PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sven Bjorksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Murth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murth has chosen Enemy as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Bjorksen
vs
Murth

177 cm
26
194 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

180 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sven Bjorksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Murth!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjorksen throws the left hand but Murth avoids the punch easily.
Murth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bjorksen throws out the jab.
Murth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bjorksen.
A swing and a miss from Bjorksen.
Murth ducks under a wild hook from Bjorksen.
Bjorksen throws a right and a left that Murth avoids nicely.
Murth avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bjorksen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murth.
Murth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bjorksen tries to bum rush Murth with a series of wild strikes but Murth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bjorksen throws a jab when Murth was well out of range.
Murth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bjorksen misses with an uppercut. Murth saw that one coming.
Bjorksen misses with a two punch combination.
Murth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bjorksen throws out the jab.
Bjorksen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murth misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorksen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bjorksen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bjorksen misses with a double jab

so Murth counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Murth wants to control from the top but Bjorksen keeps moving.
Murth stops Bjorksen from standing up.

Murth drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bjorksen looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bjorksen looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bjorksen!
Bjorksen working away.
Murth tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murth is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murth is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bjorksen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Murth is trying to get back to full guard.
Bjorksen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Murth looking for submissions off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bjorksen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Adam Murth has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bjorksen misses with a hook to the body
letting Murth counter with a right hand.
Sven Bjorksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bjorksen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murth circles away quickly and effectively.
Bjorksen throws a lazy right hand but Murth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bjorksen throws a right and a left that Murth avoids nicely.
Bjorksen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Murth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bjorksen.
Bjorksen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murth counters with a stiff right hand.
Murth changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bjorksen tries to avoid it but Murth manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bjorksen to the ground. Bjorksen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sven Bjorksen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adam Murth.
Bjorksen throws the left hand but Murth avoids the punch easily.
Murth punishes Bjorksen's body with a nice straight punch.
Bjorksen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murth.
Bjorksen misses with an uppercut.
Bjorksen throws a hook but Murth blocks it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Murth.
Murth moves forwards but Bjorksen connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bjorksen looks to land a combination. Murth sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bjorksen misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Murth counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Murth is looking to advance position but Bjorksen won't allow it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murth works his way into full mount!
Murth wants to control the pace but Bjorksen is squirming around nicely.
Murth is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bjorksen is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sven Bjorksen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Murth's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bjorksen throws a body punch but Murth moves out of range.
Murth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bjorksen counters with a nice body shot.
Murth scores with a hook.
Bjorksen throws a series of strikes that have Murth backpedaling.
Bjorksen digs a good body shot into Murth's ribs.
Bjorksen misses with a wild combination.
Murth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bjorksen.
Bjorksen lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Murth falls backwards - clearly groggy! Bjorksen dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven Bjorksen!