PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brett Butterfly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Murie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brett Butterfly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Butterfly
vs
Murie

174 cm
28
172 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

178 cm
27
155 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brett Butterfly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zander Murie!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butterfly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murie fails with the takedown.
Murie tries to clinch but Butterfly is having none of it.
Murie throws the kick towards the body but Butterfly avoids it.
Murie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Butterfly. Butterfly obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice shot lands for Murie.
Murie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Butterfly shoots in but Murie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Butterfly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murie blocks a leg kick.
Murie misses with a body shot.
Murie throws a hook but Butterfly blocks it.
Murie darts in trying to clinch

and Butterfly counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Butterfly throws a strike aimed at the side of Murie's head but Murie avoids it well.
Murie pushes Butterfly away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Butterfly gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Butterfly scores with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murie pushes Butterfly away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Butterfly gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butterfly lands a decent elbow from side control.
Murie is trying to get back to his feet.
Murie seems a little lost for a moment, as Butterfly dominates the positioning.
Murie is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Butterfly has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Murie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Butterfly in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Murie is not content to let Butterfly control the position.
An elbow from Butterfly crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murie wants to get back to his feet.
Butterfly in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Butterfly grinds an elbow into Murie's temple.
Murie is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Butterfly asserts his dominance and retains side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butterfly throws a strike aimed at the side of Murie's head but Murie avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murie seems a little lost for a moment, as Butterfly dominates the positioning.

Butterfly is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Murie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Butterfly wants to control but Murie is keeping him busy.
Murie wants to get back to his feet but Butterfly drags him back down.
Butterfly 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.

Butterfly working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Butterfly.
Butterfly fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Butterfly working the head and body with strikes.
Murie wants to get back to his feet but Butterfly drags him back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butterfly trying to control the action but Murie is working from the bottom.
Murie tries to escape but Butterfly is in control.
Butterfly cracks Murie with a big right hand but Murie just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Butterfly prevents Murie from escaping the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Murie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Butterfly.
Murie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Murie is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Murie tries to escape back to his feet but Butterfly has kept hold of him... Oh, now he's got Murie's back and is looking for the choke... Is it? Is it sunk in? YES! Murie is tapping! Butterfly saw the opportunity and took it - ruthless!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Brett Butterfly!