PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shichiroji San (ranked 2456 p4p, 3732 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 313 p4p, 426 weight class). Murphy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

San
vs
Murphy

188 cm
34
195
15 - 13 - 0

185 cm
29
185
10 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shichiroji San!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
San looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Paddy Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and San moves out of range easily.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as San throws out the jab.
San throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murphy shapes to counter with a head kick.
San swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy darts in looking for a takedown but San gets double underhooks and turns Murphy into the cage.
Murphy lands a right hook to the body.
San throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a head kick.
San blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy shoots in for a double leg but San sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
San bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
San keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.

San shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
San is pushing down on Murphy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Murphy is fighting to maintain full guard but San has managed to sneak the leg through.
San stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murphy wants to get back to full guard.
Murphy is controlling San's trapped leg to prevent San from advancing to side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
San seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
San prevents Murphy from improving his position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by San.
Murphy is looking to clinch but San is avoiding it.
San uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Murphy has San up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
San can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy misses with an elbow over the top.
Good body shot from San.
San working aggressively here.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from San on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but San is blocking nicely.
San blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, San creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

San manages to pull guard.
Murphy is fighting to break San's control of his arms but San is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses. San uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Murphy's guard. Nice move by San!

San slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shichiroji San dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A jab from San does it's job there.
Murphy cracks San with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
San is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murphy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
San lands a head shot.
San jabs Murphy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but San swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
San throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
San smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
San throws a lazy uppercut

and Murphy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
San lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
San scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
San is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
San lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
San misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. San is defending well for now.
Murphy blocking some punches.
San lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
San misses with a hook from the clinch.
San avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
San stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy takes a shot to the head.
San can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
San lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shichiroji San has scored more points in the clinch so far.
San on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but San is blocking nicely.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, San creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
San lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
San letting Murphy take a breather here.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but San avoids the damage to the body.
San lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from San.
San lands with a right to the head.
A short left from San.
San is leaning against Murphy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
San pushes Murphy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
San lands a left hand.
Good body shot from San.
San lands with a left to the head.
San fails to pull guard.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with San's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from San.
San misses with a hook from the clinch.
San avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
San blocks the elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from San.

San pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Murphy misses.
San throwing a counter right hand but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! San gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Murphy is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shichiroji San!
After the fight, Shichiroji San was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.