PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Murska (ranked 4347 p4p, 4345 weight class) and Tank Ispa (ranked 166 p4p, 161 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Murska
vs
Ispa

188 cm
18
223
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
268
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ispa Murska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tank Ispa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Ispa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murska just misses with a punch to the body.
Ispa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murska.
Murska is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ispa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murska lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ispa at a distance.
Murska throws a body punch but Ispa moves out of range.
Ispa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murska with a body shot.
Murska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ispa.
Murska is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ispa moves away.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ispa manages to avoid it.
Murska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ispa was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
Ispa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska swings for the body but Ispa moves out of range.
Ispa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murska at a distance.
Murska is looking to wear down Ispa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Murska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ispa manages to avoid it.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murska scores with a jab to the body.
Murska looks to score with a jab to the body but Ispa is just out of range.
Ispa lands with a good body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murska misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Murska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ispa.
Ispa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ispa moves away.
Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murska dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murska takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska takes a swing at Ispa's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Ispa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ispa was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ispa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ispa swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Murska throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Ispa misses.
Murska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ispa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska misses with a wild body shot.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ispa throws a body shot but no joy.
Murska appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murska throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Ispa misses.
A shot to the liver by Ispa. Beautiful body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Ispa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Murska has got the better of the exchanges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murska misses the shot to the body.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ispa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murska manages to avoid it.
Murska appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murska just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ispa Murska will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Murska misses the shot to the body.
Murska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ispa.
Ispa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ispa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murska moves away.
Ispa Murska is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ispa takes a swing at Murska's ribcage but misses.
Murska is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ispa can do to turn this around?
A shot to the body from Murska misses
and Ispa counters with a nice body shot.
Ispa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murska swings for the body but Ispa moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ispa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murska appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ispa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ispa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murska swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Murska misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ispa.
Murska throws a body punch but Ispa moves out of range.
Murska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Murska misses with a body shot.
Murska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murska misses with a body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ispa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tank Ispa really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ispa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ispa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murska.
Ispa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ispa was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
A nice side step and Ispa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ispa misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murska swings for the body but Ispa moves out of range.
Murska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ispa manages to avoid it.
Ispa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Ispa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ispa lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ispa moves away.
Ispa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ispa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murska.
A countering left hand to the body from Ispa misses.
Ispa avoids the body shot from Murska.
Murska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ispa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ispa looks to score with a jab to the body but Murska is just out of range.
Ispa misses with a wild body shot.
Murska misses the shot to the body.
Ispa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murska with a body shot.
Murska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ispa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Murska throws a body shot but no joy.
Murska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ispa moves away.
Ispa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Murska swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ispa counters with a nice body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ispa misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Murska tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ispa Murska.
Well Murska has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 39:37
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 39:37
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 37:39

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ispa Murska!