PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chara Zaad (ranked 2533 p4p, 337 weight class) and King Murhaa (ranked 2962 p4p, 382 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Zaad
vs
Murhaa

192 cm
24
210 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

188 cm
23
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chara Zaad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaad scores with a hook.
Murhaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zaad throws a series of strikes that have Murhaa backpedaling.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaad swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa shoots in but Zaad avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zaad lands a glancing blow to the side of Murhaa's head.
Decent striking displayed by Murhaa there.

Murhaa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Zaad is trying to defend but Murhaa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaad gets back to full guard.
Zaad on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Zaad tries to get out of the position.
Murhaa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murhaa advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaad is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zaad is working hard here to advance position.
Murhaa fails to take his opponent's back.
Murhaa content just to control the position here.
Murhaa's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Zaad has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Zaad keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Zaad tries to control Murhaa's body but Murhaa pushes him off. Zaad squirms to his side and now Murhaa has his back!
Murhaa is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
It looks like Murhaa might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Murhaa.

Murhaa is cranking Zaad's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Zaad! He's tightened the choke and Zaad is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). King Murhaa!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, King Murhaa made sure he mentioned Bullet Proof System, along with how happy he was to win his fight.