PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Panayotov (ranked 925 p4p, 1166 weight class) and Scott Murley (ranked 137 p4p, 166 weight class). Panayotov comes to the cage accompanied by Mad World - Gary Jules / Tears For Fears (Cover by Jasmine Thompson). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Panayotov
vs
Murley

196 cm
37
205
13 - 9 - 0

194 cm
40
212
25 - 17 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Vegan Gains
Voodoo Nutrition

Vegan Gains
© Trap House

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 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Panayotov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Murley!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murley scores with a punch to the head.
Murley scores with a hook to the body. Panayotov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Panayotov looking to score a takedown here. Murley is defending well but Panayotov drives through and ends up in Murley's guard.
Panayotov is standing up over Murley. Murley looks to escape but Panayotov dives into side control.

Murley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Panayotov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Murley gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Panayotov stands up from mount. Strange move.
Murley lands a nice hook to Panayotov's body. Panayotov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Panayotov misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Panayotov.
Murley throws an overhand right that lands on Panayotov's shoulder, as Panayotov tries to avoid the shot.
Murley throws an off balance right hand
and Panayotov counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Murley does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Panayotov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Panayotov tries to clinch but Murley moves out of range.
Murley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Panayotov 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley misses with a body shot
and Panayotov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Panayotov misses with a hook.
Murley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murley misses the shot to the body.
Murley misses with a left hand
and Panayotov counters with a right hand to the body.
Panayotov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murley misses with a hook. Panayotov ducked under it nicely.
Murley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murley throws a hook to the side of Panayotov's head but Panayotov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murley throws a big shot that misses.
Murley throws a big shot that misses.
Panayotov ducks under a wild hook from Murley.
Murley looks to score with a jab to the body but Panayotov is just out of range.
Panayotov is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murley throws a right hand that Panayotov ducks under and follows up with a left that Panayotov also avoids with ease.
Murley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murley misses with a left hand
and Panayotov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Murley with a nice cross.
Murley has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murley scores with a shot to the body.
Panayotov shoots in looking for a takedown but Murley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Panayotov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Murley swings for the body but Panayotov moves out of range.
Murley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Panayotov throws out the jab.
Panayotov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Panayotov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murley.
Murley misses with an uppercut
and Panayotov counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murley ducks under a wild hook from Panayotov.
Nice uppercut there from Murley.
Panayotov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murley.
Panayotov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Murley throws out a loose jab but Panayotov uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Panayotov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murley just misses with a punch to the body.
Murley scores with a hook to the body. Panayotov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Panayotov throws a series of punches but Murley avoids them all with ease.
Murley misses with a hook.
Panayotov throws a sloppy head kick
and Murley counters with a nice uppercut.
Scott Murley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Panayotov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murley lunges at Panayotov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Panayotov's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Panayotov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murley doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Panayotov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murley.
Panayotov throws a hook to the side of Murley's head but Murley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Panayotov staying out of range there.
Murley throws a body punch but Panayotov moves out of range.
Murley lands with an uppercut that bounces Panayotov off the cage and back into range.
Murley misses with a hook. Panayotov ducked under it nicely.
Murley misses the body punch

and Panayotov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Murley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murley is leaning against Panayotov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Panayotov.
Murley lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Panayotov is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Panayotov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murley swings widly with a right hand
and Panayotov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Panayotov counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Murley misses
and Panayotov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Panayotov defending well as Murley loads up on a big left hand.
Murley misses with a hook
and Panayotov counters with a nice uppercut.
Panayotov slips a jab from Murley.
Murley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Panayotov tries to close the distance and clinch but Murley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murley throws an off balance right hand
and Panayotov counters with a straight right hand.
Panayotov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murley.
Panayotov tries a head kick but it misses.
Murley now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Murley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Panayotov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Panayotov ducks under a wild hook from Murley.
Murley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Panayotov.
Murley digs a good body shot into Panayotov's ribs.
Murley lands a glancing blow to the side of Panayotov's head.
Oh Panayotov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murley lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Panayotov up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Murley from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Panayotov's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Scott Murley!