PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Coton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilya Murometz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coton
vs
Murometz

190 cm
31
278 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

195 cm
31
280 lbs
25 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jamie Coton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilya Murometz!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coton throws a head kick but Murometz moves out of range.
Murometz is looking to clinch.
Murometz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Coton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coton thows a body shot but no joy.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murometz avoids the body shot from Coton.
Nice shot by Coton.
Murometz scores with a jab. Coton acknowledges it with a nod of 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!
Coton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been hearing reports that Coton has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Coton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murometz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murometz.
Murometz walks into a stiff left hand from Coton.
Coton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murometz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murometz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Coton.
Murometz checks a leg kick nicely.
Murometz wants to clinch.
Murometz throws a hook to the side of Coton's head but Coton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coton takes a swing at Murometz's ribcage but misses.
Murometz missing with a left hand there. Coton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coton scores with a nice strike.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.

Coton clinches up against the cage.
Coton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murometz.
Coton swings wildly with an uppercut but Murometz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz lands with a light punch inside.
Coton keeps control of Murometz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz defending well as Coton loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coton's corner calls for a 1-2. Coton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A low kick from Coton misses
and Murometz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Coton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murometz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Coton.

Coton closes the distance and clinches.
Coton is struggling to control the position.
Coton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murometz is defending well for now.

Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz swings for the body but Coton moves out of range.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jamie Coton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murometz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coton lands a glancing blow to the side of Murometz's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Coton!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murometz tries to keep at a distance but Coton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murometz is trying to break free.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Murometz fails to land.

Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coton takes a swing at Murometz's ribcage but misses.
Murometz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murometz throws a jab when Coton was well out of range.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murometz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coton tries to clinch up.
Coton just misses with a punch to the body.
Murometz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton throws a leg kick but Murometz checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coton.
Murometz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Coton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murometz scrambles back to his feet.

Coton closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Murometz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Coton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murometz can turn it around.
Murometz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coton tries a body shot but Murometz blocks it.

Murometz breaks the clinch.
Coton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coton tries to clinch
and Murometz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murometz moves in looking to clinch but Coton pushes him off.
Coton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murometz throws out the jab.
Murometz connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Coton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Coton throws a lazy right hand but Murometz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coton.
Coton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coton swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Coton clinches.
Coton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murometz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Murometz breaks the clinch.
Murometz moves in looking to clinch but Coton pushes him off.
Coton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.
Coton ducks under a wild hook from Murometz.
Murometz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Coton instigates a clinch.
Murometz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coton working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murometz swings wildly with an uppercut but Coton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz struggles to land a body shot inside as Coton controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Murometz avoiding damage as Coton throws knees to the body.
Coton stalling in the clinch.
Murometz misses with a punch to the body.
Coton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murometz wants to stall.
Coton misses with a knee strike.
Coton tries to stall but Murometz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Coton as Murometz tries to tie him up.

Murometz breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coton throws a shot from downtown. Murometz moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coton, right into the meat.

Coton rushes Murometz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Coton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murometz is defending well for now.
Coton lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murometz is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Coton throws an elbow but misses.

Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coton paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Coton rushes Murometz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murometz wants to break free but Coton has control.

Murometz breaks the clinch.
Coton swats away the attempt to clinch by Murometz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murometz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton doesn't manage to clinch there - Murometz circles away.
Coton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murometz tries to close the distance and clinch but Coton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murometz is looking to clinch but Coton is avoiding it.
Murometz throws a hook but Coton blocks it.
Murometz tries to clinch up.
Murometz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Coton connects with a right hand. Murometz shakes it off.
Murometz slips a jab from Coton.
Coton swings for the body but Murometz moves out of range.
Murometz lands a nice shot to the body.
Murometz moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz tries to clinch but Coton moves out of range.
Coton wants to clinch.
Jamie Coton is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murometz connects with a body shot that sends Coton's belly button to the back.
Murometz moves out of range of the strikes.

Coton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murometz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Coton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murometz blocks it with crossed arms.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
Murometz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murometz is stalling here.
Murometz blocking some punches.
Murometz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Coton dominated that second round.
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!

Coton defending well as Murometz loads up on a big left hand.
Coton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coton.
Murometz misses the jab.
Coton throws a right hand that Murometz ducks under and follows up with a left that Murometz also avoids with ease.
Murometz tries to clinch but Coton is having none of it.
Murometz keeps the fight on the outside.
Coton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Coton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murometz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murometz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Coton keeps the fight on the outside.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coton.
Coton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murometz.
Coton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murometz was well out of range. Poor timing from Coton.
Coton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coton throws a leg kick but Murometz sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murometz, as that shot connected.
Coton circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Coton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Coton clinches with his opponent.
Murometz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Coton has him pressed against the cage.
Coton tries to work over Murometz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murometz looking to stall.
Murometz working hard to break the clinch.
Murometz swings wildly with an uppercut but Coton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murometz tries to break the clinch but Coton is controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murometz tries to circle away but Coton has him pinned against the cage.
Murometz blocking some punches.
Ilya Murometz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murometz is trying to force a seperation but Coton has the dominant position.
Murometz dodges an elbow strike from Coton.
Murometz has Coton pushed against the cage.
Jamie Coton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.
Coton tries to throw a body punch but Murometz avoids it by throwing Coton back against the cage.
Murometz working hard to break the clinch.
Murometz blocks an elbow strike.
Murometz scores with a hook to the body.
Murometz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coton or not.
Murometz wants to break free but Coton has control.
Murometz misses with some punches.
Coton tries to land knees in the clinch but Murometz avoids the damage to the body.

Murometz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Coton clinches up with Murometz and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murometz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murometz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Coton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murometz backwards.
Coton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short left from Murometz.
Murometz wants to get back to striking at distance but Coton won't allow it.
Murometz blocks an elbow strike.
Murometz tries to work over Coton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murometz lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murometz.
Coton blocks a body shot from Murometz.

Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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!
The fighters circling - Coton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Coton is looking to clinch but Murometz is avoiding it.
Coton misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Murometz gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Murometz manages to break the clinch.
Murometz keeps the fight on the outside.
Coton misses with a low kick as Murometz jumps back.
Murometz cracks a nice hook into Coton's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Murometz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Coton misses

and Murometz counters with a crisp right hand that drops Coton! Murometz lets Coton back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

It looks like Jamie Coton has been cut.
Coton lands a jab to the nose.
Murometz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Coton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murometz dodges the punch combination from Coton.
Murometz lands a glancing blow to the side of Coton's head.
Coton lands a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ilya Murometz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Coton 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Coton!
Jamie Coton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.