PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Li Gong (ranked 1615 p4p, 1109 weight class) and Malig Murskaa (ranked 147 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gong
vs
Murskaa

173 cm
22
146
6 - 2 - 0

178 cm
24
158
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Li Gong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Malig Murskaa!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murskaa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murskaa thinking.
Murskaa tries to clinch but Gong is having none of it.
Murskaa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murskaa throws a hook but Gong avoids it easily.
Gong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murskaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gong misses with a hook
and Murskaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murskaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gong 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.
Murskaa defending well as Gong loads up on a big left hand.
Gong looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gong throws a body shot but no joy.
Murskaa slips a jab from Gong.
Murskaa throws out a counter right but Gong avoids it with no problem.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murskaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Murskaa misses.
Murskaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gong was well out of range. Poor timing from Murskaa.
Murskaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murskaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murskaa throws a hook but Gong avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Gong throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murskaa tries to work over Gong's front leg with a kick but Gong checks it.
Murskaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Gong should have avoided that one.
Gong lands with a nice body punch.
Gong scores with a nice body kick.
Murskaa avoids the body shot from Gong.
Murskaa misses with a straight right.

Murskaa drives through and clinches with Gong against the cage.
Murskaa has Gong pressed against the cage, preventing Gong from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murskaa tries to work over Gong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murskaa scores with a shot to the side of Gong's head.
Murskaa avoiding damage.

Murskaa jumps into guard, dragging Gong to the mat.
Murskaa being controlled here, momentarily.

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

Gong avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Gong gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gong misses the jab.
Murskaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Gong.
Murskaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murskaa loads up on a big right hand but Gong slips the punch.
Gong is looking to counter punch.
Murskaa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Gong.
Murskaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Murskaa clinches up with Gong and pushes him back against the cage.
Gong misses with a punch on the inside.
Murskaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gong's elbow.
Gong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murskaa digs a right hand underneath Gong's ribcage. Gong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murskaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gong's elbow.
Murskaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murskaa misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gong content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Gong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murskaa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murskaa dips to his left and cracks Gong with an uppercut!
Murskaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gong moves away.
Murskaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murskaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murskaa manages to avoid it.
Murskaa throws a leg kick but Gong checks it.
Murskaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murskaa jabs Gong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Gong gets tackled into the cage by Murskaa. Murskaa maintains the clinch.
Gong throws a punch but it's blocked by Murskaa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gong lands with a right to the head.
Gong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murskaa stalling in the clinch but Gong improves position.
Murskaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murskaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murskaa misses with the head strike.
Gong is trying to break the clinch but Murskaa has him pressed against the cage.
Murskaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gong avoids it.
A short right from Gong.
Gong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murskaa misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gong.

Gong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murskaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gong scores with a hook.
Murskaa has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Gong looks to land a right hand but Murskaa moved out of range.
Murskaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murskaa throws a body punch but Gong moves out of range.
Gong lands a nice shot that snaps Murskaa's head back.
Gong misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Malig Murskaa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Gong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murskaa connects with a body shot that sends Gong's belly button to the back.
Gong misses with a straight right.
Murskaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murskaa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gong can pounce on him.
Gong gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gong throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murskaa lunges at Gong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gong's hand.
Murskaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gong.
Murskaa cracks Gong with an open hand slap.
Murskaa 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.
Gong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murskaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheers as Gong lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murskaa doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Murskaa catches Gong right on the button with a cross.
Murskaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gong connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murskaa scrambles back to his feet.
Murskaa moves out of range of the body kick.
Murskaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jab from Gong.
Gong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murskaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Malig Murskaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murskaa's corner calls for a 1-2. Murskaa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murskaa tries a low kick but Gong avoids it.
Murskaa slips a jab from Gong.
Murskaa drops his hands momentarily and Gong takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gong moves out of range as Murskaa strikes.
Murskaa staying out of range there.
Murskaa throws a right hand that misses
and Gong counters with a nice body shot.
Murskaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gong.

Gong tries to keep at a distance but Murskaa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murskaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gong tries to throw a body punch but Murskaa avoids it by throwing Gong back against the cage.
Murskaa misses with a punch on the inside.
Murskaa keeps control of Gong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Gong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murskaa lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murskaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murskaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gong ducks under a wild hook from Murskaa.
Murskaa connects with a solid leg kick.
Gong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murskaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Murskaa has Gong up against the cage in a clinch.
Murskaa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gong walks away with a smile on his face. Murskaa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A head kick misses from Murskaa.
Gong swings for the body but Murskaa moves out of range.
Murskaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gong.
Murskaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murskaa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gong looks to score with a jab to the body but Murskaa is just out of range.
Gong looks to throw the jab but Murskaa is out of range.
Gong swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gong lands the left hand.
Gong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murskaa.
Gong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murskaa lands a lovely overhand right.
Gong connects with a single shot there.
Murskaa moves out of range as Gong strikes.
Murskaa throws out a powerful jab.
Gong throws a leg kick but Murskaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murskaa throws a head kick that misses
and Gong makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gong dips to his left and cracks Murskaa with an uppercut!
Gong misses with a right hand
and Murskaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Gong throws a body punch but Murskaa moves out of range.
Murskaa misses the shot to the body.
Murskaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Gong finds it's way through Murskaa's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gong scores with a kick to the body.
Murskaa throws a shot from downtown. Gong moves away and avoids it.
Gong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murskaa.
Murskaa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gong counters with a left to the body.
Murskaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gong.
Murskaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gong.
Gong slips a straight right by Murskaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gong. Murskaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gong throws a chopping leg kick but Murskaa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gong throws a body punch but Murskaa moves out of range.
Gong moves away from the strike by Murskaa.
Gong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murskaa.
Murskaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gong.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murskaa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murskaa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from Murskaa misses its intended target.
Murskaa tries to score with a low kick but Gong moves his leg out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Li Gong dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Murskaa loads up on a big right hand but Gong slips the punch.
Murskaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murskaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Murskaa staying out of range there.
A low kick lands for Murskaa.
Gong lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab lands there for Gong.

Murskaa is rocked!
Gong finds Murskaa's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Murskaa flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Gong lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Murskaa will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Li Gong!