PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petro Poroshenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murdo Murchison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Poroshenko
vs
Murchison

190 cm
24
265 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

196 cm
27
276 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petro Poroshenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Murdo Murchison!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murchison misses with a double jab

and Poroshenko counters with a shoot takedown. Murchison fights it but they end up in guard.
Murchison wants to stand and escape but Poroshenko is having none of it.
Poroshenko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Poroshenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Poroshenko landing some decent shots from guard.
Murchison wants to stand up but Poroshenko is controlling him.
Poroshenko throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poroshenko stops Murchison from standing up.
Poroshenko lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Murchison pushes Poroshenko off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Murchison wants to land a leg kick but Poroshenko is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murchison throws a leg kick

and Poroshenko counters with a single leg into guard. Murchison didn't expect that.
Poroshenko cracks Murchison with a solid left hand.
Poroshenko distracts Murchison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Poroshenko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Poroshenko is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Russian Top Team Elite Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Murchison manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Murchison throws an off balance right hand
and Murchison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poroshenko moves out of range of the leg kick from Murchison.
Poroshenko appears to be looking for a big counter.
Murchison misses with a double jab
and Poroshenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poroshenko shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Petro Poroshenko has been cut.
Poroshenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murchison throws out the jab.
Murchison misses with a hook
and Poroshenko counters with a two punch combo.
Murchison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poroshenko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murchison misses with a hook.
Murchison looks to land a right hand but Poroshenko moved out of range.
Murchison throws a poor cross that misses
and Poroshenko counters with a one-two to the body.
Murchison misses with a few strikes there.
Poroshenko swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Poroshenko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murchison throws a leg kick

and Poroshenko counters by moving into the clinch.
Poroshenko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murchison gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murchison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murchison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Poroshenko.

Poroshenko lands a takedown into guard.
Poroshenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Murchison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murchison utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poroshenko chips away with some ground and pound.

Murchison scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Murdo Murchison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murchison throws a nice outside leg kick.

Poroshenko shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Poroshenko showed some decent athleticism there.
Poroshenko working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Murchison taking some punishment here, with Poroshenko in his half guard.

Murchison manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Poroshenko keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murchison tries to break the clinch but Poroshenko is controlling the position.
Murchison is trying to break the clinch but Poroshenko has him pressed against the cage.
Murchison looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Murchison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murchison lands with a cross.
Murdo Murchison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poroshenko shoots in looking for a takedown but Murchison manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Poroshenko's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petro Poroshenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murchison throws a right hand that misses

and Poroshenko counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Murchison prevents the takedown attempt.
Murchison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Poroshenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poroshenko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murchison.
Murchison lands a jab to the nose.
Murchison throws a big shot that misses.
Poroshenko appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Murchison misses with a hook. Poroshenko ducked under it nicely.
Murchison misses with a looping right.
Murchison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poroshenko fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murchison just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poroshenko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murchison.
As Murchison looks to move away, Poroshenko throws a big counter combo but Murchison just gets out of the way.
Poroshenko is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murchison throws a lazy uppercut
and Poroshenko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Petro Poroshenko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Petro Poroshenko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Murchison throws a combination that misses

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Poroshenko counters by moving into the clinch.
Poroshenko wants a takedown.
Murchison wants to get back to striking at distance but Poroshenko won't allow it.
Murchison stops a takedown attempt from Poroshenko.
Murchison is pressed up against the cage. Poroshenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Murchison down to the mat. Murchison avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petro Poroshenko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murchison throws a leg kick
and Poroshenko counters with a nice uppercut.
Poroshenko slips under a jab from Murchison.
Murchison misses with a leg kick

and Poroshenko counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Poroshenko.
Poroshenko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murchison's head.
Poroshenko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Poroshenko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Poroshenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Poroshenko postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Poroshenko working some strikes from top position.

Murchison is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murchison tries to break the clinch but Poroshenko is controlling the position.
Murchison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murchison has had enough of the clinch but Poroshenko keeps him there for the moment.
Murchison tries to break the clinch but Poroshenko is controlling the position.
Poroshenko is working for takedown but Murchison is calmly controlling the position for now.

Poroshenko is trying to trip Murchison. He has hold of a leg but Murchison is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Poroshenko persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Murchison uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Murchison does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Poroshenko tries to counter by clinching up but Murchison breaks away and moves out of range.
Murchison misses with a lunging right hand

and Poroshenko counters with a single leg into guard. Murchison didn't expect that.
Poroshenko connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poroshenko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Poroshenko scoring with some ground and pound.
Poroshenko won't allow Murchison to get back to his feet.
Poroshenko is looking to work some ground and pound but Murchison has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murchison wriggles free and stands up.
Murchison throws a left and a right that both miss

and Poroshenko counters by clinching up.
Murchison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Murchison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murchison misses with a hook
and Poroshenko counters with a left and a right that stings Murchison.
Murchison misses with the combination.
Poroshenko tries to counter with a takedown but Murchison is quick to defend against it.
Murchison getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Poroshenko defending well as Murchison loads up on a big left hand.
Murchison misses with an uppercut

and Poroshenko counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murchison wants to get back to his feet.
Poroshenko working Murchison over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murchison wants to get back to his feet.
Poroshenko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Poroshenko lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Murchison tries to kick Poroshenko off in order to stand up. Poroshenko Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Poroshenko landing strikes.
Murchison takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Petro Poroshenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poroshenko lands a nice forearm strike.

Murchison is rocked!
Poroshenko scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Murchison is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Poroshenko can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Petro Poroshenko!