PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Илья Муромец (ranked 1886 p4p, 192 weight class) and Logan Lord (ranked 2151 p4p, 212 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Муромец
vs
Lord

170 cm
21
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

178 cm
27
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Илья Муромец!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Logan Lord!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lord connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Муромец's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lord connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Муромец scrambles back to his feet.
Муромец takes a swing at Lord's ribcage but misses.
Lord looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Муромец throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lord on the side of the head.
Муромец staying out of range there.
Муромец fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lord just manages to avoid it.
Муромец tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lord was well out of range. Poor timing from Муромец.
Муромец swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Муромец shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lord throws a combination that misses
and Муромец counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lord throws a jab but it's blocked by Муромец.
Муромец slips a jab from Lord.
Муромец tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Муромец misses with an uppercut. Lord saw that one coming.
It seemed like Lord was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Муромец misses with an uppercut. Lord saw that one coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Муромец.
Lord looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lord needs to keep his hands up - Муромец had a free shot at his head there.
A telegraphed right hand from Муромец misses the target.
Lord catches Муромец with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lord throws a right hand that misses
and Муромец counters with a nice uppercut.

Lord is rocked!
Муромец misses with a wild body shot.
Lord is still on wobbly legs! Can Муромец finish him?
Lord avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lord throws a right hand that misses
enabling Муромец to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Lord misses.
Lord seems to have recovered his senses.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Муромец sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lord pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Муромец throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Lord misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Муромец throws a poor cross that misses
and Lord counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Муромец thinking.
Муромец scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Муромец takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Муромец throws a body shot but no joy.
Lord lands with an uppercut that bounces Муромец off the cage and back into range.
Муромец takes one to the chin there.
Nice jab there from Lord.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Муромец was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Муромец 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Lord.
A little feinted left hand from Муромец on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Муромец slips under a jab from Lord.
Муромец blocks a jab.
It looked like Муромец was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lord.
Муромец uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lord has time to react.
Муромец ducks under a wild hook from Lord.
Муромец wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Муромец seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lord 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.
Lord misses with a right hand

and Муромец counters with a nice right hand that sends Lord toppling to the canvas! Lord scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Муромец finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lord misses with an uppercut. Муромец saw that one coming.
Lord throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Муромец misses.
Муромец throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Муромец catches Lord with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Lord forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Илья Муромец!
A victorious Илья Муромец thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.