PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thoth Chontamenti (ranked 229 p4p, 605 weight class) and Patrick Murphy (ranked 35 p4p, 70 weight class). Chontamenti comes into the arena with Tool - Right In Two blaring out of the sound system. Murphy has chosen The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chontamenti
vs
Murphy

204 cm
24
275
10 - 1 - 0

189 cm
21
233
8 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Savage Fightwear
Conviction

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thoth Chontamenti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Patrick Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chontamenti throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy feints the counter takedown.
Chontamenti slips a jab from Murphy.
As Murphy backs away, Chontamenti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Murphy scores with a nice head shot.
Murphy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Chontamenti.
Chontamenti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy goes for a double leg but Chontamenti avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Chontamenti continues to drive forward.
Murphy fails with a takedown attempt.
Chontamenti wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Chontamenti gets caught napping as Murphy dives in and scores a takedown. Chontamenti manages to retain guard.

Chontamenti had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Murphy defends it easily.
Murphy must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Murphy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chontamenti trying to keep a closed guard but Murphy is proving a slippery customer.
Murphy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murphy with a nice head shot there.

Chontamenti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Murphy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Murphy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murphy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Murphy throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Chontamenti escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Murphy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Chontamenti is looking for a triangle but Murphy pushes his legs off easily.
Chontamenti seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Murphy stands up over Chontamenti, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Chontamenti is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Murphy is aware though and is defending well.
Murphy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murphy lands a couple of digs.

Murphy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Chontamenti has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murphy has managed to get both his arms back between Chontamenti's legs - danger averted.
Chontamenti keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chontamenti is keeping the position for now.

Chontamenti looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti is trying to control the position but Murphy postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Chontamenti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy postures up and lands a big shot to Chontamenti's brow.

Chontamenti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Chontamenti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Murphy throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murphy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chontamenti trying to keep a closed guard but Murphy is proving a slippery customer.
Murphy throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murphy lands a couple of digs.
Murphy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murphy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Murphy trying to control but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Murphy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chontamenti looking to control but Murphy passes into half guard.
Murphy is trying to control the action in half guard but Chontamenti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Murphy is nestled in close to Chontamenti, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Chontamenti looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy trying to control the action but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Murphy is thwarting Chontamenti's attempts to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Murphy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Chontamenti tries to clinch but Murphy moves away

so Murphy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Chontamenti wants to sweep here but Murphy controlling him for the moment.
Murphy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murphy wants to control from the top but Chontamenti keeps moving.

Chontamenti is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Murphy is aware though and is defending well.

Chontamenti working for submissions but it's allowed Murphy to get to half guard.
Patrick Murphy has got the better of the ground game so far.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Murphy connects with a nice short shot to Chontamenti's temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy lands with a punch from half guard.
Chontamenti manages to get to full guard.

Chontamenti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Chontamenti is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy chips away with some ground and pound.
Murphy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chontamenti's head.

Chontamenti working for a triangle but Murphy defends it easily.
Murphy landing with the ground and pound.
Murphy wants to control from the top but Chontamenti keeps moving.
Murphy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murphy postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Chontamenti has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Murphy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chontamenti keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Murphy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chontamenti's head.
Murphy working some strikes from top position.
Murphy wants to control from the top but Chontamenti keeps moving.
Murphy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chontamenti wants to sweep but no luck.
Murphy is in close to Chontamenti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Murphy wants to control from the top but Chontamenti keeps moving.
Murphy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chontamenti's guard.
Chontamenti is pressing down on Murphy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Chontamenti had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Murphy defends it easily.
Murphy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chontamenti's head.
Murphy cracks Chontamenti with a solid left hand.

Chontamenti looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murphy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Chontamenti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Chontamenti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Murphy being controlled here momentarily.

Chontamenti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy landing with the ground and pound.

Chontamenti looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murphy stands up over Chontamenti, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Chontamenti is looking for a triangle here but Murphy uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Chontamenti taking a bit of punishment here - Murphy scoring with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murphy working away.
Murphy trying to control the position but Chontamenti is working away.
Murphy scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chontamenti misses with a body shot.
Murphy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Chontamenti pinned against the cage. Chontamenti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Murphy shoots in but no luck this time.

Murphy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Murphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chontamenti keeps working.
Chontamenti manages to work his way to half guard, despite Murphy's best efforts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nice strikes from Murphy there.

Chontamenti looking for submissions off his back.
Murphy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands strikes from half guard.

Chontamenti actively working from the bottom here.
Murphy wants to control but Chontamenti is keeping him busy.
Murphy is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Chontamenti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chontamenti is trying to maintain the position but Murphy is very close to passing his half guard.
Chontamenti is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to pass to mount but Chontamenti is defending the position.
Murphy lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Murphy.
Murphy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chontamenti with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy working the head and body with strikes.
Chontamenti taking some punishment here, with Murphy in his half guard.
Chontamenti wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy 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.
Chontamenti is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Murphy slips a nice elbow through Chontamenti's hands, connecting with Chontamenti's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy trying to control the action but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Murphy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Murphy. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Murphy is keen to just control but Chontamenti is a slippery customer.
Chontamenti trying to control but Murphy postures up.
Murphy trying to control the action but Chontamenti is working from the bottom.
Chontamenti wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy.

Chontamenti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Chontamenti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murphy working over Chontamenti with some ground and pound. Chontamenti looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphy trying to control from half guard but Chontamenti is working away.
Murphy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Murphy is trying to control. Chontamenti wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chontamenti keeping hold of Murphy's head, controlling as best he can.
Murphy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Chontamenti slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Chontamenti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Murphy really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Murphy lands with a right hand.
Murphy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Chontamenti connects with a leg kick.
Murphy dives in and grabs Chontamenti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chontamenti pushes down on Murphy's head and hops out.
Murphy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chontamenti's waist but Chontamenti gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Murphy off to one side.
Chontamenti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Chontamenti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Murphy.
Thoth Chontamenti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Murphy.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chontamenti as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chontamenti circles away.

Chontamenti moves into the clinch.
Chontamenti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chontamenti smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Chontamenti.
Chontamenti appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chontamenti is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Chontamenti ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thoth Chontamenti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chontamenti blocks a jab.
Chontamenti is looking to counter punch.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chontamenti looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Chontamenti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Patrick Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Chontamenti defends well and Murphy ends up having to push Chontamenti into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Murphy shoots in looking for a takedown. Chontamenti tries to sprawl out of it but Murphy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Chontamenti manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Murphy might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Chontamenti moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Murphy gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chontamenti regains half guard.
Chontamenti tries to get to full guard but Murphy has control of the leg.
Chontamenti is working hard here to advance position.
Murphy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Chontamenti is pressing down on Murphy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Murphy lands a couple of elbows.

Murphy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Chontamenti has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murphy has managed to get both his arms back between Chontamenti's legs - danger averted.
Murphy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chontamenti working for submissions but it's allowed Murphy to get to half guard.
Chontamenti moves into full guard.

Chontamenti working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murphy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murphy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Murphy lands a couple of elbows.
Chontamenti trying to control the position.
Murphy tries to free his leg and advance position but Chontamenti is retaining full guard.

Chontamenti throws his legs up looking for a submission but Murphy uses it to pass to side control.
Murphy scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chontamenti is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Murphy off and has taken his back!

Murphy has hold of Chontamenti's leg, trying to break free but it's let Chontamenti lock up a rear naked choke! This could be big trouble! Murphy is turning an unusual color here… he's out! Chontamenti throws him to one side and jumps onto the cage to celebrate with his fans.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Thoth Chontamenti!
Thoth Chontamenti retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Thoth Chontamenti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.