PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murha Pate (ranked 269 p4p, 34 weight class) and Iikka Runnisto (ranked 491 p4p, 65 weight class). Runnisto has chosen Alta Pois - Sie sua näkköös! as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pate
vs
Runnisto

182 cm
25
202 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

182 cm
28
192 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iikka Runnisto!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Runnisto misses with a straight left.
Pate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pate connects with a leg kick. Runnisto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pate misses with an uppercut.
Donk. Runnisto catches Pate right on the button with a cross.
Runnisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Pate darts in and clinches Runnisto up against the cage.
Runnisto blocks a body shot from Pate.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Runnisto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Runnisto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Runnisto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pate misses with some punches.
Runnisto stalls.
Nice body punch from Pate - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Runnisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pate.

It looks like Iikka Runnisto has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Pate.
Runnisto misses with a punch to the body.
Pate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Runnisto backwards.
Runnisto misses with a punch to the body.
Runnisto lands an uppercut.
Pate tries to throw a body punch but Runnisto avoids it by throwing Pate back against the cage.
Runnisto throws a punch but it's blocked by Pate.
Runnisto blocking some punches.
Runnisto misses with a punch to the body.
Runnisto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pate tries to work over Runnisto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pate blocks a body shot from Runnisto.
Pate prevents a body shot from Runnisto.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Runnisto taking a breather.
Runnisto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Runnisto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pate controlling the action here for a moment.
Pate blocks a body shot from Runnisto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Runnisto.
Runnisto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate can't find room to land a body shot as Runnisto controls the action.
Pate working aggressively here.
Pate blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Runnisto lands a hook that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Pate working aggressively here.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Pate as the two fighters clinch.
Pate working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pate.
Runnisto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Runnisto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Runnisto is struggling to control the position.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate tries a body shot but Runnisto blocks it.
Pate lands a right hand.
Pate misses with some punches.
Pate throws a punch but it's blocked by Runnisto.
Runnisto works on Pate's body with a couple of short punches.
Runnisto throws a head punch that misses.
Runnisto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Pate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Runnisto.
Pate lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Runnisto.
Pate just leaning against Runnisto, taking a breather.
Pate pushes off an throws an elbow but Runnisto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Runnisto blocks a body shot from Pate.
Pate digs a right hand into Runnisto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Runnisto's gas tank.
Runnisto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Runnisto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pate's elbow.

Runnisto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pate throws a sloppy head kick and Runnisto moves out of range easily.
Pate ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Runnisto moves away.
Runnisto now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice uppercut there from Pate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Runnisto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Runnisto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pate.
Runnisto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Runnisto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Runnisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Runnisto manages to circle out of the way.
Pate on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot by Pate.
Runnisto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Runnisto. Pate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pate uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Runnisto has time to react.
Runnisto connects with a right hand. Pate shakes it off.
Runnisto moves out of range of the strikes.
Runnisto ducks under a wild hook from Pate.

Pate rushes Runnisto and presses him up against the cage.
Pate misses with some punches.
Pate slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murha Pate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iikka Runnisto's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Runnisto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pate doesn't seem bothered though.
Pate has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Runnisto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Runnisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate moves out of range as Runnisto strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Runnisto scores with a nice strike.
Pate thuds his shin into the meat of Runnisto's side.
Pate walks into a straight right hand from Runnisto.
Runnisto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

Pate clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pate.
Pate tries to throw a body punch but Runnisto avoids it by throwing Pate back against the cage.
Pate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Pate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Runnisto can do to turn this around?
Runnisto scores with a shoulder strike.
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 lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Runnisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Runnisto.
Pate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Runnisto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pate lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Pate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pate pushes Runnisto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Runnisto lands a nice shot to the body.
Pate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Runnisto misses with the head strike.
Pate can't find room to land a body shot as Runnisto controls the action.
Pate lands a nice shot to the body.
Runnisto scores with a shot to the side of Pate's head.
Pate blocks a body shot from Runnisto.
Pate can't find room to land a body shot as Runnisto controls the action.
Pate looking to slow down the pace here.
Runnisto blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Runnisto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Runnisto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Runnisto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pate or not.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Runnisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Runnisto lands a shoulder strike.
Pate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Runnisto prevents a body shot from Pate.
Pate misses with the head strike.
Runnisto stalling in the clinch but Pate improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Runnisto.
Pate tries to throw a body punch but Runnisto avoids it by throwing Pate back against the cage.
Runnisto pushes Pate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Runnisto.
Pate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Runnisto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pate up against the cage.
Pate blocks a body shot from Runnisto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate prevents a body shot from Runnisto.
Pate tries to throw a body punch but Runnisto avoids it by throwing Pate back against the cage.
Pate lands a left hand that snaps the head of Runnisto backwards.
Runnisto tries to throw a body punch but Pate avoids it by throwing Runnisto back against the cage.
Pate lands a shot to the body.
Runnisto is breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from Pate as the two fighters clinch.
Pate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pate lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Pate.
Pate lands an uppercut.
Pate tries to throw a body punch but Runnisto avoids it by throwing Pate back against the cage.
Pate makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pate.
Pate is leaning against Runnisto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pate lands a shoulder strike.
Pate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four 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!
Pate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pate lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pate tries to work over Runnisto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Runnisto misses with the head strike.
Runnisto can't find room to land a body shot as Pate controls the action.
Runnisto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Runnisto blocks a body shot from Pate.
Pate working aggressively here.
Pate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pate lands a hook that snaps the head of Runnisto backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Pate.
Pate lands a body shot.
Pate can't find room to land a body shot as Runnisto controls the action.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate lands a hook that snaps the head of Runnisto backwards.
Runnisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Murha Pate dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Iikka Runnisto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Runnisto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pate moves away.
Pate was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Pate has closed the distance and engaged Runnisto in a clinch.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pate lands a right hand.
Pate blocks an uppercut.
Pate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Pate.

Runnisto is rocked!
Pate throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Runnistos head.
Runnisto is still on wobbly legs! Can Pate finish him?
Runnisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Runnisto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pate pushes Runnisto against the cage. Pate is working some dirty boxing. Pate pushes off with a quick right hook! Runnisto goes down! Runnisto tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pate moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murha Pate!
Murha Pate seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.