PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Just Fight Me (ranked 1639 p4p, 39 weight class) and Magyan Murko (ranked 6583 p4p, 106 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.

Fight Me
vs
Murko

150 cm
31
153 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

181 cm
23
158 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Just Fight Me!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magyan Murko!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murko with a hook.
Fight Me wants to clinch up but Murko keeps it at a distance.
Murko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Fight Me eats them both and turns towards Murko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murko throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fight Me closes the distance and clinches.
Murko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fight Me struggles to land a body shot inside as Murko controls his hands.
Murko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fight Me backwards.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me misses with some punches.
Fight Me misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fight Me scores with a shot to the side of Murko's head.
Fight Me misses with a punch on the inside.
Murko blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Fight Me.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
Fight Me 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.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
Fight Me misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.
Fight Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me has a couple of punches blocked by Murko.
Fight Me's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fight Me presses Murko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Fight Me.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fight Me.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.
Fight Me lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fight Me blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fight Me working aggressively here.
Fight Me blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murko.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Fight Me misses with a body punch.
Fight Me blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fight Me.
Murko blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
Fight Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fight Me swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fight Me misses with the head strike.
Murko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me blocks an uppercut.
Murko misses with a body punch.

Murko breaks from the clinch.
Murko tests Fight Me's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fight Me tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murko lands a right hook to the body.
Murko misses with a low kick.
As Murko tries to get set, Fight Me tries to push him back and clinch up but Murko manages to avoid the attempt.
Murko slips a straight right by Fight Me.
A little jabbing left from Murko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fight Me moves away.
Murko with a hook.
Fight Me loads up on a big right hand but Murko slips the punch.
Fight Me jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murko misses with a few strikes there.
Fight Me scores with a jab to the body.

Fight Me moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murko lands with a short shot to the head.
Fight Me lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fight Me misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
Fight Me tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fight Me throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Fight Me.
Murko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murko.
Fight Me lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
Murko throws a head punch that misses.
Murko cracks Fight Me with a nice body shot.
Murko working aggressively here.
Fight Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fight Me working aggressively here.
Fight Me misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fight Me lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fight Me throws a head punch that misses.
Fight Me misses with some punches.
Murko tries to work over Fight Me's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fight Me pushes Murko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Fight Me.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Fight Me swings wildly with an uppercut but Murko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fight Me can't find room to land a body shot as Murko controls the action.

Murko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murko misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fight Me takes one on the button.
Murko swats away the attempt to clinch by Fight Me.
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 Just Fight Me will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fight Me tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fight Me is looking to clinch but Murko is avoiding it.
Fight Me gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murko swings for the body but Fight Me moves out of range.
Murko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Fight Me gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Murko fails to land.
Fight Me misses with the head strike.
Murko lands a right hand.
Murko pushes Fight Me back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Fight Me blocking some punches.
Fight Me blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murko.
Fight Me swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murko tries a body shot but Fight Me blocks it.
Murko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fight Me.
Murko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fight Me working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murko lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.
Fight Me has a couple of punches blocked by Murko.
Murko lands an uppercut.
Murko blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murko.
Murko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murko scores with a shot to the side of Fight Me's head.
Murko lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fight Me.
Fight Me misses with a punch to the body.
Murko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fight Me can't find room to land a body shot as Murko controls the action.
Fight Me misses with some punches.
Murko has a couple of punches blocked by Fight Me.
Fight Me misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fight Me misses with the head strike.
Murko blocks an uppercut.
Fight Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Murko.
Murko pushes Fight Me back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fight Me misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Murko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Fight Me.
Fight Me fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me blocking some punches.
Fight Me lands with a light punch inside.
Fight Me tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murko.
Murko has a couple of punches blocked by Fight Me.
Fight Me can't find room to land a body shot as Murko controls the action.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
Fight Me lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Fight Me.
Murko throws a head punch that misses.
Fight Me misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murko working aggressively here.
Murko misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fight Me backwards.
Fight Me working aggressively here.
Murko throws a punch but it's blocked by Fight Me.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
A short left from Fight Me.
Fight Me has a couple of punches blocked by Murko.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murko.
Murko lands a left hand.
Murko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Murko.
Fight Me gets through Murko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fight Me takes a shot to the head.
Murko swings wildly with an uppercut but Fight Me uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murko can't find room to land a body shot as Fight Me controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murko.
Murko blocks an uppercut.
Fight Me blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murko misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fight Me.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fight Me blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fight Me.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fight Me.
Murko lands a right hand.
Fight Me swings wildly with an uppercut but Murko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fight Me lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fight Me swings wildly with an uppercut but Murko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fight Me blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Murko.
Fight Me misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Murko fails to land.
Murko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murko has a couple of punches blocked by Fight Me.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murko blocks a body shot from Fight Me.
Murko blocks an uppercut.

Murko breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Magyan Murko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Fight Me tries to clinch there but Murko circles away.
Murko swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fight Me counters with a series of strikes. Murko will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fight Me tries to close the distance and clinch but Murko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murko throws a right and a left that Fight Me avoids nicely.
Fight Me swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fight Me tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murko throws a push kick but Fight Me slaps the foot to one side.
Fight Me seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Murko moves out of range of the strikes.
Murko throws a good cross that connects.
Magyan Murko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murko scores with a hook to the body. Fight Me takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nice shot by Murko.
Murko misses with a kick to the body
and Fight Me counters with a three punch combo that has Murko backing up. Murko nods at Fight Me to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Fight Me shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fight Me misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fight Me blocks a low kick nicely.
Fight Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murko jabs at Fight Me's body.
Fight Me tries to clinch but Murko is having none of it.
Fight Me is looking to clinch.
Murko cracks Fight Me with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fight Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murko.
Fight Me tries to move into range but Murko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fight Me wants to clinch up but Murko keeps it at a distance.
Fight Me throws a right and a left that Murko avoids nicely.
Fight Me misses with a combination
letting Murko counter with a right hand.
Murko throws a push kick but Fight Me slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murko misses with a two punch combination.
Fight Me is looking to counter the offense by Murko and move into the clinch.
Fight Me misses with a two punch combination.
Murko scores with a one two! Fight Me had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fight Me lands with a nice body punch.
Murko scores with a jab to the head.
Murko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Some wild striking there from Murko.
Fight Me takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab by Murko.
Fight Me needs to keep his hands up - Murko had a free shot at his head there.
Just Fight Me is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murko prevents a body shot from Fight Me.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fight Me swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fight Me tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fight Me blocks an uppercut.
Murko gets through Fight Me's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murko lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Murko fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
Fight Me throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murkos head.
A left hand lands to the body for Fight Me.
Just Fight Me has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fight Me misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murko throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Fight Me fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.
Murko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murko is trying to force a seperation but Fight Me has the dominant position.
Fight Me misses with a body punch.

Murko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fight Me darts in and clinches Murko up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fight Me throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murko misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Murko.
Fight Me throws a punch but it's blocked by Murko.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fight Me lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murko.
Fight Me swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fight Me keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murko's efforts to push away.
Murko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fight Me backwards.
Murko has a couple of punches blocked by Fight Me.
Fight Me is working Murko over against the cage.
Fight Me looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murko blocks a body shot from Fight Me.
Fight Me softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fight Me blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fight Me.

And that's the end of the fight!
Magyan Murko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murko 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magyan Murko!
Magyan Murko seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.