PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shamus Murphy (ranked 1050 p4p, 1101 weight class) and Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile (ranked 141 p4p, 143 weight class). Shamus Murphy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Murphy
vs
Bizihwaeile

185 cm
21
188
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
22
198
9 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Convicted Trap House
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shamus Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bizihwaeile lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Bizihwaeile misses the target.
Bizihwaeile misses with an uppercut.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Bizihwaeile takes the fight into the clinch.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murphy is trying to maintain a safe position but Bizihwaeile gets an underhook and turns Murphy into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bizihwaeile.
Murphy'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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bizihwaeile.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bizihwaeile scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murphy tries a body shot but Bizihwaeile blocks it.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bizihwaeile backwards.
Bizihwaeile blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bizihwaeile.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bizihwaeile lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Good body shot from Murphy.
Bizihwaeile lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Murphy blocking some punches.
I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murphy'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.
Bizihwaeile lands a right hand.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bizihwaeile throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Bizihwaeile is trying to push Murphy away but Murphy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Murphy tries a body shot but Bizihwaeile blocks it.
Bizihwaeile has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murphy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bizihwaeile can turn it around.

Bizihwaeile's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind Bizihwaeile 's knee.
Bizihwaeile connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bizihwaeile moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Bizihwaeile connects with a nice looking jab.
Bizihwaeile is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Bizihwaeile throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Bizihwaeile lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bizihwaeile with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bizihwaeile! But no joy.
Bizihwaeile is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bizihwaeile avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A slow jab from Bizihwaeile misses its intended target.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bizihwaeile is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bizihwaeile throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Bizihwaeile throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murphy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bizihwaeile finds it's way round the side to connect with Murphy's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Bizihwaeile misses with a looping left.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bizihwaeile.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Bizihwaeile saw that one coming.

Murphy tries to keep at a distance but Bizihwaeile has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bizihwaeile manages to break the clinch.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bizihwaeile counters with a right hand to the body.
Murphy punishes Bizihwaeile's body with a nice straight punch.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Bizihwaeile was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bizihwaeile bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Bizihwaeile throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Bizihwaeile avoids the body shot from Murphy.
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!
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Bizihwaeile sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bizihwaeile throws a good cross that connects.
Bizihwaeile misses the shot to the body.
Murphy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bizihwaeile misses the jab.
It looked like Murphy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bizihwaeile keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws the left hand but Bizihwaeile avoids the punch easily.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Bizihwaeile saw that one coming.
Bizihwaeile throws out a counter right but Murphy avoids it with no problem.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Bizihwaeile waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bizihwaeile attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy looks to land a combination. Bizihwaeile sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile has been cut.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bizihwaeile takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Bizihwaeile has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Bizihwaeile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bizihwaeile tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
A swing and a miss from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile with the inside leg kick.
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!
Bizihwaeile misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Bizihwaeile does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Bizihwaeile misses with a low kick.
Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bizihwaeile avoids the head kick by Murphy.

Bizihwaeile rushes Murphy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bizihwaeile blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Bizihwaeile lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bizihwaeile.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Bizihwaeile misses with a punch on the inside.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bizihwaeile's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Murphy misses with a hook to the 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!
Bizihwaeile scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bizihwaeile breaks from the clinch.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bizihwaeile was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bizihwaeile tries to score with a low kick but Murphy moves his leg out of the way.
Murphy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bizihwaeile works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bizihwaeile throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Bizihwaeile chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy ducks right into an uppercut from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bizihwaeile has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy lands a jab to the nose.

Bizihwaeile closes the distance and clinches.
Bizihwaeile lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bizihwaeile escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bizihwaeile was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Bizihwaeile swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Bizihwaeile is just out of range.
Bizihwaeile buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bizihwaeile will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bizihwaeile on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bizihwaeile moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Bizihwaeile misses with a looping right.
Bizihwaeile cracks Murphy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bizihwaeile throws a right and a left that Murphy avoids nicely.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Bizihwaeile.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bizihwaeile lands an overhand right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile cracks Murphy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook
and Murphy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murphy slips under a jab from Bizihwaeile.
As Bizihwaeile tries to get set, Murphy tries to push him back and clinch up but Bizihwaeile manages to avoid the attempt.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Bizihwaeile slips under a jab.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bizihwaeile fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy throws a push kick but Bizihwaeile slaps the foot to one side.

Bizihwaeile drives through and clinches with Murphy against the cage.
Bizihwaeile takes a shot to the head.
Bizihwaeile tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bizihwaeile.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bizihwaeile 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 Murphy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murphy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bizihwaeile paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy slips under a jab from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Bizihwaeile sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Bizihwaeile swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.

Bizihwaeile clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
Bizihwaeile tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Bizihwaeile.
A short right from Bizihwaeile on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Murphy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile lands a nice uppercut.
Bizihwaeile looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bizihwaeile has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Bizihwaeile fails to land.

Bizihwaeile breaks the clinch.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bizihwaeile with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy scoring well with a low kick there.
Bizihwaeile scores with a punch to the head.
Bizihwaeile misses with a right hand
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Murphy needs to keep his hands up - Bizihwaeile had a free shot at his head there.
Bizihwaeile looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bizihwaeile lands a jab to Murphy's midsection.
A nice leg kick from Bizihwaeile, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Bizihwaeile as he connects with a hook.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamus Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile lands with a nice body punch.
Bizihwaeile throws a body shot but no joy.
Bizihwaeile lands a jab to the nose.
Bizihwaeile misses with a left hand
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A head kick misses from Bizihwaeile.
Murphy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bizihwaeile takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bizihwaeile swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Bizihwaeile is out of range.
Bizihwaeile scores with a sloppy right hand. Murphy should have avoided that one.
Murphy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bizihwaeile scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bizihwaeile uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body. Bizihwaeile takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizihwaeile turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bizihwaeile throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a nice body shot.
Bizihwaeile shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Bizihwaeile misses.
Murphy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bizihwaeile uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Bizihwaeile just misses with a punch to the body.
Bizihwaeile fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Murphy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bizihwaeile throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
As Bizihwaeile tries to get set, Murphy tries to push him back and clinch up but Bizihwaeile manages to avoid the attempt.
Murphy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bizihwaeile buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Bizihwaeile, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bizihwaeile looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bizihwaeile. That's going to slow Murphy down.
Murphy 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.
Bizihwaeile misses with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bizihwaeile checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bizihwaeile misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Bizihwaeile misses its intended target.
Murphy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bizihwaeile.
Bizihwaeile moves into range and connects with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Bizihwaeile uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy tries to land a front kick but Bizihwaeile steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bizihwaeile sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bizihwaeile throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Bizihwaeile connects with the punch.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bizihwaeile 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile!
A less than humble Feaqeuin Bizihwaeile misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.