PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuomas Murtomaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Murtomaki

175 cm
23
158 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

170 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tuomas Murtomaki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King moves into the clinch.
Murtomaki misses with some punches.
Murtomaki tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.

Murtomaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murtomaki swinging wildly here.
King throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
King slips a jab and a cross from Murtomaki.
A combination from Murtomaki does no damage.
Murtomaki throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King thumps Murtomaki with a low kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Murtomaki.
Murtomaki throws a right and a left that King avoids nicely.
Murtomaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Murtomaki misses with a two punch combination.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murtomaki avoids a kick to the body.
Murtomaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
King lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murtomaki's sensitive parts.
Murtomaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by King.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Murtomaki blocks an uppercut.
Murtomaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murtomaki backwards.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murtomaki is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murtomaki wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Murtomaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from King on the inside.

Murtomaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King with a nice cross.
Murtomaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - King coming out on top.
Murtomaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murtomaki falls off balance throwing a combination
and King counters with an inside leg kick.

King clinches up with Murtomaki and pushes him back against the cage.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murtomaki throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murtomaki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
King's corner calls for a 1-2. King obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
King lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murtomaki at a distance.
Murtomaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murtomaki tries to move into range but King moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
King uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murtomaki.
King throws a one two combo.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murtomaki misses with the combination.
King connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murtomaki. Murtomaki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
King shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murtomaki as he avoids it easily.

King rushes Murtomaki and presses him up against the cage.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murtomaki's efforts to push away.

Murtomaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King tries a low kick but Murtomaki avoids it.
Tuomas Murtomaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Murtomaki does it's job there.
A combination from Murtomaki does no damage.
Murtomaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King lands with a kick to the ribs.
King fails with a takedown attempt.
Murtomaki fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King lands a lovely overhand right.
Horrible takedown by King or perhaps it was just good defense by Murtomaki which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murtomaki throws a combination that misses
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Murtomaki does no damage.
King looks to throw the jab but Murtomaki is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King motions for Murtomaki to come forward. King throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
King scores with a nice head shot.
Murtomaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
King misses the jab.
A combination from Murtomaki does no damage.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
King slips under a jab from Murtomaki.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murtomaki throws a right and a left that both miss.
King shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tuomas Murtomaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murtomaki moves away from the strike by King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy King dominated that round.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some wild striking there from Murtomaki.
Murtomaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murtomaki defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
Donk. Murtomaki catches King right on the button with a cross.
Murtomaki throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King sizes up Murtomaki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Murtomaki throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Murtomaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murtomaki throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King scores with a hook.
Murtomaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

King scores with a takedown into Murtomaki's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Murtomaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Murtomaki pushes King off and scrambles back to his feet.
Murtomaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murtomaki pivots, looking for a leg kick but King is out of range and Murtomaki settles back down.
Murtomaki misses with a wild combination.
King scores with a nice head shot.
King fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Murtomaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
Murtomaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Murtomaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murtomaki is breathing heavily.

King fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Murtomaki sprawls well initially but King persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
King is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Murtomaki is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King stops Murtomaki from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from King there.
Murtomaki is trying to stand.
King is nestled in close to Murtomaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King winds up and cracks Murtomaki with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Murtomaki is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.
King looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murtomaki wants to get back to his feet.
King is trying to control. Murtomaki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
King thows a huge punch but Murtomaki dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is nestled in close to Murtomaki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King throwing shots but Murtomaki is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from King.
Murtomaki makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Murtomaki.
Murtomaki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murtomaki throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
King is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
King has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Murtomaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in King's guard.
Murtomaki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
King has a closed guard, preventing Murtomaki from standing up.
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murtomaki on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murtomaki wants to pass the guard but King is keeping the position.
King looking for a sweep. Not yet King, not yet.
Jimmy King overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King keeping full guard, as Murtomaki tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murtomaki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of King is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jimmy King will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Murtomaki defends well against a solid takedown attempt from King.
A telegraphed right hand from Murtomaki misses the target.

King closes the distance and clinches.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King tries to throw a body punch but Murtomaki avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murtomaki is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
Murtomaki wants to break free but King has control.
Murtomaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Murtomaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murtomaki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Murtomaki swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murtomaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jimmy King is winning the standup battle so far.
King tries to clinch up but Murtomaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from King. Murtomaki shrugs it off though.
King slips under a jab.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murtomaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
King slips a jab and a cross from Murtomaki.
Murtomaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murtomaki looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
Murtomaki wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Murtomaki throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease.
King lands a leg kick that knocks Murtomaki off balance momentarily.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slapping leg kick lands for King.
King dodges the punch combination from Murtomaki.
Murtomaki throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King closes the distance and clinches.
King working aggressively here.
Murtomaki tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
Murtomaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the cage.
Murtomaki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Murtomaki lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murtomaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.

King looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Murtomaki tries to kick King off but King keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tuomas Murtomaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King is trying to control the action in half guard but Murtomaki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Murtomaki has hold of King's hands but King slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is keen to just control but Murtomaki is a slippery customer.
Murtomaki looks like he's trying to stand up.
King thows a huge punch but Murtomaki dodges it nicely.
Murtomaki is trying to stand up here but King is controlling him well.
King working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Murtomaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
King tries to pass to full mount but Murtomaki defends it.
Murtomaki is trying to stand back up but King is controlling him
Murtomaki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
Murtomaki pushes King off looking to stand but King dives back in and keeps control.
King missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King prevents Murtomaki from standing back up.
King working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Murtomaki is looking to escape.
Murtomaki is not content to let King control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King working over Murtomaki with some ground and pound. Murtomaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King working over Murtomaki with some ground and pound. Murtomaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from King there.
King working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Murtomaki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from King there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy King showed his dominance in that final round.
Well King has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy King!