PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Murhaa (ranked 1178 p4p, 151 weight class) and Jerome Steel (ranked 1065 p4p, 137 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murhaa
vs
Steel

199 cm
26
292 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

196 cm
26
279 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Steel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Murhaa moves into the clinch.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Steel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steel misses with a body punch.
Steel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Murhaa or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Steel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Murhaa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa digs a right hand into Steel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Steel's gas tank.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
Steel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A body shot lands from Murhaa.

Steel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Murhaa has closed the distance and engaged Steel in a clinch.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa has Steel pressed against the cage, preventing Steel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murhaa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steel tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Steel has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Murhaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much 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!
A short uppercut from Steel.
Steel misses with the head strike.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Steel tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhaa.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Steel looks winded!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Murhaa gets through Steel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Steel or not.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Murhaa gets through Steel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Steel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Murhaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
I was talking to Murhaa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murhaa cracks Steel with a nice body shot.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa pushes Steel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa lands a nice uppercut.
Murhaa lands a body punch.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Murhaa lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Murhaa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Murhaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
A short left from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steel blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Good body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
Murhaa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steels head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Murhaa scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Murhaa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Good shot there by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steel can do to turn this around?
Steel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murhaa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steel doesn't seem bothered though.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Murhaa closes the distance and clinches.
Murhaa lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Murhaa.
A short right from Murhaa on the inside.

Steel is rocked!
Steel is breathing heavily.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Steel is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhaa finish him?
Murhaa unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Steel! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Murhaa is unloading with more strikes now! Steel drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Murhaa!