PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Murha (ranked 826 p4p, 28 weight class) and Wild Turkey (ranked 2055 p4p, 84 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Murha
vs
Turkey

189 cm
21
233 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
270 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Big Murha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wild Turkey !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkey throws out a loose jab but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murha misses with a hook.
Turkey is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Turkey .
Turkey throws a body punch but Murha moves out of range.
Turkey 's coach down at Valhalla Training Camp was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Turkey 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Murha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkey was well out of range. Poor timing from Murha.
A little jabbing left from Turkey on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Murha closes the distance and pushes Turkey back into the cage.
Murha has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Turkey blocks an uppercut.
Murha working aggressively here.
Murha lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Murha.
Turkey scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turkey .
Turkey lands a hook that snaps the head of Murha backwards.
Murha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turkey misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murha misses with a punch to the body.
Murha struggles to land a body shot inside as Turkey controls his hands.
Murha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turkey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murha throws a punch but it's blocked by Turkey .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turkey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turkey throws a head punch that misses.
Turkey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murha blocking some punches.
Murha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turkey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turkey misses with a body punch.
Turkey swings wildly with an uppercut but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turkey misses with some punches.
Turkey blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Turkey fails to land.
Turkey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turkey misses with a punch to the body.
Murha scores with a shoulder strike.
Murha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murha prevents a body shot from Turkey .
A short uppercut from Murha.
Murha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murha.
Murha tries to work over Turkey 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murha pushes Turkey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murha misses with a body punch.
Murha misses with a punch on the inside.
Murha throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murha scores with a shot to the side of Turkey 's head.
Turkey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murha tries to throw a body punch but Turkey avoids it by throwing Murha back against the cage.
Turkey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turkey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Turkey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murha scores with a shoulder strike.
Murha has a couple of punches blocked by Turkey .
A frustrated look appears on Turkey 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turkey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murha misses with some punches.
Murha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Murha.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turkey 's elbow.
Murha throws a head punch that misses.
Turkey throws a head punch that misses.
Murha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turkey blocks an uppercut.
Turkey struggles to land a body shot inside as Murha controls his hands.
Murha lands with a light punch inside.
Turkey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Murha.
Good body shot from Turkey .
A short left from Murha.
Murha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murha.
Turkey lands a body punch.
Murha is breathing heavily.
Murha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turkey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murha backwards.
Turkey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murha swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turkey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murha misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Turkey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Turkey .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turkey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turkey throws a punch but it's blocked by Murha.
Murha misses with a punch on the inside.
Murha working aggressively here.
Murha has a couple of punches blocked by Turkey .
Turkey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Turkey 's elbow.
A short right from Murha on the inside.
Murha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turkey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turkey .
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Murha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Turkey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turkey misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Murha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkey was well out of range. Poor timing from Murha.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murha.
Murha tries to land a front kick but Turkey steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Turkey swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Turkey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murha appears to be looking for a big counter.
Turkey looks to land a right hand but Murha moved out of range.
Turkey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turkey misses with a body kick.
Murha tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Turkey manages to circle out of the way.
Murha misses with a looping left.

Murha rushes Turkey and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murha.

Turkey breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murha.
Turkey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murha doesn't manage to clinch there - Turkey circles away.
Murha wants to clinch up but Turkey keeps it at a distance.
Turkey misses with a looping right.
Turkey paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murha misses with a right hand
and Turkey counters with a stiff right hand.
Turkey lands a lovely overhand right.
Murha misses with a hook.
Murha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turkey throws a good cross that connects.
Turkey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice body punch from Turkey .
Murha cracks the inside of Turkey 's front leg.
Murha with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Turkey to score with a decent uppercut.
Turkey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turkey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turkey scores with a nice head shot.
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 jab from Turkey finds it's way through Murha's defenses.
Wild Turkey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turkey .
Murha cracks the inside of Turkey 's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murha avoids the body shot from Turkey .
Murha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkey .
Turkey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkey .
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murha.
Turkey jabs Murha right on the nose. Murha blinks but takes it well.
Murha takes a swing at Turkey 's ribcage but misses.
Turkey blocks a jab.
Turkey throws a leg kick but Murha sees it coming and moves out of range.
Turkey connects with a nice looking jab.
Murha slips under a jab from Turkey .
Big Murha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turkey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murha throws a low kick, looking for Turkey 's leg but Turkey calmly moves out of range.
Turkey throws a jab but it's blocked by Murha.
Turkey throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkey misses with an uppercut. Murha saw that one coming.
Murha is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turkey .
Murha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkey .
Turkey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murha 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.

