses.
Pate uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mikeli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pate gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mikeli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pate tried to counter with a leg kick but Mikeli avoided it.
Pate connects with an inside leg kick.
Mikeli scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pate in his tracks.
Pate takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikeli misses with a right hand
and Pate counters with a nice uppercut.
Mikeli thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pate tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Mikeli manages to circle out of the way.
Pate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mikeli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pate.
Mikeli misses with an uppercut.
As Mikeli tries to get set, Pate tries to push him back and clinch up but Mikeli manages to avoid the attempt.
Mikeli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mikeli misses with a double jab
enabling Pate to counter with a crisp jab.
Pate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mikeli.
Pate works the jab nicely.
Pate has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pate stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Bo Mikeli's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Pate.
Mikeli's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pate tries to clinch but Mikeli is having none of it.
Mikeli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mikeli missing with a left hand there. Pate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mikeli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bo Mikeli's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Murha Pate!
Murha Pate decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.