PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charley Hanagan (ranked 1086 p4p, 154 weight class) and Pauke Murhaa (ranked 794 p4p, 111 weight class). Hanagan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Guilty Until Proven Innocent. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hanagan
vs
Murhaa

180 cm
29
211 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

188 cm
30
220 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charley Hanagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pauke Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murhaa misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Hanagan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murhaa doesn't seem phased though.

Hanagan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hanagan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hanagan misses with some punches.
Murhaa lands with a right to the head.
Hanagan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hanagan takes a shot to the head.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hanagan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hanagan tries a body shot but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Murhaa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hanagan is keeping busy.
Hanagan throws a head punch that misses.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Hanagan controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hanagan is trying to trip Murhaa. He has hold of a leg but Murhaa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Hanagan persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hanagan 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.
Murhaa is trying to control the position but Hanagan postures up.
Hanagan working some strikes from top position.
Hanagan is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Hanagan postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Hanagan is looking to pass into half guard but Murhaa pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Murhaa is in guard.

Murhaa wants to control from the top but Hanagan keeps moving.
Murhaa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murhaa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa is continuing to stall.
Hanagan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murhaa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hanagan wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanagan wants to hit a switch here but Murhaa passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hanagan there!
Murhaa tries to control but Hanagan wriggling away.
Murhaa controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hanagan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murhaa is keeping the position for now.
Hanagan throwing strikes from guard but Murhaa blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hanagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hanagan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hanagan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hanagan throws a big right hand that misses.
Hanagan throwing strikes but missing.
Hanagan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hanagan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hanagan stands and throws Murhaa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hanagan moves into full mount!
Hanagan looking to ground and pound but Murhaa is blocking nicely.
Murhaa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Murhaa avoids a strike by Hanagan and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Hanagan's guard! Fantastic escape!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charley Hanagan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A slow jab from Hanagan misses its intended target.
Hanagan misses with a looping right.
Murhaa scores with a nice right hand.
Murhaa feints and then cracks Hanagan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanagan down.
Hanagan misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hanagan misses with a takedown
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanagan digs a good body shot into Murhaa's ribs.
Murhaa throws a solid leg kick but Hanagan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murhaa.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Hanagan's shoulder, as Hanagan tries to avoid the shot.
Hanagan half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hanagan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanagan on the wrong end of a nice 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!
Hanagan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murhaa.
Hanagan shoots for a double leg takedown but Murhaa sprawls well. He's pushed Hanagan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hanagan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Murhaa wants to get back to his feet.
Hanagan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Murhaa!
Murhaa is trying to escape the mount.
Hanagan working Murhaa over with strikes here.
Murhaa wants to control but Hanagan is having none of it.
Hanagan lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa wants to control but Hanagan is having none of it.
Hanagan working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hanagan punching from mount but Murhaa doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hanagan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Murhaa felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Hanagan lands a couple of good shots and Murhaa has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Hanagan looking for the choke from the back.

Hanagan working for a choke but Murhaa reverses nicely into Hanagan 's guard.
Hanagan keeping moving, preventing Murhaa from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanagan, not yet.
Murhaa trying to control but Hanagan is working from the bottom.
Charley Hanagan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hanagan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murhaa is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hanagan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hanagan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hanagan prevents Murhaa from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa manages to get to full guard.
Murhaa pulls Hanagan in close to prevent any damage.
Hanagan throws a strike but Murhaa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Murhaa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hanagan's guard.
Murhaa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hanagan is on top in guard.

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

Charley Hanagan dominated that second round.
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!

Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Hanagan's shoulder, as Hanagan tries to avoid the shot.
Hanagan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murhaa.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa moves out of range as Hanagan strikes.
Hanagan misses the jab.
Hanagan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hanagan slips under a jab from Murhaa.
Hanagan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Hanagan. Those never looked like landing.

Hanagan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Hanagan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa looking for a sweep. Not yet Murhaa, not yet.
Hanagan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murhaa can do to turn this around?
Hanagan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murhaa is keeping the position for now.
Murhaa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanagan distracts Murhaa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Murhaa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hanagan postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa looking to control.
Hanagan tries to free his leg and advance position but Murhaa is retaining full guard.
Hanagan is working hard here to advance position.
Hanagan stands up over Murhaa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hanagan pushing down on Murhaa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hanagan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Hanagan there.
Hanagan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Murhaa defending well though.
Hanagan looks to land a strike but Murhaa avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Hanagan is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Murhaa wants to sweep but no luck.
Hanagan looking to pass the guard.
Hanagan forces his way into half guard.
Pauke Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murhaa won't allow Hanagan to pass to mount.
Murhaa wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanagan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hanagan passes to side control.

Hanagan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Murhaa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hanagan throwing strikes but Murhaa manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Hanagan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hanagan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murhaa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hanagan throws a strike but Murhaa avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murhaa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hanagan is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Murhaa can't keep his opponent in guard - Hanagan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Murhaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Hanagan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Charley Hanagan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Murhaa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hanagan controls the pace.

Murhaa looking for a guillotine here but Hanagan defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charley Hanagan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hanagan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charley Hanagan!
An out of breath Charley Hanagan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.