PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mercutio Benvolio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Murder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercutio Benvolio could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Frank Murder's chin.

Benvolio
vs
Murder

194 cm
22
183 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

182 cm
26
180 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercutio Benvolio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Murder!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murder misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benvolio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Benvolio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benvolio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murder lands the left hand.
Benvolio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murder. That did some damage!

Benvolio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benvolio tries to land knees in the clinch but Murder avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benvolio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murder.

It looks like Mercutio Benvolio has been cut.
Murder misses with an elbow over the top.
Murder effectively controlling the action here.
Benvolio trying to stall but Murder improves his position.
Murder avoids a wild elbow strike from Benvolio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvolio lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Frank Murder has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Murder throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benvolio blocks it with crossed arms.
Benvolio effectively controlling the action here.
Murder misses with a knee strike.
Benvolio lands a damaging elbow.
Benvolio dodges an elbow strike from Murder.
Murder looking to stall.
Benvolio is trying to stall.
Benvolio is struggling to control the position.
Benvolio misses with an elbow strike.
Murder throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murder lands a shoulder strike.
Murder misses with an elbow over the top.
Benvolio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Benvolio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benvolio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Benvolio blocks the elbow strike.
Murder lands a good knee to the midsection. Benvolio won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murder lands a nice elbow.
Benvolio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Murder.
Murder misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murder lands an elbow just above Benvolio 's eye.
Murder just leaning against Benvolio, taking a breather.
Murder missing with knees to the body.
Murder scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murder taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Benvolio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Benvolio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murder with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benvolio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murder missing with knees to the body.
Murder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Benvolio is trying to stall.
Benvolio misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Murder fails to land.
Murder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benvolio trying to control the position but instead, Murder has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benvolio into the cage.
Murder throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio is trying to maintain a safe position but Murder gets an underhook and turns Benvolio into the cage.
Murder blocks an elbow strike from Benvolio.
Murder throws an elbow that misses.
Murder misses with an elbow strike.
Benvolio stalling against the cage.
Benvolio avoids a wild elbow strike from Murder.
Benvolio just leaning against Murder, taking a breather.
Benvolio trying to land knees to the body.
Murder trying to land knees to the body.
Murder with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is keeping an eye on Murder - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murder is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benvolio is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Benvolio lands an elbow inside that Murder shrugs off.

That has opened up Frank Murder's cut even more.
Benvolio avoids a wild elbow strike from Murder.
Murder misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Murder dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A low kick from Murder misses
and Benvolio counters with a leg kick.
Benvolio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benvolio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murder throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benvolio throws a head kick but Murder moves out of range.
Murder throws a shot from downtown. Benvolio moves away and avoids it.
Benvolio thumps Murder with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Benvolio.
Murder throws a leg kick but Benvolio moved away.
Benvolio looks to clinch
and Murder counters with a nice uppercut.
Murder shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murder swings widly with a right hand
and Benvolio counters with a slapping leg kick.
Murder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benvolio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benvolio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murder thows a left - swing and a miss!

Benvolio has closed the distance and engaged Murder in a clinch.
Murder lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benvolio backwards.
Murder tries to land knees in the clinch but Benvolio avoids the damage to the body.
Benvolio slows down the pace here.
Murder is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benvolio is keeping busy.
Benvolio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Murder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murder taking a breather.
Murder missing with knees to the body.
Benvolio missing with knees to the body.
Murder is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benvolio is defending well for now.
Murder avoids the elbow strike from Benvolio, against the cage.
Murder misses with an elbow over the top.
Frank Murder seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benvolio pushes off an throws an elbow but Murder leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murder throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murder.
Benvolio takes an elbow to the temple.

Mercutio Benvolio's cut is getting worse.
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!
Benvolio trying to stall but Murder improves his position.
Murder scores with a shot to the side of Benvolio's head.
Murder being controlled against the cage.
Murder scores with a shot to the side of Benvolio's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio trying to stall but Murder improves his position.
Benvolio lands an elbow inside.
Benvolio blocks an elbow strike from Murder.
Benvolio avoiding damage as Murder throws knees to the body.
Benvolio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Benvolio.
Murder blocks an elbow strike.
Benvolio trying to stall but Murder improves his position.
Murder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murder takes an elbow to the temple.

The cut above Frank Murder's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murder as Benvolio tries to tie him up.
Murder controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Benvolio avoids a wild elbow strike from Murder.
Benvolio avoids the elbow strike from Murder, against the cage.
Murder taking a breather.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murder throws an elbow but it misses.
Murder using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benvolio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murder tries to land a knee to the head but Benvolio blocks with his arms.
Murder manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murder throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benvolio lands a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Benvolio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Murder will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Benvolio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Benvolio tries to clinch there but Murder circles away.
Murder fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benvolio is out of range.
Frank Murder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benvolio throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murder!
Benvolio looks to clinch
and Benvolio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murder lands a jab to the nose.
A head kick from Benvolio lands but Murder takes it in his stride.
Murder stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Benvolio slams his shin into Murder's torso.
Sloppy strikes from Murder. Those never looked like landing.
Benvolio fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murder throws a solid leg kick but Benvolio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murder.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benvolio.
Murder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benvolio slips a jab and a cross from Murder.
Benvolio misses with a body kick.
Benvolio blocks a leg kick.
A big right from Murder misses.
Benvolio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murder. That did some damage!
Benvolio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benvolio ducks under a wild hook from Murder.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murder, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benvolio closes the distance and clinches.
Murder is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benvolio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murder's defenses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murder as Benvolio tries to tie him up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benvolio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murder's brow.
Benvolio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murder throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benvolio avoids a wild elbow strike from Murder.
Benvolio avoids the elbow strike from Murder, against the cage.
Benvolio has Murder pushed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murder throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murder avoids the elbow strike from Benvolio, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murder managing to block the knees to the body from Benvolio.
Benvolio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murder lands an elbow inside.

Mercutio Benvolio's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benvolio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murder avoids it.
Murder avoiding damage as Benvolio throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benvolio avoids the elbow strike from Murder, against the cage.
Benvolio missing with knees to the body.
Murder blocks an elbow strike.
Murder lands a damaging elbow.
Benvolio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Jeez, Mercutio Benvolio's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Benvolio effectively controlling the action here.
Murder gets through Benvolio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murder looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio avoiding damage as Murder throws knees to the body.
Benvolio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murder as Benvolio tries to tie him up.
Benvolio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Murder's defenses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murder.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mercutio Benvolio's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Frank Murder!