PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 611 p4p, 85 weight class) and Emil Marinov (ranked 979 p4p, 133 weight class). Phol Murhaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murhaa
vs
Marinov

182 cm
41
188 lbs
43 - 15 - 4

192 cm
32
195 lbs
24 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Condemned

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 43 - 15 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Emil Marinov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marinov connects with a nice looking jab.
A cross from Marinov lands.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marinov.
Marinov throws a leg kick but Murhaa checks it.
Marinov wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Marinov misses with a double jab.
Marinov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murhaa with a jab.
Murhaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murhaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa throws the kick towards the body but Marinov avoids it.
Murhaa misses with a jab to the body
and Marinov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Marinov clinches up against the ropes.
Marinov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa takes a shot to the head.

Murhaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Murhaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marinov connects with a leg kick. Murhaa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Marinov saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Murhaa coming out on top.
A cross from Marinov lands.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marinov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marinov scores with a hook to the body. Murhaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Marinov is looking to slow Murhaa down with leg kicks.
Marinov moves in looking to clinch but Murhaa pushes him off.

Marinov drives through and clinches with Murhaa against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marinov tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Marinov back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Marinov fails to land.

Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marinov ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Marinov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Marinov.
Marinov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marinov throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Marinov scores with a punch to the head.
Emil Marinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marinov tries to clinch up.
Marinov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Marinov.
We've been told by Murhaa's head coaches at HWRP Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Marinov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Murhaa breaks the clinch.
Marinov moves in looking to clinch but Murhaa pushes him off.

Marinov moves into the clinch.
Marinov blocks a body shot from Murhaa.

Murhaa manages to break the clinch.
Marinov scores with a shot to the body.
Marinov moves in looking to clinch but Murhaa pushes him off.
Marinov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Murhaa.
Marinov cracks Murhaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A cross from Marinov lands.
Marinov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murhaa on the side of the head.
Murhaa throws a jab when Marinov was well out of range.

Marinov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marinov misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.

Murhaa breaks the clinch.
Murhaa throws a low kick but Marinov moves out of range easily.
Murhaa looks for the body kick but Marinov saw that one coming.

Marinov closes the distance and clinches.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marinov tries to clinch up but Murhaa circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa swings for the body but Marinov moves out of range.
Marinov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marinov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murhaa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marinov is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
Marinov misses with a head kick.
Marinov is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
Marinov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marinov was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Marinov ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa takes one to the chin there.
Marinov defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
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 Marinov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marinov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Marinov rushes Murhaa and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Marinov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa tries to work over Marinov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Marinov.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Marinov.
Murhaa walks into a stiff left hand from Marinov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emil Marinov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Murhaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marinov defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marinov! But no joy.
Marinov misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
Marinov avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa sets himself, and Marinov steps forward looking for the clinch! Murhaa avoids it this time.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa sets himself, and Marinov steps forward looking for the clinch! Murhaa avoids it this time.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Marinov counters with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marinov counters with a stiff right hand.
Marinov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marinov.

Marinov pushes Murhaa up against the ropes in a clinch.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Marinov just misses with a punch to the body.

Marinov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Marinov backwards.
Murhaa misses with some punches.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murhaa as Marinov tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marinov trying to stall but Murhaa improves his position.
Marinov blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Marinov backwards.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Marinov avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marinov.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Marinov swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Murhaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marinov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murhaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marinov tries to clinch up
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Marinov.
Marinov is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Marinov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marinov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murhaa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marinov lands with a hook. Murhaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marinov cracks Murhaa with a good jab.
Murhaa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marinov scores with a jab. Murhaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A head kick misses from Marinov.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Marinov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Murhaa.
Marinov throws a series of punches but Murhaa avoids them all with ease.
Murhaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murhaa misses with a hook.
Marinov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marinov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Marinov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Marinov.
Marinov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marinov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marinov throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Marinov ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marinov connects with the punch.
Marinov tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murhaa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Marinov forces Murhaa back against the ropes and clinches.
Murhaa trying to stall but Marinov improves his position.
Murhaa working hard to break the clinch.
Marinov pushes Murhaa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marinov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Murhaa cracks Marinov with an open hand slap.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marinov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Marinov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murhaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marinov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Murhaa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marinov counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marinov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murhaa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marinov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice combination there by Marinov.
Marinov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marinov cracks the inside of Murhaa's front leg.
Murhaa throws the left hand but Marinov avoids the punch easily.
Marinov throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marinov's sensitive parts.
Marinov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marinov scores with a punch to the head.
A head kick misses from Murhaa.
Marinov has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Marinov delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Marinov has closed the distance and engaged Murhaa in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emil Marinov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Marinov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Good leg kick by Marinov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murhaa misses with a hook.
Marinov lands with a right hand.
Marinov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marinov thuds a left hand into Murhaa's body.
Murhaa 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 moves out of range as Marinov strikes.
Marinov looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range.
It looked like Murhaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Emil Marinov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marinov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marinov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marinov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A good leg kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Marinov ducks down to avoid it.

Marinov forces Murhaa back against the ropes and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marinov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa blocks an elbow strike from Marinov.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Marinov blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marinov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marinov misses with a punch on the inside.
Marinov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
Marinov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
Marinov tries to land a knee to the head but Murhaa blocks with his arms.
Marinov wants to stall.
Murhaa is leaning against Marinov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marinov blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa gets through Marinov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Marinov.
Murhaa is looking to break free of the clinch but Marinov has double underhooks.
Marinov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marinov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!

Murhaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Marinov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murhaa, pushing him back against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marinov.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Marinov.
Nice elbow from Marinov.
Marinov lands a right hand.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Murhaa keeps the fight on the outside.
Marinov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Marinov wants to clinch.
Marinov wants to clinch.
Murhaa half committed to a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a wild body kick that Marinov sees coming a mile off.
Murhaa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Marinov throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Murhaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marinov is out of range.
Marinov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Marinov cracks Murhaa with a good jab.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marinov.
Murhaa dips to his left and cracks Marinov with an uppercut!
Marinov scores with a nice body kick.
Marinov is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A head kick by Marinov misses
and Murhaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marinov.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Marinov moves into the clinch.
Murhaa working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a nice uppercut.
Marinov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marinov prevents a body shot from Murhaa.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Phol Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emil Marinov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Marinov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marinov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marinov misses with some punches.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Marinov uses good head movement to avoid it.

Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Marinov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murhaas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Murhaa throws a front kick aimed at Marinov's knee but Marinov avoids it well.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Marinov moved out of range.
Marinov lands with a slapping head kick.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marinov.
Murhaa throws a hook but Marinov avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Emil Marinov.
Well Marinov has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emil Marinov!
Emil Marinov spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.