PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balig Murska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake comes to the cage accompanied by Battle for Asgard. Murska is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Perhosveitsi-Heikki & Lika-Aki - Aakkoset. Balig Murska told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Blake
vs
Murska

192 cm
32
210 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

189 cm
29
215 lbs
24 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Convicted Trap House

Sex Panther Supplements!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Balig Murska!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murska throws a jab when Blake was well out of range.
Blake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big left from Blake misses.
Murska throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blake blocks a head kick by Murska.
Balig Murska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murska throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blake gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Murska counters with an outside leg kick.
Blake throws a body punch but Murska moves out of range.
Blake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murska was well out of range. Poor timing from Blake.
A head kick from Murska lands but Blake takes it in his stride.

It looks like Donald Blake has been cut.
Blake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Blake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murska can pounce on him.
Blake lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murska throws a chopping leg kick but Blake manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Blake connects with an inside leg kick.
Blake works Murska's body with a nice hook.
Murska turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murska.
Blake avoids the head kick by Murska.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blake was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
Blake misses the shot to the body.
Blake avoids the body shot from Murska.
Murska will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blake. That's going to slow Murska down.
Blake moves out of range of the leg kick from Murska.
Good leg kick by Blake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murska misses with a leg kick
and Blake counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murska looks to land a left hand but Blake moved out of range nicely.
Murska scores with a head kick. Blake tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blake shoots in looking for a takedown but Murska manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blake's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Blake swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Murska looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake scores with a hook to the body. Murska takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blake scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murska doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Murska. Those never looked like landing.
Blake fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blake.
Murska misses with a leg kick.
Murska's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Blake connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murska scrambles back to his feet.
Blake missing with a left hand there. Murska was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blake checks the leg kick.
Murska lands a nice looking body shot.
Murska misses with a wild body shot.
Blake lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Balig Murska has been cut.
Blake pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murska is out of range and Blake settles back down.
Murska pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska throws a chopping leg kick but Blake manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A low kick from Murska is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murska connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murska finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murska displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blake throws out the jab.
Blake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murska slips a jab from Blake.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blake.
Murska lands with a shot to the body.
Murska tries to work over Blake's front leg with a kick but Blake checks it.
Blake blocks a head kick by Murska.
Murska takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Murska looks winded!
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 looping hook to the body misses from Blake. Murska does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blake blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake checks the leg kick.
Jab, jab by Blake - just one landing.
Murska has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blake.
Murska looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blake connects with a solid leg kick.
Blake shoots in looking for a takedown but Murska manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blake's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Murska throws a low kick but Blake avoids it.
Blake throws a jab when Murska was well out of range.
Blake scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Blake swings for the body but Murska moves out of range.
Blake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blake misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murska avoids a kick to the body.
Murska listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blake wants to land a leg kick but Murska is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Blake dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Murska misses with a head kick.
Donald Blake is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Blake misses its intended target.
Murska connects with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blake.
Murska throws a leg kick
and Blake counters with a straight right hand.
Blake has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murska.
Murska swings for the body but Blake moves out of range.
Blake looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murska misses with a hook.
Blake misses with a body kick.
Blake misses with a low kick.
Blake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Blake throws a nice looking combination but Murska bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blake lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blake's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murska under the eye.
Murska's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake checks the leg kick.
Murska misses with a few strikes there.
Blake thumps Murska with a low kick.
Blake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murska counters with a head kick.
Blake just misses with a punch to the body.
Blake dodges the punch combination from Murska.
Blake blocks the body kick.
Blake shoots in but no luck this time.
Blake thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murska if he has to take too many more of those.
Murska blocks a jab.
Blake avoids the body shot from Murska.
Blake checks a low kick from Murska.
Murska waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake cracks a nice hook into Murska's ribs.
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!
Murska throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murska fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murska throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blake scores with a jab.
Murska buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murska keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Murska misses with a hook. Blake ducked under it nicely.
Blake throws a low kick, looking for Murska's leg but Murska calmly moves out of range.
Blake misses with a kick to the body.
Murska gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Murska throws a jab when Blake was well out of range.
Blake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blake was well out of range. Poor timing from Murska.
Murska on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Murska is rocked!
Blake lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Murska up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Blake from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Murska's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Donald Blake!
A very excited looking Donald Blake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.