PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Alexandrov (ranked 1201 p4p, 169 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 766 p4p, 116 weight class). Phol Murhaa has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Alexandrov
vs
Murhaa

192 cm
38
200 lbs
15 - 19 - 0

182 cm
39
188 lbs
40 - 14 - 4

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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 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Alexandrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 14 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alexandrov's hands.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alexandrov throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Alexandrov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murhaa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alexandrov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alexandrov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alexandrov throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That kick from Murhaa tenderised Alexandrov's leg. Alexandrov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Alexandrov sizes up Murhaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alexandrov ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murhaa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alexandrov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alexandrov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Alexandrov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.

Alexandrov clinches up against the cage.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Alexandrov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.

Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Alexandrov closes the distance and clinches.
Alexandrov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Murhaa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov keeps control of Murhaa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Alexandrov should have avoided that one.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Alexandrov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Phol Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murhaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexandrov checks a low kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Alexandrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Alexandrov ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that Alexandrov avoids nicely.
Murhaa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alexandrov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Alexandrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a lovely overhand right.
Alexandrov misses the jab.
Murhaa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd cheers as Alexandrov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murhaa doesn't seem phased though.
Alexandrov misses with an uppercut.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
Alexandrov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alexandrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa moves out of range as Alexandrov strikes.
Alexandrov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murhaa thuds his right hand into Alexandrov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Alexandrov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Alexandrov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexandrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Alexandrov ducks down to avoid it.
Murhaa is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Alexandrov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A decent looking cross lands there for Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alexandrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov tries to clinch
and Murhaa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alexandrov thinking.
Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Alexandrov's head but Alexandrov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phol Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Alexandrov moves into the clinch.
Murhaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Alexandrov tries for a takedown but Murhaa manages to get underhooks.
Alexandrov wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexey Alexandrov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov tries to stall but Murhaa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Alexandrov breaks the clinch.
Murhaa connects with a crisp jab.
Alexandrov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Alexandrov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alexandrov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Alexandrov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa digs a good hook to Alexandrov's body.
Alexandrov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murhaa has time to react.
Nice shot lands for Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alexandrov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murhaa, as that shot connected.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Alexandrov moved out of range.
Alexandrov misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Murhaa. That snapped Alexandrov's head back.
Alexandrov just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alexandrov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Alexandrov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexandrov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Alexandrov is rocked!
The fight stays on the outside here - Alexandrov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phol Murhaa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A punch lands to the side of Alexandrov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Alexandrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fighters circling - Alexandrov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Alexandrov avoids it with no problem.
Murhaa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alexandrov wants to clinch up but Murhaa keeps it at a distance.
Murhaa lands a jab to Alexandrov's midsection.
Murhaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murhaa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Murhaa wants it to stay on the feet.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alexandrov wants to clinch up but Murhaa keeps it at a distance.

Alexandrov looking to score a takedown here. Murhaa is defending well but Alexandrov drives through and ends up in Murhaa's guard.
Alexandrov postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murhaa trying to control the position here.
Murhaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murhaa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Murhaa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alexandrov postures up.
Alexandrov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Murhaa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Alexandrov distracts Murhaa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Alexandrov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alexandrov throwing strikes but missing.
Alexandrov is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov throwing strikes from guard but Murhaa blocks nicely.
Alexandrov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Murhaa managing to control the position.
Alexandrov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Alexandrov won't allow Murhaa to sweep him here.
Alexandrov throws a big right hand that misses.
Alexandrov won't allow Murhaa to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alexandrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Murhaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alexandrov throwing strikes from guard but Murhaa blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov is looking to pass into half guard but Murhaa pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Murhaa is in guard.

Murhaa is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Alexandrov 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.
Alexandrov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Murhaa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Murhaa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alexandrov is looking for a sweep. Murhaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Murhaa is stalling here. Alexandrov is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Murhaa seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Alexandrov has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Alexandrov in side control, throwing shots but Murhaa defends.
Alexandrov cracks Murhaa with a big right hand but Murhaa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Alexandrov scores with punches from side control.
Murhaa manages to get back to half guard.
Murhaa is looking to improve his position.
Murhaa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov wants to pass the guard but Murhaa is defending well.
Murhaa tries to roll over but Alexandrov keeps him under control.
Alexandrov slips a nice elbow through Murhaa's hands, connecting with Murhaa's forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alexandrov.
Murhaa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Murhaa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alexandrov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexey Alexandrov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A big right from Murhaa misses.
Alexandrov ducks right into an uppercut from Murhaa.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Alexandrov is looking to counter punch.
Alexandrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.

Alexandrov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Murhaa to the ground. Alexandrov is now in Murhaa's guard.

Murhaa manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Murhaa cracks a nice hook into Alexandrov's ribs.
Alexandrov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
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!

Alexandrov clinches up against the cage.
Alexandrov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Murhaa as the two fighters clinch.
Alexandrov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murhaa is keeping busy.
Alexandrov has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Alexandrov blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Murhaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Alexandrov misses the target.
Murhaa keeps the fight on the outside.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Alexandrov saw that one coming.
Murhaa drops his hands momentarily and Alexandrov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Phol Murhaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alexandrov swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Alexandrov tries to close the distance and clinch but Murhaa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murhaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Alexandrov lands with a right hand.
Alexandrov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Murhaa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alexandrov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Murhaa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Alexandrov somewhat.
Alexandrov ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a hook but Alexandrov avoids it easily.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alexandrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa swings for the body but Alexandrov moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alexandrov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Murhaa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alexandrov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Alexandrov wants to clinch up but Murhaa keeps it at a distance.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Alexandrov avoids it with no problem.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Alexandrov throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murhaa was covering up waiting for the punch and Alexandrov finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Alexandrov wants to pass the guard but Murhaa is keeping the position.
Murhaa controls Alexandrov momentarily but Alexandrov frees himself.
Alexandrov postures up and lands a big shot to Murhaa's brow.
Alexandrov throws a strike but Murhaa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Murhaa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa stays in close to Alexandrov's body and controls the position.
Alexandrov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murhaa is one step ahead there.
Alexandrov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

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.
Murhaa wants to control from the top but Alexandrov keeps moving.
Murhaa preventing the sweep.
Murhaa trying to control but Alexandrov is working from the bottom.
Murhaa looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Murhaa wanted to stand there but Alexandrov had control of the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Alexandrov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murhaa is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phol Murhaa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murhaa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phol Murhaa!