PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wedge Antilles (ranked 24637 p4p, 3937 weight class) and Malig Murska (ranked 650 p4p, 415 weight class). Wedge Antilles has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Antilles
vs
Murska

180 cm
19
163
1 - 2 - 0

167 cm
19
159
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wedge Antilles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malig Murska!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antilles scores with a decent looking hook.
Murska ducks under a wild hook from Antilles.
Antilles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antilles throws a hook but Murska avoids it easily.
Antilles tries to clinch there but Murska circles away.
Antilles staying out of range there.
Antilles lands with a shot to the body.

Murska closes the distance and pushes Antilles back into the cage.
Antilles blocks a body shot from Murska.
Antilles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murska blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Murska.
Murska lands a right hand.
Murska tries a body shot but Antilles blocks it.
Murska scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The referee calls for Murska to work.
Murska is stalling here.
Antilles misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antilles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murska lands a hook that snaps the head of Antilles backwards.
Murska lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murska struggles to land a body shot inside as Antilles controls his hands.
Antilles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antilles has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.
Antilles misses with a punch on the inside.
Murska has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Antilles seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murska can turn it around.
Murska throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Antilless head.
Murska tries to work over Antilles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Antilles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murska softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murska lands a shot to the body.
The referee calls for Murska to work.
Murska scores with a shoulder strike.
Murska lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Antilles backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antilles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murska throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Antilless head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antilles misses with the head strike.
Murska misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murska misses with some punches.
Murska throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Antilles throws a punch but it's blocked by Murska.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antilles.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antilles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antilles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Antilles misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murska.
Antilles blocking some punches.
Murska slowing the pace effectively.
Murska swings wildly with an uppercut but Antilles uses good head movement to avoid it.

Murska breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Murska as he connects with a hook.

Murska pushes Antilles up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Murska scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murska misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska lands a nice uppercut.
Antilles blocking some punches.
Antilles tries to work over Murska's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murska tries to work over Antilles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Antilles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murska misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murska.
Antilles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Antilles.
Antilles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murska lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antilles backwards.
Murska manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Antilles struggles to land a body shot inside as Murska controls his hands.
The referee calls for Murska to work.
Murska can't find room to land a body shot as Antilles controls the action.
Murska lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murska scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Antilles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Antilles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Murska.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antilles has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.
Antilles lands a right hand.

Murska's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Antilles tries to clinch but Murska is having none of it.
Murska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Antilles connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murska. Murska circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Antilles tries to clinch but Murska is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

Antilles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murska misses with a punch to the body.
Antilles lands with a left to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malig Murska dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Antilles throws out a loose jab but Murska uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Antilles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Antilles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murska.
Antilles seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Murska lands a body shot.
Antilles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Murska.
Antilles appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Antilles throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murska counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Antilles misses with a double jab
and Murska counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Antilles tries to clinch there but Murska circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antilles lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antilles throws a hook to the side of Murska's head but Murska sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murska scores with a nice right hand.
Murska throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Antilles throws a big shot that misses.
Antilles lands a nice shot that snaps Murska's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antilles throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murska counters with a stiff right hand.
Murska fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Antilles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Antilles connects with a body shot that sends Murska's belly button to the back.

Murska has managed to clinch.
Murska works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murska has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murska blocks an uppercut.
Murska working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murska stalls.
Murska can't find room to land a body shot as Antilles controls the action.
Murska tries to work over Antilles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murska lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Antilles.
Murska is pushing Antilles up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Malig Murska seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murska creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Antilles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antilles throws a head punch that misses.
Murska softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Antilles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murska tries to work over Antilles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murska swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murska is working Antilles over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Antilles.
Murska misses with some punches.
Murska misses with some punches.
Murska misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Antilles as Murska tries to tie him up.
A right hand to the body from Murska.
Murska presses Antilles against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murska gets through Antilles's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murska lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Murska on the inside.
Antilles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murska lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Antilles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Murska.

Antilles is rocked!
Murska lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antilles backwards.
Oh Antilles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murska pushes Antilles against the cage. Murska is working some dirty boxing. Murska pushes off with a quick right hook! Antilles goes down! Antilles tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Murska moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malig Murska!