PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Murha (ranked 204 p4p, 25 weight class) and Rage Parade (ranked 411 p4p, 62 weight class). Parade has chosen I KILL Cause I'm Hungry as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murha
vs
Parade

189 cm
25
226 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

183 cm
29
205 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Murha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Rage Parade!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parade has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Murha is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Murha throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Parade.
A big right from Murha misses.
Murha keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murha is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Parade throws a good cross that connects.
Murha has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Parade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Parade lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Parade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parade scores with a push kick.
Parade fakes the leg kick and cracks Murha in the body.
Murha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parade connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy body kick from Parade
and Murha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Rage Parade has been cut.
Parade misses with a head kick.
Murha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Parade cracks Murha with a right hand to the side of the head.
Parade ducks under a wild hook from Murha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parade scores with a nice head shot.
Parade misses with a left hand
and Murha makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Parade.
Parade throws a nice outside leg kick.
Parade just misses with a punch to the body.

Parade has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Parade misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Parade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parade stalling in the clinch but Murha improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murha wants to get back to striking at distance but Parade won't allow it.
Murha is working Parade over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Parade fails to land.
Parade tries to throw a body punch but Murha avoids it by throwing Parade back against the cage.
Parade misses with a punch to the body.
Parade blocking some punches.
Parade working aggressively here.
Murha throws a head punch that misses.
Murha misses with a punch on the inside.
Parade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parade swings wildly with an uppercut but Murha uses good head movement to avoid it.
A left hand lands to the body for Murha.
Murha lands with a light punch inside.

Murha manages to break the clinch.
Parade tries a head kick but it misses.
Murha looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Parade looks to throw the jab but Murha is out of range.
Murha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Parade counters with a body kick.
That kick from Parade tenderised Murha's leg. Murha is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murha throws a low kick but Parade moves out of range easily.
Parade misses with a straight right.
Rage Parade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Parade scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murha doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rage Parade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rage Parade's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parade buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Parade throws a push kick but Murha slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Parade. Murha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murha looks to land a body kick but Parade moved away.
Parade has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Murha.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Parade.
Murha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murha fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rage Parade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murha moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A cross from Murha lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parade takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Parade avoids the body shot from Murha.
Murha moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromParade.
Parade tries to work over Murha's front leg with a kick but Murha checks it.
Murha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Parade's calf.
Parade tried to score with a low kick but Murha checks it.
Murha pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murha moves out of range of the body kick.
Parade misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murha has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Parade.
Parade 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.
Parade throws a body shot but no joy.
Murha motions for Parade to come forward. Murha throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Parade steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Big Murha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick by Parade misses
and Murha counters with an inside leg kick.
Murha misses with a low kick.
Murha lands a nice looking body kick.
Murha scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parade misses with a low kick.
As Parade backs away, Murha returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Parade throws a sloppy head kick and Murha moves out of range easily.
Parade throws a hook but Murha blocks it.
Murha keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Parade digs a good body shot into Murha's ribs.
Parade throws a head kick but Murha moves out of range.
Murha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parade looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parade is looking to land body kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parade throws a sloppy head kick and Murha moves out of range easily.
Murha takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murha misses with a jab to the body
enabling Parade to counter with a crisp jab.
Murha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murha sets himself, and Parade steps forward looking for the clinch! Murha avoids it this time.
Murha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Parade tries to work over Murha's front leg with a kick but Murha checks it.
Murha is looking to counter punch.
Parade throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parade slips under a jab from Murha.
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 Big Murha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rage Parade's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Parade cracks the inside of Murha's front leg.
Parade lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murha misses with a double jab.
Murha misses with a wild body shot.
Parade tries a head kick but it misses.
Parade catches Murha with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murha 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Parade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parade has Murha up against the cage in a clinch.

Murha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Parade walks into a straight right hand from Murha.
Parade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murha 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 Parade has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Parade and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Parade connects with an inside leg kick.
Parade tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parade throws a sloppy body shot
and Murha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Parade throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murha is looking to counter punch.
Murha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murha lands a really nice looking cross but Parade seems unphased.
Parade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murha throws out the jab.
Parade follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Parade missing with a left hand there. Murha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Murha there.

That has opened up Rage Parade's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murha swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Parade replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Murha blocks it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murha misses with a body shot.
Parade feints a counter leg kick.
Parade misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parade stuns Murha with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Parade.
Murha's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Murha duly obliges.
Murha works the jab nicely.

Parade is rocked!
A head kick misses from Parade.
Murha fires out a quick counter leg kick but Parade just manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Parade tenderised Murha's leg. Murha is trying to keep his angry face on.
Parade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Parade lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murha misses with a straight left.
Parade counters with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Parade.
Parade cracks Murha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Parade moves out of range of the strikes.
Murha backing away here, and Parade unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rage Parade.
Well Parade has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rage Parade!
Our winner, Rage Parade, 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.