PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manco Unknown (ranked 493 p4p, 992 weight class) and Ispa Murska (ranked 64 p4p, 132 weight class). Unknown comes to the cage accompanied by Ennio Morricone. Ispa Murska has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Manco Unknown's chin.

Unknown
vs
Murska

185 cm
23
185
11 - 3 - 1

181 cm
23
190
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

MKFC
Hardcore Alchemy

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Manco Unknown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ispa Murska!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murska moves to clinch but Unknown breaks away
letting Unknown counter with a right hand.
Murska swings away with a body shot that misses
and Unknown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Ispa Murska has been cut.

Murska gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Unknown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murska doesn't manage to clinch there - Unknown circles away.

Murska moves into range and clinches up with Unknown.
Murska blocks an uppercut.

Unknown has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Murska uses from the top position.

Unknown escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Murska gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Unknown has his foot on Murska's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Murska works his way back into a safe position though.
Murska is looking to stand up but Unknown won't let him.

Unknown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Murska has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Unknown is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unknown looking to control.
Murska wants to stand but Unknown is controlling his posture from full guard.

Unknown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murska preventing the sweep.

Unknown looking for a guillotine here but Murska defends easily.
Unknown has a closed guard, preventing Murska from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Murska wants to stand and escape but instead Unknown has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Unknown works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Murska wants to get back to his feet.

Unknown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Unknown wants to work for an arm triangle but Murska is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Unknown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Murska sees it coming and defends easily.
Unknown tries to pass the half guard into mount. Murska knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Murska pushes Unknown off looking to stand but Unknown dives back in and keeps control.

Unknown wants to work for an arm triangle but Murska is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Unknown is looking to stall here but Murska recovers full guard.
Unknown trying to control but Murska is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Unknown tries to free his leg and advance position but Murska is retaining full guard.
Unknown sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Murska's guard.
Unknown tries to pass the half guard into mount. Murska knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Unknown is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Unknown not doing much here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Murska is defending against the submission attempts here by Unknown.

Unknown seems to be looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Manco Unknown dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ispa Murska's cut.
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.

Murska instigates a clinch.
Murska misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Murska as the two fighters clinch.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murska.
Unknown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Unknown jumps guard but Murska stands there with Unknown around his waist. Unknown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Unknown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Unknown misses with a hook from the clinch.

Unknown breaks from the clinch.
Murska tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Murska rushes Unknown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Unknown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.
Murska misses with a body punch.
Murska scores with a hook to the body.
Murska misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Murska on the inside.
Unknown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murska's elbow.
Murska lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Unknown takes a shot to the head.
Murska fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Unknown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Unknown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Unknown fails to land.
Unknown tries to pull guard but Murska won't allow it.
Murska misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Murska.
Unknown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murska backwards.
Murska lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Unknown throws a punch but it's blocked by Murska.
Unknown has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.
Murska working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Unknown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murska lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Unknown backwards.

Unknown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murska slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unknown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Unknown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Unknown misses the target.

Murska moves into range and clinches up with Unknown.
Murska has a couple of punches blocked by Unknown.
Unknown looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Unknown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Unknown throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Murska.
Unknown throws an elbow that misses.
Unknown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Unknown pushes Murska back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Unknown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Unknown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murska walks away with a smile on his face. Unknown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manco Unknown. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Murska clinches.
Murska misses with the head strike.
Murska throws a head punch that misses.
Unknown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murska digs a right hand into Unknown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Unknown's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska scores with a shoulder strike.

Unknown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murska moves in looking to clinch but Unknown pushes him off.
Murska tries to clinch up but Unknown circles away and keeps his distance.
Murska on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Murska tries to clinch
and Unknown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murska blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Murska misses.

Murska has closed the distance and engaged Unknown in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Unknown.
Murska misses with a punch on the inside.

Unknown manages to pull guard.
Murska trying to stand up but can't free himself from Unknown's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Unknown has his foot on Murska's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Murska works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murska wanted to stand there but Unknown had control of the position.
Manco Unknown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Murska avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Murska has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Unknown is proving hard to escape from.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Unknown is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Unknown is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Unknown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ispa Murska will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ispa Murska's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Murska closes the distance looking to clinch
and Unknown counters with a nice body shot.

Murska moves into the clinch.
Unknown prevents a body shot from Murska.
Ispa Murska seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Murska.
Murska misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murska.
Unknown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Unknown blocking some punches.
Unknown misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murska lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murska blocks a body shot from Unknown.
Unknown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murska misses with a punch on the inside.
Murska lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murska blocks a body shot from Unknown.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Unknown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murska lands a slapping body shot.

Murska drives through and clinches with Unknown against the cage.
Unknown is trying to break the clinch but Murska has him pressed against the cage.
Unknown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Unknown.
Unknown connects with a knee to the head.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murska.
Murska misses with some punches.
Unknown struggles to land a body shot inside as Murska controls his hands.
Unknown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Unknown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murska has him pressed against the cage.
Unknown prevents a body shot from Murska.
Unknown blocks an uppercut.

Unknown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murska scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murska moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murska misses with a punch on the inside.
Murska lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murska pushes Unknown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murska lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Unknown fails to land.
Unknown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Unknown.
Murska pushes Unknown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murska lands a shoulder strike.
Murska misses with some punches.
Murska misses with the head strike.
Murska misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murska misses with some punches.

Unknown pulls guard effortlessly.
Unknown has a closed guard, preventing Murska from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Unknown escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Murska gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Unknown looking for a guillotine here but Murska defends easily.
Murska is looking to stand up but Unknown won't let him.

Unknown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Murska can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Murska wanted to stand there but Unknown had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Murska wants to clinch.

Murska rushes Unknown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murska lands a nice uppercut.
Unknown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Unknown tries to break free but Murska pushes him back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murska.
Unknown has a couple of punches blocked by Murska.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ispa Murska comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murska has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ispa Murska!
Our winner, Ispa Murska, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.