PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 268 p4p, 37 weight class) and Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 557 p4p, 74 weight class). Heikkinen has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Murhaa
vs
Heikkinen

182 cm
32
188 lbs
29 - 11 - 3

190 cm
32
193 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaino Heikkinen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa misses with a body kick.
Heikkinen misses with a body shot.
Heikkinen throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Heikkinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murhaa's head.
Murhaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murhaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Heikkinen's head.
Heikkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Heikkinen.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Heikkinen's calf.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heikkinen tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Heikkinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Heikkinen takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Heikkinen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Heikkinen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid body kick from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murhaa is looking to counter punch.
Murhaa lands with a hook. Heikkinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Heikkinen ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Heikkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Heikkinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murhaas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Heikkinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heikkinen.
Murhaa moves forwards but Heikkinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen scores with a nice head shot.
Donk. Heikkinen catches Murhaa right on the button with a cross.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Heikkinen loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Murhaa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at AK Beasties in the buildup to the fight.
Murhaa moves out of range as Heikkinen strikes.
Nice defenses there by Heikkinen.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Heikkinen saw that one coming.
Heikkinen throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Murhaa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Heikkinen.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Heikkinen checks it.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murhaa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Heikkinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heikkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.

Heikkinen moves into the clinch.
Heikkinen scores with a knee to the head.
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!
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Heikkinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Murhaa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murhaa takes a shot to the head.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heikkinen.
Murhaa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Heikkinen blocking some punches.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen lands a left hand.
Heikkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murhaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heikkinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Heikkinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murhaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Heikkinen on the inside.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murhaa's face.
Heikkinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heikkinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to work over Heikkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Heikkinen avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Heikkinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Heikkinen lands a nice uppercut.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Heikkinen fails to land.
Heikkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Heikkinen.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen blocking some punches.
Heikkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heikkinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murhaa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heikkinen blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Heikkinen.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heikkinen backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Heikkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heikkinen gets through Murhaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Heikkinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murhaa's face.
Murhaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Heikkinen lands a good knee to the midsection. Murhaa won't want to take too many of those.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
Murhaa takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heikkinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Heikkinen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Heikkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heikkinen working Murhaa over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heikkinen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kaino Heikkinen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murhaa throws a leg kick but Heikkinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Heikkinen pushes Murhaa away with a front kick.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heikkinen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Murhaa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Heikkinen misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Heikkinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Heikkinen throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Heikkinen throws an off balance right hand
and Murhaa counters with a left and a right that stings Heikkinen.
Heikkinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Heikkinen throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Heikkinen takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murhaa.
Heikkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murhaa throws a front kick aimed at Heikkinen's knee but Heikkinen avoids it well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A leg kick checked by Heikkinen.
Murhaa misses with a leg kick.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Heikkinen's head but Heikkinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Heikkinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murhaa - the referee stops the clock and Heikkinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murhaa. Heikkinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut.
Heikkinen misses the jab.
Heikkinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
Heikkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Heikkinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A good leg kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murhaa moves out of range as Heikkinen strikes.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Heikkinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heikkinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Heikkinen misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heikkinen tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Murhaa.
Heikkinen wants to clinch up but Murhaa keeps it at a distance.
Heikkinen tries to land a leg kick but Murhaa saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick that misses.
Heikkinen throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Heikkinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Heikkinen scores with a jab. Murhaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heikkinen lands with a hook. Murhaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Heikkinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Heikkinen wants to counter with a clinch but Murhaa pushes him away.
Murhaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Heikkinen looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murhaa sizes up Heikkinen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Heikkinen misses with a hook.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick which misses Murhaa's front leg but catches the back leg as Murhaa tries to avoid it.
Murhaa checks the leg kick.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
Heikkinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murhaa counters with a low kick, right behind Heikkinen 's knee.
Heikkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa motions for Heikkinen to come forward. Murhaa throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murhaa scores with the left hand. Heikkinen knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Murhaa checks a low kick from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Heikkinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Heikkinen lunges at Murhaa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murhaa's hand.
Heikkinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Heikkinen misses the shot to the body.
Heikkinen walks into a straight right hand from Murhaa.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Heikkinen tries to clinch up.
Heikkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Heikkinen.
Heikkinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Heikkinen. Those never looked like landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heikkinen swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Heikkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murhaa half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a low kick, looking for Heikkinen's leg but Heikkinen calmly moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Heikkinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Heikkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
Heikkinen lands with a nice combination. Murhaa backs away looking to recover.
Heikkinen tries to clinch but Murhaa is having none of it.
Murhaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heikkinen. That did some damage!
Heikkinen throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Heikkinen throws a head kick that misses.
Murhaa scores with a jab. Heikkinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Heikkinen misses with a body shot.
A jab from Heikkinen misses.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Heikkinen slips the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa scores with a nice strike.
A head kick misses from Murhaa.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phol Murhaa dominated that second round.
That's time! Murhaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Heikkinen looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Heikkinen with a nice cross.
A shot to the liver by Heikkinen. Beautiful body shot.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Heikkinen's calf.
Murhaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An attempted straight right counter from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa lands a really nice looking cross but Heikkinen seems unphased.
Heikkinen throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little feinted left hand from Murhaa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Heikkinen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Murhaa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murhaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters circle momentarily. Heikkinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heikkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa slips a straight right by Heikkinen.
Murhaa throws a front kick that sends Heikkinen stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Phol Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.

Murhaa moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heikkinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murhaa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
Heikkinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heikkinen.
Heikkinen trying to land knees to the body.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Murhaa.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Heikkinen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murhaa's face.
Heikkinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heikkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heikkinen looking to throw knees to the head but Murhaa is blocking nicely.
Murhaa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
Murhaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.
Murhaa presses Heikkinen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Heikkinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Murhaa avoids the damage to the body.
Heikkinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Heikkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
Heikkinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Murhaa.
Heikkinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Heikkinen.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Heikkinen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murhaa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Heikkinen misses with some punches.
Murhaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heikkinens head.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen blocking some punches.
Heikkinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Heikkinen misses with a knee strike.
Heikkinen looking to throw knees to the head but Murhaa is blocking nicely.
Kaino Heikkinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heikkinen backwards.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but Murhaa blocks with his arms.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heikkinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Heikkinen takes a shot to the head.
Heikkinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heikkinen.
Murhaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa avoiding damage as Heikkinen throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heikkinen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
Heikkinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murhaa.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Murhaa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Heikkinen backwards.
Heikkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heikkinen takes a shot to the head.
Heikkinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Heikkinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Heikkinen fails to land.
Heikkinen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Heikkinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Heikkinen misses with a knee to the head.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phol Murhaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murhaa 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phol Murhaa!
A relieved looking Phol Murhaa thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.