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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Murley (ranked 1680 p4p, 2200 weight class) and Anatoli Vasiliev (ranked 222 p4p, 293 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.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
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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 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Murley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Anatoli Vasiliev!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasiliev clinches up against the cage.
Vasiliev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murleys head.
Murley misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murley.
Vasiliev throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasiliev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vasiliev has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Murley regains guard immediately.
Murley is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Vasiliev trying to control but Murley is working from the bottom.
Murley seems keen to control Vasiliev's posture.
Murley keeping moving, preventing Vasiliev from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Vasiliev has passed into side control.
Vasiliev is looking to take a break and control but Murley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vasiliev working away.
Murley is looking to regain half guard here but Vasiliev keeps moving and retains side control.
Vasiliev is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Murley knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Vasiliev taking a breather here.
Murley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasiliev looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Vasiliev wants to control but Murley is keeping him busy.
Vasiliev misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Murley tries to improve position but can't.
Vasiliev working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Vasiliev tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Vasiliev has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Murley is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasiliev is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Murley has escaped the position, nice work there.
Murley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murley manages to work his way to half guard, despite Vasiliev's best efforts.
Vasiliev trying to mount his opponent but Murley defends it.
Vasiliev looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Vasiliev moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murley wants to control but Vasiliev postures up.
The ground and pound from Vasiliev seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Murley sneaks back into half guard.
Vasiliev is trying to control the action in half guard but Murley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Murley tries to roll over but Vasiliev keeps him under control.
Vasiliev is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Murley doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Vasiliev.
Murley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vasiliev.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vasiliev wants to work for an arm triangle but Murley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Vasiliev is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Murley doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Vasiliev.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anatoli Vasiliev dominated that round.
That's time! Murley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Murley misses with a looping left.
Vasiliev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vasiliev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vasiliev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasiliev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vasiliev moves in looking to clinch but Murley pushes him off.
Murley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vasiliev moves into the clinch.
Murley swings wildly with an uppercut but Vasiliev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murley digs a right hand into Vasiliev's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vasiliev's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murley.
Murley cracks Vasiliev with a nice body shot.
Murley lands with a left to the head.
Murley lands a hook that snaps the head of Vasiliev backwards.
Murley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vasiliev tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murley avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley tries a body shot but Vasiliev blocks it.
Vasiliev tries a knee to the head but Murley blocks it.
Murley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vasiliev trying to stall but Murley improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vasiliev.
Murley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murley pushes Vasiliev back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasiliev jumps into guard, dragging Murley to the mat.
Murley looking to pass the guard.
Murley advances position into side control!
Vasiliev is trying to escape the position but Murley is controlling the position.
Vasiliev is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murley trying to control the action but Vasiliev is working from the bottom.
Vasiliev is looking to reverse the position.
Vasiliev throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Vasiliev wants to control but Murley postures up.
Vasiliev 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murley taking a breather here.
Vasiliev keeps Murley under control for a moment.
Vasiliev wants to control but Murley postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasiliev manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Murley is doing well to control the position and prevent Vasiliev from advancing to side control.
Murley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vasiliev looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Murley is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Vasiliev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Murley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murley tries to get to full guard but Vasiliev has control of the leg.
Vasiliev is looking for a kimura but Murley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Vasiliev to get the leverage.
Murley keeping control of the position.
Murley has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Vasiliev trying to control from half guard but Murley is working away.
Murley trying to control from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Murley is looking for a sweep. Vasiliev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murley has his hands clasped together around Vasiliev's back. He's all about the action.
Vasiliev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Murley dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Vasiliev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vasiliev tries to clinch up.
Vasiliev pushes Murley up against the cage in a clinch.
Murley struggles to land a body shot inside as Vasiliev controls his hands.
Murley tries a body shot but Vasiliev blocks it.
Murley has a couple of punches blocked by Vasiliev.
A short body shot lands from Murley as the two fighters clinch.
Murley has a couple of punches blocked by Vasiliev.
Murley lands a hook that snaps the head of Vasiliev backwards.
Vasiliev trying to land knees to the body.
Murley misses with the head strike.
Murley letting Vasiliev take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murley can't find room to land a body shot as Vasiliev controls the action.
Vasiliev jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murley walks away with a smile on his face. Vasiliev gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Vasiliev wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley throws out a powerful jab.
Anatoli Vasiliev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vasiliev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murley.
Vasiliev shoots for a double leg takedown but Murley sprawls well. He's pushed Vasiliev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Murley with a nice cross.
Murley thuds a left hand into Vasiliev's body.
Vasiliev avoids the body shot from Murley.
Vasiliev tries to clinch
and Murley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vasiliev walks into a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vasiliev.
Scott Murley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anatoli Vasiliev.
Vasiliev throws a right hand that Murley ducks under and follows up with a left that Murley also avoids with ease.
Vasiliev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vasiliev dives in for a single leg takedown but Murley sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Anatoli Vasiliev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vasiliev moves out of range as Murley strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley misses with a looping right.
Murley connects with the punch.
Vasiliev ducks under a wild hook from Murley.
Vasiliev looks to clinch
enabling Murley to counter with a crisp jab.
Murley throws a hook but Vasiliev blocks it.
Vasiliev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murley.
Vasiliev walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasiliev.
Murley lands a jab to Vasiliev's midsection.
Vasiliev tries to clinch but Murley moves out of range.
Murley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murley swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasiliev.
Murley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasiliev on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vasiliev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murley.
Murley cracks a nice hook into Vasiliev's ribs.
Vasiliev ducks under a wild hook from Murley.
Murley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vasiliev's head backwards.
Oooooh!!! Murley has knocked Vasiliev down with a huge combo! Murley steps away and waves a wobbly Vasiliev back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Vasiliev is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasiliev looks to land a right hand but Murley moved out of range.
Vasiliev is still on wobbly legs! Can Murley finish him?
Vasiliev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Murley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vasiliev scrambles back to his feet.
Murley throws the left hand but Vasiliev avoids the punch easily.
Vasiliev moves in looking to clinch but Murley pushes him off.
and Murley counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Vasiliev! He's just covering up as Murley starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Murley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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