PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matteo Boretti (ranked 193 p4p, 27 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 105 p4p, 14 weight class). Boretti kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boretti
vs
Murhaa

188 cm
26
203 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

185 cm
27
199 lbs
21 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Conviction

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 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Matteo Boretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boretti misses with a head kick.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A head kick misses from Murhaa.
Boretti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boretti throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa punishes Boretti's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Boretti misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa circles away from the clinch attempt
and Murhaa counters with a leg kick.
Murhaa has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Boretti is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Boretti tried to counter with a leg kick but Murhaa avoided it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Boretti.

Boretti clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boretti.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Boretti controls his hands.
Boretti digs a right hand into Murhaa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murhaa's gas tank.
I was talking to Boretti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Murhaa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boretti.
Murhaa tries a body shot but Boretti blocks it.

Boretti breaks the clinch.
Boretti throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Boretti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Boretti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Boretti uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Murhaa looks to move away, Boretti throws a big counter combo but Murhaa just gets out of the way.
Boretti throws a combination. Murhaa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boretti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murhaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boretti staying out of range there.
A low kick from Boretti is predictable there
and Boretti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick by Murhaa misses
and Boretti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boretti throws out the jab.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Boretti.
Boretti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boretti.
Murhaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boretti counters with a three punch combo that has Murhaa backing up. Murhaa nods at Boretti to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boretti misses with a double jab
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boretti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Boretti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Boretti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murhaa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boretti feints a jab promting Murhaa to slip. Boretti then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Murhaa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Matteo Boretti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Boretti.
Boretti takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murhaa defending well as Boretti loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Boretti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Boretti misses its intended target.
Murhaa tries to move into range but Boretti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boretti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boretti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boretti loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boretti misses with a right hand

and Murhaa moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matteo Boretti 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.

Boretti misses with a straight left.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Boretti throws a sloppy head kick
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Murhaa wants to counter the offense by Boretti and move into the clinch position.
Matteo Boretti is winning the standup battle so far.
Boretti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Boretti.
A left lands for Boretti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Boretti throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boretti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murhaa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boretti tries to clinch up.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Boretti finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Boretti misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Boretti throws an off balance right hand
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
and Boretti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boretti scores with a leg kick.
Boretti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murhaa misses with a hook to the body
and Boretti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boretti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boretti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Boretti avoids it with no problem.
Boretti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Boretti avoids it with no problem.
Boretti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boretti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boretti throws a lazy uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a right hand to the body.
Murhaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhaa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Boretti scores with a leg kick.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boretti manages to avoid it.
Boretti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boretti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Boretti.
Boretti looks to land a right hand but Murhaa moved out of range.
Murhaa connects with a body shot.
Murhaa wants to clinch up but Boretti keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Boretti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Boretti has Murhaa up against the cage in a clinch.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike.
Boretti misses with a punch to the body.
Boretti pushes Murhaa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Boretti.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
Boretti misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boretti lands an uppercut.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boretti.
Boretti misses with the head strike.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boretti has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa blocks a body shot from Boretti.
Boretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa cracks Boretti with a nice body shot.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike.
Murhaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borettis head.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Boretti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti scores with a shot to the side of Murhaa's head.
Boretti misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Boretti controls his hands.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matteo Boretti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boretti was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Boretti appears to be looking for a big counter.

Boretti closes the distance and pushes Murhaa back into the cage.
Boretti has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti misses with a punch to the body.
Boretti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Boretti back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Boretti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boretti has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Boretti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murhaa can do to turn this around?
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boretti or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Boretti scores with a hook to the body.
Boretti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murhaa is leaning against Boretti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boretti swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Boretti tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
A right hook to the body lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Murhaa.
Murhaa digs a right hand into Boretti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boretti's gas tank.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa digs a right hand underneath Boretti's ribcage. Boretti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhaa.
Murhaa presses Boretti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murhaa is leaning against Boretti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa presses Boretti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murhaa works on Boretti's body with a couple of short punches.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa tries to work over Boretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa is leaning against Boretti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murhaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murhaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murhaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Borettis head.
Boretti has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa digs a right hand into Boretti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boretti's gas tank.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a shot to the body.
Matteo Boretti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
A body shot lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murhaa.
A right hook to the body lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
Boretti throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa pushes Boretti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boretti backwards.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
Boretti lands a shoulder strike.
Murhaa scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boretti misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boretti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boretti.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa tries to work over Boretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boretti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boretti struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
Boretti lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boretti's elbow.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Boretti swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Boretti controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boretti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
Ispa Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boretti misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ispa Murhaa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boretti has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matteo Boretti!
Matteo Boretti bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.