PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Murhaa (ranked 1215 p4p, 146 weight class) and William Chandler (ranked 964 p4p, 124 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Murhaa
vs
Chandler

199 cm
26
292 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
245 lbs
7 - 4 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, William Chandler!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Chandler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murhaa moves out of range of the body kick from Chandler.
A punch lands to the side of Chandler 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chandler.

Murhaa closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Murhaa lands in his opponent's guard.
Murhaa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murhaa is looking to work some ground and pound but Chandler has wrist control.
Murhaa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murhaa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chandler is controlling Murhaa's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murhaa is in close to Chandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chandler utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chandler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murhaa is one step ahead there.
We've been hearing that Murhaa has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Murhaa stands up over Chandler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Murhaa stands and throws Chandler's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Murhaa in side control, throwing shots but Chandler defends.
Murhaa working the ground and pound but Chandler is defending the strikes.
Chandler managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Murhaa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to advance to mount but Chandler denies him.
Murhaa in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Chandler has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Chandler defending against the ground and pound.
Chandler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murhaa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chandler is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Chandler sneaks back into half guard.
Murhaa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chandler's head.
Murhaa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murhaa throwing shots but Chandler is blocking nicely.
Murhaa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Chandler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Murhaa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murhaa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Murhaa.
Chandler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murhaa.
Murhaa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chandler's head.
Murhaa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chandler wants to improve his position but Murhaa is controlling well.
Murhaa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chandler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Murhaa.
Murhaa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Murhaa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chandler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Chandler avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murhaa.
Murhaa throwing shots but Chandler is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murhaa prevents Chandler from improving his position.
Chandler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Murhaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Murhaa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chandler ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chandler.
Murhaa wants to clinch.
Chandler misses with an uppercut.
Murhaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Chandler misses with an uppercut.
Chandler looks for the body kick but Murhaa saw that one coming.
Chandler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Murhaa pushes Chandler up against the cage in a clinch.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler is working Murhaa over against the cage.
Murhaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chandler gets through Murhaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Murhaa.

Chandler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Chandler throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chandler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chandler can do to turn this around?

Murhaa clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chandler's elbow.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chandler's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Murhaa on the inside.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chandler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chandler backwards.
Still in the clinch, Murhaa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chandler is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Chandler misses with the head strike.
Chandler is trying to break the clinch but Murhaa has him pressed against the cage.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chandler misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Chandler misses with some punches.
Chandler blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
Chandler blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Chandler.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Chandler avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Chandler controls his hands.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chandler.
Chandler can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
Chandler is leaning against Murhaa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chandler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chandler lands a left hand.
Chandler lands a hook that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Chandler lands a right hand.
Chandler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chandler blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murhaa.
Chandler misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chandler is trying to break the clinch but Murhaa has him pressed against the cage.
Chandler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chandler prevents a body shot from Murhaa.
Chandler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chandler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chandler lands a shoulder strike.

Chandler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Chandler is having none of it.
Chandler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Chandler.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Chandler.
Chandler looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range.
Chandler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Chandler looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chandler lands with a hook. Murhaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Chandler fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Chandler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa defending well as Chandler loads up on a big left hand.
William Chandler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chandler with a jab.
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!
Chandler scores with a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chandler.
Chandler throws a low kick, looking for Murhaa's leg but Murhaa calmly moves out of range.
Chandler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chandler scores with a punch to the head.

Murhaa is rocked!
Chandler lands a big head kick that sends Murhaa to the canvas! Chandler follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Chandler!
William Chandler gave a mention to Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).