Murha closes the distance and pushes Turkey back into the cage.
Murha misses with the head strike.
Murha misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Murha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turkey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turkey has a couple of punches blocked by Murha.
Turkey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Turkey fails to land.
Turkey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murha swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turkey .
Murha has a couple of punches blocked by Turkey .
A right hand to the body from Murha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Turkey fails to land.
Murha scores with a shot to the side of Turkey 's head.
Murha swings wildly with an uppercut but Turkey uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Turkey throws a head punch that misses.
Murha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Murha.
Murha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turkey .
Murha blocks an uppercut.
Turkey digs a right hand underneath Murha's ribcage. Murha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murha.
Turkey looking to stall.
Murha struggles to land a body shot inside as Turkey controls his hands.
Murha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turkey .
Turkey lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Turkey .
Murha tries a body shot but Turkey blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wild Turkey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Turkey scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turkey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Murha slips under a jab from Turkey .
Murha wants to clinch up but Turkey keeps it at a distance.
Murha throws the left hand but Turkey avoids the punch easily.
Murha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Turkey on the side of the head.
Turkey connects with a body shot.
Turkey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murha manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murha. That's going to slow Turkey down.
Turkey misses with a right hand
and Murha counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murha moves away from the strike by Turkey .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkey jabs Murha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Turkey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murha misses with a left hand
and Turkey counters with a left to the body.
Turkey takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkey .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murha misses with an uppercut. Turkey saw that one coming.
Turkey throws out a counter right but Murha avoids it with no problem.

Murha drives through and clinches with Turkey against the cage.
Murha prevents a body shot from Turkey .
Murha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turkey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Murha.
Murha throws a punch but it's blocked by Turkey .
Murha has a couple of punches blocked by Turkey .
Murha misses with some punches.
Murha struggles to land a body shot inside as Turkey controls his hands.
Murha stalling in the clinch but Turkey improves position.
Good body shot from Turkey .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Turkey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Turkey manages to break the clinch.
Murha tries to clinch up but Turkey circles away and keeps his distance.
Turkey tried to score with a low kick but Murha checks it.
Turkey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turkey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murha.
Turkey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murha takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Turkey lands with a shot to the body.
Murha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murha throws a looping overhand right but Turkey ducks down to avoid it.
Turkey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turkey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murha misses with a low kick as Turkey jumps back.
Murha tries to clinch but Turkey moves out of range.
Turkey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murha.
Turkey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murha doesn't seem bothered though.
Turkey slips under a jab from Murha.
Turkey 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Turkey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murha.
Murha takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turkey .
It looked like Murha was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Turkey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murha.
Murha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murha throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Turkey takes a swing at Murha's ribcage but misses.
Murha throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Murha throws the left hand but Turkey avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Turkey does it's job there.
Turkey misses with a hook. Murha ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Murha was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Turkey .
Turkey misses with a straight right.
Turkey moves into range and connects with a jab.
Turkey lands a head shot.
Turkey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murha.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Turkey .
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turkey .
Murha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turkey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murha lands a leg kick that knocks Turkey off balance momentarily.
Turkey has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murha finds it's way round the side to connect with Turkey 's head.
Murha misses with a looping left.
Turkey lands with a good body shot.
No joy there for Murha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turkey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Turkey checks a leg kick.
Turkey misses with a wild combination.
Murha throws a lazy right hand but Turkey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wild Turkey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Turkey has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wild Turkey !
During a confident post fight interview, Wild Turkey thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.